This roomy, round Dutch oven/cocotte is perfect for dinner parties. Its ample interior means you won’t crowd food as it cooks. And like all STAUB Dutch ovens, it’s unsurpassed for slow-cooking meat and vegetables to tender perfection, and for simmering hearty stews and soups. Enameled cast iron requires no seasoning and possesses exceptional heat-retaining qualities, so the pot heats evenly throughout. With a heavy weight, tight-fitting lid that retains moisture and tiny bumps on the lid interior that create a rain-forest effect evenly returning juices back onto food, you can expect moist, perfectly cooked food every time you use this pan.