Shape and Form

21 people cite shape and form across 23 products — 58 in favour, 21 against.

Who cites shape and form as a reason to buy?

My overall pick for just best in design is I'm gonna have to go with the Marquette just because of the way it feels in my hand and the way that I know it performs and the two poor spouts

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Cites ergonomics, handle, seasoning durability, shape and form, surface finish

if we had to pick a winner on a handle that was most comfortable to your hand it would be the Marquette

next we're going to go to Marquette this review not long ago to me this was the smoothest Skillet coming to me of anyone that I got out of the bunch

so my overall winner for seasoning is eeny meeny miny mo is going to be the Marquette because to me it had the smoothest glossiest finish when I got it and accepted seasoning the easiest

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and i'm impressed with it really really nice skill skillet only about six pounds guys

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Cites base and rim, handle, shape and form, weight

i will say when i dump the potatoes out that first day i'm gonna dump the shrimp creole out um not shrimp creole what they'll make shrimp a two-fade right um and the gravy from the pork chops and stuff i'm gonna dump the leftover out uh that did well because it's real thick

also this is kind of nitpicky but i've got an induction stove and both skillets that i have my other number 12 skillet same size bottom they fit on that burner that over there that i use my number 10 skillet on but with the other one since this sides flare out i've got to kind of duck under and look to see if it's…

i really like the handle the handle doesn't look that cool on youtube every video i saw that and even looking at it on the camera it doesn't look as cool as it is in real life it feels awesome i just love the way this handle feels maybe it's because i got big hands whatever i like the way this handle feels that handle…

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first i want to talk about the finex it has this beautiful coiled steel handle and the reason for that is this coil design not only does it look great

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and you can actually see right here on the back of the pan they've got a really nice design that pays homage to that origin

now the next thing i want to compare is just the overall style or aesthetic of these skillets and the standout for me is going to be the finex there this octagonal shape i think looks really great i love the steel coiled handle it's just something really unique that sets that skillet apart from the others

7:32 supports Ian Fujimoto

But an eastern style spoon, like an Asian spoon, has more of an angle. You scoop and lift. [music] It's flawless. Flawless design.

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6:32 supports Lisa Cookware Reviewer

The other thing that mattered was the height of the sides. These are about two and a half inches.

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Cites handle, shape and form

The third thing we really loved was this low handle. It was a nice level handle and it was comfortable to grip. Has this little bit of a dent in it that really helps you grab it when you're pouring out sauces and things. It actually stays rooted in your hand.

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Copper is the fastest cookware material for heat transfer. It's more than one and a half times as fast as aluminum and about 25 times faster than stainless steel.

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Cites heat conduction, heat control, heating speed, searing and crust, shape and form, size and capacity

When you place it on the heat, a copper pan heats up very quickly. And when the flame is turned down it cools fast too. This responsiveness to the stove's heat settings gives you excellent control, and it's what makes copper cookware a pleasure to use.

Our top-rated pans offered plenty of cooking space, Low flared sides, they just make it easier to reach under food with a spatula and they help moisture evaporate so food browns more quickly.

All right, I have to admit that while I loved cooking in copper skillets, their performance only slightly outpaced the pan we already recommend, which is the all-clad stainless 12 inch fry pan with lid.

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they now are putting into a plastic bag and coming with a little moisture absorbent um little pillow inside to allow you to get a pan that is basically raw from the factory so seasoning should be a lot easier

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Cites coating, ease of cleaning, handle, heat control, heat resistance, induction compatible, maintenance, non-stick surface, oven safe, shape and form, warp resistance

and the thing that's great with the matte fur is that the handle can go into whatever temperature into the oven we want

it now is kind of kind of turned like a golden orange color because it's oxidizing a little bit so it's very obvious that that pan is being exposed the raw metal is being exposed to the air

and now the new matte fur come without anything on them they're really nice and easy to clean

but this guy is definitely you know non-stick on there there's no doubt about that right

so looking at these two pans we've got that this was the first time that I ever cooked on them you know that you know nothing's really stuck on here

this guy here behaved a lot better in being at a preheat of 250 previously like I was saying I was at 250 preheat it looked like I got too hot I went down it got too cool and it wasn't a great result this guy's looking quite perfect at the moment sitting at 250

