Lodge Logic L8SGP3 Pre-Seasoned Square Grill Pan
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Lodge Logic L8SGP3 Pre-Seasoned Square Grill Pan
Customer Review: Great pan for a couple of people
Summary: 5 Stars
I love this pan. As for cooking: This pan does a great job on steaks, burgers, chicken, whatever. Leaves really nice grill marks. The only thing you will need to do is have a cover or splatter shield for it. I use a 16" round cover from a much bigger pan just to avoid some of the little drops of grease spattering out on my range. This seems to work just find for me.
As for Cleaning: I let it cool a little after cooking and pour some water (no soap!) into the bottom of the pan while it is just hot enough for the water to boil a little, and using a wooden spatula (only use wood in this pan), I scrape all the fond away (burnt tasty bits stuck to the pan) and pour into the sink. I repeat this once or twice and put the pan back on the heat and wipe it down with a paper towel. I then use some supermarket brand canola oil spray and lightly coat the inside while the pan is still warm. Takes about 2 minutes to do this. I store this pan in my oven since it tends to have a light coat of oil on it all the time. This pan is so well worth the hand cleaning to have especially since I live in an apartment and don't have access to a grill.
Customer Review: Makes a great steak
Summary: 5 Stars
The first time I used this pan, it was a disaster. It was preseasoned but it smoked...a lot. I had to turn on the attic fan and open the doors! I was groaning a bit....thought I had messed up buying it.
I regrouped and re-seasoned it myself after that. Just clean it then coat it with oil and let it sit in a 350 oven for a while. That really helped. After that I did not have the smoking issues.
It makes a great steak. It's a heavy skillet that heats very evenly and sears grill marks perfectly. I routinely cook 1 flat iron steak cut into thirds in mine and it holds it all just fine.
I use this pan at least once a week. I love it.
Clean up is not bad if you just pour some hot water in it while it is still hot. The gunk will rise to the top. I take a finger and slide down each of the groves and it is clean. Gets my hands dirty but they clean up. :) Just never, ever, use soap on cast iron. IF you ever do, you can save it but it is a pain- I've found it best to burn it in a fire to get any rust or anything off, then season it again.
Customer Review: Best grill pan around! Cast Iron is the best!
Summary: 5 Stars
I have been very pleasently surprised with this purchase! I bought this on the recommendations of America's Test Kitchen. I have listened and watched them and they have been 100% correct in all of their recommendations. Especially, the Victorinox Chef's knife.
If you cannot have an outdoor grill or it is too cold to grill outside this is the item for you. It is a great second best I have owned several electric indoor grills and this blows them away.
I highly recommend heating the grill pan up in the oven first and because it is cast iron it holds the heat so well. I would recommend getting welding gloves at the hardware store and it makes holding this grill pan much easier. Also the pan has the extra handle so you can hold it with two hands!
It is well worth the $18-$19.00. It also comes pre-seasoned like a wok. After using it, wash it with hot water and then heat it up on the range and add some spray oil to the pan. This will help keeping it seasoned and non-stick.
Customer Review: It's like having a steakhouse chop whenever I want
Summary: 5 Stars
Quite simply, I love it!! This grill makes really good meat and vegetables. It's perfect for what i need. My experience with Amazon has been good. My package was lost en route so I never got it. I phoned Amazon's customer service and I had a replacement in 2 days. No questions asked. I was delighted that I didn't have to go thru a lot of red tape to get the error corrected. I got my product, tried it and the results were superb. I cooked steaks for my husband and I and I was so pleased with the results. That great grilled flavor came right thru and the clean up was okay too. I may have to try that scrub brush for cast iron because I am finding that there seems to be a little charred leftovers that are somewhat hard to clean completely out, but overall, this was a really good purchase. I've done chops, fish and vegetables..All with good results. The flavor is outstanding. I do a light season after using to preserve and I did so before using too as a precaution. I think it is necessary for maintenance.Customer Review: Broken Cast Iron Pan looses its Excellence
Summary: 1 Stars
We ordered 5 Lodge preseasoned cast iron skillets for Christmas gifts. The skillets are wonderful, but the Amazon packaging was TERRIBLE. The skillets were essentially stacked one ontop of another - the whole five with minimal separation in the center, then the whole lot thrown in a box with very little packing material and the skillets slid and bumped on into each other. The bottom skillet arrived with one of its handles broken off - keep in mind that they skillets weigh about 7 lbs EACH. Some of the other skillets had pieces of their "Pre-Seasoned" surface rubbed or knocked off. We were sent a return lable via internet and returned the broken skillet -- we have now been told that Amazon is sorry but has no more and will refund $3.39 (I think). If that was the case there was very little reason to spend the money returning the broken skillet other than to keep a computer happy. This would have been a 5 star review except for the packing!!!!!!