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Lodge Cast Iron Skillet, Pre-Seasoned and Ready for Stove Top or Oven Use, 10.25″, Black

(13 customer reviews)

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  • 10.25 Inch Seasoned Cast Iron Skillet. An improvement on the original: the Lodge Cast Iron Skillet, featuring an assist handle
  • SEASONED COOKWARE. A good seasoning makes all the difference; Cooking Surface Area: 53.43 SQ. IN.
  • MADE IN THE USA. Lodge has been making cast iron cookware in South Pittsburg, Tennessee (pop. 3,300)

Specification: Lodge Cast Iron Skillet, Pre-Seasoned and Ready for Stove Top or Oven Use, 10.25″, Black

Brand

‎Lodge

Model Number

‎17L8SK3

color
Product Dimensions

‎40.94 x 27.13 x 5.08 cm, 2.43 Kilograms

Diameter

‎10.25 Inches

Capacity

‎10.25 Cubic Inches

material

‎Cast Iron

Auto shut-off

‎No

Special Features

‎Induction Stovetop Compatible

Item Weight

‎2.43 kg

13 reviews for Lodge Cast Iron Skillet, Pre-Seasoned and Ready for Stove Top or Oven Use, 10.25″, Black

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  1. Karlee

    We use this pan for everything except eggs. We’ve had this one for quite a while now so I feel like i can give a longer term review. The biggest thing I don’t like about this pan is that it didn’t feel like it came sufficiently pre- seasoned, so we looked up some videos and instructions and did it. Now it feels like the more we use the pan the better it gets. My husband and I both just Love this thing. The only thing it doesn’t seem to cook right is eggs. There seems to be a bit of a learning curve when it comes to cast iron, but once you figure it out, it’s very enjoyable to cook on and the food comes out delicious.

    Tips on how we seasoned it: there are lots of opinions on which oil to use but we just went with plain ole vegetable oil. We made sure the pan was clean, then covered it with a thin layer of oil. We put it in the oven as preheated it until 475 degrees. Once it came to temperature, we turned it off and just let the pan sit in there until it cooled. The goal is to “burn off” the oil, so bring it past the smoking point until it gets dry and hard on the pan. That’s what makes it coat well. We did this 3 or 4 times, but the more you use it the better nonstick surface you’ll have.

    Tips: Don’t wash with soap, it’ll strip it. We purchased a chainmail scrubber that we love to use. Seems to help smooth it out a little too, but that might be in my head. When I clean it I only use the scrubber and hot water. The more I use the pan the easier it gets to clean.
    When you finish cleaning it, don’t leave it wet. It’ll rust. We just put it back on the stove with the burner on until it’s dry. Easy.
    Keep in mind that cast iron doesn’t exactly heat evenly, but it holds heat well. This just means that you have to sufficiently preheat the pan before you use to ensure even cooking.

    Overall I love this pan! It just gets better every time I use it.

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  2. Carrie N

    Lodge cast iron pans are the best. My only regret is that I bought it for a man who didn’t deserve it. The good thing? It’ll last forever, so unless he throws it out or gives it away he’ll have a life-long reminder of what he lost!

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  3. David

    This is more a cast iron pans review in general then this specific pan.
    I purchased this pan because i was looking for a healhier alternative to the teflon and other nonstick material pans. As always when i’m buying something new i don’t have experience with i did a pretty deep research on what king of pan could be suited for my needs. I wanted something that would be nonstick and easy to use (just as any other pan).
    And if you are like me in the same situation right now you probably already now there are lot’s of cas iron fans who will swear cast iron is excelent coockware and it is nonstick, you just need to season it properly and it is easy to use if you know how to take care of it and they will be very very happy to give you any advice on how to do it.
    Well after folowing all their advices and hours of seasong and making my kitched smell like burned oil i managed to make the pan let’s say….semi-nonstick. And that COULD be enough if the pan is easy to clean. Which sadly is not the case because you need to remember the pan is a pure iron so you can’t put cold watter on it while it’s hot and can’t leave it in water because it would get rusty and you can’t use a soap because you would damage the seasonning and yes don’t forget to brush it very carefully…
    it is exactly as it sounds. Awfully complicated and time consuming. But i’m just someone who wan’t to make his scrambled eggs with bacon in the morning. For that purpose the cas iron pan is just not good. Try to clean a scrambled eggs softly without any soap and without leaving it soaked in the watter a bit….
    I will be using it when i’m roasting some meat in the oven, but that’s all.
    For anything else just go for a stainless steel pan. They can be as ”nonstick” as cast iron but they are much more easy to clean and that saves you a lot’s of time and nerves.

