9 Oven-to-Table Holiday Cookware Pieces That Work Hard in the Kitchen, but Look Beautiful on Your Tablescape

Best Round Casserole: Serax Surface Cast-Iron Casserole

If you're setting a modern, more minimalist tablescape this holiday season, make this oven-to-table casserole dish in calming sage or inky charcoal your centerpiece. Both shades pair well with whites, creams, and other soft neutrals. Design wise, this piece is a match too: With its clean-lined sides, handles, and lids, the less-traditional casserole dish goes perfectly with simple dishes and platters. The black enameled interior also makes your food stand out.

Best Buffet Server: Dansk Dansk Kobenstyle Buffet Server

Multipurpose is this mod vessel's middle name: You can use Dansk's oven-to-table server to cook in the oven or on the stovetop, then set it out as part of your buffet. People have been collecting Dansk cookware for decades, and the pieces still meet the same high quality standard.

You do need to wash this piece by hand, but the triple-coated enamel helps food slide off without much fuss. We love its signature '60s style—and in chili red, it'll cheer you up even when it's just sitting on the shelf.

Best Gratin Pan: Martha Stewart Enameled Cast Iron Au Gratin with Tray

The first thing you'll love about this gratin pan is the lovely gray color—it's a soft, neutral shade you expect from Martha. The second is the clever birchwood trivet that fits snugly underneath, preventing heat from scorching your special occasion linens and making your vegetable gratin or macaroni and cheese that much easier to pass around. Like all of Martha's enameled cast iron pieces, it's naturally nonstick and simple to wash. Pretty and practical—and you get the two pieces for $35.

Best Square Baker: ​​Le Creuset Heritage Square Baker

There's a shade of this unbeatable oven-to-table baker to suit any tabletop décor, from this elegant green to classic bold red to the fall 2022 Le Creuset color, creamy, neutral Nutmeg. We love that you can bake pretty much anything in it, too, from green bean casserole or sweet potatoes to brownies or cheesecake bars for dessert. The glazed stoneware isn't just for looks: It resists cracks and crazing at temperatures ranging from -9°F to 500°F, so you can chill desserts in the freezer or broil for a browned top.

Best Small Roasting Pan: Smithey Hand Forged Carbon-Steel Oval Roasting Pan

This oven-to-table roasting pan from Charleston, S.C.-based Smithey Ironware Co. has a hand-hammered, bronzed finish; it can stylishly serve your perfectly browned roast chicken or a piece of slow-cooked salmon. Even a simple dish of roasted vegetables feels fancier when presented in this oval roaster. Plus, its design actually helps you get those delicious results: The low sides allow for more airflow, which encourages a crisp finish.

Best Baking Slab: Made In Baking Slab

A baking slab might be the best piece of oven-to-table cookware you've never heard of. Madein's hybrid of a cookie sheet and baking dish can do everything those pieces can individually, only better. That's in no small part thanks to its designer, legendary chef Nancy Silverton of the Mozza Restaurant Group in Los Angeles.

Use it for slab pies, naturally, but lean on it to bake and serve focaccia, sheet cakes, brownies, or even chocolate bark—anything you'd make in a 15-by-10-inch pan. The stunning French porcelain can go in the oven up to 650°F (yes, that's higher than enameled cast iron) and is dishwasher and freezer safe.

Best Copper Gratin Pan: Ruffoni Opus Cupra Gratin Pan

Handmade in Italy of solid copper and lined with high-quality stainless steel, this gleaming copper gratin pan is ready for baking, roasting, and serving—and in the off-season, simply admiring. The delicate hand-forged leaf accents on the silver-plated handles and finial make it especially fitting for your holiday table. Add it to your collection this year, then watch as a patina only enriches it every time you host.

Best Fancy Pie Dish: Coton Colors Signature White Ruffle Pie Dish

Everyone looks forward to your Chocolate-Caramel Cream Pie. This year, give them what they want, but with a surprise when you serve it in this eye-catching vessel with oversized ruffles. Handmade in Florida, this 12-inch pie dish is visually dynamic, despite its crisp white simplicity. We love that you can pop it in the microwave when you need to warm a dessert and also deposit it straight into the dishwasher when it's time to clean up.

Best Covered Baker: Food 52 x Staub Covered Baker

Gleaming black and brass is a palette you can take in so many directions—traditional, modern, and everything in between. Slide this slim Staub baker onto your table and it will instantly feel like you're in a French brasserie. Staub makes some of the finest enameled cast-iron pieces around—and at just over 4 inches wide, this beauty is perfect for showing off holiday breads. The matte exterior looks chic, but it's not just there for good looks: It actually helps you turn out moist, fluffy loaves by holding in heat and moisture.