This cocotte is ideal for slow-cooking hearty stews and flavorful chilis. Its lid contains self-basting bumps that ensure a constant drip of juices and flavors falls back onto your food as it cooks, resulting in flavorful, tender dishes. It's finished with multiple coats of matte black enamel for easy cleaning. The Alsace region of France is known for its rich, one-pot meals, and it's here that Francis Staub crafted his first enameled pot in 1974 in an old artillery factory. Each kitchen essential from the renowned line blends the utility of cast iron with the artisan imagination shared by gourmet chefs. This cocotte is ideal for slow-cooking hearty stews and flavorful chilis. Its lid contains self-basting bumps that ensure a constant drip of juices and flavors falls back onto your food as it cooks, resulting in flavorful, tender dishes. It's finished with multiple coats of matte black enamel for easy cleaning. The Alsace region of France is known for its rich, one-pot meals, and it's here that Francis Staub crafted his first enameled pot in 1974 in an old artillery factory. Each kitchen essential from the renowned line blends the utility of cast iron with the artisan imagination shared by gourmet chefs.