Lodge 43.18 cm / 17 inch Pre-Seasoned Cast Iron Round Skillet / Frying Pa
Saute, sear, fry, bake and stir fry to heart’s content
Use & Care:
While the skillet comes pre-seasoned to prevent food from sticking, it works best when sprayed or lightly coated with vegetable oil before use. After cooking, we recommend cleaning with a stiff nylon brush and hot water. Using soap or the dishwasher is not recommended, and harsh detergents should never be used. Towel dry immediately cleaning and apply a light coating of oil to utensil while it is still warm.
Lodge Pre-Seasoned Cast-Iron Skillet
Pre-seasoned skillet is ready-to-use right out of the box
The black patina given to the cookware by the factory seasoning process is, in fact, vegetable oil that has been baked into a piece of cookware that has emerged from an individual sand mould. This coating of oil is a functional application and not a cosmetic application. The cookware is hanging as it rides through the electrostatic sprayer and commercial conveyor ovens at very high temperatures. This allows the oil to penetrate deeply into the pores of the iron which creates an easy release finish. As a result of this process, you may see a blister or bubble of oil at the southern-most point or at the end of the handle of the cookware piece. If visible, it will rub or flake off with your finger, leaving a brown spot. Don’t worry, it’s not rust but a seasoned spot that is brown, indicative of the varnish stage of seasoning. As a matter of fact, this is the colour of home seasoned iron until it has been used several times. The brown spot will turn black with use.
Product Highlights
Multi-Functional Cookware
The right tool for searing, sauteing, simmering, braising, baking, roasting, and frying.
Made of Cast-Iron
Cast-Iron is a form of cookware developed over a millennia ago remains as popular today as when it was used to prepare meals hundreds of years ago. Cast Iron is one of only two metals compatible with induction stovetops. Unparalleled in heat retention and even heating.
Can Be Used With A Variety of Heat Sources
At home in the oven, on the stove, on the grill or over the campfire. Skillet may be used on various heat sources including gas, electric, induction and ceramic-glass top stoves and ovens. When using on glass stove tops, be careful not to slide the cookware around as it’s possible to scratch the surface. Seasoned cast iron can also be used on the grill or outdoor fire and coals for camp cooking. Begin heating cookware on low and slowly bring heat up to medium or medium/high. Always remove cookware from the stovetop after cooking.
Features:
- Made of cast iron
- Assist handles for easier handling
- Pre-seasoned and ready-to-use
- Multi-functional cookware
- Virtual non-stick surface
- Words with induction stove tops
- Brutally tough for decades of cooking
Eco-Responsibility
Lodge is a zero hazardous waste stream foundry. Lodge designed a vegetable oil recycler for the seasoning process to reduce waste and unusable oil is recycled and used as biodiesel generator. Reuse of foundry sand used in the casting process is recycled and unusable sand, works to purify the water of the local streams and planting trees to improve air quality and beautification.
The Clean Water and Air Acts of 1970 led American companies to install new equipment to meet the pollution control laws. Not only did the updates meet the requirements of the Clean Air and Water legislation, by 1976 our automated processes produced as many moulds in an hour as one man’s daily productivity 30 years earlier.
With the switch from antiquated electric furnaces to more efficient induction furnaces, 1991 proved to be a pivotal juncture in the green standards of Lodge Manufacturing Company. The use of magnetic energy to produce heat changed our status from a Large Quantity Generator of Hazardous Waste to a Small Quantity Generator, and we received the 1994 Tennessee Governor’s Award for Excellence in Hazardous Waste Reduction.
100 years & still cooking. ..
Lodge is the oldest family-owned cookware foundry in America. Since 1896, the Lodge family has been casting premium iron cookware at our Tennessee foundry. Starting with raw materials and finishing with our seasoning process, we continue to improve on the highest quality standards that go into every piece we make. As the sole American manufacturer of cast iron cookware, we are proud to carry on the legacy started by founder Joseph Lodge. Lodge doesn’t just make cast iron; we make heirlooms that bring people together for generations.
Two historic events—the introduction of foundry seasoned cast iron cookware and the recent expansion of our foundry—represent dynamic examples of Lodge Manufacturing Company’s century-plus commitment to product innovation and investment in new equipment and technologies.
Seasoned cast iron propelled Lodge from the position of a regional manufacturer to the national stage, with Good Housekeeping presenting a ‘Good Buy’ Award for the product enhancement. Our appearance on the national stage expanded throughout the first decade of the new century, with record sales leading Lodge to the largest expansion in our history.
While we are proud of our recent history, there is a backstory. So travel with us to the small town of South Pittsburg, Tennessee at the end of the 19th Century. Nestled at the base of the Appalachian Mountain’s Cumberland Plateau and on the banks of the Tennessee River, the town was abuzz with new opportunities.
