Emile Henry Flame-Top Stewpot

Celebrate the French Revolution and Bastille Day on July 14 with a French Garden Party with some simple French alfresco foods: a French baguette, a fresh green salad, and shrimp on the barbecue. Make the meal authentic with a pot of beans and vegetables simmered slow on the grill in an Emile Henry Flame-Top pot.

Bastille Day is the French national holiday that commemorates the beginning of the French Revolution and the storming of the Bastille. Celebrated in France in much the same way that Americans celebrate Independence Day on July 4th.

Flame-Top cookware is made of a flameproof ceramic. It is designed to go directly on a heat source; gas flame, an electric or halogen stove, even a barbecue grill. Flame-Top cookware is much lighter, 30%, than comparable metal cookware and yet it is a heavy duty, durable workhorse. It is microwave and dishwasher-safe where metal cookware is not. Its’ surface cleans up easily and it is so durable that a cook can cut directly in the cookware – even with an electric knife without fear of scratching, chipping or cracking the surface. Flame-Top goes under the broiler and directly from a freezer or refrigerator into a hot oven.

Take summer entertaining by storm with this French cookware. To find out more about Flame-Top watch our Flame-Top Cookware video with Jacques Henry, President of Emile Henry.

Emile Henry Stewpot

By stealing some elements from the chemist’s periodic chart, Emile Henry has created a ceramic cookware that sits on a grill over hot flames, coals or wood. The Emile Henry Flame-Top stewpot is the perfect bean pot or chili pot.  Made from all natural Burgundy Clay, Flame-Top’s gently and even cooking is ideal for preparing baked beans, sauces, soups, macaroni and cheese, even cornbread, on the grill. With the Flame-Top, there is no need to turn on the stove when the grill is fired up.  Unlike metal cookware, the flame-top pot can sit on a very hot open flame, empty, for an extended period of time and it won’t crack, discolor or break.

Enhancing the gentle cooking properties of the clay, the raised dots on the underneath side of the lid distribute evaporated juices directly back into the cooking food.  This self-basting technique produces a more thoroughly cooked, tender and moist dish than with traditional lids, which force liquids to run down the sides of the pot, and which contribute to uneven cooking.  The pots are light enough so that they can be carried comfortably from the grill to the table even when full of food.  The lug handles are easy to grasp, even when using BBQ mitts.

The pot is dishwasher safe and can be cleaned with soap and water, no scrubbing needed even when baked beans caramelize on the lip of the pot.  Easy to use, easy to clean, a must-have for the grill master in the family.