Is the 5.5 quart size Dutch Oven big enough for a whole chicken? It's hard to tell the size from the picture.
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I believe a whole chicken would fit, but I believe it is better suited for one pot meals, like ham, potatoes and string beans or stews and soups. I would bake a whole chicken
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A small or medium one...probably. I never cook a whole chicken. I just recently used this to cook 4 lbs. of pork carnitas and had plenty of room, but of course there's no bones to deal with.
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Haven't roasted chicken yet, but that's why I bought it. I called all clad, but they couldn't give me an answer about the thickness of the pan. I took it out, it's just as heavy bottomed as my other huge all clad roaster, so I'll jet you know! It's a good size for a single chicken or a turkey breast, it a 3-4 standing rib. The only thing different is the handles come out from the pan, not up. Let me know your result!
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Sandy, It looks like answers for more than one size roaster are all showing up in one general Q&A for Granite Ware. I have the 13-inch roaster which refers to the length including the handles, not the interior length. I can roast a smaller chicken in it and I use the Harold 11 3/4 x 8 1/2 oval rack BUT I had to bend it down the middle with pliers because it was slightly too wide to fit (I think the width of mine is 8 inches.) It was hard to bend and is not perfectly symmetrical but I like the slight V that formed in the rack. The bottom of the roaster has indentations to prevent a bird from sealing to the bottom if you want to cook without a rack, which I have also done. Hope this helps a little.
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I have this (large) knob on my 5 qt. oval Dutch oven (approx. 23cmX29cm) and it is a good fit... Looks fine. You need a large knob to get a good grip when lifting a heavier large lid.
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Not sure what size roast, but chicken should fit. It holds a lot and works great!
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definitely no small whole chicken (the 6 or 8 qt would work better), maybe a 1 to 1.5lb roast.the 4 qt sounds big but it's really not, you can only fill it up to 3/4 capacity and then whatever you are cooking needs liquid or it'll burn.it works for me cause I only cook for myself but if you're cooking for a family get a bigger version
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If it was a Costco chicken (on steroids) no it would not be big enough. If you are doing 2 standard size chicken breasts it would be just fine. This pan is 1/2 the size of a "normal" full size oven roasting pan. It is great for one or two steaks or one or two other types of meat or chicken for two people. It is not the pan you would use for a family of 3 or 4 or more.
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It's actually smaller than it seems from the picture on line. It's only about 6 or 7 inches, but it's VERY stable for large or small chickens. Depending on your oven, you might have to put on bottom oven rack, but it should fit just fine! Cleans up easy and stores easy too! I love it.
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With out taking two measuring it, I can place a whole large chicken in it. It's larger than any cooking pan I have
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Jon, I honestly don't know but I would imagine it would hold quite a bit. This is not a small cooker...I love it. If you can picture a full size chicken in it there is still plenty of room...height wise. It measures 4" deep...excluding the lid. Hope this helps. Marcia
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No, the unit is oblong kinda like a football. Smallish cookware will fit like ceramic bowls, etc. I discovered I had several things I could use in it. Haven't used my full size oven in months now.
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I don't know the size of the bag you are considering buying, nor what quart our dutch oven is, but our dutch oven has a 12 on the lid and our bag is 7" deep and 14" across the top. We LOVE the bag. We also have the lid rack which fits in the bag w/ the dutch oven along w/ a pair of good gloves.
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No. I don't believe it's big enough. The most I've felt comfortable with was vegetables for 6. I believe Cuisinart sells a bigger one. You would also want a bigger steaming pot to go underneath it so that you could use more water for steam. Although I've never tried it a whole chicken definitely longer to steam. Vegetables for 6 has never taken more than 15 mins for this product. Things I love about this product...Easy to use and clean. Steams a variety of vegetables evenly.
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We use it with our 5qt lodge dutch oven to cook chicken, fries, onion rings ect. it works great!
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Jeanette, I have a 5 quart dutch oven and I was worried that this recipe would be too much for it so I paired it down to 2/3 of the recipe. I could have kept the recipe the same and been fine. No, you don't really need a 7 quart for that bread recipe, or at least that was MY experience.
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Yes, if it's a small chicken, but I do not recommend that you buy it. Mine functione quite well for abut six weeks before a flimsy metal part broke off. Suggestion: upgrade by spending some extra money now in order to get an oven that will last a number of years. You do get what you pay for.