I'm buying some new kitchen equipment, bit by bit, and getting rid of some
of the old junk. My next purchase is probably going to be cast iron. I've
already got a decent cast iron frying pan, but it's a bit small sometimes.

First I was just looking at the larger frying pans. But now I'm undecided.

I was looking at the Lodge 7-qt Dutch oven and the 5-qt chicken fryer.
They're the same width, according to the listed dimensions. The difference
is the height and the handles. The depth of the chicken fryer would make it
more versatile than a frying pan of the same width. But then there's the
Dutch oven...a little deeper still.

But would that depth also be a limitation? Would the cast iron Dutch oven be
suitable for frying chicken, for example? I have another Dutch oven already
and probably won't get rid of the it since it's great for tomato-based
things that I probably wouldn't put in the cast iron one.

Any suggestions, comments?

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D.Currie