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  4. Greg Levine

    I bought this skillet a little while ago and I was surprised how rough the surface finish was. It felt like sandpaper. Given all the positive reviews, I was expecting higher quality. After some research I found instructional videos on how to grind these Lodge skillets smooth, but who has time for that? I found two other American producers of cast iron that come with a smooth finish right out of the box: Stargazer and Finex. The Finex looks interesting but I went with the Stargazer because it’s fully machined at half the price. Seems like I made the right call. The design is great, the surface finish is super smooth, and it cooks like a champ. If you’re reading this review, do yourself a favor and pass on the Lodge. Go with the Stargazer instead. It’s well worth the investment.

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  5. WestCoaster

    My daughter has Lodge cast iron and it works like a charm at her place.

    It states that it’s pre-seasoned, however prior to my first use, I did spread olive oil liberally over the interior, then wiped out the excess. I put it on the stove on medium heat for about 10 minutes, then popped by frozen veggie burger patty into it. Darn thing stuck like crazy! In the end it was not a veggie burger I ate, but a crumbled mess of whatever.

    I’ve re-oiled it, and baked in the oven to re-season it and am hoping that it’ll work better next time out!

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  6. JL

    Great premium cast iron pan. Good size for 2 smaller steaks or 1 larger piece. The perfect size, since I can still use this pan with one hand. Any larger of a cast iron and will require 2 hands probably to cook with it safely. Seasons easily and has been extremely good at what I need it to do. Used it for more than half a year now. No warping, discoloring or anything – looks and performs the same as the day I bought it.

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  7. Sports, Tools & Tech

    I own several Lodge brand cast iron skillets – a deep one, a large 12″ and this – as well as several antique skillets.

    First, let me say the larger 12″ is too wide for most electric stove burners; it will overlap the cold part of the stove too much for effective, even cooking. Unless you have a stove top with extra large burners, stick with the 10 1/4 inch Lodge pans.

    The 10 1/4 is exactly the right size to cover the typical “large” stove top burner – the spiral type or flat ceramic surfaces.

    There are a number of accessories available from Lodge that fit this and other skillets. For example, if you add their cast iron lid, it becomes a “roasting” (or “broasting”) skillet for oven use.

    Add their glass lid for either stove top or oven use – the plastic handle is safe up to 400F.

    What’s interesting is those extras also fit the 10 1/4 deep version of this skillet so you don’t have a bunch of duplicate, incompatible accessories around.

    For daily use, the non-deep version is my go-to pan. The size and shape are ideal, as large as will fit on a typical stove burner.

    Rub a steak in salt and pepper, drop it in the skillet pre-heated with some oil and butter and sear on both sides of a few minutes. Perfectly cooked steak, as good or better than if you’d grilled over fire. Try cooking burgers and hot dogs on cast iron too – they get nicely crusted over, like you’d expect from a BBQ. This, of course, isn’t unique to Lodge brand cast iron but Lodge has made just about the ideal form factor for kitchen use, with this 10-1/4 skillet and it’s deeper counterpart.

    As with all Lodge cast iron, these skillets come pre-seasoned. In my experience, they’re not seasoned thickly enough to make them non-stick from the start so I wipe them with olive oil and bake them in the oven until the oil polymerizes, forming another coating. I’ll repeat that process at least three times to build up a nice thick non-stick seasoning. Google “seasoning cast iron” for lots of opinions on how to do this.

    In use, these skillets are great. They’re thick enough not to warp at all at varying temperatures and to retain heat well. You can turn your heat down quite a bit once the pan comes up to temperature.