so that's a really nice result right there doing its thing induction burner gets a little bit mad when you do that this guy here same thing so great result okay so definitely that factor of that first cook with a new pan you know seedling that surface definitely helps so our second result here is really great

right now there is zero spinning from this is the one that was abused this is the one that was not and they are not spinning whatsoever

okay so clean and cool cool zero spinning so that is great that cheap what I think is kind of crappy induction cooktop I have been able to make spinners out of other carbon steel with that cooktop um it does make spinners these guys didn't that's a tremendous result so super stoked

so you know Matt fur I would give you know a big big thumbs up I think they're tremendous I love that they have non-vivided handles onto the pans the shape of them of course are ideal I really enjoy that they the handles don't have epoxy on them and they can easily just go straight into the oven they're great

12:04 supports Adam Byatt Buy It For Life Enthusiasts

This is good for for soups. It's good for cooking whole pieces of nice chicken thighs and things like that. So, it's got nice flat area, nice wide base, good heavy weight to it, and it will retain that heat as well brilliantly.

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Cites heat retention, shape and form, weight

2:31 supports Adam Byatt Buy It For Life Enthusiasts

Always have a really nice uh non serrated carving knife. This is a Japanese knife that was made for me in Kyoto in Japan. So it's a bit special, but um ultimately it's not serrated, so you get that really clean finish.

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8:33 supports Hannah Buy It For Life Enthusiasts

First, a broad cooking surface. We preferred pans that offered at least 10 inches of flat cooking surface.

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Cites handle, shape and form, size and capacity

That extra height is really necessary for containing hot oil and food, such as when frying donuts and shallow frying chicken.

but we preferred those with wide broad loops that we could really hang onto, especially when wearing oven mitts

Generally though, we recommend buying a 12 inch skillet if you can. It's always good to have the option of a bigger pan for recipes of different sizes

4:31 supports Kent Rollins Chef

when I first picked this up right out of the box I'm thinking feels like a Wagner or a Griswold into me just the way it sort of felt it's got a light weight to it and look here right off the bat two poor spouts now I really do like that I do

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Cites appearance, shape and form, surface finish, weight

we get down to the Marquette to me the thing that really just stood out most of all to me what is the closest resemblance to the old cast iron I'm talking Griswolds and Wagner's to me it was the closest design to it and had this finish that was just like they used to have on them

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Great for cutting vegetables. Works as a scooping surface, so you don't have to use like a pastry card or bench scraper or anything like that. It's good for smashing garlic as well.

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Cites shape and form, versatility

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This is the Made In Stainless Clad Saute Pan. It had all the right dimensions, it rocked the cooking test, and it's $149, which was less than half of the most expensive pan in the lineup.

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Cites even heating, price, shape and form

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the field handle is too hot to touch comfortably like i can grab it for a sec where the stargazer handle is great i can use it

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Cites handle, shape and form

they have a cooling of design here so the way in which this small amount of material comes up to the handle it stops the amount of thermal transfer up into handle you'll see this a lot of time in stainless steel and that works great so that is probably yeah that's kind of hot to touch but you know if i had a cloth i…

i've also found that the usability was tremendous so you'll see that the edges here are really rounded they're edges in um the bottom edge and also the top edge so the splay of the pan is absolutely brilliantly designed

i really enjoyed using the handle helper and i found that the stay cool handle was brilliant and i was never dealing even open flame i use this an open flame outside all the time i wasn't dealing with a hot handle ever i never needed to use a cloth to grab that handle

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but it actually prevents this handle from warming up no matter how long we've cooked for using this skillet this handle won't get hot at all

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Cites heat resistance, lid, shape and form

now going to the finex you might not see an obvious spout but because of this octagonal shape that they have to the pan you can actually use any of these edges as a pour spout and you won't get anything that drips out so that's a pretty cool feature there

so the finex comes with a lid you don't have to worry about fumbling around and finding a lid that will fit that shape

5:31 supports Lisa Cookware Reviewer

They're both made of stainless steel and they're fully clad. So they have stainless steel, aluminum and stainless steel sheets that are bonded together before the pan is made. So you get nice even cooking with no hotspots.

