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Is Lodge any good? What 21 people say

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Finex vs Smithey: What Owners of Both Cast Iron Skillets Say

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What cookware reviewer and collectors both recommend

12 people 21 sources 243 claims

What collectors and gear review youtube both recommend

10 people 17 sources 190 claims

What chef and home cooks both recommend

18 people 46 sources 484 claims

What chef and cooking YouTube both recommend

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Does carbon steel rust? What 19 people say

19 people 29 sources 102 claims

What chefs and cookware reviewers agree on

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Best Cast Iron Skillets: What 24 People Actually Recommend

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Lodge Cast Iron Skillet Weight: What 12 People Say

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6:02 supports Kent Rollins speaking on Cowboy Kent Rollins Chef
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

best in class about Marquette cast iron skillet Tested it Don't Buy a Cast Iron Skillet Without Watching This! Which Cast Iron Brand is Right for You?

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
1:00 supports Big Lew BBQ & Other Things I Want to Do! Collectors was given the product
and i'm impressed with it really really nice skill skillet only about six pounds guys

handling about Field cast iron skillet Tested it Field Company No. 10 Skillet Follow Up Review

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

Big Lew BBQ & Other Things I Want to Do! was given the product. Stated in the source: “i do want to thank the field company for sending it to me for a review” Kept and labelled rather than dropped: a paid endorsement is still evidence, and you should be the one to decide what it is worth.

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…
4:01 supports BBQ and Bottles Cooking YouTube was given the product
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

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

Cites appearance, handle, shape and form

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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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11:34 supports Christopher Scott Buy It For Life Enthusiasts
I would also have a saier like this I love using this for desserts like custards and things like that or pan sauces or Poached Eggs I love the curved Edge for the Poached Eggs you get that water swirling in that curved Edge helps keep the eggs moving in that circular motion really really well I love this pot for that

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for that and I do a lot of a lot of Poached Eggs it's one of my favorite breakfast
0:31 supports Elsie Jensen speaking on L. C.'s Kitchen Reviews
This is what I call my chili pot. He's my winter uh stew big, you know, roast a turkey in here pot. You can do two chickens. He's very very large. He is so heavy. Um but like really sturdy. Um I when I cook my chili, it's about 40 lbs of meat that I am cooking in here and with between the meat and the beans and it…

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Cites shape and form, size and capacity, versatility

But this 5 and 1/2q, it holds a great amount. You can do a a small chicken in here. Actually, a pretty good sized chicken, a beef roast. I done beef burgon in here. This is great for making a large batch of soup um for you know the winter. You can do your chowters or whatnot, but it's a pretty great big versatile size.
I will say this is nice for larger families. If you've got, you know, uh five or six in your family, this is a perfect pot.
So it is a really good size. You can do a small chicken in here. You can do a beef roast in here. So if you wanted to make a smaller batch of beef bagon for like a family of four or five, this guy is perfect.
This is also the one that I cook all of my sourdough um round uh little bowls and the sourdough loaves, the round ones in. This pot is perfect for my batch of it. It's got enough height. I don't feel like you need to have a second like specialty Dutch oven for your bread baking. I do mine right in this pot and it just…
This is great for mac and cheese, making a peach crisp, a small chowder for, you know, like a small soup for about four people. This is the perfect size for it.
So, it is great for smaller families, or if you're on your own, you can make smaller sourdough loaves than this as well. This can make you a much bigger one, but this is perfect for making a slightly smaller loaf.
Um, again, this is a great pot to have. I use this for a lot of my side dishes.
But they are great great products for both making breads, making soups and roasting in.
1:00 supports J. Kenji López-Alt co-designed this product
here's some lentils I'm just going to show you obviously we're not really cooking them but the spatula so it has a flat area that fits the flat part of the wok like that you know but then it also has this gentle curve that meets up the side so that you can really get good contact on every single part [Music] of the…

handling about Earlywood wok spatula Owns it My Favorite Wok Spatula

Cites ergonomics, shape and form

J. Kenji López-Alt co-designed this product. Stated in the source: “and so I reached out to them and I said hey do you want to make a walk spatula together” Kept and labelled rather than dropped: a paid endorsement is still evidence, and you should be the one to decide what it is worth.

