Amazon.com Review: Chefs will tell you what your grandmother already knew: nothing beats cast-iron cookware for durability, conductivity, even heat distribution, and value. Season cast iron properly and foods won't stick either--no need for a synthetic nonstick coating that might peel or crack. Cast iron even adds iron to the nutritional content of a meal. Made by Lodge, one of the oldest and most trusted names in cast-iron cookware, this 15-1/4-inch skillet is perfect for frying a whole party's worth of chicken, or making home fries for the entire roster of the Green Bay Packers. It's also really heavy. Luckily, there an extra handle on one side to help you lift the skillet and its contents--and if you haven't been training for this particular event, this still might be a difficult chore. Be sure not to use dishwashing liquid on seasoned cast iron, and towel dry and coat with a light layer of oil after washing. Never leave cast iron sitting in water, because it will rust. If you treat your cast-iron cookware properly, your own grandchildren will still be using it when that fancy aluminum-alloy pan is long gone. --Mary Park
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - Will NEVER be better than THIS baby!
My God I feel like such a MANLY man whenever I make this skillet hot! And it works like a dream! Now that it's well seasoned it's better that ANYTHING Teflon, glass, ceramic, stainless, ANYTHING! Very good design. Great even heat. Seasons well.
Rating: - Old fashion cooking
The lodge is a very heavy skillet. It is almost 15" on the inside and requires a large burner for heating. Howver, it does cook very evenly. Clean up is simple, just make sure you have a large enough space for storage.
Rating: - As wonderful as expected
This pan lives up to the high quality I've come to expect from Lodge.
Rating: - Cookware for life!
I am absolutely sold on cast iron. I have 4 different size skillets plus covered casserole, fryer, dutch oven. I really enjoy using this giant one (pick your size for your crowd). I pre-heat it in a 350 degree oven for stove top cooking. I bake coffee cakes, corn bread and fritta's in it. It's roomy for grilling sandwiches. I have also broiled and "oven fried" meats in this skillet. I love to bake one pot meals (casseroles from cheese to rice)in the dutch ovens. Wet roasting is nice too but the pots do need to be re-reasoned after. I agree with two other reviews 1) clean up while still hot ... Read More
Rating: - Deceptive Sizing
In the twentieth century, and before, cast iron pans had the size stamped on them which told you the diameter of the cooking surface. Twenty-five years ago I bought the Lodge 10SK which is a 12" skillet with a 10" inside cooking diameter. OK.
With this skillet marked 14SK the inside cooking surface is only 12" and it should be marked 12SK. They deceptively flared out the sides to get an overall top diameter of 15 1/4" as a selling point. This isn't very helpful to my pork chops being 36% less space than I thought I was buying. I'd watch out for the 10SK too.
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