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Cites even heating, searing and crust, shape and form

They both have a wide cooking surface, but then that skillet has those low flaring sides that bow out like this. This is great for browning nicely and encouraging evaporation with those low sides.

1:30 supports Kate Shannon

They have rounded sides, which means that it's really easy to stir and things don't scorch as easily because they can't get caught in those corners.

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Cites ease of cleaning, shape and form

In a saucier, the great thing about it is that it has these really sloped rounded walls and there really aren't any corners in here. That means that the odds of something getting stuck here is basically zero.

With a sassier, those rounded edges mean that cleanup is really easy.

1:00 supports Kate Shannon

They're basically rounded sauce pans with wider mouths and flared walls. They can do everything a sauce pan can do but their unique design traits mean that cooking some things like pastry cream, caramel even your morning oatmeal, is gonna be a little bit easier.

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Saucier is also the name given to French cooks who make sauces, stocks, and soups. These vessels are great for that.

There are some things it does really well. Anytime you're whisking or stirring a lot, these are great

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Number one is the handle design. It's flat on the top and bottom so you have plenty of control when tilting but it's rounded and smooth on the sides so it's comfortable to hold.

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Cites base and rim, ease of cleaning, handle, lid, shape and form

Number two, the lid handle and helper handles are large. You can fit your entire hand around them for a firm grip.

The sidewalls of the frying pans have too shallow of a slope. This design, plus the flared rims, makes it easy to slide food onto a plate but it also makes it easier to spill and splatter.

Fortunately Made In made some updates and the rivets on the pans made today are much flatter.

I mentioned that I like the handle design but I need to call out the handle angle. Made In handles are almost even with the top of the pan. You can fit the pan in the oven with less space between racks but since the handle isn't angled upward like most, your hand is a little bit closer to the heat.

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This pan is made of copper with a thin lining of stainless steel. It combines steel's non-reactive, durable lining with copper's responsiveness.

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Cites acid resistance, durability, even heating, heat control, searing and crust, shape and form, size and capacity

So it cooked evenly and it adjusted fairly quickly when we changed heat settings on the stove.

Its generous cooking surface cooked plenty of food without crowding and it's low-flaring sides help evaporate steam so food browned deeply.

1:00 supports MQ Cookware Reviewer

the only reason for that or the obvious reason for that is that everything you can do in the brazer rather you can do in the dutch oven but not vice versa you can't do everything that you can do here in a bracer

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Cites shape and form, size and capacity, versatility

this obviously is a much taller vessel has a much higher volume so for large volume of soups juice this is going to be much much more suitable than this

3:01 supports Kent Rollins Chef

one other thing that I really liked about it from the start when I first seen it was the depth that it had I think this thing right here you could put a lot of gravy in there folks and that'd be some fine dining

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Cites seasoning durability, shape and form, size and capacity

you can pour out of it without it running down the side of your Skillet all the time

it accepted seasoning fairly well in the beginning it did

so all in all the skillet performed well and it's seasoned well

8:32 supports Ridley Cookware Reviewer

i do a lot of roast chicken and it works great because the low sides leave ample room for browning around the bird and i get a perfect one every time

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but for smaller roasts things that accommodate about four people a breezer works perfectly

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Cites shape and form, size and capacity, versatility

because the brazer's sides are less sloped outward and they're more straight up and they're also a bit higher for something that has a large amount like this steam kale recipe the braiser is actually a better choice than a skillet

we did really like braziers we found them to be versatile in their own right almost like a swiss army knife of cookware

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the handle is not only comfortable it dissipates heat really well the two-prong connector to the pan makes for a lot of open air around what on other Skillets is a thick connection that transfers heat to the handle the curv shape is not only comfortable for holding it gives more surface area to dissipate heat in the…

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the beveled Rim instead of having a specific spout for pouring you can use whatever angle is most comfortable for the task at hand and pour easily without creating a mess

10:32 supports Dan Souza Professional Kitchens

So, I also really love that it doesn't have corners because corners are the places in pans where things go to stick and burn. So, if you're working with a custard or something like that, corners are your worst enemy.

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You obviously can do amazing stir fries in here. It's bowl shape means that you can toss and stir ingredients and they stay contained in there.

