Review of Le Creuset Signature Phenolic Small Knob

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I've a 3-quart (or thereabouts) enameled cast iron round oven from the rachael ray line (no longer offered, apparently). The handle cracked off and this Le Creuset part fits perfectly, although I did have to buy a different stainless steel machine screw to match the lid's flat inner surface. But here is my confusion: Amazon lists this part as having a 375 F heat limit. However the part is listed by Le Crueset at 480 F. And, the actual part package lists it at 500 F.

As for the handle: The fit is perfect. The relatively soft nature of the handle makes it feel it will not loosen on it's own. I have not as yet tested it in oven use, but for stove top it has performed as expected. If you have an enameled cast iron cooking vessel lid that needs a replacement handle, this should do quite well even for other brands. For Le Creuset of course, this goes without saying.

5 stars for the product, 1 star removed for the lack of clarity.

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A family member recently moved, and I was delighted that in the ruthless thinning down of her kitchen gear, she passed along to me a Le Creuset 5-Quart Oval French Oven that a quarter century earlier had been a wedding present, but that an entire generation of rushed clean-up by a busy family had left marred with multiple layers of well baked-on remnants from many years of wonderful meals.

A quick bit of Googling about revealed that the Le Creuset site has a wonderful trick for dealing with this common enough phenomenon, and considering these units retail for close to $300 these days, I figure the hour or so I spent restoring it's original glory was well worth my time. Besides which, I had long coveted this particular smaller casserole better suited to meals for two to four.

Unfortunately, however, I managed to crack the lid's original knob in my zeal to erase every last trace of oven-fired gunk.

The good news is that while Le Creuset hasn't altered the design or quality of it's cast-iron cookware in living memory, they have found a new knob material better suited for withstanding many years of intense oven temperatures. The change-out took less than a minute, the new knob feels entirely secure, and now the "French" Oven looks so great, it has found a prominent place on the open-shelved side of my kitchen.

Bravo! Le Creuset, not just for continuing to make quality products, but even more for making it easy enough to simply replace a broken knob rather than be strong-armed into re-purchasing a beloved pot. It's sad more manufacturers these days--electronics are the most egregious offenders--design for planned obsolescence than legacy compatibility. For myself, Le Creuset's policy makes me even more inclined to keep buying more of their products. (There's a wonderful Cast-Iron Braiser/Paella Pan . . . )

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I like the knob and the quality, and it does what I need it to do -makes two Le Creuset pots usable again because they have workable covers. The one thing that I don't like is that the knobs are just a bit too big, so I can't get my fingers under the edges of the knob. Are there any smaller knobs? My two pots are very small and had smaller knobs than the replacements.

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I bought his know for a Farberware Induction stove compatible pot. I think this replacement knob probably cost 30% to 40% of the pot's original price, but all the lower-cost covers Amazon carries had bad customer reviews. The screw that comes with this knob is barely large enough that it will not go through the hole in the standard thickness glass cover for pots. Realizing that normal use could put enough stress on the glass cover to cause the it to chip where it's held down by the screw, I found a stainless steel washer that fitted between the bottom of the glass cover and the knob to spread the force over a larger area as I tighten the screw. Le Creuset Dutch Ovens and others like it have thick cast-iron covers covered in enamel, so a small screw will hold the weight of the cover.

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We tried a knob that wasn't made specifically by Le Creuset, and it didn't last very long. This one looks very sturdy and can handle the weight of the pot lid.