cast iron skillet

Grandmother's heavy cookware

A cast iron skillet is a heavy frying pan made from cast iron, prized for heat retention and even cooking.

These pans are typically seasoned—coated with oil and heated to create a nonstick surface that improves with use.

Cast iron skillets can last generations and move from stovetop to oven: She seared the steak in her grandmother's cast iron skillet.

Related
  • LodgeNamed fraternal chapter
  • fryingCooking in shallow fat
  • searingBrowning with intense heat
  • lidRemovable container cover
  • oilingApplying slick substance

seasoning · Dutch oven · heirloom · farm to table · durability · campfire cooking · patina · thermal mass · rust prevention · culinary heritage · baking · spatula · ribeye · roasting · scraper · heat conductivity · even heating · scrubbing

Categories
Opposites
cooking surface material and coating

cast iron skilletnonstick pan

Cookware with friction-reducing coating

aluminum pan · copper pan · carbon steel pan

cooking philosophy

cast iron skilletinstant pot

Electric programmable pressure cooker

air fryer · electric skillet · slow cooker · sous vide

Family

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Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G