    The downside is weight. The assist handle opposite the main handle is especially useful when you’ve got a filled skillet.

    Highly recommended, whether or not you’re willing to buy into the rest of the Lodge accessory system.

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  8. GV

    I bought this product on July 5. I have used Lodge skillet before and found them to be of good quality. This one had problems since the day it arrived. The heating was very uneven but I thought it may improve with time. Then 3 days ago I was cooking for a prolonged period and suddenly the skillet changed colour. I shut it off and washed it but this is what it came up as. The coating was completely gone. This is when I have used it very sparsely for less than 2 months.

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  9. pinery1

    The Lodge fry pan is a superior made in the USA product. Very smooth casting and easy to clean. I have given several Lodge fry pans as gifts and they soon became the “go to” frying pans to those who received the pans.
    I ordered a “Lagostina”, an Italian name brand cast iron frying from the Canadian Tire Corporation after having it recommended to me by a friend. When I picked it up and examined it the casting looked coarse and unfinished, unlike the Lodge, and on further examination determined that it was made in China. I immediately returned it for a refund.
    The Lodge might cost a few dollars more but they are worth the money.

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  10. Prof.

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     Indubbiamente le Lodge sono tra le migliori padelle in ghisa che esistano.

    Questa padella di misura 26 cm risulta un perfetto compromesso di dimensione, perfetta per 2/4 persone in quanto la effettiva superficie di cottura è di 22 cm.

    Per quanto riguarda la cottura la ghisa mantiene molto a lungo il calore quindi una volta che ha raggiunto la temperatura si può abbassare la fiamma per continuare a cucinare con il calore della padella stessa, per lo stesso motivo bisogna far scaldare a lungo la padella prima di metterci le pietanze. La cosa migliore sarebbe far scaldare la padella senza niente, metterci olio o burro e quando questi sono a temperatura cominciare a cucinare.
    Ulteriore vantaggio della ghisa è quello di poter iniziare una cottura sul piano (gas/elettrico/induzione) e terminarla nel forno.

    Fate ATTENZIONE ad utilizzare sempre le presine con la ghisa, indipendentemente se la si usa sul piano o in forno, in quanto il manico diventa bollente (raggiunge la stessa temperatura della superficie di cottura non essendo rivestita in alcun modo).

    Le padelle in ghisa sono indistruttibili e durano in eterno purché si faccia attenzione ad alcune cose. Innanzitutto non andrebbero mai pulite con il sapone, prima di tutto perché la ghisa è porosa e del sapone potrebbe rimanere nel metallo se non sciaquata attentamente, secondo perché rovinerebbe il “seasoning”. Quest’ultimo è la naturale patina antiaderente che si forma grazie all’utilizzo della padella stessa in seguito alla polimerizzazione dei grassi e che è già presente in minima parte al momento dell’acquisto (costituita da olio di lino polimerizzato).

    Per mantenere al meglio la padella è consigliabile ungere la padella prima di riporla con dell’olio (meglio un olio che si asciuga all’aria, non di oliva quindi) e poi tamponarla con della carta finché quest’ultima non risulta asciutta. In questo modo lo strato di olio sarà microscopico e tenderà a penetrare nella padella stessa senza farla diventare appiccicosa.

    Importante asciugare la padella dopo averla sciaquata, altrimenti si rischia la formazione di ruggine. In questo caso la situazione si risolve facilmente, basta grattare via la ruggine e ricostituire il seasoning della padella mettendola in forno a 250-300 gradi con un sottilissimo strato di olio (stessa procedura di sopra) e lasciandola per un’oretta a far polimerizzato l’olio (chiudete la porta della cucina e aprite bene la finestra, odora molto di olio questa procedura).

