"Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
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> Janet wrote:
>>
>>IME many cooks won't be able to use their Le Creuset for life; with
>>advancing age of the cook they'll find full ones too heavy to lift
>>safely.
>
> Any large pot is heavy to lift when full, but it's not very often that
> full large pots are lifted, not until most contents are ladled out.
> However cast iron is too heavy empty... even young folks find them
> difficult to handle... a PIA to clean, one slip and they'll damage
> your sink. Even Le Creuset knows that their pots are too heavy,
> that's why they put their name on porcelainized steel stock pots.

But I wanted a baking dish. That would have to be lifted.