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The Staub Shallow Oval Dutch Oven is a 6.25-quart enameled cast iron pot with a wide, low oval shape. Its broader base gives more room to brown and sear, and the textured Chistera lid is designed to drip condensation back over the food for self-basting. It suits cooks who braise large cuts, roast whole chickens or bake round loaves and want to bring the pot straight to the table. Against deeper round Dutch ovens it trades height for surface area, so it holds a chicken or a roast dinner with less crowding but takes more oven width. Staub's dark matte enamel interior is known for browning well and not needing seasoning.
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Owners of Staub's oval Dutch ovens praise the even heat, the browning and the self-basting lid, and many treat the pot as a serving piece. Complaints center on weight and on the dark interior making it harder to judge fond.
This is a 6.25-quart shallow oval Dutch oven made of enameled cast iron. The wide oval shape has 20% more cooking surface than the previous design, so there is more base space to brown, sear and roast with less crowding. It suits braising and slow-cooking large cuts of meat, a whole chicken, or a roast dinner, and it can also bake crusty loaves of bread.
The enameled cast iron needs no seasoning. It retains heat well and heats evenly, which helps with browning. The textured lid is inspired by the shape of a Chistera basket. It is self-basting, creating a rain-forest effect that bastes food continuously as it cooks.
The pot goes from the oven to the table, so you can cook and serve in the same dish.
