Ask any chef what their go-to cooking pot is, and they'll likely give you the same answer: a Dutch oven. "I think every kitchen should have at least one Dutch oven," says Roger Sitrin, lead ...

Seasoning a cast-iron Dutch oven helps improve the stick resistance of the cooking surface, which also protects it from rusting. The seasoning process is the same as when seasoning a cast iron ...

Managing these requirements might sound like a challenge, or like expensive equipment might be involved, but you can actually solve both needs with a common piece of cookware: the Dutch oven.