Emile Henry Flame Top 4.2 Quart Round Oven, Azur

Product Review

Emile Henry Flame-Top ceramic cookware is light and versatile, an innovative breakthrough in ceramic technology. Our new line of Burgundy Clay Flame-Top ceramic products work directly on any stove top (gas, electric, glass or halogen hob), without any fear of cracking or breaking. Much lighter, (30% lighter), than many types of comparable metal cookware products, Flame-Top is microwave and dishwasher-safe, goes under the broiler, and can go directly from a freezer to a hot oven. The incredibly gentle heat distribution properties of Burgundy Clay makes it a cooking vessel perfect for braising, browning and slow cooking. Flame-Top products cook evenly and thoroughly when used on top of the stove, in the oven or even in the microwave. Enhancing this gentle cooking action are raised dots on the inside of each lid that evenly distribute evaporated juices directly back into the cooking food. This self-basting technique produces a more thoroughly cooked, tender and moist dish than with traditional lids, which force liquids to run down the sides of the pot. Emile Henry Flame-Top ceramic cookware is light and versatile, and better brings out the flavors of all cooked foods.

Product Features

Made of Burgundy clay, can be used directly on a gas flame or an electric or halogen hob without a diffuser, without any fear of cracking or breaking.
Stove top, oven, broiler, and microwave safe: Flame top pieces can go directly from a freezer or refrigerator, to a hot oven, to the table.
4.2qt capacity, perfect for brazing, heat conduction and for slow, natural cooking.
Up to 30% lighter than many types of comparable metal cookware
Easy clean up: dishwasher safe

Customer Reviews

Average Customer Review

(4 customer reviews)

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful

Warning re heating milk!, May 2, 2011

badkarma - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Emile Henry Flame Top 4.2 Quart Round Oven, Azur (Kitchen)

Instructions recommend heating milk in the pan prior to first use. I wasn't watching and boiled milk over pan. It stuck to the pan like glue and was hard to remove with soaking and scrubbing. Watch the pot when heating the milk!
Since that first cleaning, the pan is amazingly easy to clean, heats very quickly and evenly and makes gorgeous no knead breads. On top of that, the pan is a thing of beauty and not near as heavy as the currently popular enameled pans or my regular cast iron.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

Cracked in one month, January 11, 2011

Laurence (North Carolina) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Emile Henry Flame Top 7 Quart Round Oven, Azur (Kitchen)

I loved this pot but, despite being careful with using and cleaning it, it developed a crack after one month's worth of use.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

Versatile Dutch Oven Looks and Works Great!, October 19, 2011

Michael Armstrong (Bexley, Ohio) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Emile Henry Flame Top 5.5 Quart Round Oven, Azur (Kitchen)

My wife and I bought the Emile Henry Flame Top 5.5 quart dutch oven to make the Jim Lahey no-knead breads. We had tried making his recipes with other baking equipment and were unable to achieve a dark, crisp crust. Using this pot took care of the problem. We've also used it to make some one-pot dinners. Pot roast, using the Joy of Cooking recipe, came out great. As with the bread, we had this dish using other cookware, but it took a dutch oven with a tight-fitting lid to get it right. We also used it for onion soup, carmelizing onions and leeks in the dutch oven, then adding hot stock. Tasted great, and cleanup was minimal, as nothing sticks to this pot and it cleans up beautifully in the dishwasher.

When the pot first arrived, my wife thought it would be too big and heavy for her to handle, but it has not been a problem. In fact, we chose this dutch oven over cheaper ones because it is half the weight of pots made with cast iron. Since it is so large, we keep it on a...Read more