Lodge43.18 cm / 17 inch Pre-Seasoned Cast Iron Round Skillet / Frying Pan,Black

After reading some of the other reviews, I took care to spend some extra time seasoning my pan before first use (it is supposed to be pre-seasoned but I wasn't taking any chances). Due to the size of the pan, this had to be done on the hob as it doesn't fit in my standard oven. I've not had any problems at all with the pan and have so far used it to cook bacon, eggs, chicken, and some stir fried veg. I'm very pleased with it and it is good to be able to cook for the whole household in one pan in one go rather than slaving over the hot stove cooking in batches. I do use it on my extra large central gas burner where there is plenty of room.

I've had cast iron pans before. They're the best thing to cook in if you take the time to learn how to work with them. They also last forever (or until you move country, as I have done).

It is very expensive, as I am from Canada, but worth the money! And will last forever! Finally I can cook dinner for our large family of 7 in one pan....and even better for when guests come over! Easy to use and clean, just follow suggestions that are provided or look up online. I think cast iron even makes my cooking taste better!

Absolutely brilliant pan. Heavy duty and well made. Highly recommended. You will probably never need another pan!

Lodge have really created an outstanding cast iron pan here! It's huge, stylish and very heavy duty! Just the other night I managed to cook 32 sausages in it for youth club.It is a bit pricey, but I think well worth the money. Would totally recommend it!

Big, thick, heavy and good quality.

This is one BIG skillet! I added this one to our collection several years ago and LOVE it! It is great when cooking for a crowd. Its measurements are approximately 35.5cm diameter at the bottom, 43cm at the top and 7cm deep.Ever go camping and use one of the round camping fire pits with the grate on top? Take this with you? If at home, you will need to have two rings on your stove top on for it to work efficiently. Using your oven? Fits well in there. Although we use many of our other cast iron pans on our woodstove, this one is too big due to the placement of the stove pipe.With a large family I love the fact that we can cook a big batch of bubble and squeak, potatoes, scrambled eggs, stir fry etc in this pan. It is heavy BUT with two handles easy to lift with two cloths or oven mitts.Happy cooking folks! Once you start cooking with cast iron, you'll not look back! It's the best!

My first cast iron pan, researched extensively and decided to buy this one. First impression was good, but noticed that oil did not stay in the middle of the pan. After a couple of uses a placed my builders straight level on the base, there is more than half a centimeter concavity. The pan is not flat so most of the base does not contact the cooking surface ( induction hob), really disappointed

Came well seasoned and used directly without additional seasoning. It’s quite large and will be much larger than a single element. This works for me as I have gas with a cast iron grill across the whole range. might be a challenge on an electric burner. The size allows you get under soft things or sear 2 large steaks at a time. Almost like a griddle. Just fits in oven too. Made a great pizza on day 2.

It's an awesome frying pan! A joy to cook with!

Not too long ago, my wife and I had been discussing replacing our most used aluminum, Teflon coated skillet. The Teflon was chipping off, and my wife and I didn't think that was very healthy. We have a Lodge 12" cast iron skillet, but we needed something bigger since we were used to the size of our old 14" skillet. We decided to take a chance on the Lodge 17" skillet, and we're very happy with our decision. The pan came to us double boxed, and packed very well for a 15 Lbs. package. Even though the pan is pre-seasoned, I recommend seasoning it yourself. This is very easy, and it takes only an hour. Slather the inside of the pan with the oil of your choice, I use canola, but any will do. Turn your oven on to 350 degrees, then put your pan upside down onto the top rack, and cook your pan for an hour. If you go hotter, the oil in the pan will start smoking really badly. Also, put a piece of tin foil on the rack under the pan to catch the drippings. This pan is huge, very heavy and stable. Having such a large cooking surface is a joy. If you use this pan on your stove you can put this pan across two burners, although on mine it makes it across 1 1/2 burners. Make sure that you allow longer for cast iron to heat up, but once it's hot, it will retain the heat very nicely. Everyone says not to go over medium heat, but I find that you need to stay well below medium or else you start to burn off your oil or butter. The first night that I had it, I cooked chicken fajitas, and they turned out great. I noticed that the main cooking zones were right over the two burners, even though the whole pan got hot. As I was cooking the chicken, I moved the more cooked pieces to the sides of the pan, and rotated the uncooked pieces into the hot zones. I did the same thing when I was cooking the onions and peppers. If you use this pan on a barbecue you could get a much more even heat. Cast iron skillets are made for cooking breakfast. One morning I cooked eggs, and my home made bacon at the same time, there was plenty of room. Pancakes turned out perfect, lots of room for flipping. One morning I needed to cook bacon for four people, so I just lined the whole pan with a layer of bacon and put it in the oven at 300 degrees for 20 minutes. Not only did it come out perfect, but the clean up is much easier using that method. Several reviews I read said that the reviewer was returning the pan because everything stuck to the pan. For pancakes and eggs, you have to coat the cooking area liberally with butter. Every time that you cook another round, you need to put more butter or oil on the cooking surface. General cast iron cleaning and care is pretty easy. After I finish cooking, I pour off the oil, I scrape out any dried material, then I rinse the pan out with hot water and a scrub brush. You can use some dish soap during the light scrub, it won't hurt the season. Towel dry the pan, and put a light coat of oil inside the pan. Then, put the pan back on the stove and warm the pan back up to evaporate any water left on it. Any water left on the pan will cause rust. If you ever get any rust, just scrub down with a green pad and re-season. If you get this pan and take the time to learn how to cook with cast iron, you will never want to cook on anything else. The size and quality of this pan is phenomenal.

Molto capiente si presta a essere posta anche direttamente sulla carbonella con il supporto adatto ovviamente. Si può cucinare una pollo intero con tutte le verdure che volete oppure un'ottima paella.

I originally wanted to buy this 17" pan as it was recommended on a website to make Pad Thai. It offers a lot of surface area. While huge and heavy it is easily manageable over one or two stove burners, depending on how you want to use it, and also on my kettle grill for paella, stirfry, other cooking and smoking. The 2 loop handles saves space on the stove and grill.It's also wonderful over a campfire. When I use it that way, and have to use the requested local wood (to avoid tree disease spread) that may burn not as cleanly, I do rub a bit of dish detergent just on the outside of the pan to wipe off and remove soot from the fire easily then I quickly rub it with oil. I clean the outside more thoroughly when I get home and re-season. It cleans up pretty easily.I'm surprised how often I do use it. I should have bought it years ago. I plan on purchasing 2 smaller 12" pans and possibly another 17" pan to use at home and keep the older 17" one exclusively for outdoor cooking.I ordered the WinCo AXS-60C 60 quart stock pot Lid that is recommended by others & fits this pan. It fits perfectly & works very well with the 17" pan. Just an FYI... heavy duty foil has worked just fine too when I didn't have the lid.Highly recommend this 17" pan.