We analysed the Amazon.co.uk subcategory Baking Dishes and kept only products with at least 200 reviews and 4.3 stars. Ranked by estimated monthly revenue, the result is startling: nine of the ten are Le Creuset enamelled cast iron, the tenth is a Staub cocotte, and nothing under £150 gets a look in.
The revenue leader and the size most households settle on: 3.3 litres in Cerise, enough for a chicken or a stew for four.
Check the price on AmazonThe revenue leader and the size most households settle on: 3.3 litres in Cerise, enough for a chicken or a stew for four.
The lowest price in this comparison at £157.64 and the smallest pot here — 1.8 litres suits two people, and it dropped 30% over the observed period.
The most expensive entry here at £301.60 and the batch-cooking size: 6.7 litres, which is a lot of cast iron to lift out of a low oven.
The widest dish in the list and a different shape of cooking — shallow and 30 cm across, for browning and reducing rather than deep stews.
The only entry here that is not a Le Creuset — a 22 cm Staub cocotte at £168.78, though its price rose 26% during the observed period.
At 4.2 litres this is the family size, and the step from the 22 cm at rank 1 costs about £17 for one extra litre.
The 26 cm braiser in Cerise at £205.06, sold by a German merchant rather than out of Amazon stock.
Exactly the same 28 cm, 6.7 litre pot as rank 3 in a different colour, and £64 less — colour is priced independently of size in this range.
A 2 litre shallow casserole at £165.68 after a 26% price drop, which puts it around £39 below the other 26 cm braiser in this list.
The clearest illustration of how this range is priced: at £249 the 20 cm matte black costs more than the 22 cm and the 24 cm in Cerise.
| Product | Score | Stars | Reviews | Feature | Material | Price | Offer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01. Le Creuset Signature Round Casserole 22 cm Best seller Le Creuset · Le Creuset |
9.7 | 4.8 ★ | 10,260 | 22 cm · 3.3 L | Enamelled cast iron | £199.50 | Amazon › |
| 02. Le Creuset Signature Round Casserole 18 cm Top rated Le Creuset · Le Creuset |
9.7 | 4.8 ★ | 10,258 | 18 cm · 1.8 L | Enamelled cast iron | £157.64 | Amazon › |
| 03. Le Creuset Round Casserole 28 cm, Matte Black Top rated Le Creuset · Le Creuset |
9.7 | 4.8 ★ | 10,260 | 28 cm · 6.7 L | Enamelled cast iron | £301.60 | Amazon › |
| 04. Le Creuset Signature Shallow Braiser 30 cm Le Creuset · Le Creuset |
9.4 | 4.8 ★ | 3,206 | 30 cm · braiser | Enamelled cast iron | £217.54 | Amazon › |
| 05. Staub Cocotte Round 22 cm, Grenadine Red Staub · Staub |
9.5 | 4.7 ★ | 7,385 | 22 cm · cocotte | Enamelled cast iron | £168.78 | Amazon › |
| 06. Le Creuset Signature Round Casserole 24 cm Top rated Le Creuset · Le Creuset |
9.7 | 4.8 ★ | 10,260 | 24 cm · 4.2 L | Enamelled cast iron | £216.92 | Amazon › |
| 07. Le Creuset Shallow Braiser 26 cm, Cerise Le Creuset · Le Creuset |
9.4 | 4.8 ★ | 3,206 | 26 cm · braiser | Enamelled cast iron | £205.06 | Amazon › |
| 08. Le Creuset Round Casserole 28 cm, Deep Teal Top rated Le Creuset · Le Creuset |
9.7 | 4.8 ★ | 10,260 | 28 cm · 6.7 L | Enamelled cast iron | £237.16 | Amazon › |
| 09. Le Creuset Shallow Casserole 26 cm, Caribbean Le Creuset · Le Creuset |
9.4 | 4.8 ★ | 3,207 | 26 cm · 2 L | Enamelled cast iron | £165.68 | Amazon › |
| 10. Le Creuset Round Casserole 20 cm, Matte Black Top rated Le Creuset · Le Creuset |
9.7 | 4.8 ★ | 10,260 | 20 cm · 2.4 L | Enamelled cast iron | £249.00 | Amazon › |
Diameter tells you what fits on the hob, capacity tells you what fits in the pot. The spread here runs from 1.8 litres for two people to 6.7 litres for batch cooking, and the 22 to 24 cm range around 3 to 4 litres is where most households land.
Four entries here are shallow braisers rather than deep round pots. A braiser gives you more base area for browning and reduces liquid faster; a deep round casserole holds a whole joint and a lid full of steam. They are not interchangeable, and most kitchens end up wanting the deep one first.
Two of these are listed specifically with a stainless steel knob. That matters because the standard phenolic knob has an oven ceiling, while a metal one does not — worth checking if you finish dishes under a hot grill or bake bread in the pot.
Enamelled cast iron is heavy empty and considerably heavier full. A 6.7 litre pot lifted out of a low oven with gloves on is a genuine two-handed job, which is why the loop handles and their size are worth looking at as closely as the capacity.
In this range the finish is not a free choice. A 20 cm matte black here sells for more than a 24 cm in Cerise, and the identical 28 cm pot costs £64 more in matte black than in deep teal. Pick the size first, then look at which colours are actually cheap that week.
A light sand-coloured interior lets you judge the fond when you are deglazing; a dark interior hides it. All of these are enamelled rather than bare iron, so they need no seasoning, work on induction, and dislike being scraped with metal.
Because the ranking follows revenue rather than unit sales. Glass and ceramic baking dishes sell in far higher numbers but at £10 to £25, so a Le Creuset selling 50 units a month out-earns them. If you want a cheap oven dish, this subcategory is not where the money is — and that is worth knowing before you assume the top ten is a shopping list.
Le Creuset prices size and colour separately, and Amazon prices then move with stock. In this snapshot the 20 cm matte black is £249 while the 24 cm Cerise is £216.92, and the same 28 cm pot appears at £301.60 in matte black and £237.16 in deep teal. Always compare the exact colour, not just the size.
Le Creuset Signature listings share a review pool across up to 76 variants, so six entries here show around 10,260 reviews for six different sizes and colours. The rating is meaningful for the range; it says nothing about one specific size.
The products are ordered by estimated monthly revenue per ASIN, not by star rating and not by bestseller rank. Only products with at least 200 reviews and an average of 4.3 stars were included. Because revenue is price times units, expensive cookware rises to the top here — the ordering shows where the spending goes, not which dish is best value.
The score is not our own hands-on test. It is calculated transparently from public Amazon data: 75% from the average star rating and 25% from the number of reviews, weighted logarithmically. The ranking order itself comes from estimated monthly revenue per ASIN. Prices, ratings and review counts were retrieved from Amazon.co.uk on 22 July 2026 and can change at any time.
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