Nothing sticks
Best pan you can get!
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Love it ! Easy to clean.
The best pan ever, we got different sizes. So easy to clean. Absolutely love it .
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Debbie Smith
October 16, 2024
It's too heavy!
It's a great pan but when you are my age it's too heavy. Cleans up good.
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Courtland J. Carpenter
June 24, 2024
Cooking, saving, time, cash, energy and clean-up while making a delicious breakfast.
I removed this from the package on my porch and started to assemble it discarding the boxes. After a moments frustration I took it inside and got a small channel lock to help assemble. I really didn't like how the handle was attached and already imagined this would end up 3 stars or less as a rating. They included an extra threaded shaft which was a mystery for me why. Perhaps there had been some issues with the threads before and this was a patch fix. I thought and still do the design for the handle and attachment was poor. With help of the channel lock, I finally got the handle installed. I think the metal threaded shaft on the pan side was thin and not very well formed. I would hesitate to ever want to remove the handle despite how they show this is oven safe to 530 degrees F when the handle is removed. With all that going on you may be thinking why is the rating 5 stars and not much less?Well, while I still think the handle part needs a redesign, this pan is an awesome cooker. I tested it right away and cooked some sliced fried potatoes in a small batch with some butter, oil, and sliced onion. I was surprised how well the heat transferred as I often have to wait several minutes for my non-stick pans. This morning, I made one of my favorite breakfasts of hash browns, fried eggs and ham. Now, I've made this literally hundreds of times in the past few years. I use a high end 14" non-stick pan with an aluminum core bottom for even heat transfer. The hash browns go first, I use a rotary shredder to fill a 9" shallow bowl with two medium sized Yukon Gold potatoes with the skins, and a half sweet onion (it gets shredded as well to blend with the potatoes). I spray some vegetable or olive oil in the pan, add some butter to melt and flip the shredded mixture into the pan at once then flatten it down with a spatula. At medium high heat or higher I cook 8 minutes flip with two spatulas, and repeat. After flipping 4 or so times and 25 minutes or so shortening the flip interval as they cook, they are done. I remove them and put in two slices of ham and brown them, then lower the heat and cook two eggs over easy at low. Breakfast served at about 35-40 minutes. Thats my baseline.Now the new pan same breakfast. Note, the hashbrowns get a little browned and slightly crispy on the first procedure. Unfortunately, the crispness I get dining out at that place named like something a rabbit or grasshopper might say if they could talk is not the same in the old fry pan. I say that because this one's different. My experience the other day tells me I do not have to heat on medium high or high, but medium does just fine. Flipping the shredded mixture in I started to cook as soon as the butter melted which was in half the time. I turned at 5 minutes hearing the sizzle instead of 8 the first time and the overall time was reduced to 16 minutes for the potatoes. Additionally, they were nicely browned and very crispy like at the dine out place. The ham browned in two minutes a side, and I turned the heat off and was able to cook the eggs in about 3 more minutes with the residual heat. My non-stick won't do that as well, so I normally turn it to low. Anyway, breakfast done better in 23 minutes instead of 35-40. Less gas used to cook with, and I venture even my AC had to work a touch less to cool down the heat loss from the longer cooking time. Cleanup was a breeze with a soft brush and hot water.Pan shows good heat retention for browning meats or vegetables. Non-flat surface still cooks evenly with little sticking. Thinner that most cast iron type pans and more non-stick with coating. Less weight makes it easier to handle. Instead of straight walls like my non-stick, the arc shaped outer walls make this like a shallow wok. Easier to manipulate my flip turns with dual spatula's. Plus, the outer walls design helps cook items on the fringes instead of keeping it all near the middle. No detectable cool vs hot spots when cooking like my other pan. This shows up when my other pan gets off center to the gas flame. This pan would be capable on an induction cooker as well given the iron content. Too many good things trump the bad handle attachment design, so a five star recommend, or a great pan.
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Anthony S.
October 23, 2024
A beast of a pan
This thing is a beast and I love it. Yes it’s heavy but that makes it super-durable and it won’t warp on you like the cheap thin ones from Walmart. If you want a large pan that will last and clean up easily this one is great.
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Pan Good, Handle not so Much
I am happy with how the pan itself works, but not so much with the removable handle.The pan looks like cast iron. It is lighter than cast iron but heavier than a traditional non-stick pan. The pan heats up fast and puts a good sear on your food if you want that. The non-stick works great. The pan is easy to clean. If you leave it wet, it does not develop rust like a cast iron pan.The handle is supposed to be easy to remove for when you want compact storage or when you want to put the pan in the oven. The handle is not easy to remove from my pan. The handle is held on by a thin metal rod that is threaded on both ends. One end threads into the pan. The wood handle fits over the metal rod and then the handle end piece threads onto the other end of the rod to hold the whole handle assembly together. When I unscrew the handle to remove it, the end piece and wood handle come off, but the metal rod is still attached to the pan. That defeats the whole purpose of a removable handle if you have a long metal rod sticking out from the pan (see my picture). I have to use pliers to remove the metal rod from the pan, which is tricky and perhaps dangerous when the pan is hot.The pan can be used in the oven, but the wood handle has to be removed to do so. When the handle assembly is removed, all that is left to grab is a little stub sticking out from the pan. It is tricky moving the pan in and out of the oven because there is not much for you to grab onto. I would be really helpful if they added a metal loop to the side of the pan opposite of the handle to give you something on both sides to grab.
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Vancouver Sandy
June 24, 2024
Excellent pan! Worth the price!
I ordered this pan because it was cast iron. I have been purchasing and using more cast iron cookware over the past year. Cast iron distributes the heat very evenly and the end result is better tasting food. This pan is beautiful and impressive to cook on. I made lasagna today and cooked sausage, and sautéed onions and mushrooms, all in separate batches. I cooked on a much lower temperate then I usually do. Each of the items cooked evenly, slid out of the pan and tasted great. The pan was also extremely easy to clean. I did wipe the pan with grape seed oil before adding each ingredient but did not season it.The handle is made from wood and there is a rod that runs through the wooden handle that screws tightly between the pan and the hanging hook on the end. The handle needs to be removed to use in the oven or dishwasher. I was originally concerned about how secure the handle would be if I had to remove it often. Now that I see it in person, the handle has a threaded rod that secures it and it is easy to add or remove. There is a replacement threaded rod that came with the pan. As the handle is an important piece of the pan, it is good to have the replacement piece as a back up.To sum it up, I am very impressed with this 12 inch pan. LAMFO also sells this pan in 10 inch and 8 inch and I will be looking to add the other sizes. Thank for reading this review. I hope you found it helpful and informative.
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