it is all it is handed so this is the right-handed model you can also get a left-handed model um there was no real way around that to get this sort of ergonomic shape in there I think um but you know the results is I think the most comfortable and the Really the most functional uh walk uh spatula for this type of walk
1:30 supports speaking on Cook Culture earns commission on this
they are what they are they are carbon steel a decent weight they are lodges traditional kind of candy coating uh vegetable based non-stick which works adequately fine to start with

handling about Lodge carbon steel pan Tested it Lodge Carbon Steel VS Matfer & OXO - In depth review

Cites handle, shape and form, weight

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so hold the handles here the handle on the launch still quite good handle on the map for way too hot and of course silicone cover on the Oxo so that's not a problem but um yeah no I can't hold the mat for one anymore the lodge is totally fine which is super nice
uh it works really well I really love the long handle uh Lodge cast iron pans I dislike the short handle these guys have a nice long handle I really enjoy that
uh I think the shape of it is excellent the weight of it is balanced
0:30 supports Jon Kung Professional Cooks
And while this has become my go-to pan for certain things, it definitely has not replaced every pan in my roster.

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Cites durability, ease of cleaning, scratch resistance, shape and form, versatility

The way this pan seems to straddle the line between nonstick cast iron and stainless steel is pretty fascinating to me, I have to admit. It's definitely like a jack-of-all-trades situation, but in a weird way
This is currently my favorite pan to make goat curry out of. A process that requires you to sear meat, sweat out vegetables, and slow cook a very thick and burnable gravy for a long period of time.
I have actually made pan-fried dumplings in this with much success because of its shape and because of its durability.
Because at the end of the day, as far as like my everyday personal pan for rough cooking such as searing meats or making curries or things that just like require me to scrape the bottom of the pan without having to worry about it, but still being easier to clean than my cast iron and nonsticks, yeah.
For a home cook, if all you had was this pan and this pan, I'm pretty confident you can get most of your needs fulfilled, not including stock pots and Dutch ovens and all that stuff. But even then, this proves itself to be more versatile than you would initially expect.
6:32 supports Lisa of America's Test Kitchen 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.
0:30 supports speaking on America's Test Kitchen
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.

performance about Cookware Tested it Equipment Review: The Best Copper Skillets

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.
0:30 supports Cook Culture Cookware Reviewer was given the product
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

performance about Matfer carbon steel pan Tested it DEEP DIVE! Testing the New Matfer Carbon Steel Induction Ready Pans

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

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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
8:33 supports Hannah of America's Test Kitchen Buy It For Life Enthusiasts
First, a broad cooking surface. We preferred pans that offered at least 10 inches of flat cooking surface.

recommendation about Cast Iron Skillets Tested it Cast Iron vs Enameled Cast Iron: Which is Better? | Gear Heads

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 speaking on Cowboy 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

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

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
3:32 supports Cook Culture Cookware Reviewer
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

handling about Stargazer cast iron skillet Tested it Field cast iron skillet vs Stargazer - How do I choose?

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
4:31 supports BBQ and Bottles Cooking YouTube was given the product
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

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

Cites heat resistance, lid, shape and form

BBQ and Bottles was given the product. Stated in the source: “the brands who sent these skillets out to us free of charge and we're not being paid for this review video” Kept and labelled rather than dropped: a paid endorsement is still evidence, and you should be the one to decide what it is worth.

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
13:05 supports Stephen La Rosa earns commission on this
It's like super super thin. Very good for like scooping under things.

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Cites shape and form

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because it's like curved like this, you can scoop make very good like contact on the protein you're trying to scoop.
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It has a really nice thin blade made of a really good stainless steel.

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Cites build quality, shape and form, versatility

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This is a lot more versatile.
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Now, what I like about this compared to other bread knives is it has a very, very thin blade. It has a nice serration, but it is flat on one side. So, it's a very, very sharp blade.