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One of the reasons that I love wok, as I mentioned, is that it's so versatile. So, stir frying obviously makes sense. It's a great steaming vessel when you have bamboo steamers. It's fabulous for deep frying.

It's also great for floating fried foods because there's more space at the top. So, something like donuts works really, really well.

So, this combo here of wok and wok brush with a few wok tools, there's really nothing that I don't cook in my wok. I find it super, super versatile.

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I got to say, I like the rim around the stove. I like the um the distinctive look to it.

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That stove also has the baking spike basting spikes under its lid. And as I've shown in a different uh video, those basting spikes actually do work.

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I think it's a good-looking piece of cookwware. It's got some design elements. We'll get to that here in a minute. And it's made in the USA.

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Cites appearance, country of manufacture, shape and form

I think it is kind of distinctive though. And that design, it's actually raised. I don't know if that comes through on camera. And then you can feel the uh the opposite of it on the inside of the pan. So that's kind of neat.

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Sweeping a spatula around the pan without missing any food is much easier with rounded instead of L-shaped sides.

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Cites handle, heat resistance, shape and form, weight

While cast iron handles on copper are really traditional and beautiful, steel handles are lighter and they're slower to heat up on the stove top, so we didn't always need pot holders.

5:02 supports MQ Cookware Reviewer

with this design with this typical saucing pen design you get a straight vertical sides so you do actually get a full 28 centimeter of cooking surface and i can confirm because i'm because i measured it

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eer isn't a brand I personally associate with home cooking but regardless of the brand it feels much more in line with what we expect from home cookware today

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4:01 supports Kent Rollins Chef

it's good to hang a skillet if you've got something on the wall like that but look here two poor spouts

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3:01 supports Gordon Ramsay Chef

a SI make sure you get one with a long handle and balancing hooks so you can rest it over your mixing bowl or a pan

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make sure you got a nice large circumference of the bowl so you can grind away the heavier the more durable are the more confidence

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And those two characteristics make it great for shallow frying, for braising, and we like to cook down fresh greens in these things also.

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We like saute pans because they combine a couple of really useful characteristics.

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I’m also a fan of the shape of these pans. The gently curved walls are shallow enough to slide food onto a plate, flip eggs, and toss food, but not so shallow that liquids and oil are spilling and splattering over the sides.

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Cites ease of cleaning, handle, shape and form

Another design feature that you get with Hestan is flat rivets. These are an upgrade over standard rivets that stick out and collect grease and grime, but the seams around them still can catch food, so they're not as easy to clean as pans without any rivets like Demeyere.

One more thing to note about the handles is their high angle. If you measure from the counter to the end of the handle, it's 4.5 inches high. Because of this, you need at least 5 inches of space to fit these pans between oven racks. While I like the higher-pitched handle because it gives you leverage when flipping or…

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but a bracer is also great because while its walls are smaller it has a really large cooking surface

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so it can kind of accommodate a lot of browning here and it's spread out more a little i mean when you look at end to end here versus here this is lower and wider than your dutch oven so you're really going to get more surface area exposure which helps things evaporate and concentrate the flavor

0:07 supports David Cookware Reviewer

uh the handle's quite comfortable while still having you know enough leverage that you're able to kind of get a good grip on it with the kind of flatter profile

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but the weight is a real concern and so you know just kind of even show you here when it comes to the big pan here on the hon I'm at 3 lb and 8 oz on this guy if I go to the demise 5 lb 2 oz and that weight really shows

0:07 supports David Cookware Reviewer

when it comes to a standard stainless steel Skillet you know I really like the hon models these have you you know a really good cooking wide cooking surface area

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and so it's you know just a really good General all-around Skillet

this is actually going to be a little bit better for letting the steam Escape having the lower sides so there is going to be a little cooking difference performance-wise there

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but you've got these higher straighter sides more like a saute pan and that's a good thing when you're doing stuff like sauteing

