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Multi-functional cookware that works wonders with slow-cookingrecipes
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Use & Care:
While the Dutch Oven comes pre-seasoned to prevent food fromsticking, it works best when sprayed or lightly coated withvegetable oil before use. After cooking, we recommend cleaning witha stiff nylon brush and hot water. Using soap or the dishwasher isnot recommended, and harsh detergents should never be used. Toweldry immediately cleaning and apply a light coating of oil toutensil while it is still warm.
Lodge Logic Double Dutch Oven and Casserole with SkilletCover
Pre-seasoned and ready-to-use right out of the box
Every cook's dream: A 5-quart Dutch oven, with the lid easilyconverted to a 10 1/4-inch skillet. A natural for countlessrecipes, the Double Dutch will quickly become a favorite in yourLodge Cookware collection.
The Lodge Cast Iron Dutch Oven is a multi-functional cookwarethat works wonders with slow-cooking recipes. It comes with atight-fitting lid that helps lock in nutrition and flavor. Thispre-seasoned Dutch Oven works like a charm right out of the box.Made of cast iron, this Dutch Oven evenly distributes heat from thebottom through the sidewalls. Also, it retains heat better so yourdelicious meal remains warm for a long time. Sporting a stylishblack color, the cast iron Dutch Oven looks good in most kitchensand it doubles up as an excellent source of nutritional iron. Itfeatures loop handles for convenient handling and the oven is easyto clean and maintain.
A simple Cast-Iron Dutch Oven, like the one your grandmotherused, still ranks as one of the best cooking utensils ever made. Itgives you a nearly non-stick surface, without the possible harmfulfumes generated by preheating chemically treated nonstickcookware.
Many of the pieces of cast iron cookware made in the LodgeFoundry over a century ago remain in use today.

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Product Highlights
Multi-FunctionalCookware
The right tool for searing, sauteing, simmering, braising,baking, roasting, and frying.
Made of Cast-Iron
Cast-Iron is a form of cookware developed over a millennia agoremains as popular today as when it was used to prepare mealshundreds of years ago. Cast Iron is one of only two metalscompatible with induction stovetops. Unparalleled in heat retentionand even heating.
Seasoned for a natural, easy-release finish that improves withuse.
Seasoning is a necessary step in using cast iron cookware. Oilis baked into the pores of the iron at the foundry to preventrusting and to eventually provide a natural, non-stick cookingsurface. Unlike synthetically coated cookware, it is possible torestore the cooking surface of cast iron.
Lodge uses a proprietary soy-based vegetable oil to season ourcookware. The oil contains no animal fat or peanut oil. Theseasoning is functional application and slight inconsistencies mayappear in the seasoning finish. The inconsistencies will not affectcooking performance.
Can Be Used With A Variety of HeatSources
At home in the oven, on the stove, on the grill or over thecampfire. Skillet may be used on various heat sources includinggas, electric, induction and ceramic-glass top stoves and ovens.When using on glass stove tops, be careful not to slide thecookware around as it's possible to scratch the surface. Seasonedcast iron can also be used on the grill or outdoor fire and coalsfor camp cooking. Begin heating cookware on low and slowly bringheat up to medium or medium/high. Always remove cookware from thestovetop after cooking.
Features:
Product Description
Lodge Logic 5 Qt double Dutch oven and casserole with skilletcover. Sturdy integral, ovenproof loop handles for convenience.Tightly controlled metal chemistry and exacting mold tolerancesdeliver consistent product for even heating and superior cookingperformance. The High Dome lid offers greater capacity and alsoworks double duty as a skillet. Electro statically coated with aproprietary vegetable oil, and cured at high temperatures to allowthe oil to deeply penetrate the surface of the cast iron. 10.25inches in diameter. Dutch oven depth 4 inches and lid depth 1-1/2inches
The item is sealed with a pre-seasoning oil which leads to a dropthat can appear like rust which will burn off with 1-2cookings.