"Some of the best home cooked meals must be prepared using a cast-iron skillet. But it takes dozens of uses in order to season one, as the food you cook slowly ads its essence to the skillet, creating that famous, non-stick black coating. Seasoning a pan this way can take years... until now. Lodge Pre-Seasoned Cast Iron Skillets ($10-$40) ship pre-seasoned, the result of a secret process that uses vegetable oil and high temperature gas ovens to create the perfect patina. Grills ($140) and Dutch Ovens ($40-$100) are also available. Just don't tell Grandma that you cheated."
- Derrick
from Bookmarklet
i think their unseasoned skillets are a lot cheaper and it's mad easy to season the pan. aside: i think lodge is the last american iron skillet maker standing.
- tiffany
I wonder if they do crepe pans. Getting one of those seasoned properly is apparently not as easy as it sounds.
- Will Higgins™
Wow - looking at their website these are actually really cheap for what they are. I'm pondering picking their 12" skillet as my first cast iron pan.
- Sparky, a big deal
Sparky, that's the one I have. I think I got it at Target for $15-20?
- Derrick
That's about right, Derrick, I found one at Wal-Mart for about the same price and I bought a smaller one, too, that I like a lot.
- Trish R
Do you like it Derrick? Would it be a good first Skillet for Sparko? I found it for $24 shipped online.
- Sparky, a big deal
I love it. I only wish that I had my grandmother's old school stuff she had for years and years. That stuff was slick as all get out. Looking forward to getting mine there too.
- Derrick
Done and done. In 7-14 days it will be at my door. So excited!
- Sparky, a big deal
Have a couple of them! Use them camping, outdoor cooking, boiling rabbits for revenge...
- ‘-.-’ Tutivillus Grift
I've still got my grandmother's set of cast iron skillets and they're awesome!
- Michael McKean
I use my cast iron skillet all the time--had it for over 10 years, cost me $12 and I seasoned it myself--took about 3 hours in the oven for the initial seasoning. Nothing browns better! (Think meats, caramelizing onions, etc.)
- Kelly W.
I rememberhaving to convince girl scout group leader not to clean my dad's skillet, as it was treated. She was approaching it with soap. I was yelling. It was epic.
- anna sauce
Anyone use cast iron on a glass top stove? I suppose if it's well enameled it wouldn't scratch it. I was a bit leery of using my grandparents old one on it.
- Jen (SquirrelGirl)
@Jen I do all the time, I just set it straight down then I hold the handle to keep it from moving when I'm cooking.
- J. Abdul-Qahhar
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