Lodge Logic L10SK3 12-Inch Pre-Seasoned Skillet
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Lodge Logic L10SK3 12-Inch Pre-Seasoned Skillet
Customer Review: the best NON-stick pan ever!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I am new to cooking with cast iron. I bought this pan because of the rave reviews, cheap price, and my desire to avoid teflon for health reasons. (and yes "hard adonized" cookware has teflon in it.)
When I received it I noticed a few areas on the edges that looked like the coating was flaking or peeling off. I called the company and they told me this was normal. It was just the "preseasoned" coating of vegetable oil, and that all their pans have some peeling like this.
The first time I used this pan I made eggs and they stuck. I didn't realize that the pan has to be REALLY hot before oiling it.
I've used it many times since, and NOTHING STICKS!!! This is the BEST NON-STICK pan ever!!!
I made the best egg and potato frittata in this pan, first frying it on the stove top and then baking it in the oven. When I turned it out of the pan, the pan released it PERFECTLY...with very little egg or potato sticking to the inside.
I called the company and they reviewed the care instructions...
Rinse in water before use
Never use soap to clean
Scrub it with a stiff brush after use
Rub a thin coating of oil on it after use
Wait until the pan is HOT before oiling it to cook with.
This is an amazing pan, at an amazing price.
And it's good for you...it puts a little iron in your food instead of the possible carcinogens in teflon.
Hope you enjoy it as much as I did!!!
Customer Review: A Kitchen Essential
Summary: 5 Stars
Every serious cook needs a 12' cast iron skillet. Properly seasoned, it is totally non-stick, cleaning up with a casual flick of a paper towel. If need be it can be scrubbed down to bare metal and reseasond. Try THAT with teflon! I have been known to over use the "high heat" setting, and happens that from time to time, billows of smoke emerge from my kitchen. If that's from a cast iron pan, it's merely a ruined meal. If it's my late, unlamented teflon-coated wok... it goes in the garbage WITH the ruined meal.
This particular design is a perennial for many reasons. It would be found hanging from the side of chuckwagons and in the kitchens of great homes. It works equally well on gas, charcoal, wood fires and electric stoves, so it's a camping essential.
It's rim is high enough to use as a saucepan - and that's where the term "pan gravy" comes from. Controllable, even heat is the secret to good gravy - and of course, meat juices.
It's equally at home in the oven as on the stove - unlike many composite-handled stainless steel skillets. The crust of a pie baked in cast iron is equal to or superior to Pyrex.
A twelve-inch steak and whatever pie, four inches deep will feed six to eight people easily.
It will also fry six eggs at a time; doing duty as a griddle.
All told, this skillet is one of the most generally useful items in the kitchen. Mine never leaves the right front burner of my stove.
Customer Review: DO NOT PURCHASE THIS ITEM...YOU WILL BE SORRY!
Summary: 1 Stars
I purchased this skillet because of all the positive testimonials and because I am sick of buying new Siverstone and other non stick pans year after year. I realized this was not a non-stick product but given all the testimonials about the nonstick and easy cleanup perfromance, if cared for correctly, I was sold on the product! I received the skillet and it was very heavy...as expected. Even though it was "PRE-SEASONED" I followed instructions prior to first use and season it myself. The first item I cooked in the skillet was eggs over easy they stuck so badly it the result was more like scrambled eggs! Clean up was a nightmare. I figured the skillet needed to break in and needed more "seasoning" so I seasoned it per instruction 3 more times before the second use. On this occassion it was Hashbrowns, disaster! The potatoes stuck to the surface all over and again the pan was very difficult to clean up. Back to the seasoning proccess...the Cornbeef Hash..nightmare. I was disgusted at this point so I called Lodge directly. The customer service person was very uncaring and had an air of "I could care less about her". If your looking for anything more than a piece of iron in your cabinet DON"T BUY THIS PRODUCT! I very rarely to never write these type of comments good or bad, however I wanted others considering this purchase to know the facts and to know this company has no interest in backing up its products.
Study before you purchase!
Disappointed in Ohio!
Customer Review: Do not beware, just enjoy!
Summary: 5 Stars
The person posting as a "Kitchen & Housewares enthusiast from Emerald Hills, CA" is all wet. Lodge Logic makes a number of skillets, both pre-seasoned and not. That reviewer made an incorrect assumption about Lodge Logic's use of its item-numbers. The L12SK3 is their 13.25" pre-seasoned skillet, and measures 13.12" x 17.37"; the L10SK3 IS their 12" pre-seasoned skillet, and measures 11.62" x 14.87"; the L8SK3 is their 10.25" pre-seasoned skillet, measuring 10.12" x 14.37"; the 10SK2 is their 12" plain skillet measuring 12.25" x 15.5". Naturally the smaller numbers refer to the BASE measurement. So the base-measurements are very close, but JUST under the measurement implied by the name of the skillet; the 10SK2's base is slightly larger than its name implies. Perhaps the Emerald Hills reviewer is using a metric measuring device instead of standard? LOLSo that reviewer, in fact, has 2 skillets measuring 11.62" at the base. The reviewer's complaint about being "stuck with two identical pans", speaks highly of the durability of each item: since each can last for a very long time, there is no need for two. However, at $12.99 each, this is unlikely to break anybody's bank. Why not give the extra one away as a present?
These pre-seasoned skillets are wonderfully durable, versatile and dependable, as attested to by all previous reviews. Every kitchen should have one---or two!
Customer Review: Food cooks and tastes so much better!
Summary: 5 Stars
I had this skillet for a couple months now and I have to say that cast iron is the way to go especially when it comes to cooking chicken, beef, pork, etc. I still have stainless steel and hard anodized cookware but this cast iron skillet is my favorite because it sears to perfection where the steel and hard anodized cookware can't. I regret not cooking with cast iron sooner. I seasoned it as soon as I got it home and that was really easy to do. It isn't that difficult to maintain either. I clean it with only hot water and scrap it with bristle brush after the skillet is cooled. Then I dry it and even heat it a little to really make sure it dries completely. Don't want any rust on it! If you take care of this skillet, it could last like 50 years. If you take care of non-stick aluminum cookware, it will last like 2 years before it starts peeling and chipping. I don't have that completely non-stick coating yet but it is getting there. At first, my eggs stuck a little bit but now, I have seasoned it real nicely to the point where they come out amazing. And the more you use and season it, you start to get that smoother finish over the pebble finish. I give this skillet a 5 out of 5! Some people need to stop complaining that it is heavy. IT IS CAST IRON! And don't penalize this skillet if you receive a broken skillet shipped to you. Penalize the shipping company. This is a high quality skillet but can break like any cast iron skillet if it dropped during shipment.