The Guy Fieri lightweight cast iron is a dream come true. I love the health benefits of cooking on cast iron, but it's too heavy for me. This is not. The 12" pan weighs 67.2 oz (4.2 lbs), not the 2 lbs given in the Amazon description. That's still a few ounces less that my Lodge 8" skillet.
It is 12" across the top, with 8" of available flat cooking surface at the base. This wide flair makes it easy to scoop those last bits of food up and over the side into a waiting plate instead of picking up the pan to slide it out. If I do need to slide something like an omelet, it lifts and tilts easily with the handle in one hand and an oven mitt on the handle-less side.
The interior is cast iron with a bit of a swirl pattern. The pattern holds oil in small dimples, letting me use a fraction of the oil my old pans required. I use only one teaspoon of oil, and swab it about the pan with a silicone brush before adding the food. There's no sticking (including eggs!), but outstanding browning, in this pan.
The "black" exterior is really a very appealing charcoal gray. It is perfectly smooth for my ceramic cooktop, and also performs beautifully on my old electric stove.
Interior and exterior clean up easily, even after deeply browning a steak. Just hot soapy water and my fingers when the pan is deglazed and cooled. I have four pieces of this cookware 10 and 12 inch pans, 5 quart braiser, and 5.5 quart dutch oven... every other pan has been banished.
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Excellent! The interior is smooth versus the old-school cast iron skillets. It is lightweight. It distributes heat very well. I threw out all of my non-stick skillets that are made and processed with all kinds of crazy chemicals and sealants. This is THE pan for cooking great food. I scramble eggs all the time and they don't stick. Clean up is a breeze. Hot water and a cloth and then re-season with a little oil.
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It was delivered timely. The pan serves its purpose. Rinsing with only warm water & soaking when things stick is an adjustment but it seems to be working. I will give an update in a few months.
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I was very excited to try this new skillet out. I had been looking for one this size for a long time and had also toyed with the idea of cast iron but didn't want the weight. Got it home and followed the instructions carefully knowing already how to handle cast iron from previously owning them. Looking forward to the browning capability of the pan but hadn't gone to the store yet to pick up the flat iron steak I had in mind. Couldn't wait to try it out so went ahead and used it the first night to cook some hot dogs for the kids. They love them grilled and so I was hoping to get a nice brown color. They browned beautifully. Just perfectly. I let the pan cool while we ate. Then clean up came and I noticed the black lining of the pan had silver streaks on it the exact size of the the hot dogs I just cooked. I hadn't noticed it when cooking as I was running around the kitchen getting other things prepared. The black had come off the pan and underneath was what looks like aluminum. I'm not sure what is going on because I followed all the instructions and treated the pan cautiously. I'm thinking we might have eaten whatever the surface was made of unknowingly as it must have stuck to the hot dogs. The warranty says to return the pan and they will replace it if there is a flaw. I'm wondering if they consider this a flaw or is it supposed to turn silver? I'm also wondering how much shipping will cost me to return it. Very unhappy.
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