This dish is good for stovetop cooking. Enamel exterior and the interior surface and sleek design. Premium cast iron heats and cooks more evenly and efficiently than other types of metals and can last for generations. Compatible with most heating elements,durability and cooking performance. Only the best cookware in the world is made this way. This beautiful large roasting pan can also efficiently cook family sized servings of vegetables or side dishes on your stove top or your outdoor grill. You can also use as a chiller to keep cold things cold while serving. Inspired by natural tones, enameled cast iron brings touches of the outdoors to the kitchen. This shallow pan is fabulous for oven recipes that require a crisp topping such as vegetable gratis, Lava’s enameled cast iron non-stick roaster and baking tray offers a cooking area of 10 x 16 inches and is 2-1/4 inches deep with capacity for 5-1/4 quarts of culinary deliciousness. It comes in many beautiful colors and is perfect for roasting family sized servings of meats and vegetables and baking delicious side dishes and casseroles. Lava makes its Roasting pans just like its premium Dutch ovens with three layers of beautiful enamel outside and a chef preferred matte black finish inside that is bonded into premium cast iron by firing twice, macaroni and cheese, offering maximum beauty, onions, ovens and outdoor grills - Oven and drill rated up to 500°F.