Chasseur French Oven 26cm - 5.2l for only $125. I've been looking for one of these for ages and haven't managed to find them this cheap!
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Edit: Shipping in Australia for an additional $7.50
Chasseur French Oven 26cm - 5.2l - $125 + $7.50 Delivery @ Kitchenware Direct
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Lwjohnstone05 on 06/03/2014 - 16:36 kitchenwaredirect.com.au (267 clicks)
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Wow - that looks almost identical to the one I got from Aldi last year…
Yep, I reckon you're right, the red and blue ones were $199! They look heaps nicer but I can't justify spending almost double for a different colour!
How much for the ALDI one? I know they were selling similar cast iron ones at Kmart a while ago for about $30. I'm sure they would do the trick nicely also, but still a good deal if you're looking for the Chasseur ones!
About $20 from memory. Used it a lot and still going strong! Most important part is actually giving a crap about it, instead of throwing it in the dishwasher, chipping it, etc. :)
Yes, these are real quality and will last for generations. Cheap enamel can chip if dropped badly, and stain too, but these prob have a good guarantee. Clean w' non abrasive.
I have both the ALDI and the Chasseur. They may look the same but they cook differently. Most probably the enamel and not the cast iron core. I never use the ALDI dutch oven anymore, even though it is bigger than my Chasseur. Bought the Chasseur for much less than this deal, though. From memory it was about $70. The big ALDI (oval) was $29 when i bought it.
How do they cook differently? I don't get how the enamel can make any difference to the cooking performance. It's the cast iron that distributes and maintains the heat. The enamel is really a protective coating so you don't need to season the cast iron. It also makes it look pretty. I really fail to understand how they can at all 'cook differently', as you put it.
We have a cast iron pan we bought at a camp shop for $20 about 10 years ago. It's not enamelled, so required seasoning. It looks ugly but cooks bloody brilliantly. I can't imagine how spending another $200 odd on a Chaseur would have served us any better.
I love a good marketing story as much as anyone but with cast iron cookware, I suspect you're buying a $20 pot with a $100+ name badge. Reminds me of the heyday of the Monster cable company. They charged $100s for copper cables that looked really fancy but offered very little real benefit over cables that cost a tenth the price. It was all in the name and the promise of something better.
I have a $10 cast iron pan too and believe me I am not saying it cooks any worse. I use it only for pancakes and sausages though, for eggs the cheap and sturdy carbon steel pans are the best.
Cast iron is cast iron is cast iron, I know that and i agree. The difference between cooking in the ALDI one and the Chasseur enamel is that the Chasseur has stained less easily for me, and hasn't broken even though i have subjected them to the same braising technique.
Mind you, I never said I spent $100 more to get the Chasseur. ALDI = $29, Chasseur = $70. For the knob heating and build alone (ALDI knob comes off after a few normal uses), I'd have paid an extra $10. Plus the seal on the Chasseur is more evenly matched, I get no steam coming out of it during long stews — that's got to be worth another $10 to me. $29+$10+$10=$49, or a difference of $21. I'm happy with that.
Perhaps before you make a judgment on me you'd be well served to ask what differences i have seen.
I did ask. Read the opening sentence.
Well pardon me, I thought that was a rhetoric, seeing as it was followed by many statements about it being just "a good marketing strategy,"
I accept your apology on the condition that it wasn't just a rhetoric followed by many lines of self gratification.
That's gotta be heavy, suggest you tell them to leave it at the front door when they deliver it, will be heavy carting that home from the PO. Must be last years colour. Good price.