    Spero di esserti stato utile nella tua scelta

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  11. Wolfwalker

    I absolutely love cooking and have many appliances, but I’ve gone years without ever owning a cast iron skillet, I just didn’t know what all the buzz was about. Finally got one (during prime days) and I love it. It’s not too hard to do the “seasoning” and there are lots of good resources on how to season and care for your cast iron. It is VERY heavy (hard to pour stuff out with one hand), and you should probably buy a silicone handle cover. I don’t eat much meat, but have tried it for veggies (grills them up so nicely, roasted potatoes amazing), and even though they say eggs are better on non-stick pan, I did my sunny side up eggs in cast iron with minimal oil and they didn’t stick at all. Very happy I finally got this.

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  12. CB

    I tried this skillet with almost everything : pizza, roasted chicken, bread, rolls, meat, sauces, roasted vegetables … There are plenty of good receipes on the internet with the key words “cast iron pan (what you want to cook)” 🙂
    It works great in the oven and on the stove ! I definetely recommend to have one of these into the kitchen, for me the 10,25 inch works very well.
    Following others comments and advice on internet : after each use I clean it with a brush and hot water (no soap), I dry it with a towel and I drop just a little bit of oil on all the surface (outside and inside). Finally I just leave it rest inside the oven (usually still warm). And it works ! I have a skillet ready to use each time, so happy I bought it !

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  13. SG

    Wer kein Gusseisen Kochgeschirr aus China will (auch wenn es gar nicht so schlecht ist wie sein Ruf), gleichzeitig aber nicht die Preise für europäische Produkte zahlen will, sollte mal die verschiedenen Größen der Lodge Serien durchforsten und schauen, welche Produkte es aktuell per Amazon International gibt. Da kosten die Lodge Produkte nämlich deutlich weniger als der hierzulande üblicherweise aufgerufene (und gemessen an der Qualität völlig überzogene) Preis.

    Zur Klarstellung:
    Lodge ist eine US Amerikanische Billigmarke, die es “über’m Teich” in jedem größeren Supermarkt oder Haushaltswarenladen für kleines Geld gibt. Qualitativ kann Lodge es locker mit den besseren China Produkten aufnehmen und bietet wie diese gleichmäßíge Wandstärken und eine vernünftige Gussqualität. In den USA ist Lodge daher die erste Wahl für relativ günstiges Gussseisen, wenn man die Preise der deutlich teureren Edelhersteller nicht zahlen will.
    Wenn die Lodge Produkte dann allerdings nach Deutschland importiert werden, wird daraus plötzlich eine erschreckend hochpreisige “Luxusmarke”, die z.T. teurer ist als europäische Produkte (z.B. die sehr guten und noch bezahlbaren Pfannen von Ronneby Bruk). Dank Amazon International sind aber immer wieder mal Artikel von Lodge zu deutlich günstigeren Preisen (trotz internationalem Versand) zu haben. Dann wird es interessant.

    In meinem Fall wurden es sechs Gusseisenpfannen von Lodge. Jeweils zwei in 10”, 8” und 6.5”. Alle zusammen haben inclusive Versand aus den USA kaum mehr gekostet als eine einzelne Skeppshult Pfanne (nichts gegen die Marke, aber die Preise sind überzogen). Zwar war das immer noch gut der doppelte Preis, den man in den USA zahlen würde, aber im gleichen Preissegment gibt es sonst hierzulande nur China Ware, bei der die Qualität stark schwankt.

    Zu den Pfannen:

    1. Guss- und Verarbeitungsqualität
    An der Verarbeitungsqualität der Pfannen gibt es nichts groß auszusetzen. Man darf allerdings auch keine allzu hohen Ansprüche haben, weil es sich wie schon gesagt um günstige Produkte für den US Markt handelt. Gemessen daran gibt es nicht viel zu meckern. Bei den meißten Pfannen sind die Grate nicht perfekt entfernt, aber niemals so, dass es scharfkantig wäre. Mit einem Dremel und etwas Handarbeit ist das schnell behoben, wenn man Wert darauf legt. Wirklich nötig ist es nicht, da die Kanten wie schon erwähnt niemals wirklich scharf sind.

    Die Gussqualität war bei fünf von sechs Pfannen ordentlich. Bei einer der 6,5” Pfannen waren mehrere kleine Löcher im Boden, entweder durch den Einschluss von Luft oder Feuchtigkeit beim Gießen. Die Pfanne wurde problemlos durch Amazon ersetzt.

