Enameled Cast Iron is Great!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ต.ค. 2024
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I’ve made a big upgrade by switching to a enameled cast iron pan. It has all benefits of cast iron but is much easier to clean. This is my new favorite pan to cook and eat out of.
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The only other thing to be aware of is utensils you use. Careful not to scratch inside bottom.
Very nice pot 👍 Use of said pot could double for self defense if one had an unexpected visitor at 300 AM 😁
Haha. Let’s hope not
That was a real bargain. Makes perfect sense,the explanation too.
Nice alliteration in the beginning! 👍 I always appreciate alliteration.
Congratulations on your new "mini Dutch oven." I have been cooking with enameled cast iron for quite some time and you can get really excellent results using it. Today I made Red Beans and Rice in a 5.5-quart enameled cast iron Dutch Oven. I didn't have red beans, but I had a pound bag of Pinto beans. My sister had given me some ham that I vacuumed sealed several months ago. Add to this water, vegetables (onion, peppers, celery), and a few spices (thyme, rosemary, Cajun seasoning). Honestly, it was really delicious. Three adults ate to bursting and there were still enough leftovers for 5-6 more plates of the stuff. Happy cooking! BTW, you may want to put some sort of barrier between the cover and the pot when storing. Otherwise, you may get some chipping there. I use some folded paper towels to do the job.
This comment has it all
Pinto beans are my fav they almost have a meat taste to them, I made spicy 🌶 refried pinto beans the other day and they were fantastic 🎉
Cast iron cookware is the best as far as I'm concerned. Extremely durable and extremely efficient. If you take reasonable care of it, it will last a lifetime. Great move on making that purchase Scott.
Time will tell whether I care for it reasonably
@@StaticCamperVan As long as you are able to keep most of the enamel clad surface on and you can prevent rusting, it will last and last. Take care my friend and happy cooking.
Makes sense to have a pan/pot a size big, no need to find a storage container
I don’t store food in this pan. It doesn’t fit in my fridge.
@@StaticCamperVan ah, OK, well I'm going on a 2500km road trip at Christmas so I'm busy sorting my stove and coffee pot
Your video inspired me to buy a deBuyer Carbon Steel pan for the first time....looking forward to seasoning it this weekend....thanks again for your help!
You’re welcome. I hope you can let me know how you like the pan once you get to using it.
Julia Child, The French Chef, would be proud of you 😊!
Love the upgrade, getting your kitchen dialed in is always a moving target. But Love where you are going and thought process.
Nice addition to your kitchen
😁 you always know which pan to grab. Obviously your situation is different and I think you found a very good versatile pan or pot. I guess pot pan? I don’t know. But yes, fantastic deal you got!
Years ago I had an enameled sauce pan with a lid that double as a frying pan. It was the right size for one person. Or 2 people for some items. It was by that fancy French company sold at Macy’s. I got years & years of good use out of them. A some point in the last 20 years it disappeared. A few years ago I priced replacing it and the prices knocked my socks off. A year or so I bought a small knock-off 8” enameled cast iron skillet to try out because I’ve been worried my nonstick pan might be that teflon kind that might have health issues. While I like it well enough, it never has worked as well as that fancy French kind, plus it didn’t come with a lid and an 8” glass lid doesn’t fit it. So this next year I plan on replacing it with something better that won’t break the bank. Thanks for showing what you went with.
The prices are indeed crazy. I’ve had my eye on a Staub pan for years but those never seem to go on sale.
Always a pleasure to watch you sir
Love the intro music!
There is another model of cook top, very similar, that has a control for the inner and out ring of flame separately.
Two nobs for the one burner.
This would help with simmering and cooking with small pans.
The enamel coating solves the problem of wrecking the seasoning of a cast iron with tomato or other acidy sauces.
My wife ruins the seasoning often.
We have an enamel dutch oven. I think I’ll look for that pot.
Thanks.
Oh! Also, genius idea to put adjustable legs on your stove!
Great pan! What a clever idea you had to make adjustable feet!!!!! ❤
I always enjoy your blend of practical information and humor. Love the idea of enameled cast iron and have been investigating myself. Nice to have an honest review from a trusted source!
Maybe a gimbled boat cook top in the future? Haha Pot looks great! Great video as always!
I’m really happy with my $25 stove. I can adjust the feet for a steeper angle, I just don’t usually think to do so.
