Price: $54.90
(as of Nov 25, 2024 11:57:08 UTC - Details)

What makes this the classic American skillet? For 125 years, it's been a staple in kitchens around the world. Crafted in America with iron and oil, its naturally seasoned cooking surface is ready to help you turn your meals into delicious, shareable moments. Cast to last! Seasoned and ready to use.
YOUR NEW GO-TO PAN: The Lodge 3 Piece Cast Iron Set is the perfect kitchen tool set for beginners, home cooks and chefs. The set includes an 8 inch skillet, a 10.25 inch skillet, and a 12 inch skillet.
SEASONED COOKWARE: Seasoning is simply oil baked into the iron, giving it a natural, easy-release finish and helps prevent your pan from rusting. Lodge pre-seasons all cast iron cookware with 100% natural vegetable oil: no synthetic coatings or chemicals. The more you use Lodge the better the seasoning will get!
RUST? DON’T PANIC! IT’S NOT BROKEN: When your set arrives you may notice a spot that looks like rust. It is simply oil that has not fully carbonized. With regular use and care the spot will disappear. If you do notice rust simply scour the affected area with steel wool, rinse, dry, and rub with vegetable oil.
COOKING VERSATILITY: Our cast iron products have unparalleled heat retention that gives you edge-to-edge even cooking every time you use your them. Cast iron cookware is slow to heat up but retains heat longer. The heat retention also reduces the amount of energy needed for cooking.
FAMILY-OWNED: Lodge is more than just a business; it is a family. The Lodge family founded the company in 1896, and they still own it today. From environmental responsibility to community development, their heads and hearts are rooted in America. Lodge products are made in the USA with non-toxic, PFOA & PTFE free material.
Reviewer: Eric Wentz
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: I cook almost everything in my Lodge Cast Iron Pan
Review: If you haven't already taken the leap into cast iron you should think about it. First off the pan is cheap, durable and generally non-stick. Does this mean nothing will stick to this pan? No but if you have the right temperature and use the right amount of fat/oil when cooking and take care of this pan it will take care of you. I would say this pan excels at proteins first and foremost. I have cooked bacon, eggs and pancakes right after one another and nothing stuck to this pan. I would say vegetables are also a favorite in this pan as well because of the great flavor this pan helps create through the oil and char you can achieve with this pan.If you are the type of person that cooks and then puts the pans in the sink for a later time then cast iron might not be for you but I have left this pan in a sink for a few hours or on the stove top overnight and cleaned the next day so it is worth a shot. If you are the type of person who lets pans soak in water overnight or puts them immediately into a dishwasher for cleaning then this pan is definitely not for you unless you are willing to make an exception with this pan.Did I have immediate success with this pan right away? No I didn't. I had food stick and I had issues with cleaning the pan and reseasoning the pan and had to look for advice on the internet to solve my issues because not many people use cast iron so I couldn't ask them.Some of my mistakes were simple ones to make as I have always used either stainless steel or non-stick pans. I didn't wait long enough for the pan to heat up. Take it easy and heat this pan up on medium before you start cooking. Don't think this amount of iron will be hot in 5 minutes. You may need to wait 15 minutes to get this pan heated evenly but I would say put the pan on the heat before you start your prep. The next issue is using enough oil. You don't need a ton of oil but you should use a healthy amount. If you are frying then yea sure use a ton of oil but generally your food doesn't need to be swimming in oil but coat the bottom of the pan. I would advise against using black pepper on your steak if searing. The high temps will burn the pepper causing smoke and burnt flavor on your steak. You are better off using just salt before cooking and fresh cracked pepper afterwards. Acidic food like tomatoes are okay in the pan but make sure you have a well seasoned pan. I would stay away from sauces but cut up tomatoes in the pan for your first few uses should be fine. You need to build a good layer first before tackling sauces. This pan excels at bacon and frying so if you are in the mood to do either this pan will be your best friend. The pan is shallow so it isn't meant for deep frying but I have done fish and chicken where I had to flip and it worked great.Also take care of this pan. Scrub it down with soap and water. Yes you can use soap I do all the time but I also rinse thoroughly and dry immediately over heat and spread another thin, thin, thin layer of oil on it too. Every other month or so I give it a good scrubbing and then apply a light coat of oil and stick in a 500 degree oven, upside-down for an hour or so and then turn off the oven and let it cool. This adds additional seasoning to the pan. You can overseason the pan which I have done and all I did was heat, scrub, wash which eliminated most of the excess seasoning. A salt scrub can help as well or if you really are in the weeds you can get a more aggressive scour pad and remove all the seasoning and start from scratch. Shouldn't take more than 30 minutes to strip and then dry. The time in the oven will be what takes the most time but at that point its set and forget. You just need multiple layers so it will need a lot of oven time like 6 hours or more depending on your diligence.The best advice is keep cooking and don't be afraid to experiment, keep the temperature lower than you think you need and don't rush the food it will be done when it is done.