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2:32 supports BobbyGfl Cookware Reviewer

something that sets Stargazer apart is uh the cool touch handle

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Cites handle, heat resistance, shape and form, weight

it's lighter weight for the size significantly lighter weight you can feel how they've taken down the material here on the side and the bottom actually feels thicker than the sides so there's some engineering going on there

and then it's got this nice handle on the end here I assume this would probably get pretty hot uh but my experience with these is uh anything that's forked stays cool to the touch and you don't really need a uh hot pad to hold on to it

the thumb area here I mean it's a great handle feels really comfortable

and this is different from most of the the pans I have most of the pans I have have much longer handles so this will be a a welcome change

another thing I wanted to mention is uh they PRI themselves on this lip so some of the lodge pans of a similar size you'll they have a pour spout this doesn't you know you could pour from pretty much anywhere

I have to tell you this handle is toasty warm but not something you can't touch

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Another thing that makes this Skillet unique is its long handles which are significantly longer than most cast iron skillets. The handle on the 12-inch Stargazer Skillet is 7.6 inches long. For comparison, the handle on this 12 inch Calphalon Skillet is 4.75 inches.

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Cites ergonomics, handle, heat resistance, shape and form

The extra length makes it easier to maneuver the skillet while keeping your hand away from the heat.

I've also noticed that the Stargazer handle stays cooler thanks to the y-shaped design that disperses heat.

The helper handle opposite the main handle is also much larger and easier to grip than the ones on most cast iron skillets.

Another feature I really like about Stargazer is that it has a flared rim all the way around for easy pouring from any angle. Most cast iron skillets have a pour spout on each side which is a bit more limiting.

It has a cup-shaped design that ensures your hand won't slip or rotate when you tilt the skillet

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other pans I really like are the omelet pans so this is the regular series and you see the angle where the uh sides of the pan touch the cooking surface more of a definite angle on the regular pans

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9:03 supports Billy Parisi Chef

it's not only good for slicing bread but it's also great for peeling large melons or even watermelon or even slicing pies what happens is the serrated edge will allow you to kind of saw a thing so it doesn't smash down

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10:02 supports Dan Souza Professional Kitchens

So, the first thing is it's got a really nice wide bowl. So, this makes transferring stuff from a pan to your plate really, really easy.

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you can easily fit two of these little guys inside of your oven one on top of the other on two different racks if you're trying to do two of the same food or you know you have a large party

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the other reason that I really like the brazers and that I think that if you're going to get one or the other maybe a brazer might be a good choice is because you can also sort of use it as a sauté pan or a pan on your stove top if you ever want to use you know a little cast IR in enamel pan so that's pretty exciting…

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The petty knife is nice where it fits in really tight corners, doesn't get in the way.

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One is it's got a pretty broad cooking surface, like that skillet does. Second, it's got medium, high straight sides.

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All of these pins did well in our cooking tests, and those included making Swedish meatballs, baking Mexican rice, and sauteing a pound of fresh spinach.

One of the characteristics that made a difference to testers was the cooking surface.

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Most of them were around 10 inches, like this one. This one was 10 and a half inches, testers really like the extra space.

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Most of the sides were about two inches tall, which great for evaporation.

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i don't notice a ton of difference between these three all of them have nice rounded edges so that when you're holding the pan your handle isn't actually digging into your hand that much so i don't notice much of a difference across these skillets but the finex is really a standout in this category

handling about Lodge cast iron skillet tested it Best Cast Iron Skillet - Review of Finex, Smithey, FieldCo and Lodge

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you'll see both the smithy and the lodge have pour spouts built right into the sides so you can pour anything out either side whether that's something that you're cooking in the pan that you need to pour out or whether that's the residual grease from a cook so that's really handy

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i don't notice a ton of difference between these three all of them have nice rounded edges so that when you're holding the pan your handle isn't actually digging into your hand that much so i don't notice much of a difference across these skillets but the finex is really a standout in this category

handling about Smithey cast iron skillet tested it Best Cast Iron Skillet - Review of Finex, Smithey, FieldCo and Lodge

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you'll see both the smithy and the lodge have pour spouts built right into the sides so you can pour anything out either side whether that's something that you're cooking in the pan that you need to pour out or whether that's the residual grease from a cook so that's really handy

same with smithy comes with a designated lid

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but you know if you're sticking it in a smaller oven I can see why you would want the short handle

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so if you're if you're uh you know spooning uh some sauce on a on some meat the spoon is the exact this is just your typical this is my spoon typical spoon it's the exact diameter of the corner of the pan it is it is exact you'll get every drop

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it's going to be a little bit nicer shape here and it's also easier to turn that omelet out onto a plate

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I took it as a badge of honor to get a real deal carbon steel French made French omelette pan and learn how to cook a French omelette in one of these guys actually takes developing a little bit of skill and that's part of the fun of getting a carbon steel Skillet it may not be quite as easy until you learn how to do…

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this Dutch oven has large handles, a big lid knob, and a beautiful gradient exterior

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It performed well in my heat retention test, and the knobs stayed cooler than most brands.