Enameled cast iron is the best!!!!
$20 great price nice pan. Looks to be perfect size for making dishes with 2-3 servings. Hope you enjoy your new pan.
this looks like a good kitchen addition. A shallower and wider enameled CI could be really good for eggs, tortillas, similar things where you want a less steep spatula angle. If you are near any Lidl or Aldi's they are good places to check for these things, but I think TJ Maxx also randomly has these types of things.
I have a carbon steel pan that does everything well, except for cooking soup and rice. th-cam.com/video/UsmtB0r-sBQ/w-d-xo.html
This pan picks up for the very few things I don’t use the carbon steel pan for.
I really enjoy both my enamel cast iron. One is a frying pan and the other a pot like yours.
I am admiring your new cooking pot! I would probably ruin it so I think I would do better with straight cast iron. 🤣
Thank you for posting.
I love the color.
I love these not cheap but well worth it x
Very enjoyable and interesting
Well, you have answered a question for me, and that is cast iron pots and pans. I am looking at them for the durability and have been thinking of cast iron vs, enamel cast iron cookware. A tip on cleaning stainless steel pots or pans is baking soda, wet the area, then putting baking soda into that area, a wet cloth, or wet your fingers rub it onto the area that is needed to be cleaned. Baking soda is an amazing product, clean, bug bits as a paste, settling your tummy, as toothpaste, and many more wonderful things. I enjoy any change of spending time with you. You're caring and caring about others, thank you 😊. Be safe and enjoy your day
Aww, thanks Leona
You can get what is called a heat defuser for a gas stovetop. On Amazon. And, of course, you know already not to use anything metal in the pan. Nice video.
I’m not sure how a heat diffuser would be helpful for me. I’ve been using metal utensils in this new pan and haven’t noticed any issues.
@@StaticCamperVan I was just thinking of being able to use your stainless steel pan. The heat defuser would cover the full burner area and you could have the pan flat also, without the tipping you were experiencing. But those were all good reasons to get the enamel on cast iron pan. Anxious for some good soup, stew, or chili dinners coming soon.
Oh, I see. I should have clarified that I don’t have room for multiple pans. I’ll be getting rid of the little stainless pan.
What a cool pot!! I think I'll see if I can find one. It's almost impossible to find non-Teflon cooking pots & pans these days. Thanks!! :) 💜
I have a small one of those. I loved cooking with it. It keeps the heat even and cooks quickly. Good buy!
I really enjoy my cast iron ceramic wok!
I do most of my cooking in 2 mess tins. No dishes too haha. Awesome pot. Got me thinking
I had an enamel kettle that I threw out. I was getting sick and the enamel was breaking off. I love my corning ware, that is a keeper pot in my book! I'm heating water for coffee in a copper pan, it's a candy pot but I boil water in it, cheapest way to get pure copper when you look at candy making supplies!
Copper is great!
@@StaticCamperVan Yes and so expensive! I also got a raw copper pitcher to put water in, like the Indians do.
Hi Scott get a bit of 220 sandpaper and scratch the bottom of the pan trust me it will help
It will get scuffed up over time. Now that I am remembering to set the adjustable feet on my stove, I’m not having any more issues
I cook all the time and it’s usually all homemade stuff also Italian food love to cook great video Scott yeah the only thing I don’t like doing those dishes here from Ontario Canada ❤️❤️❤️🇨🇦🇨🇦😎
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You made the right decision. I have one, but a much bigger one. It was gifted to me last year. We all love it!
Excellent review 👍 thanks 🙂 wow you got an amazing deal $20.00 😍 I've never seen these pots for less than $100 bucks, I've always wanted to buy one, but like you said they are very heavy and a bit much for me to lift with my disability 💙 but I still want one bcuz it is a healthy way to cook, unlike non-stick I won't use it either, have fun with your new pot
The good and even conduction of heat will make for excellent braises with way less propane. Overall good purchase. On shipping vessels, they have removable steel slats you can place around the heat source to keep pans from rolling about. But I don't think a nautical van adventure is in your future.
I hope not!
Hey that's a nice pot! I would like to have one of them, now I do have a large 6 quart enamel coated cast iron dutch style oven I use and really like it but would be way to big for use in a camper van I would think. Thank's for sharing your video's I watch them all but don't always have time to comment, thank's again and take care out there.
Good info! Very insightful. I always get good tips from your channel.