Reviewer: Beth
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Amazing
Review: We have had this for 15 years. It looks and performs like new. The seasoning came perfect and remains perfect. How do they sell and ship these for this price? They are not much more expensive than when I bought mine 15 years ago.Heat retention and evenness is excellent. The pan continues to be very nonstick, but obviously not as much as nonstick cookware. No warping. Easy to clean. We wait until it is mostly cooled, but still hot and wash it with water and stainless steel wool. Then I dry it with paper towels and finally wipe it down with a small amount of vegetable oil. We are better now but went years where we almost never oiled it, and it never rusted. Avoid overly acidic sauces and this thing should outlast you.

Reviewer: David E.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great and the weight is a good thing see below
Review: After I learned to season it quick like 7 times, and started using a bush and cup with a dap of oil on the side I kept around to wipe with oil when done, and learned to due to size I needed to have rag on edge of sink when dumping out water, and then I often but not always heat up water in electric kettle to pour in when done cooking in order to not shock it. I find after all this that I actually do basically no scrubbing, just a bit of scraping with the metal spatula while the hot water is in it. And then I use a silicone handle on one side I had gotten and I want to get the other side for the silicone side to hold but I just use a pot holder for the other side, thicker one. But I find now that this is an ideal pan to cook everything and anything and many things. I just leave it on top of my stove for daily use. And the weight, for the same reason a mechanics arms are big while not lifting, their muscles are big purely due to making the same motion every day repetitively with the wrench. It’s called a hermetic stressor, the same way weight session (more stressful obviously) and a hot sauna, cold plunge, run, etc, are all good forms of stress that cause adaptation, So to does this just cause you to lift a heavier pot a few times a day as you cook. For vast majority of us it’s nothing. But I told my mom for instance that she should use it and she complained how heavy it was, and my brutal honest response was “that’s exactly why you need to be using it because it’s not like you are working out”. It won’t make you buff, just a bit heavier than a similiar size pan, but for the older crowd who find it important to get their exercises in at the pool and such, this is no different. Plus, once I learned to clean efficiently and season a couple times, it’s a god send of a pan. I love it. I just want to put that “it’s too heavy” criticisism that comes with cast iron in a new light. Your body adapts, allow it too gradually. I will at some point be adding a top to this, I just haven’t decided if I need to get the lodge glass one which would be nice or a silicone one for this, or just a cast iron one to keep the theme and look and durability forever. (Glass and silicone could both break in different ways). I do love this pan as I will admit, one of the reason I got this pan, being some one who can be hard on things by temperment, after knowing roughly how to care for this pan, I also have a lisence to absolutely abuse it and can’t scratch it or anything. Because once you have researched a couple of ways to take rust off and to totally reseason and recondition an old used on for instance, you have the confidence to own this the rest of your life and not ever feel like your going to rune it. I’m also strategically lazy, I call efficient, my mom thinks different, lol, but anyway, the fastest way to clean any pan is with hot water right when done cooking as it burns and melts stuff right off, I can do that with this without worrying how it affects coatings or anything and I can do that to kingdom come. I just try to throw water from kettle on it ideally but not always. Again, the point of these pans is the amazing non stick coating that develops after use and learning to season a few more times your self, but that you can absolutely abuse these pans and know they will last. There is a certain security that’s nice to feel with knowing that. The fact that it has a great non stick that develops after some use and is durable Af, I’m in love.Plus ever seen those videos on YouTube about how baking/pizza steel beats baking/pizza stones every time because of how the metal works vs the ceramic of the stone. It just hit me that this pan is also big enough to make a 15 inch pizza, and when making one for one to a few people depending how thick it is, that’s a good size to use as a pizza steel in the oven. I do even ti ally want a baking steel as I even learned you can leave those in your oven as it helps regulate the temperature in oven by functioning as a ballast in your oven. Don’t even have to clean those. Just let the oven burn stuff off. None the less, till then this will work as a great pizza steel surface too.++. I don’t have much sense of smell, a bit impulsive so I tottally would put it on “HIGH” on the stove every time. Might turn it down at times but it always creates smoke which didn’t matter to me, but got my mom has the higher disgust sensitivity (these two traits in the house do not get along well) anyway, I out of impatience realized I had a habit of heating it up quickly on high, Then I realized I tested how long it takes to smoke with the oil I was using to season it after each cook. I timed how long on high, waited till room temp, tested how long on medium, etc. Did this for any cast iron and carbon steel pans I have too. And in this one I can get away on our gas burner stove on high:High Canola 400°-450° 4m 34sMedium Canola 400°-450° 6m 43s400°-450°=smoke point at which smoke appears as the oil is actually starting to burn (note health wise causing this isn’t healthy so avoid normally by following these instructions). You can do the same test on your stove with your seasoning pans. And now I just run it for 3mins on high but then turn to medium or lower. Could probably get away with 3:30 duration on high. But this way you can cook at medium or a tad lower after.

