My Favourite Price range Dutch Oven Is Even Cheaper for Prime Day

Prime Day 2025 is right here from Tuesday, July 8 to Friday, July 11, and Lifehacker is sharing the most effective gross sales based mostly on product critiques, comparisons, and price-tracking instruments. 

When Lifehacker Meals Editor Allie Reinmann wrote about her favourite budget-friendly Dutch ovens earlier this yr, she famously stated, “You don’t want a Le Creuset … You probably have one, that’s superior; they’re very fairly. Nevertheless, if cooking is what you’re curious about and you do not have $500 mendacity round, then there are various different high quality, long-wearing, lovely choices on the market.” After which she instructed us about Lodge.

I truly do have a Le Creuset Dutch oven, and it is lovely (and I am frightened of ruining in). However at 5-1/2 quarts, whereas it is nice for soups and stews, it’s too spacious for what I really want: a superb sauce pot. I am not about to begin a set of heirloom Dutch ovens that my teenage sons are unlikely to ever need, so I went the price range route on this one—I purchased this 3-quart Lodge that I now use at the very least a couple of times per week, and it is on sale for Prime Day for $61.49. (That is a pair bucks lower than I spent, for what it is value.)

I took this image of my first batch of sauce to proudly present Allie:

The primary pot of sauce I made in my Lodge Dutch oven.
Credit score: Meghan Walbert

It does what you need it to do: It cooks meals evenly, it cleans up with the swipe of a soapy sponge, and it appears to be like good in your range if it’s essential to go away it out to completely dry (or since you, like me, are tight on storage). A couple of months in, after many profitable pasta sauces and different dishes, I supplied to purchase my mother-in-law the identical one for Mom’s Day. So now I get photos like this with messages that say issues like, “I like my pot!”

There’s an excellent meatball state of affairs occurring right here.
Credit score: Meghan Walbert

Proper now, the “Sandalwood” (that is the one I’ve), the “Caribbean Blue,” and the “Island Spice Crimson” colours are all on sale for $61.49.

In search of one thing else? Retailers like Walmart, Greatest Purchase, and House Depot have Prime Day competitors gross sales which might be particularly helpful for those who don’t have Amazon Prime.

• Walmart’s Prime Day competitors sale begins at midnight on July 8 and can embody offers as much as 50% off. It’s an particularly good choice if in case you have Walmart+. 

• Greatest Purchase’s Prime Day competitors sale, “Black Friday in July,” runs by means of Sunday, July 13 and has a number of the finest tech gross sales on-line. It’s an particularly good choice for those who’re a My Greatest Purchase “Plus” or “Whole” member.

• House Depot prolonged its 4th of July sale by means of at the very least July 9, competing with some superb offers of its personal. It’s an particularly good choice for those who’re in search of energy instruments, home equipment, or outside tools.