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Cites edge retention, shape and form

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4:01 supports speaking on Cult Flav
our design category focuses on ergonomics thoughtful details and Aesthetics I think Hessian generally does an outstanding job on the first two because they're so considerate of the finer details the materials are a perfect example of that but they also really optimize the shape too you get a lot of cooking service…

handling about Hestan NanoBond Tested it Hestan NanoBond Review: the Best Skillets We've Tested (So Far...)

Cites ease of cleaning, shape and form, storage and stacking

8:42 supports Rob earns commission on this
This one, the La Leon, weighs in at 2 lb 4 oz. So, less than half the weight. So, if you're concerned about hefting a big pan, you may want to opt for the LaNion.

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Cites build quality, shape and form, weight

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These ones definitely lighter. Like the blue look.
And I've seen really thin carbon steel pans um at other cooking stores and they're like super bendy and flex. This is a good solid pan.
Um, if you have any concerns about the weight of the pan and being able to to sort of manage it [snorts] and if you like to, you know, like to flip your foods, the shape of this pan is extremely well suited.
0:30 supports Nancy Rich
And carbon steel is the pan a working kitchen cooks on. It's what that big flat griddle was. It's what the cooks reached for over cast iron.

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Cites oven safe, shape and form

This is where carbon steel beats cast iron for breakfast. Those gently sloped walls let you slide a spatula under an egg clean, roll an omelette, flip and toss what you're sautéing.
It's the metal of working kitchens the world over. So, when you learn to keep one carbon steel pan, you've learned to keep them all.
Like cast iron, carbon steel has no plastic to melt. So you can start something on the burner and finish it in the oven.
3:04 supports The Homesteaders Honest Review Show was given the product
Oh, that's what they meant. Grill. So, you can literally grill like steaks.

use-case fit about Lodge reversible cast iron griddle Tested it Unboxing and Griddle Cooking: Reviewing Lodge Cast Iron VS. MadeIn Carbon Steel!

Cites shape and form, stovetop compatibility, versatility

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No, this is this is this will fit nice and even on the smoker this is going to fit really really good.
This Lodge one is taking up perfectly the two um the two elements elements.
Where I think Lodge really does cater to people like us homesteaders. So, yeah.
5:31 supports Lisa of America's Test Kitchen 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 speaking on America's Test Kitchen
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 speaking on America's Test Kitchen
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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Cites shape and form

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

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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.
5:01 supports speaking on America's Test Kitchen
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 speaking on Cowboy 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

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?

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
5:32 supports speaking on America's Test Kitchen
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
2:01 supports I Heart RVing was given the product
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…

handling about Stargazer cast iron skillet Tested it I♥RVing Gear Review: Stargazer 12” Cast Iron Skillet

Cites handle, heat resistance, shape and form

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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
3:30 supports Dan Souza speaking on America's Test Kitchen Professional Kitchens
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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Cites shape and form

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.
22:06 supports J. Kenji López-Alt
just get go to a restaurant supply store, go to a um an Asian supermarket, um and pick up any uh carbon steel walk that's 14 in, has a flat bottom, uh and feels relatively heavy gauge.

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Cites shape and form, weight

if you're nervous and you're worried about spending that much money on a single pan um that you might not use, um I would say don't get that pan. Get a cheaper one.
and then when you finally feel like you, um, you know, walk cooking has made a solid improvement to your life and you might want to get something, uh, that makes that even better, then you can upgrade to the other pan, to my new pan.
12:03 supports J. Kenji López-Alt
with a with a with a walk like you do want this sort of concentrated heat zone at the bottom um and progressively cooler zones going up the side. Um they're also sort of designed for for tossing and encouraging evaporation.

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that's much easier in a walk because you're able to toss much more effectively in a walk and get the food really moving up into the air.
That's part of the flavor that that you get when you cook in a walk, by the way, is that sort of that that carbonized that polymerizer carbonized oil um uh getting into your food, the glazing and getting into your food.
Uh but once you're there, um you'll be able to cook anything in it.
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Um, this is a great um if you're going to do Asian style cuisines because it allows you to kind of heat up and crisp up on the side where the direct heat really sticks to the bottom. Um, but if you have a gas stove, the flames will go up and it just gives you more surface area while allowing the sauces to stick down…

