anyone got LE CRUSET kitchen bits

[benbon]

are they worth the money or should i just get cheapo pans

they're ok, but they're really, really, really heavy. esp when full of food

my husband is desperate for a set but i think they seem over priced. but perhaps it will encourage him to cook more often

i have a tarte tatin pan [ponce]

it's fab

I have one large and one medium sized casserole dish. Wedding presents, 14 years ago.

They are still immaculate, and we use them all the time. On hob or in oven. Wish I could afford more of them but am not about to get married again, so one day when we win the lottery....

However, would not buy the le crueset saucepans with wooden handles (see malory's post). For saucepans its got to be prestige with copper bottoms.

We have a mammoth frying pan which I can only lift with two hands (and then with difficulty). Ikea do some good copies - we have a casserole which we're very happy with.

Saucepans not worth it, casseroles fantastic but too expensive for me so I buy pretend Le Creuset in French hypermarkets.

we had a big saucepan. We had to throw it away about two weeks ago.
Dh was muttering about it being useless when i reminded him it was a house warming present when we moved in together 21 years ago

They are pretty un-ruinable. Unless you really try

i have the saucepans but mine don't have wooden handles but they're very new.

I love the casserole but not so impressed with the saucepans to be honest.

Why are there twoset le crueset threads on the go??!

I Dh has lots. sauce pans, frying pan, casseroles, in the oven type baking dish things, bendy scraper things and a brush thing (use unknown). have had them for at least 10 years, some longer.

We have a griddle pan because I once worked next door to a kitchen shop and it was half price. Is v heavy but will last for ever.

My mum has had her dustbin-sized casserole dish for about 20 yrs and loves it. Great for going from hob to oven.

I bought a lovely Le Cruset pale pink lasagne dish from TK Maxx. It's just cracked in half in the oven !!!!!

ok i have bitten the bullet and brought a 7 piece set on ebay... he better be bloody happy. there is onle one saucepan so i will still use my old set so should have the best of both worlds.

Fruity - that won't have been cast iron. The bakeware stuff is useless at high temperatures.

Oh really? I would have thought you could put all Le Cruset dishes in the oven That's terrible Not sure what I would've used it for if not to put in the oven

We got a load for our wedding - would say the following:

The casserole dishes are fantastic - they heat really evenly, I think they're worth the extra cost. Really heavy though, you need two hands to lift and pour from them.

Griddle pan is nice and heats evenly but TBH I only use it a few times a year. Worth buying if you fry lots of meat.

The saucepans are nice but once you have burned milk or something on the bottom they are difficult to clean without scratching.

Don't go near the hob kettle - the worst kitchen item I have ever owned! It metal heats up and is too hot to hold then it is impossible to pour the water our without burning yourself.

They do go in the oven but just not at very high temperatures in my experience.

I had a lovely cream lasagne dish which cracked. Think its probably true of most pottery type dishes though.

I have turned into my mother. Back to the knitting...

what colours do you all have

i have pans, pots, griddle pan, seving dishes and a few other bits and love them! well worth the money.

xx

Had a saucepan but gave it to charity shop as was so heavy to lift.

we have the stovetop kettle (present) i was sceptical cos it doesn't have a whistle but actually i think it's pretty good - don't have a hot handle problem and it seems to heat much quicker than our old one did.

frying pan
mahoosive casserole
medium casserole
all blue