The rounder sides make it easier to get in the corners and stir

It has a large knob and handles, a warranty that covers chips and cracks, and a reasonable price.

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This pan heats fast and evenly and has the same long handle, wide cooking surface, and flared rims as Hestan’s ProBond collection.

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Tramontina Tri-Ply Clad has a polished exterior, smooth edges, and the walls have a nice gradual slope.

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Shape and Form given as a reason not to buy. Where both lists are long, shape and form is a trade-off rather than a feature.

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The sidewalls of the frying pans have too shallow of a slope. This design, plus the flared rims, makes it easy to slide food onto a plate but it also makes it easier to spill and splatter.

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The rivets on the Made In pan I got years ago jet out further than most brands. It's hard to clean around the rivets so oil and food bits would often bake into the pan.

Still they don't offer flush rivets or rivetless options like several other brands.

If you're looking for lightweight pans, you'll be disappointed. Made In pans are built solid with thick heavy walls. The 12-inch fry pan weighs over three pounds.

I mentioned that I like the handle design but I need to call out the handle angle. Made In handles are almost even with the top of the pan. You can fit the pan in the oven with less space between racks but since the handle isn't angled upward like most, your hand is a little bit closer to the heat.

Also, there's a small space where the handle bends that's extremely difficult to clean unless you scrub it with a toothbrush.

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because i feel a bit uncomfortable you know stirring with a spatula or whatever i just feel like food is going to fall out over the side

handling about Le Creuset Braiser owns one Le Creuset Dutch Oven and Braiser Do You Need Both?

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the weight and the thickness of this lid is extremely substantial so the total the total weight of this entire vessel this entire pen is 5.6 or let's say approximately 5.6 i waited on my scale and 2.5 of that is on the lid this is very thick and it's very heavy and it's much much thicker and heavier than this

they could they could have made this a bit thicker or a bit bigger and given us a heavier body and a in a slightly less heavy or lighter lid so that i found that a little bit strange as well

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i mean you wouldn't even make soup in this the shape is just not right

use-case fit about Le Creuset Braiser owns one Le Creuset Dutch Oven and Braiser Do You Need Both?

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the only reason for that or the obvious reason for that is that everything you can do in the brazer rather you can do in the dutch oven but not vice versa you can't do everything that you can do here in a bracer

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so firstly for a 30 centimeter diameter i was really hoping the cooking surface the flat usable cooking surface would be a bit bigger

in my opinion it would have been a bit better if they reduce the tapering here on the sides and you know and so then they could give us a little bit more surface on the bottom

the second point is that i find this pen a little bit too shallow that's going to sound like a double standard because obviously it's not a dark oven it's not meant to be tall like a dutch oven but nevertheless i do find it a bit too to do shallow

this lid is a very tall lid for the type of pan so i mean they could have made the lid a little bit less tall and put some extra height on the pan

i cannot i cannot say in good conscience that this is more practical than this because this is better in terms of volume and this is also better in terms of the amount of cooking surface that it gives you

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one thing that is missing that I really love in the skillet and I think it's got to have to be a true performing cast iron skillet and that is a pour spout

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For instance, western style spoons suck at soup. [music] They just do. When you go to scoop soup with a western style spoon, you have to angle and lift. And then [music] look at that. If your bowl goes any higher than that and your soup isn't right to the top, you're not getting much [music] soup.

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The pans in our lineup range from two to three inches and actually the higher sides were not that helpful. It was harder to reach in with tongs to get at those meatballs or to stir anything basically halfway to a sauce pan.