Thank you
You would think gas cooktop makers would make a more stable steel grate for the cooktop. I've had near accidents many times and always with a smaller pot tipping between gratings. Nice pot BTW.
Love it!
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Nothing is better for cooks than having the right tools. A good pan skillet cutting board favorite knife and spatula to name a few. When you find the best for utility and user friendly qualities it becomes a treasure. Looking forward to seeing you enjoying your enamel covered cast iron pan. Pans with lids are a plus.
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Yes I need a pan like this too. :)
I love my corningware glass pan heats ip faster.. and yes enameled pots are awesome I've been looking at Thrift shops as well..great info
I am glad you found a pan to your liking. Will be interesting to see how you feel about it long term.
I’ve had it about a month now and like it more every day
@@StaticCamperVan Great. That is good news.
If there's a risk of pans sliding off the stove. Have a look at the cookers on boats.
Your going to need a full size van to fit that new pot lol!
Have you thought of having a bent coat hanger on a string tied to the wall and the hook latching on the pot to keep it from sliding off the burner?
I’ll just start sleeping under the van. Lots of room down there.
It would be easier to simply adjust the feet I added to my stove. It’s kinda silly that I often forget before I start cooking.
That's a beautiful pan, a good size for one pot cooking. What size is it? I've been cooking my meals in single pots for years. Currently I'm using a one quart, stainless steel pot, having recently downsized from a 1 1/2 quart, glass Corning Ware pot. I've often thought it would be fun to write a cookbook for one pot meals. Looking forward to your new cooking adventures.
This new pot is 2 quart capacity
Great Sauce pan!
Quality cookware contributes to a more enjoyable cooking experience.
I find the lid works well sitting inside my black steel pan when reheating small meals.
I would strongly suggest anyone using Teflon cookware to do please some research into the inherent problems with Teflon...and would hope that leads you to tossing all you Teflon in the bin and replacing with a saucepan like this and black steel pan (ie "Matfer Bourgeat Black Steel Round Frying Pan, 10 1/4-Inch" )
I suggest you build some kind of metal frame guard around your cooking place. That would help you to avoid the pan sliding away from the top of the flame. There might be ready made solutions for your cooking top, but I am sure you can build it also yourself. All it needs is some metal rod/s maybe 5-6 millimeters thick, what you use to make a "barrier" around the top of the cooking top, rods might be bent to your needs and then make some holes for the rods to drop them in place - or figure some other attaching system - when you use the cooking top. Then if the pan or kettle or whatever starts sliding, it hits the surrounding rod before tipping over from the top of the cooking place. It might sound troublesome thing to make, but I can also assure you that all it takes is some serious burning wounds from boiling water and all the effort preventing it starts feeling much smaller (compared to the wounds and it's results)
Maybe you missed the part where I showed the adjustable feet that I added to my stove. The adjustable feet work great, if I adjust them.
@@StaticCamperVan No I did not miss the adjustable feet, having the cooking top level is obviously one important thing. The purpose of the metal frame guard/bumper is to improve your own safety, because even how level the cooking top is, you can bump it yourself, there some kind of additional piece would keep the pan or kettle on its place. Often the safety things come to mind only after accidents have already happened.
I can see what you’re thinking about. If I were moving like a boat, then the additional guards would improve things. But being that I don’t drive and cook, the leveling is the critical element.
You have 4 screw holes, you could add a rim around edge to stop sliding off of your new pot. which looks cool btw.
Or… I could adjust the adjustable feet I added to the stove before I start cooking.
Clean scorched on bits with baking soda.
I don’t own the little stainless pan anymore
That would make a great bean pot. I want to get a Dutch oven for minimal baking in the wintertime. Cheers!
Beautiful! When you do a cooking segment, would you mind showing us how you heat up your stainless steel pan before cooking so food won't stick? If you have any thoughts, tips or suggestions on the subject? There are some on utube but I value your expertise. 🧐 If you have already done that and I missed it I apologize for missing it.😣
To reduce or eliminate sticking on a carbon steel pan I’ve found it is a combination of high heat and lots of fat.
Since my doctor has me increasing the amount of grass-fed butter in my diet, this works well for me. I often use a combination of butter and olive oil.
@@StaticCamperVan Thank you!
I'm thinking of getting a small enameled cast iron pot. I already have a seasoned 2 qt pot from Cocinaware (Victoria) that I use for soup. Your pot appears to be slightly larger than 2 quarts. Mine has a glass lid that also fits my Victoria cast iron skillet.
