Le Creuset sends its new STAR TREK cookware to the edge of space
Le Creuset and Paramount have launched a limited-edition Star Trek collection to mark the franchise's 60th anniversary, and to prove the stunt was worthy of the occasion, the brand strapped its flagship Dutch oven to a stratospheric balloon and sent it above 99.5 percent of Earth's atmosphere.
The collection went on sale September 7, 2026.
Le Creuset x Star Trek collection
The centerpiece of the collection is the U.S.S. Enterprise Signature Round Dutch Oven, retailing at $500, which wraps the Constitution-class ship around the lid and turns Le Creuset's signature lid rings into the ship's warp trail. Inside the lid: "To Boldly Go Where No One Has Gone Before." The traditional knob handle is swapped for a gold Starfleet delta, also sold separately for $50.
Another highlight of the collection is the Round Braiser with Klingon Trefoil Knob, retailing at $450.
Here at TKC, we also particularly love the enamelled cast-iron cocotte cooking pots, molded to be various Star Trek aliens, including the Talosian mini cocotte ($60), Gorn mini cocotte ($60), and Balok mini cocotte ($60).
Rounding out the range are a Galileo shuttlecraft casserole dish ($150, 1.6 liters), a gold-rimmed Spock ear mug ($35), a Spock hand spoon rest ($55), a "Communi-Grater" ($68), and a baby-blue Vulcan-salute oven mitt ($40) printed with "live long and prosper."
Check out the collection below:
Le Creuset x Star Trek went to space
Le Creuset partnered with UK aerospace outfit Sent Into Space to fly one Enterprise Dutch Oven roughly 111,000 feet up on a balloon taller than the White House. The pot spent 1 hour, 19 minutes, and 4 seconds at altitude, enduring temperatures as low as -63.4°C (-82.12°F) before parachuting back down, hitting speeds over 300 mph on reentry and landing safely in Lincolnshire, England.
Co-founder Chris Rose told Wired the cookware's weight forced the team to rethink the rig, saying they had to "give some serious consideration to how we were going to hold things." Flight clearance and real-time telemetry were required throughout — Rose noted the team had to steer the pot's path away from commercial air traffic before it ever left the ground.
Watch the video below:
Source: Le Creuset, Wired, TrekCore
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