Okay I'm trying to figure this one out too, whether to get a LeCruset Dutch oven, around 5-6 quarts or the Mauviel 2.0mm dutch oven/stock pot with the iron handles. This is the medium weight copper and I've found them excellent for soups etc. I prefer the heaviest 2.5mm for skillets and have one of the lightweight ( I think 1.6mm) brass handled small skillets and found it to be better than my cuisinart and kitchenaid stainless skillets but not by much.
The Mauviel 2.5mm 6.4qt weighs 11 pounds and the 2.0mm gourmet one weighs something like 8 pounds, a big difference.
So I know there are a bunch of you who love LeCruset but am wondering if the copper one ( I guess this would be a question for those who already use copper on a daily basis, i.e. being already used to it) would be more versatile using it a lot as a stockpot and to facilitate a large steamer.
Decisions, decisions- the other idea is to get the the All Clad LTD 8qt stockpot and use it for everything but think it's overkill sizewise, cooking for one to two people.
Help...yeah between this and the saute/skillet thread, I'm driving myself crazy with indecision, knowing I "want" copper but unsure if for some reason it functionallly is the right answer. Money is not the issue at all here, I've got some alloted with the intention of getting stuff that will last me for the rest of my lifetime. It's an attitude I accepted sometime around my 60th birthday.
Jannie
Jannie
The Mauviel 2.5mm 6.4qt weighs 11 pounds and the 2.0mm gourmet one weighs something like 8 pounds, a big difference.
So I know there are a bunch of you who love LeCruset but am wondering if the copper one ( I guess this would be a question for those who already use copper on a daily basis, i.e. being already used to it) would be more versatile using it a lot as a stockpot and to facilitate a large steamer.
Decisions, decisions- the other idea is to get the the All Clad LTD 8qt stockpot and use it for everything but think it's overkill sizewise, cooking for one to two people.
Help...yeah between this and the saute/skillet thread, I'm driving myself crazy with indecision, knowing I "want" copper but unsure if for some reason it functionallly is the right answer. Money is not the issue at all here, I've got some alloted with the intention of getting stuff that will last me for the rest of my lifetime. It's an attitude I accepted sometime around my 60th birthday.
Jannie
Jannie
