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2 records

Entry No. 01
Kitchen

5.5 or 7.25 quarts — the number Le Creuset tells you to check, and does not print

The last question before an expensive pot leaves the cart. Le Creuset publishes servings, dimensions and price for every size, and its own guide warns you to make sure you can lift the thing when it is full — but nowhere on its product pages does it publish a weight. Staub does. We set both makers' numbers side by side, including the servings figures they disagree about, and let the missing number be the argument.

  • ·kitchen
  • ·dutch oven
  • ·Le Creuset
  • ·Staub
  • Honest
  • Deep
  • Durable
Entry No. 02
Kitchen

The pot they keep by name — an enamelled Dutch oven, Le Creuset vs Staub

The second specific record on the Kitchen shelf: the enamelled Dutch oven. We weigh Le Creuset (1925–) against Staub (1974–), work out where the $7.50-a-year figure comes from, and face the honest gap — the pot outlives its first owner, but the lifetime warranty does not travel with it.

  • ·kitchen tools
  • ·enameled cast iron
  • ·Dutch oven
  • ·Le Creuset
  • Durable
  • Honest
  • Future
  • Less