My first Lodge

Just bought my first Lodge today. A little one - 10.5". It is replacing a 9.5" Woll non-stick pan that I have just burned and blistered the hell out of.

I also bought the little chainmail scrubbie to go with.

Now, let's see how well I do on remembering to warm it up and rub a little grapeseed oil in after each use.

And, let's see what else has to change in my cooking style. I already do pan warm-up so I can deal with a little extra startup time. This pan is deeper than the Woll which is probably good for my fish cooking. And though the Woll could have gone into the oven I never did it; but somehow cast iron screams out "I'm OK in the oven!"

[Jenise]

Methinks you're going to love it. I bought a pair about a year ago from chefs.com or one of those sites when they offered them together for like $39 with free shipping. I used to have a bigger pan that I purchased at a garage sale but it was not Lodge, and it had warped a bit so was cooking unevenly. I moved it on in anticipation of replacing it almost immediately with another second-hander, only to never come across one again (when I didn't think I needed one, they were of course everywhere). It wasn't price that made me want second hand, but the thinking that the pans are nearly immortal so why not simply adopt one rather than cause the manufacture of another? Anyway, I love these two pans so much they have never gone into a cupboard--they just live on top of my range. I still have and use my beloved Magnalites which like your Woll can go in the oven (and have), but they are definitely more shallow and the Lodge pans on that basis alone are better suited to most tasks requiring browning.

Keep whispering sweet cast-irons in my ear, Jenise.

The pan was $24, which is a third of the fancy non-sticks around here.

You cannot go wrong on this one.