Last month, KitchenAid delivered to my door a beautiful (and I say that as manly as possible), nestling KitchenAid ceramic bakeware set of 4 boysenberry casserole dishes. Now let there be no misunderstandings, these were immediately claimed by the Mrs. and I was allowed to use them only if I was extremely careful. Ah, such is life …
This Boysenberry color on the casserole dishes is just gorgeous (striking a manly pose), so much so that I would enjoy seeing this color on just about everything in the kitchen. Seriously, it is just edible!
Now you may also be wondering with what this has to do with cooking outdoors? Well these ceramic bake-ware dishes work perfectly on a grill and when you bring them into the house, they look just gorgeous on the table! Yep, slipped that word (gorgeous) in again. I'll cover that in just a bit.
Size-wise, these come in four quart sizes, 0.3, 0.7, 1.5, and 3.5, and they nest for easy storage, which makes them very safe to store. No towering ceramic bowls squeezed into the cabinet any more!
They are freezer and microwave safe, won’t absorb oils, odors, or sauces, resist staining, cracking or crazing, and chipping – note here that they come with a 5yr no-chip limited warranty.
Plus, they are dishwasher safe and oven safe up to 500°F, which fits into my cooking habits perfectly.
I first used my KitchenAid Ceramic Bakeware set on Thanksgiving, cooking Kahlua candied yams, stuffing, green bean casserole and using the smallest one as a holder for our cranberry sauce. The dishes looked great with the boysenberry colored outside, with the food cresting high in the center, all highlighted by the bright white porcelain interior. From the oven to the table, looking good!
But I had to put them to the test for this website and that meant going on the grill. No I didn't ask, I just did it and I survived the Mrs. wrath.
We had some leftover ham from Thanksgiving and a ton of delicious cheese in the refrigerator, so I put together a ham and mac casserole dish for the test.
Honestly, these worked great on my gas grill, no issues at all using indirect heat and the food was cooked evenly with a yummy crust on top.
Now I must throw a disclaimer out there – KitchenAid did not ask me to use their ceramic dishes on the grill, so I don't know if they have researched the usage on a grill or not but it certainly worked great for me. Keep in mind that I used indirect heat with no heat directly under the dishes, I wouldn't recommend using them any other way.
Wrapping things up here, I really like these casserole dishes from KitchenAid. Both in the oven and on the grill, they performed as stated, washing up was a breeze, so easy in fact they never graced the insides of the dishwasher.
They cost $149.99 on the KitchenAid website and are well worth the price in my opinion.
Several colors are available also: Onyx, Azure blue, Buttercup, Empire red, Persimmon, and Key lime.
KitchenAid provided these casserole dishes and no charge and without stipulation in exchange for my honest review of their product.