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Um the difference in in my design versus a traditional sanu uh comes down to the tip. So uh a traditional santoku would have a bit more of a sort of square tip. Um whereas uh our knife tapers down to the point that's more similar in style to a western style chef's knife or a gto. It also has a slightly uh steeper…

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Um, and a pretty one too. Uh, it also um the finish on it is an aiji finish. So, it's it's hammered. Uh, and then u most of the blade is left unpolished so that uh you're going to see the sort of pits and marks from the hammer in there.
The handles are made uh from 200-year-old uh black walnut uh from a tree in McMinnville.
Uh and uh and there's a there's banding with my my my signature colors, guava pink and uh golden yolk. Um so it's just a little a little taste of color on there. Um I think it adds a lot of beauty.
Um for knife nerds out there, um it is made with uh uh sumagashi steel, 20 layers of it. Um, so it has a uh not a not a um a Damascus pattern, although some people will call it Damascus, but it's a sum nagashi. So, sort of a Japanese style um layered uh steel pattern. Uh that is acid etched to uh acid treated to then…
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And my wok also comes pre-seasoned. So this one will be ready to cook with straight out of the box. And because of the supernitriding, there's actually no coating on it when it comes out of the box. So it's it's ready to you just rinse off to make sure you don't have any, you know, cardboard particles or whatever from…

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That's why we designed this one flat bottom.
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ever had an actual saucepan something that's you know big and round but has a little bit deeper wall than a frying pan so i can do a lot of things that have some kind of liquid in them which is really nice

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Cites lid, shape and form

i mostly use it for things like with lots of sauce in it for example like biscuits and gravy if i make like a sausage gravy i'll make it in the saucepan it's
i do like that the saucepan has a lid
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I also like the tall sides. They’re about an inch taller than a typical frying pan. So you can fit a good amount of food and you can use this pan for braising and other liquid-heavy meals.

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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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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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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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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
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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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Cites handle, shape and form, weight

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
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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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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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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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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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Chef Collection skillets have shallower, sloped walls that make it easier to slide a spatula under food, especially when it's close to the edge of the skillet.

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If you like Lodge but the Classic collection is too heavy, the Chef Collection has thinner construction and weighs only 6.3 pounds.
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i do think that the cast iron is uh is lighter weight

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Cites handle, shape and form, weight

the handle itself does stay cool i will give them credit because you got the air gap here which allows the heat to miss before it gets to here
now some people say that the walls are rounder which is more chef friendly to me once you get the bigger surface the bigger flat surface that creates more of a friendly way to dig in to flip to do your omelets and stuff like that
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It can make so many more than just sautéing.

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Cites oven safe, shape and form, versatility

It's also oven safe, so you can just pop it in the oven when you're uh if you want to cook something, melt it up.
It has that big sturdy lip, which is a little bit higher than the three court one, but it allows you to create more versatile things.
0:30 supports Adam of America's Test Kitchen Cookware Reviewer
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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Cites even heating, shape and form, size and capacity

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.
5:01 supports BBQ and Bottles Cooking YouTube was given the product
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

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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
3:32 supports BobbyGfl Cookware Reviewer
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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Cites handle, shape and form

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.
3:32 supports Jacques Pépin speaking on Food52
so do you ever you realize rated to not very often though your knife is sharp enough yeah it can do most of the jobs of chemistry that's true

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you twist your knife around to go next to the next membrane you see that's why it's better if you have knife slightly thinner than that sometimes it's very seen sometime bigger
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I like the shape because you can use for the chicken you can use for um like any other poultry you can use it in the oven the same way as you going to use other ones

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so if I'm working on the larger portion or uh bigger chicken or small turkey I still can use this one
I use this one let's say for soups this one mainly for stew for chickens as I told you
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You know, they're really good for other things like making pan sauces and stuff like that.

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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.

0:30 objects Jon Kung Professional Cooks
But as you can plainly see, because of its groove texture, food often gets caught in those grooves, gets stuck in there, and becomes a pain in the butt to get out, which for a pan that touts itself as nonstick is extremely frustrating.

