LodgeColor EC11S33 Enameled Cast Iron Skillet, Caribbean Blue, 11-inch

Beautiful pan .I got the red,is made well. it’s substantial and cooks well,cleans up great !! No complaints here.

i am really pleased, overall with my purchase. well worth it. i originally wanted a le creuset, but it didnt seem cost effective. this cast iron skillet is wonderful and a great price. the only warning is that if you are using it for some time, the handle does get hot, so be aware of that! also, sometimes it doesnt seem to clean up completely, but when i use it again and wash, it comes out clean. so no staining or anything has been noticeable yet. i let it soak for a little while but because its cast iron, it should be washed soon and dried immediately. however, i have left it in the sink with water in it over night and it didn't show any signs of rusting, probably because of the coating on the surface. it isnt nonstick, so i use olive and canola oils generously, but i dont have to worry about chemicals like that from nonstick cookware, getting into my food. if they made a larger one, i would purchase that one too. i bought a splatter screen for when i am cooking bacon and such as it has no cover. oh,and i do have a glasstop stove. no problems, but definately be careful when placing it on the stove, its a heavy skillet. i use both handles. the second one was a great idea from whoever designed it. if you purchase a different brand make sure it has a handle on both sides. you will be thankful in the end!hope this helps everyone...and the blue color is really pretty.update (4-16-09): it is not nonstick and after using for a year it still is not nonstick (as cast iron usually becomes after use) so i use it mainly for cooking bacon and browning meat. not the best for cooking eggs. also, over time the finish has worn a little and the outside enamel has chipped but overall it still looks and cleans up well. i do wish it did not have the enamel coating on the inside though because then it would have seasoned and become more nonstick. however, the inside hasnt gotten chipped or scratched and i have occasionally used metal utensils with it. the center does have surface distortion though, not sure why.

I recently pulled out and started using my grandmother's old cast iron skillets. I had forgotten just how good cast iron is and decided to start replacing my hard anodized aluminum with cast iron for most of my everyday cooking. A lot of my cooking consists of tomato based sauces and regular cast iron can't be used with the high acidity of tomatoes so I decided to look to enameled cast iron. I first looked to that famous French manufacturer but the sticker shock quickly made me look elsewhere. I decided on the Lodge for price and their reputation for quality. My only real complaint with it is the same complaint that I have with all of Lodge's cast iron cookware,more of a personal preference than an actual flaw in the pan itself. The cooking surface of the pan is rough, about the texture of a good Teflon pan, when it really should be smooth. Because of this foods will have a slight tendency to stick unless you float them in a good oil (being from the South I use good ol' lard). Being enameled there is no "seasoning" and you can't really use metal utensils like normal cast iron because the enamel will scratch. A good quality wood or silicone works great but stay away from any plastic because the cast iron will get hot enough to melt them. This fantastic pan exhibits all of the quality you expect from cast iron. Slow even heating, holding the heat consistently for a long time giving you great even cooking of food. Clean up is a bit tricky because of the rough cooking surface. It will tend to get a bit of a cloudy film and lose that beautiful black sheen that it has straight out of the box. Hot water, a good plastic scrubber and a non-abrasive cleanser like Bon Ami will take care of the film easily. Good old table salt works almost as well. While cleaning takes a little extra work (just like any cast iron cookware) the results are well worth the extra effort.

This product is a nice idea but designed and executed poorly. You would be far better off buying a regular cast iron skillet and "season" it. I bought this pan thinking that the inner ceramic finish would make it a breeze to cook with. In fact, the "Use and Care" instructions that come with the pan make no mention of it needing any seasoning. The only recommendation was to use a little oil to prevent sticking. Don't get me wrong; I love my Lodge Dutch ovens. The quality of the ceramic finish on the inside and outside of the Dutch ovens is extremely smooth and provides a very stick-resistant surface. That's how I was suckered into buying this pan. Boy was I in for a surprise. The food surface finish is very rough. In fact, it looks exactly like one of their "pre-seasoned" regular cast iron surfaces, maybe even rougher. The first time I tried to fry some eggs in it (and they were literally floating in oil) the eggs stuck down so badly that I had to rip and scrape them out of the pan. So now I have an expensive, yet worthless frying pan that I have to be really careful about putting into water when it's hot and dare not put over a strong flame (such as a campfire) that has a "ceramic finish" on the cooking surface that is way, way, way, worse than a properly seasoned regular cast iron pan. No thanks. Sometimes you win by buying the cheaper brand (Lodge Dutch oven vs. Le Creuset) sometimes you get stung.

I bought this to replace one I lost in a move. I don't know if they're making these different now, but the enamel chipped on the handle in less than 4 months of owning this. I didn't even drop it, I just hit it going into the sink. I had my last one for 10 years and it never chipped.

Habe die Pfanne zurück geschickt da das Produkt made in China ist, die Retoure ging nach "los Angales"!

Its like cooking on velcro. Its heavy, the handles heat up and it takes a lifetime to clean and gets rusty after the first use. Ive never used such a useless piece of kitchen equipment in my life.

Awesome product...I've got a whole set of the lodge pans ..definitely recomend this model with the enamel on it..non stick works really well and it's easy to clean..the no seasoning is a bonus!!

excelente producto y tiempo de entrega

I love this pan.. I have had it for a few months and I use it every single day... sometimes twice a day. It is still as beautiful as when I got it. Not enough loves for this one.