    Alle Pfannen sind nahezu plan und wackeln nur unwesentlich auf einem Glaskochfeld. Man muss schon bewusst beidseitig am Rand zugreifen und wackeln, damit sie sich minimal bewegen. Beim normalen Gebrauch merkt man davon absolut nichts. Bei einer tiefgezogenen Eisenpfanne wäre das ein möglicher Reklamationsgrund, weil diese aufgrund der geringeren Gewichts nicht so “satt” auf dem Herd stehen. Für Gusspfannen empfinde ich es als völlig in Ordnung.

    Leider sind auch bei Lodge wie bei den meißten Herstellern von Gusseisen Kochgeschirr heutzutage die Oberflächen der Pfannen sehr rauh, insbesondere die Innenseite. Das ist selbst bei vielen deutlich teureren Marken der Fall, weil es das industrielle Voreinbrennen des Geschirrs durch den Hersteller erleichtert (das Öl, mit dem das Geschirr besprüht wird, haftet so besser). Dadurch haftet das Kochgut tendenziell etwas stärker als bei glatten Oberflächen. Zwar mindert die über die Jahre wachsende Patina in der Pfanne die Sache etwas, wirklich glatt werden solche Pfannen aber nie.
    Wer die rauhe Oberfläche nicht will, hat zwei Möglichkeiten. Entweder kauft man eine Pfanne bei einem der wenigen Hersteller, die feiner gießen und anschließend noch die Innenseite polieren – was sich in entsprechend deftigen Preisen niederschlägt (etwa das 6 bis 15-fache einer Lodge). Oder man legt selbst Hand an und bearbeitet die Innenseite der Pfanne mit 60er Schleifpapier nach, bis sie gleichmäßig glatt ist.

    2. Produktdesign
    Das Design der hier besprochenen Lodge Pfannen ist klassisch. Runde Form, gerade Seitenwände mit kurzem Übergang vom Boden zum Rand und ein kurzer, angegossener Griff, der natürlich entsprechend heiß wird. Bei größeren Pfannen ist noch ein zusätzlicher, eckiger Handgriff vorhanden. Natürlich gibt es von Lodge auch noch andere, modernere Formen. Ich persönlich mag bei Gusseisen aber diese klassische Form, weil man die Pfannen so auch wunderbar zum Backen verwenden kann.
    Es gibt modernere Designs, aber grundsätzlich ist die Form der klassischen Lodge Pfannen seit mehr als 100 Jahren bewährt.

    3. Preis/Leistung
    Zu den in Deutschland aufgerufenen Preisen sind die Lodge Pfannen (und alle anderen Gusseisen Produkte der Firma) überteuert. Es handelt sich um ordentliche Ware im unteren Preissegment für den US Markt, die hierzulande dann zum vielfachen Preis angeboten wird. Hier sollte man mal etwas genauer den nicht gerade kleinen Markt nach europäischen Produkten absuchen. Wenn eine Pfanne aber im Amazon International Programm auftaucht und incl. Versand “nur” noch etwa das doppelte des US-Preises kostet, wird es interessant. In dem Preissegment gibt es dann fast nur noch Konkurrenz aus China, die nichts besser kann als Lodge, aber stark in der Qualität schwankt, während Lodge zuverlässig einfache, aber solide Qualität bietet.

    Fazit:
    Als Ergänzung zur tiefgezogenen oder handgeschmiedeten Eisenpfanne (die gehört in jede Küche), insbesondere für den Einsatz im Backofen, sind die Lodge Gusspfannen eine gute Wahl für den schmalen Geldbeutel, WENN man sie zu einem angemessenen Preis wie bei Amazon International findet.

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    Lodge Cast Iron Skillet, Pre-Seasoned and Ready for Stove Top or Oven Use, 10.25″, Black
    Lodge Cast Iron Skillet, Pre-Seasoned and Ready for Stove Top or Oven Use, 10.25″, Black

    Original price was: $54.00.Current price is: $36.97.

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