The enamel makes the pot nice and easy to clean. Which for me equals saving water
Hi Scott, looks like 👍 a good upgrade! Is that a 1.5 quart or 2qt? I have used enameled over cast iron dutch ovens in the past and really liked cooking sauces, curries, soups in them! Mine disappeared a while ago at a community meal and never got it back! I think I want another now after looking at yours- LOL- Thanks for the video!
Not sure, maybe 1 1/2q?
Ironically at the age of 60 I just got my first enameled cast iron Dutch ovens. Costco had a pair on sale for $65 so I bit the bullet. One is 5.5 qt and the other is 3.5 qt. 35 days after I bought them they were marked down to $49.99 for Black Friday... but I'm not complaining. They may not be Le Creuset but they cook just fine. That said, I try to use wood or plastic utensils, much like I would with a non-stick pan... which I also refuse to use. Why? Well, I used a nice balloon whisk to make gravy and it left lots of metal marks all over the pan. Used some "Pink Stuff" cleaner to get it out... but I'd rather not make more work for myself.
That’s a great deal you got.
@@StaticCamperVan You got a pretty good deal as well! $20??? Awesome! =0)
I like the white. I bought the Amazon version of a 10" ... orange.
Is that Banish Misfortune music?
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Have you used ghee? or you're not into ghee? For a basic pan-lube, I've switched from butter/oils to ghee. I keep it in the fridge, a peanut butter sized container from Walmart is about 8 bucks. It's grassfed fwiw. One jar lasts a really long time b/c when it's solid you can easily scrape out just a teaspoon or so. Olive oil may have certain health benefits that ghee lacks though.
I’ve talked about using ghee at least a dozen times over the years
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Wonder if a cord with a hook would work, if you attached the other end to the wall, and the hook to one of those handles while cooking.
Is that a Lodge brand pan? Looks great. I even like the color.
Not sure if that would work. But I know for a fact that if I set the adjustable feet that I installed on my stove before I start cooking, there’s no problem.
can you make a video about your camp stove there, im very interested in it. i really like that cooktop
Here’s the video: th-cam.com/video/lsCcbvDp4ns/w-d-xo.htmlsi=ZaEKWeaS7ofT68v2
It’s been the best stove I’ve used so far.
@@StaticCamperVan thankyou this is very helpful
i live in my van too and i often use my camp stove for heat on cold mornings and cooking of course, my burner is only 10000 btus, i think the extra btus will help a lot
@user-te7kh6zy7m I don’t recommend using this or any stove for heating. Not only is it incredibly dangerous but these stoves create too much moisture when running.
I use an Olympian Wave for heat.
@@StaticCamperVan thanks for the info, ill check into one of those
Might be worth it to go to a little metal shop to get some sort of stoppers or frame made to stop the pot sliding off. Seems to me like it could be one of those things where you'd think it's fine and you'll just keep an eye on it until you wind up with bolognese on your mattress 😄
Question, don't you have issues with the grease/fumes from cooking without an extraction close to the pot or is the maxxair fan enough for that? Is the maxx air fan getting greasy from it?
Maybe I will remember to adjust the feet on my stove before I start cooking. That would solve the issue.
I don’t have any problems with fumes. Mostly because I leave both my vents open. If you’re not familiar with my venting system, I have a video explaining it. Venting is extremely important, but almost no one puts enough effort into improving the venting in their vans. th-cam.com/video/bBLgemW4yEA/w-d-xo.html
Pondering a Perplexing Problem with this Pan 🙃say that 3 times fast 😂
I couldn’t even say your name three times fast.
@@StaticCamperVan It really is a nice pan by the way~ 😉
Wow! Sweet upgrade Scott =) I've been eyeing the Caraway pans, even though I only want the saucepan, but until I splurge on one, I think I'll check out that pan at my local Freddy's for sure. So...inquiring mind wants to know...what'd you do with the stainless one?? Enjoy your day, stay warm and safe!😊
Unfortunately my only option was to toss the old pan. I usually gift things I don’t need.
Will try it! Can the same be said for a cast iron enameled skillet - if there is such a thing?
Yes, there are cast iron enameled skillets. I prefer carbon steel skillets but there are lots of options out there.
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What brand is it?
“Dash of That”
Now one of each color.