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Seeking dish suggestions.

I am in need of something that can withstand high heat. Basically, I want something that I can safely put under a broiler and then use as a serving dish. For melting cheese on nachos, melting cheese on French onion soup, that kind of thing.

I'd prefer it not be metal, though. I know a lot of restaurants use what looks like cast iron served on wood as an insulator for things like fajitas, but they also use something else for nachos and soups.

I did an Amazon search and had a hard time finding anything. Maybe I wasn't using the proper keywords.
 
Porcelain can withstand the broiler. I recommend Pillivuyt.
 
Seeking dish suggestions.

I am in need of something that can withstand high heat. Basically, I want something that I can safely put under a broiler and then use as a serving dish. For melting cheese on nachos, melting cheese on French onion soup, that kind of thing.

I'd prefer it not be metal, though. I know a lot of restaurants use what looks like cast iron served on wood as an insulator for things like fajitas, but they also use something else for nachos and soups.

I did an Amazon search and had a hard time finding anything. Maybe I wasn't using the proper keywords.

Certain Corning dishes and then I'd look into stoneware.
 
Seeking dish suggestions.

I am in need of something that can withstand high heat. Basically, I want something that I can safely put under a broiler and then use as a serving dish. For melting cheese on nachos, melting cheese on French onion soup, that kind of thing.

I'd prefer it not be metal, though. I know a lot of restaurants use what looks like cast iron served on wood as an insulator for things like fajitas, but they also use something else for nachos and soups.

I did an Amazon search and had a hard time finding anything. Maybe I wasn't using the proper keywords.

https://www.amazon.com/HIC-Gratin-B...8&qid=1517077847&sr=8-1&keywords=broiler+dish
 
Stonewair. Often comes in plain white. They handle a salamander just fine, I use mine to melt the cheese on bowls of French onion soup all the time.
 
Pyrex

Corning glass ones. Have some 30 years old or more
 
my wife is a professional potter
she agrees what you are looking for (cheese and nachos) is a brie baker
and for something to heat your cheese topped french onion soup would be another piece of "oven safe" pottery in the dimensions you would prefer (possibly a small casserole dish)
if there is a "crate & barrel" or "sonoma" store near by, walk in and tell the staff what you are looking for
if they are not accessible, google "etsy brie baker"
here is one of many found when i did that search
brie baker example from etsy.jpg
 
Seeking dish suggestions.

I am in need of something that can withstand high heat. Basically, I want something that I can safely put under a broiler and then use as a serving dish. For melting cheese on nachos, melting cheese on French onion soup, that kind of thing.

I'd prefer it not be metal, though. I know a lot of restaurants use what looks like cast iron served on wood as an insulator for things like fajitas, but they also use something else for nachos and soups.

I did an Amazon search and had a hard time finding anything. Maybe I wasn't using the proper keywords.

People who responded gave you some excellent answers. Another is to use a pizza stone. However, place it on the broiler pan that came with your oven. It's easier to clean if any of the cheese drips off the stone, than the bottom of the broiler draw. Pizza stones look great on the table, but place some trivets under the stone before placing the hot stone on the table, so you don't scar the table surface. Unless you want to scar the table surface and want to create an interesting stressed look table top.

And you don't finish french onion soup under the broiler, you do it in the oven, and the cheese will brown without danger of burning. The oven will also work with nachos, and just as fast if the heat is high. Depending on the cheese used, the same 5-7 minutes. Before serving, check with a food thermometer. The cheese temperature shouldn't be greater than 140 degrees when serving. Food served at temperatures above 180 degrees will scald the inside of a human mouth in 2-3 seconds, at 140 degrees 5-8 seconds. At 200 degrees, third degree burns at 8 seconds of exposure. The infamous just out of the oven pizza burn and commensurate scream "WOW THAT'S HOT!!! :)
 
my wife is a professional potter
she agrees what you are looking for (cheese and nachos) is a brie baker
and for something to heat your cheese topped french onion soup would be another piece of "oven safe" pottery in the dimensions you would prefer (possibly a small casserole dish)
if there is a "crate & barrel" or "sonoma" store near by, walk in and tell the staff what you are looking for
if they are not accessible, google "etsy brie baker"
here is one of many found when i did that search
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Doesn't work with nachos. They get soggy. Better Tex/Mex restaurants use fresh toasted tortilla chips, cook the filling separately, pour the separately prepared cheese sauce over the tortilla chips, followed by the other ingredients, bake for no more than 2-3 minutes of finishing in the serving dish or bowl.

You want the nachos to toast as the cheese sauce continues to melt and marry the additional ingredients, they need a flat surface, air to circulate. Brie bakers work for cheese topped soups, and other crisped soup covers. Not nachos. The serving bowl should be heated to keep the contents warm. Not for cooking.

Also, while Wlliams and Sonoma as well as Crate & Barrel carry some fine, expensive products, a discount restaurant supplier like (I have no affiliation with the following) https://www.webstaurantstore.com/20319/french-onion-soup-bowls-and-soup-crocks.html offers inexpensive products that work just as well. And no one gets upset when a $3-3.50 item drops off the table and shatters because a 5 year old thought it would be fun to dump it, or Uncle Harry was practicing his magic and making the table rise with his knees.
 
cast iron skillet
 
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