In 1896 Joseph Lodge began a cast iron foundry, named in honour of his minister, Rev. Joseph Hayden Blacklock. Family owned, our origins were humble and our products varied, from stoves, to skillets and kitchen sinks.
As each decade passed, Lodge developed a business model to continually update and improve equipment and foundry practises. Work was labour intensive, with all of our cookware poured and cleaned by hand.
The 1950s saw the installation new moulding machinery, mechanised sand delivery systems, the construction of a gas fired aluminium furnace to cast patterns for the production of sand mould impressions and a machine to clean castings.
When the introduction of new cookware metals and coatings increased competition in the 1960s, Lodge countered with a Disamatic automatic moulding machine. Two years later, Lodge added an electric furnace to operate the Disamatic moulding and pouring system, outpacing the capacity of the coke-fired cupola, at lower cost.
After in the introduction of seasoned cast iron cookware, Lodge broke ground for our foundry expansion. With completion of the first phase in the fall of 2014, the expansion includes a new melt system, an additional pouring/molding line and most importantly—new American jobs!
In more ways than he could have ever imagined, Joseph Lodge would not recognise the business he started over a century ago. Lodge continues to be family owned and we are the sole manufacturer of cast iron cookware in US, producing over 120 different foundry seasoned cast iron items for worldwide gourmet, outdoor and restaurant markets.
More importantly, Lodge Manufacturing Company is universally accepted as the world leader in the cast iron cookware category.
| Weight: | 6.14 kg |
| Dimensions: | 49.53 x 43.18 x 6.65 cm; 6.14 Kilograms |
| Brand: | LODGE |
| Model: | L17SK3 |
| Colour: | Black |
| Colour: | Black |
U.S. old school excellence!
Amazing creation this. You can use it for frying, baking, burglars, camp fires. The Jamie Oliver pizza made in this US beauty is the best she’s ever made! Don’t buy if you have a weak wrist though…
Well made
Works really well especially after I seasoned it more and now I cook with it every day
Excellent pa
I am very new to using cast iron. After learning about its myriad of benefits, I decided to give it a try. I bought this pan after reading some reviews and because it’s a well known brand. Seasoning was not very hard. I seasoned it about 3 times in a preheated oven using vegetable oil. I used very less oil to make this dish and it did not stick to the pan at all. All in all, I am very happy with my purchase.
Great pan.
Good size. Useful silicone handle. Didnt need seasoning. A pan to last a lifetime.
Tricky at first, bu
Once you know how to care for pre-seasoned cast iron pans to maintain them, Lodge cast iron skillets are our kitchen go-to almost every time.
We soon got used to cooking on cast iron. Knowing it is the best conductor of heat, cooking becomes cheaper because these skillets require far lower temperatures to cook, hence are highly economical.
After use, scrubbing away bits while following cleaning instructions means this skillet could cook virtually anything. The secret is learning how to respect cooking in cast iron so that their iron never rusts.
This Lodge pan becomes easy care. It is incredibly durable, versatile (once you know how!) and has quickly become our very favourite skillet. Lodge’s website also gives easy care instructions plus recipes. They were very helpful to us.
Nothing less than 5 Stars. Very definitely recommended.
Great non stick
We have been using this small skillet for a while now and I have to say we are very pleased with it.
It is small, so is enough for 1 person. Great for making eggs in. Makes a lovely fluffy omelette.
Easy to clean and season. Definitely recommend.
qulity you can trus
always being high quality as usual, this is the third cast iron pan I own. Supper easy to maintain. And this one is the right size I need. Others normally quite big
Great pa
I have only recently got this pan so long term I can’t be sure how it will last but I’m fairly confident of it’s treated right then it will be very durable.
Our of the box it is a weighty pan and it cooks really well, just make sure to follow the care instructions provided else it will become sticky as there is no coating other than the seasoning with oil.
A very good pan which will hopefully last a long time!
Cant go wrong with Lodge
Bought this for egg cooking mainly, bit small for the size steaks I eat, but I knew that before I bought.
Product arrived promptly, same day as it arrived it was cleaned, and straight into cooking omelettes, no issues with any sticking. Did 3 omelettes on the run just just added a bit of cooking butter between.
Wiped clean after last omelette, re-seasoned. Now ready for next use.
Good, solid skillet/Frying Pa
Quality cast iron frying pan.
Oven proof, dishwasher safe and will last a lifetime.
A good buy.
Very good size and easy to clean.
Was very happy with the size, quality is great. The silicon handle is a bit useless as gets too hot to hold still but that’s to be expected. Otherwise overall very pleased