Crazy Korean Cooking Korean Stone Bowl (Dolsot), Sizzling Hot Pot for Bibimbap and Soup - Premium Ceramic (Medium - No Lid)

I've had the large size ttukbaegi (without lid) for a few months now, using it almost daily on a gas stove and running it through the dishwasher after every use, and it is holding up perfectly. Carelessly using ceramic soup spoons and steel utensils, there isn't the slightest indication of wear in the surface finish - it still looks brand new. The wide format makes it suitable for all kinds of cooking tasks, from boiling instant ramyun to simmering and serving a stew, cooking rice or even browning meat. It is really thick and quite heavy, and retains heat for a long time. The trivet is really nice, perfectly fits the base of the vessel and holds it securely. I also own a really fancy ttukbaegi straight from Korea that costs 4 times the price, but I like this thing so much, I bought a second one. This is a great bargain for the quality you're getting.

Quality beauty nice easy to use and clean

I don't normally write reviews, but after I ordered my second bowl, I felt like this product was worth it. I first got one of the large bowls about a year and a half ago. I have since used and abused the hell out of it and it's still pretty much as nice as it was when I first got it. Since telling you it's a nice bowl doesn't really do it justice, I figured I'd mention a few of the activities it has survived.Cooking multiple times a week - I don't mean adding hot product or anything like that. I live in a small apartment and I don't have a normal stove, so I use a hotplate to cook with. I just throw the bowl on the coil and it heats up and cooks the food no problem. I've cooked everything from eggs, to stirfry, to ramen in it with no problems.Bean Hell - I once fell asleep while warming up some beans on the stove in this bowl, and woke up about 6 hours later to a room filled with smoke and the smell of burnt beans. The beans by this point were less a vegetable and more charcoal than anything else. Bowl took no damage from the extended heating session and I was able to completely clean out the cement like interior with only minimal soaking and scraping. My apartment by contrast smelled of burnt beans for months afterwards.Cooking the Plate - The plate is made out of a heavy plastic. In my infinite wisdom and attentiveness, I once placed the plate on the hotplate with the bowl on top of that. I eventually figured it out when trying to figure out what was causing the awful smell in my apartment. I figured something had gotten stuck to the coils or something. No, I'm just an idiot. The plate survived, though the coils did leave a faint impression on the bottom of the plastic where the plate had been sitting. To clarify, using the bowl/plate combo normally does not cause it to smell nor does it leave impressions on the plate. It's only when you decide to cook the plate that this becomes a thing. In addition, I will add that in spite of being plastic, there was no melting or deformation caused by the heating.So yeah. Looks great, cleans up easily, and survives most trials that you might run into. While I probably wouldn't recommend dropping the bowl on a cement floor, I definitely would recommend picking one up.

It’s a good quality bowl, and the size is just what I expected. The only problem is the trivet size: it’s too small for the bowl. I already have 2 dolsots in my kitchen, and I know how they are supposed to fit in the trivet. This one simply doesn’t. It kind of sits on the edge of the lip instead of the well (the bottom) of the trivet. I don’t want to go through the hassle of returning and waiting for the new bowl but hoping that the seller would send me the correct size trivet .

The pot arrived fine, well packaged in its original cardboard box with all pieces intact and present.My problem is with whoever prepared this for delivery - either at the seller’s or at Amazon’s warehouse.All they did is that they just slapped an Amazon address sticker directly onto the box. Also the box was closed but there was no adhesive tape anywhere on it to keep it from accidentally opening.I have to thank my Amazon delivery guy who took great care to deliver the box and its contents safe and undamaged. I had lees than stellar delivery experiences with Amazon packages in the past, especially if delivered through third party carriers- boxes were frequently torn, smashed and sometimes items damaged.Apart from the packaging issue the pot seems fine.The actual appearance is different from the stock photo: the glaze is not shiny,but rather dull.This might be actually an advantage because the material might absorb and radiate heat better than a shiny, glassy surface.Even though I bought the large size bowl, it is still relatively small: cooks 2 person portions.I am hopeful that being tested for toxic metals and being free of them is actually true and not only and advertising ploy.