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Cites ease of cleaning (against), non-stick surface (against), shape and form (against)

So, I guess it's still easier than a stainless steel pan that's got some food stuck onto it, but it's by no means as easy to clean as a nonstick pan.
It also runs just that much more of a risk of holding onto whatever it is you're baking and kind of ruining it.
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i went to grab the lid to put it back on the pan and i couldn't pick the lid up off the stove it had because it's so flat and then adding that heat and moisture to it it just suction cupped right to the glass on my cooktop and i couldn't get it off and it took me probably 30 45 seconds of kind of pulling and shaking

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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.
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

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Cites build quality (against), lid (against), shape and form (against), weight (against)

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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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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I also find not using any acidity really annoying say I roasted some veggies I need to get them out of the pan before giving them a squirt of lemon juice or a drizzle of pomegranate molasses and that's just not the same thing I want that lemon juice to sizzle and reduce lightly if I get the mat with the pan first the…

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as far as the size goes go slightly bigger than you think you need because the sides on the mat for Skillets are very sloped this means that you get slightly less cooking area than you would in a similar sized pan that's stainless or Teflon
the sizes of the pens listed in their description are lip to lip that's not just for carbon steel that's for all cookware the slip to lip measurement doesn't tell you much about the size of the actual cooking surface for example this nine and a half inch mat for carbon steel pen has a six and a quarter inch cooking…
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So, the shape is obviously different. This one, I'm going to say, is kind of inconvenient on like a conventional oven like what we have. Um, just because it's so big and your like actual cooking element is never this big.

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Cites shape and form (against), stovetop compatibility (against)

And then this one is kind of awkward. If you can see it right here, it takes up one but also a little bit of the other one. So, it is a more awkward um size and shape.
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And the grooves are enough of a concern when it comes to gripping onto baked things that you just might feel more comfortable working with a pan that does not have that.

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Cites lid (against), safety (against), shape and form (against)

Yes, it is way too hot right now with the vent open. You can kind of close it and redirect it, but still not all that well.
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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…

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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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Cites base and rim (against), shape and form (against)

Big Lew BBQ & Other Things I Want to Do! was given the product. Stated in the source: “i do want to thank the field company for sending it to me for a review” Kept and labelled rather than dropped: a paid endorsement is still evidence, and you should be the one to decide what it is worth.

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…
27:47 objects J. Kenji López-Alt co-designed this product
The shape is not quite as nice because of those tall sides of the Titanium Pro pan. Um, they're not ideal for omelets.

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J. Kenji López-Alt co-designed this product. Stated in the source: “because I've partnered with this company to produce this pan, um, it's essentially, you know, my my pan.” Kept and labelled rather than dropped: a paid endorsement is still evidence, and you should be the one to decide what it is worth.

25:16 objects J. Kenji López-Alt
Yeah, that non-slope side makes it difficult to get the egg, but all right, I think we are basically done.

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It's pretty difficult to make an omelette in cast iron. It's a lot heavier, which makes maneuvering it and flipping the eggs and everything very difficult.
um the edges are sort of flared up as opposed to sort of the gentle slope outwards and that makes it really difficult to shape an omelette.
4:02 objects The Up North Home
although i do wish that they had a smaller pot in the set because i definitely use a tiny pot a lot

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but you just you can't do that with these lids because they're really flat which isn't really a deal breaker it's not a big deal
2:30 objects Kate Shannon speaking on America's Test Kitchen
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.
2:00 objects Adam of America's Test Kitchen Cookware Reviewer
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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1:07 objects David speaking on ACME Kitchen Cookware Reviewer
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
5:31 objects BBQ and Bottles Cooking YouTube was given the product
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

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BBQ and Bottles was given the product. Stated in the source: “the brands who sent these skillets out to us free of charge and we're not being paid for this review video” Kept and labelled rather than dropped: a paid endorsement is still evidence, and you should be the one to decide what it is worth.

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
11:06 objects speaking on Uncle Scott's Kitchen earns commission on this
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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The speaker earns commission on this. Stated in the source: “I am actually W's first ever affiliate partner so back in I think it was 2019 or so” Kept and labelled rather than dropped: a paid endorsement is still evidence, and you should be the one to decide what it is worth.

1:31 objects speaking on America's Test Kitchen
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.
4:32 objects speaking on America's Test Kitchen
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