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so the pan doesn't come pre-coated from the factory which was problematic with specifically Matt fur before because it took a long time and a lot of effort to get their Factory coating off

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so they also have their seasoning instructions that come they have these here little seasoning instructions I don't like them I think they suck

the eggs have moved out especially on the one on the induction has moved out a little bit it's rolled to the edge because of the convexness of it obviously so this it's got a Center High spot in the pan

so you know the results are definitely you know similar here had a little bit more sticking on the center of this one again that you got that high spot going on there you can see that right in the center uh you've got a little bit more even where all the oil went around the edge so I don't know that's a tiny bit of a…

there's definitely still that big hot spot that was created when I went up to 250 for too long uh preheating on the induction had that hot spot in the middle uh and before you know we had that noticeable convexed Edge where the oil was going down to the to the outer edge and we had the hot spots in both it seems

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but when i was deep frying and i had my thermometer probe in there this little clip and i had to bend it and whatever but it still it doesn't fit on these thin little walls like it does on my enamel cast iron cookware or my other skillet and um for deep frying and it was kind of annoying it would come out and maybe i…

use-case fit about Field cast iron skillet tested it Field Company No. 10 Skillet Follow Up Review

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there are a couple things i don't like um kind of iffy on the lack of pour spouts uh yeah you saw in our first video i'm trying to pour a red-eye gravy out of it and it dripped down it's a thin gravy

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and the thinner things like the oil bacon grease i haven't cooked bacon in it yet by the way by the way this is a skillet review and i didn't cook any bacon everybody else does that i didn't cook bacon in the first one either right um but when i poured you know hamburger meat grease out of it that's what it was i…

the walls are kind of straight a lot more like a saute pan than a traditional skillet ah and i'm making that i made some the parmesan cheese things when i'm making the uh pancakes you gotta watch it kind of spatula you can't get your spatula in quite at the same angle you can with the skillet that has more flared…

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it means that food can kind of get trapped in this corner. So with this you have to pay a little attention.

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And when it comes to cleaning there are some differences here too. The same thing with the walls and and the corner means that you might really have to scrub.

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this is a much taller vessel than this is so a lot of times you can't really fit two of these one on top of the other inside of your oven if you're trying to cook a lot

use-case fit about Le Creuset round Dutch oven tested it Le Creuset — Braiser vs. Dutch Oven.

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there's no pour spouts here I mean it is a beveled Edge

performance about Stargazer cast iron skillet tested it Don't Buy a Cast Iron Skillet Without Watching This! Which Cast Iron Brand is Right for You?

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Made it a little less comfortable to get in there with utensils. This one, however, it had 2-inch sidewalls and some of the spinach jumped ship when it was being stirred around in this one. So the sweet spot for the sidewalls was right in between the two, something like this at about 2 1/2 inches.

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and they're going to behave a lot slower because it's a thicker material it's going to take it longer to preheat

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it's going to take it longer to change temperatures

one other thing that you'll notice that is potentially a bit more of a negative is you do have a higher pan on the Dem the lips is going to be a little larger and so you are going to get a little bit more of a steaming effect than this

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then you go to the field company and you look at this and there's no designated pour spout so that's just something to keep in mind when you're talking about this skillet

handling about Field cast iron skillet tested it Best Cast Iron Skillet - Review of Finex, Smithey, FieldCo and Lodge

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and neither of these two skillets do so the field the lodge no lids there this is the number 10 field cast iron the number eight does have a lid option but the number 10 doesn't

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this would not be my first one it is just so big um it covers up one entire burner and encroaches on the other burners and it's also fairly difficult to season just because putting this on a gas flame you end up having to move the pan realm

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A lot of times you have a whisk in there to keep things moving, then you gotta switch over to a wooden implement where you can actually scrape and get the corners.

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cast iron skillets are not really known for flipping eggs, so the side walls are too tall, etc., etc.

use-case fit about Cast Iron Skillets tested it Field Cast Iron Review: Egg Problems & Great Gratins

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It's actually a little challenging, when you're stirring things, you just have to be careful not to toss food out of the sides.

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Something that was a little smaller and closer into the pan, still worked just wasn't as secure wearing oven mitts.

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some of these pans felt unbalanced or had slightly cramped cooking surfaces

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other ones had two high sides that made it awkward to get under food with a spatula or so low that liquids kind of threatened to Splash out

several had unusually long steeply angled handles that were a little bit awkward for shorter testers