1 x 150ml White Gloss Fridge, Cooker and Appliance Enamel Paint. Heat Resistant

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Size-wise, we narrowed down to testing 5½- or 6½-quart ovens, which offer a happy medium that works for most recipes. Resist the urge to move it back inside when it feels dry to the touch, if the recommended amount of drying time hasn't passed.

By comparison, the enamel on both the bottom and the handle of the Milo Classic Dutch Oven we tested chipped after just a few washes, and we noticed that the surface was pitted in a few places. I sent her examples of a subtle grey lime wash on oak with soft white highlights on a piece I saw in the Cotswolds. You’ll struggle to cook large cuts of meat in pots that are much smaller than that; meanwhile, you may have a harder time carrying a much bigger oven when it’s full, or cleaning it with wet, soapy hands. Even though oval ovens are fairly common, we primarily stuck to testing round models, which fit better over a standard stove-top burner.Before it was a year old a small ledge, that juts out between the dials and top of oven door, had begun to rust.

To test whether the pots with dark interiors heated to a higher temperature, we placed each pot in turn on the same stove burner, over a low flame. Wirecutter’s Winnie Yang told us that the knob on her vintage Le Creuset melted when she baked bread, but we haven’t had issues baking bread or braising foods with the phenolic option on newer pots.I've alway used the same products on my old cooker (can't remember brand but not a Beko) and not one rust mark or peeling paint. There’s just not that much of a difference in performance between the lauded, more expensive European brands of Dutch ovens, like those from Le Creuset or Staub, and cheaper ovens like the Lodge.