Simax Casserole Dish For Oven, 8 Quart Glass Baking Dish With High Lid Set, Microwave, Oven, and Dishwasher Safe Cookware, Borosilicate Glassware, Large Baking Dish

Heavy I will warn you, but, it is glass. The lid is not a tight fit, but seats well. I found you have to remove the lid before attempting to pull it out of the oven when it’s hot, due to the loose fitting lid and fear I would drop it in my oven door. Love I can see through it to gauge if done. Would buy again. Versatile with the ability to use either or both to bake in. Washes well.

The glassware is excellent and can handle temps of 500 degrees. It is very well made and can handle smaller loaves but I use this for larger loaves of 1200grams and above. Because it is glass, it requires no preheating of the pan and it heats up very quickly. I got this one when I started baking larger loaves that needed more height than the smaller version this company makes. I use both glassware ovens depending on the size of bread loaf I am making. I like it better than my metal dutch oven because I can actually see when the bread has reached the peak height and coloration before taking the lid off and completing the baking. I preheat at 500 degrees, then put the pan in with lid on and reduce heat to 450 degrees and bake for 40-50 min with lid on and complete the baking/browning with the lid off for 12-15 min longer. Depending on the loaf, I may let the oven stay at 500 degrees for 10-15 minutes to kick start the dough on cold days. I've used this many times and it holds up under quick temperature changes even when putting into a 500 degree preheated oven. Also, I spray the interior lid with water to trap moisture in the Dutch oven which helps to allow the dough to stretch and rise. You can turn it upside down as well and bake with it that way too. Worth the price for me!

Because I love to bake bread and have a gas oven, I needed a vessel of some kind to create the steam required for good oven spring. I have a smallish Lodge cooker which is great for boules, but actually holds too much heat and sometimes burn the bottoms of the loaves even with parchment. Then I just couldn't justify the cost of a Le Cruset or Challenger pan just for baking bread. I happened to see a few Bake with Jack videos where he used a glass bowl/cloche and thought, hey! That's different. His loaves came out fine and it was cool to be able to see the bread rise and bake. So I took a chance with this glass roaster, and have been using it without fail for all my loaves. I can now bake BIG (1000g) oval loaves that have the room to rise and are easier to slice than boules. I put the loaf straight from the fridge onto parchment or silicone lift, score it, place it in the cold roaster, mist with water, toss in a few ice cubes, put the lid on and into the preheated oven (on a stone shelf). My loaves have turned out perfectly and the roaster has been no problem to clean up, even with dried fruit and the melted ice. I love not having to deal with a hot preheated dutch oven and being able to monitor my bread's baking. I plan on getting the round version at some point.

Excellent for 14 or 15 pounds turkeys.

I bought this as a see-through container to bake sourdough batards. The oval shape is good for that. However, I wish the top and bottom fit more closely together; it doesn't trap the steam as well as a Dutch oven. This set has more volume than ideal for a sourdough batard, so if that is your reason for buying, I think a smaller set might be better.

I purchased this glass casserole with lid to bake artisan bread. As soon as it arrived it looked great and I was happy. I also ordered silicone gloves to make sure I could handle this baking dish properly. I mention this because I also wanted to make sure I could open/lift the glass lid with quick ease. Well, it all worked out. I never had difficulty with lifting or opening the lid, because the silicone gloves made it easy. As far as the casserole, it bakes and works great! I will also be using it for baked dinners etc, but my main purpose for this was for bread. I totally recommend. Worth the invested money!

Great cooking dish! you can see everything clearly when cooking> The lid makes everything nice and moist

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Super important heavily used piece of kitchen equipment (for the height and glass there is no equivalent). Broke one instantly expresss freighted the replacement. Please keep making them.

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