Worth the money? Le Creuset and Staub Best Prices, Buying Advice, and Comparison!

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This video is about Le Creuset and Staub enameled cast iron cookware. Uncle Scott compares and contrasts the two brands, pointing out the highlights and differences, features, and benefits of each. Many people lok for an answer to the question: Which dis the best dutch oven, Staub or Le Creuset? Instead of picking one brand as the winner, Uncle Scott makes the case that for people who love to cook and love nice kitchens, the best choice is to buy one or more of each brand.

Le Creuset and Staub are both fantastic brands, with great cooking performance and French heritage. Uncle Scott believes that most people watching this video would be happy with either, but perhaps even happier with both.

We also present buying advice for choosing between Staub and Le Creuset, with factors to look for especially if it is for your first dutch oven.

Then we talk about the fun factor of participating in the Treasure Hunt this time of year. Black Friday, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's, Presidents Day and more holidays will present fantastic cookware sales events. The strategy is to prepare ahead of time with a list of any cookware you need, be ready to buy when it is in stock at a good price, and to check back often to this video description to find the latest best prices on Staub and Le Creuset. Uncle Scott encourages fans to share outstanding deals in the comments section below, or with him on Twitter and Facebook.

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[crazycorgilady]

Williams Sonoma is having a significant Staub sale right now. I just got a 4qt dutch oven for $129

[johnsanford]

Buy on sale. Get whatever color is available as long as you don't actively dislike the color. This is especially true if the pot is going to be stored out of sight.

[mikefisc]

I appreciate you providing us these links to the deals. Thank you Uncle Scott.

[DianePahl]

I started buying Le Cruset from Hudson's (anyone from the Detroit area here?) in the '80's. Still have and use those pieces and they are great. Got on the Staub wagon a couple years ago and have a couple pieces and love them just as much. But my best, screaming deal was when Target, last year brought out their "new" enameled cast iron line - Fig or something and seriously overpriced it, but, but!!! They put all the Lodge cast iron dutch ovens on sale way back in the store. I ran across them by accident and got 3 big (can't remember off hand the actual size because they weren't marked) dutch ovens for $20 each. Into my cart they went, lol. Did I need them? No, but it was an amazing joy of the hunt! Good luck to all of you out looking for some great deals this year.

[topfuelfan]

Free shipping and "up to" 40% off at de Buyer for early black Friday. Interestingly no tax too. Picked up my 1st. mineral B pro pan. 🧑‍🍳

[johnsanford]

My Dutch Oven is an 8qt All-Clad from the LTD line. Love it. Considering an enameled 5-6qt to join the club.

As far as the sale concept goes, I have a pretty extensive collection of All-Clad, EVERY mismatched piece save one purchased on sale. D3, D5, LTD, even the original steel lined aluminum. Not caring at all about matchey-matchey has allowed me to build it at a fraction of MSRP, hell, a fraction of normal street prices.

[SteveLinGuitar]

Uncle Scott, I need a Black Friday deal on a bigger kitchen, not more cookware. 🤣😆

[drcurlyfries]

Just purchased a black 4 qt Staub enameled cast iron Dutch oven for $149.00 at Amazon.

[ArmyRunner]

So jealous of your weather patterns and associated cooking plans. Here in Florida it is still hot. And sticky. Did I say hot? BTW, just picked up my first De Buyer Mineral Pro B pan based off of your reviews, how-to videos and other recommendations. Thank you!

[ericfielding]

I bought an on-sale enamelled Staub a year ago, one with a thick glass lid. I use it for all my acidic cooking. It's great, but the instructions caution not to heat it up too quickly. So browning meat takes just a little longer than I was used to.

[curtismatsune]

For me it took a while to know what I want regarding Le Crueset or Staub (I say "or" because as much as I love cookware, I'm not buying more than one piece from those very expensive brands).

After cooking in various Lodge and other less expensive enameled cast iron I concluded that (1) braises require much more cooking surface than is available in standard braisers to yield more than 2-3 servings, and (2) thicker walled cast iron doesn't bring anything significant to the table as far as performance -- all cast iron is thick enough.

The piece I found that works best for what I want is the Le Crueset 6.75 quart 30 cm round wide. It's really a big braiser but with enough capacity and depth to do big stews and soups. And the thinner walls of the Le Crueset make the big piece much easier to handle when it's full of food and bubbling hot.

I couldn't find anything comparable in any other European brand or Lodge USA and even if Staub does make one, I don't want their heavy walls.

I got my Le Crueset on sale for $259 in the classic Flame, which is what I wanted for my one Le Crueset so I'm a happy camper. I have one piece that I use for 90% of my braises, stews and soups.

[garryhammond]

Always a good watch Uncle Scott! - Cheers!

[iya]

Do you keep the boxes/packaging? Might be cool to see the closet where you have stashed them all!
To me, the Staub cocottes feel better made than LC, plus the black interior hides stains much better. Even after years of use they can be made to look brand new with a little oil. The LC's can't.

[alexanderjamieson]

Japanese Vermicular combines the best features of Staub and Le Creuset in their enameled dutch ovens, along with a self standing lid in their newest version.

[Trish.Norman]

After having both the Staub and Le Crueset I’m a 100% Staub fan. The interior of the Staub gets better over time. Not so with the Le Crueset.

[johnharper]

For Canadian People, Williams Sonoma Canada has 40% off Le Creuset right now.

[jayzechab]

My Staub cocotte reached 20 years. I can start to see brownish stains at the bottom. Looks like rust but I’d be surprised. Wondering if it’s the same as the coloring you see on LCs and just needs a hard wash. What do you think? If the enamel is gone, should I attempt to treat like cast iron and season?

[Lizzy]

I thought I'd let you guys know that the 6.75 quart wide round Le Creuset oven is on sale at Williams-Sonoma website for $279.95 and free-shipping (down from $430.00). This is the pot that a commenter on here raved about and it's also the same pot that YouTube chef, Brian Lagerstrom, uses almost exclusively on his channel. I want this pot but even at the sale price I'll still have to save up for it. Maybe Santa Claus....

[djC]

Looks like Lodge has a sale on their USA enamel pieces. The 6qt DO is $100 off = 199.95 and the 11" skillets are 3$30 off = 119.95 this is on their site.

[jstones]

hi Scott, so my question to you is do you recommend a braiser and if so 5 qt or 3.5 qt. Consider that i already have a dutch oven and saute pans. thanks