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The Staub cocotte in cherry, dark blue and pistachio, and what each Staub color goes with
The Staub cocotte is a 5.5-quart French cast iron pot with a black matte enamel inside. And the Staub colors run deep, so it helps to know what each color sits well beside before you choose.
The Staub cocotte is a French cast iron pot in deep, saturated colors, and owners say it looks good enough to leave out on the stove. Its cherry is a true red, which one owner describes as neither orange nor burgundy. But its pistachio is a leaf green rather than a pastel, so it won't match a pastel green toaster or kettle. So the color you choose depends on what's already in your kitchen, and this page goes through each color in turn.
You sear, braise, make stews or bake bread, and you'd like a pot in a deep color that goes from the oven to the table.
You'd like to watch food brown against a pale inside, or lifting a heavy pot is hard for you. The 5.5-quart cocotte weighs more than 12 pounds empty, by Staub's figures.
A limited lifetime warranty from Staub for the original owner, when the pot is bought from Staub or a retailer Staub authorizes in the US.
Amazon, in every color we link.
What the Staub cocotte does
The Staub cocotte is cast iron coated in enamel, and the inside is a textured black matte enamel that needs no seasoning. That black inside is what gives the pot its browning, Staub says, while the heavy cast iron holds the heat and spreads it evenly. And the smooth enamel base works on every stovetop, induction included, while the whole pot is oven-safe to 500 °F.
The Staub cocotte's lid is heavy and fits tightly, and its underside is covered in small bumps, which Staub calls its signature spikes. Those bumps return the juices evenly onto the food as it cooks, in Staub's words, which is why owners call it a self-basting lid.
The Staub cocotte is dishwasher-safe, though Staub recommends washing it by hand.
What the Staub cocotte doesn't do
The Staub cocotte's black inside makes it harder to judge how brown the meat or the onions are getting than in a pale pot. And some owners find the textured enamel rough, so food can catch on it. That means the pot may need a soak and a longer scrub after a hard sear.
The Staub cocotte is heavy as well, at more than 12 pounds before any food goes in. So if lifting a full pot out of the oven is hard for you, look at a smaller size, because Staub makes the same cocotte in several sizes.
The Staub cocotte also wants a lower heat than you might expect, because owners say food sticks on high heat. But owners also say it cooks in the same time on a lower setting.
What owners say about the Staub cocotte
On Amazon, the Staub cocotte scores 4.6 out of 5 in every color shown here, from 456 ratings on the cherry and dark blue listing and 1,543 ratings on the pistachio listing (September 2026). Those listings group several sizes of the cocotte, so some of these owners bought the 4-quart pot rather than the 5.5-quart.
"It is beautiful! I got red and it is perfect for my kitchen....a pleasant red...not orange or burgundy."
Amazon customer, verified purchase, October 2020, in Cherry
"Love the Staub pots. Nice and substantial weight and beautiful blue color."
Amazon customer, verified purchase, May 2026, in Dark Blue
"Simply the best dutch oven you can own. Works seriously better than the alternatives. Looks amazing on your stove."
Amazon customer, verified purchase, June 2026, in Dark Blue
The owner of the cherry cocotte chose Staub for the black inside, after the pale bottom of another pot stained in a way that owner couldn't clean. But the complaints about the Staub cocotte are worth reading too, and most are about the weight, the heat and the finish.
"Really heavy though. You need to be aware of that when lifting it , washing it etc. Needs low heat otherwise food will stick inspite of the non-stick coating."
Amazon customer, verified purchase, February 2026, in Dark Blue
"The inside finish is rough. My older cocotte has a very smooth finish. I prefer smooth."
A Staub owner, Target review, 2025
The Staub cocotte's colors, what each color goes with, and where to buy it
Staub's cherry is the easiest of the three colors to match, because reds from different makers sit together better than blues do. So a cherry cocotte sits well beside a red stand mixer, a red kettle or red plates. One example is Fiesta's Scarlet place setting, and the Fiesta article covers the rest of Fiesta's colors.
Staub's dark blue is harder to match, because blues from different makers rarely agree. So hold the pot up to the blue already in your kitchen, in daylight, before you build around it, or let the dark blue be the one deep color on a counter of white, cream or black.
Staub's pistachio is a leaf green, not a pastel, so it won't match a pastel green Smeg toaster or kettle. That makes pistachio a color to choose on its own, with white, cream or black doing the rest.
Staub also makes the cocotte in lilac, turquoise and six more colors. But lilac and turquoise showed only two left on Amazon when we checked in September, so they aren't shown here, and the other colors are on the product page.
Every Staub color we link is sold on Amazon, and Amazon's returns follow the seller on each listing. But Staub's warranty may not cover a pot bought from a seller Staub doesn't authorize, and that includes some marketplace sellers. So check who sells your color before you order, and keep your receipt.
Who makes the Staub cocotte
Staub was founded in 1974 in Alsace, in eastern France, and the stork in Staub's logo comes from there. Then in 2008 Staub joined the Zwilling group, and Staub says its cast iron is still made and finished in France, one piece at a time. That's also why Staub says small differences in the enamel and the color from one pot to the next are part of the pot, not a defect. And there's no recall on record for the Staub cocotte at the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (checked September 2026).
The other French Dutch oven, beside the Staub cocotte
If you'd rather see the food against a pale inside, the Le Creuset Dutch oven is the French pot to compare. Its inside is a sand-colored enamel, and its colors are brighter, among them Flame, the orange Le Creuset started with in 1925. And the Le Creuset article covers each color.
For lighter, less expensive pots and pans, see the colorful cookware guide.
Before you buy the Staub cocotte
- Color: Staub's pistachio is a leaf green, so it won't match a pastel green toaster or kettle.
- Seller: check that a seller Staub authorizes sells your color, because Staub's warranty may not cover the others.
- Heat: cook in the Staub cocotte on a lower heat than usual, because owners say food sticks on high heat.
- Weight: the 5.5-quart cocotte weighs more than 12 pounds empty, so check a smaller size if lifting is hard for you.
See every color of the Staub cocotte
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