Is it Bad if My Enamel Dutch Oven, Skillet, or Pot is Chipped?


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Watch to see Hannah explain why it’s not so bad if your enamel pot is chipped and how to avoid it getting chipped in the first place. Comment below with your “Is …

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  1. Dylan Allard
    Dylan Allard says:

    yall tell me 'dont heat it when it's empty' and also tell me to 'preheat it in the oven at 500 for 30 full minutes' when i'm making bread. which one am i supposed to go with? i love bread!

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  2. Anakie
    Anakie says:

    I poured water into my pot and the enamel on the pot popped clean off. I thought I could shave a few hundred dollars off by buying a thrift shop pot. Apparently not 😤 good to know it's safe still. Will I need to oil glaze the raw iron now?

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  3. Leland Wright
    Leland Wright says:

    I just chipped my enameled Dutch oven while using an oven mitt (not on my hand, but between my hand and the knob, like a regular pot holder) to remove the lid. Too much bulk for the level of attention I was paying. It lifted a little, then slipped and crashed back down. Use common sense folks. Go slowly with those things.

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  4. illuzion30
    illuzion30 says:

    How common is it chipped from the factory? I bought a La Creuset and it arrived chipped, did a return, and it just arrived chipped. Anyone have a similar experience? It feels weird… am I being too picky?

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  5. Ruth Kaplan
    Ruth Kaplan says:

    Is it bad that my le Cruset dutch oven has a chip on the bottom of the inside? I have always been careful to use plastic or wooden utensils with it but somehow developed a chip in the bottom. Is it safe to use? Have particularly avoided cooking anything with tomatoes in it but after seeing your video, I'm not sure if that is necessary. Used it for everything except baking for more than 30 years and miss having it to use. Inherited a smaller one from my mother with no chips but it is not big enough for some of my regular recipes.

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  6. Sidney Mathious
    Sidney Mathious says:

    I have pure cast iron cookware now and use it for cooking most of the time. I also have a carbon steel wok which I got at the local military base years ago, and still some non stick cookware which is the last I will buy and throw it out when it begins to peel the Teflon material into the food. I just recently decided to go back to cast iron cookware which my grandmother used all her life.

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  7. Martyn Windsor
    Martyn Windsor says:

    Not necessarily an "Is it Bad" question but I would love to America's Test Kitchen produce a series on different materials in the kitchen (difference between stainless steel, aluminum, cast iron, copper etc). Specifically I'd love to see a YouTube series about cooking on/with tin-lined copper pans. There is very little contemporary information about care/use/recommendations/limitations for cooking with tin-lined pans… But if I were to have an "Is it Bad" question, I'd like to know is it bad to use aluminum pans?

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  8. Jeff Webb
    Jeff Webb says:

    Don't do like I did and use a good French enamel dutch oven to make the Sullivan Street Bakery bread recipe. Use straight cast iron. The enamel on the bottom is rough like sand paper.

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  9. Caro Wells
    Caro Wells says:

    In my first apartment the previous tenant had left a whole set of this stuff behind, and like an idiot I left it when I moved too. Didn't realize how good and expensive it was at that time.

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  10. Sani Bean
    Sani Bean says:

    My enameled pot for some reason is no longer shiny on the bottom and is rough. I'd made fudge in the pot and have soaked and boiled but cannot get back the shiny surface. Can this be fixed?

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  11. roberts459
    roberts459 says:

    Back on the day PBS had The Fugal Gourmet and he advocated waking your spoon handle on your hand over the pot, I've done this ever since I say that show when I was a kid. You don't bang up your pans, and usually what's on the spoon slides of into the pan. Oh and don't forget hot pan, cold oil food won't stick lol.

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