Reviewer: Greg Smith
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: good buy
Review: It is big and thats what i was looking for.Cooks things evenly and easy clean. Might buy smaller 1.Great invest

Reviewer: H Dale
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: I love these Lodge Cast Iron Skillets. I now have the 8" and the 10.25". These skillets have great heat distribution and are easy to clean with the Lodge scraper or probably any scrubber. Of course, being cast iron it is somewhat heavy to handle, but that is expected with anything made of cast iron. Both sizes are the right size for my stove top and for my needs. I should have bought these a long time ago since the cast iron skillet does not peel after repeated use or have the inside of the skillet peel off like other cooking products do over time. My food tastes great too. I use extra virgin olive oil for cooking and sometimes to oil the skillets. I also use the cast iron seasoning oil to keep the skillets oiled when not in use. The oil should be applied all over it after every use. After every use I clean them with some warm soapy water and the scrubber I bought for cleaning my cast iron skillets (if something gets stuck to them), then dry them thoroughly, then apply a thin application of the olive oil or any decent cooking oil or the cast iron seasoning oil to keep the skillets like new. The red handles that protect against burns work great as well. Do not put the red handles in an oven or they will melt and cause a toxic mess - use oven mitts when using an oven. Cast iron gets very hot so need to be careful when handling or cooking.

Reviewer: Pavel Luna
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Este es mi tercer producto Lodge. El primero fue una parrilla, el segundo un sartén de 20 cms y el tercero es este. Los recomiendo completamente. Aunque ya vienen curados, es necesario realizar el proceso varias veces más antes de lograr una buena antiadherencia. Después de eso, trabajan de maravilla. Hay que agarrarle maña para hallar la temperatura correcta para empezar a cocinar y, ciertamente, requiere algo de trabajo extra para limpiarla, lubricarla y evitar el óxido, pero vale completamente la pena. A la larga, es mejor que los sartenes de teflón, que con el tiempo ya no sirven.

Reviewer: Alejandro Sepulveda
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Llevo usando este producto por mucho tiempo y es una maravilla

Reviewer: Sylvia
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Produto excelente!!! Era o que eu procurava há tempos!!

Reviewer: bogart
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Perfectly seasoned, good value. Been using for few years now.