Le Creuset Enameled Cast-Iron 11-3/4-Inch Skillet with Iron Handle, Kiwi | 
| Brand: Le Creuset
List Price: $160.00
Buy New: $119.99
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Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 155726
Color: Kiwi
Shipping Weight (lbs): 7.5
Dimensions (in): 13.5 x 18.8 x 1.9
MPN: L2024-3071
Model: L2024-3071
UPC: 024147179429
EAN: 0024147179429
ASIN: B0012QACAO
Release Date: January 17, 2008
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| Features:
| • | 11-3/4-inch enameled cast-iron skillet | | • | Chip-resistant porcelain enamel won't react to foods | | • | Integral iron handle; easy-to-grip helper handle; dual pour spouts | | • | Measures 11-3/5 by 16-8/9 by 1-3/4 inches; limited lifetime warranty | | • | Dishwasher-safe; oven-safe to 450 degrees F |
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Product Description
A classic kitchen workhorse, Le Creuset's heavyweight skillet is a culinary tradition crafted to sear and fry with professional precision. The expertly enameled cast iron exterior ensures uniform heating and even cooking, while the satin black enamel interior seals in juices and flavors. Limited lifetime warranty.
Amazon.com
Turn out restaurant-caliber frittatas and gold-star gravies with this 11-3/4-inch enameled cast-iron skillet from the French line Le Creuset. Coated with a chip-resistant porcelain enamel, the skillet offers the even heat and gentle cooking of cast-iron without reaction to foods or the usual high maintenance. The integral iron handle is oven-safe to 450 degrees F, so the skillet can go straight from the freezer to the burner to the broiler. An easy-to-grip helper handle makes the pan's substantial weight manageable, while dual pour spouts accommodate right- or left-handers. Le Creuset's porcelain enamel livens up the kitchen or table, comes with a lifetime warranty, and cleans up in the dishwasher. --Emily Bedard
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| Customer Reviews: Read 13 more reviews...
 I love, love, love this skillet!! February 19, 2006
B. Smawley (USA)
58 out of 58 found this review helpful
First of all, let me say I agree with the reviewer who deducted stars from the 9" skillet due to the non-stick coating. Since non-stick coatings are chemicals, I refuse to use any cooking utensil with the coating on them. The original, baked enamel finish on this skillet works great. The secret is using moderate heat and adding oil once the pan warms up, then adding the food items. If the meat sticks, it will unstick as it carmelizes (this also applies to their grilling skillets). I find that I can just wipe mine out and keep using it until I make chili or something messy like that. Then all I do is fill the skillet with water and let it sit a while, then it rinses clean. At the maximum, I've taken a boar bristle brush to a couple of spots once or twice, that's all.
I beseech this company to leave the non-stick coating off their skillets even though one reviewer below seems to prefer it. Or at the minimum give the consumer a choice but I'd bet most would prefer the original, satin finish. In fact, I bought this skillet because of the fired enamel finish as I discovered my well-known name brand stainless steel skillet and stew/pasta pot has too much nickel in them so I can't use them. Anyway, I love this skillet. It makes a good wok too as the burner is under the center of the pan. I can fry up one veggie, push it off to the side where it stays warm while I fry the next one, then push it over until I'm finished. Did I say I loved this skillet?
I wish they made a lid for this skillet as I had to buy another brand which doesn't match but it works. Since most skillets come without lids, this is being silly, I agree. So then, I highly recommend this skillet both for cooking and for easy clean-up.
Absolutely wonderful!!! March 18, 2005
Dawn Saunders (New Hampshire)
31 out of 31 found this review helpful
I love this pan! We have a large family and I easily fit 5-6 chicken breasts in this pan at one time.
You don't have to cook with high heat because this pan easily distributes the heat evenly. Low heat is also best so the food doesn't stick.
Clean up is really easy!!! Warm, soapy water and that's it!
This is definitely a quality made pan. I have several pieces from Le Creuset and know they will last me through my lifetime.
Great alternative to non-stick July 10, 2006
gbdes (Bridgewater, CT USA)
22 out of 22 found this review helpful
I was looking for a pan to cook eggs (omlets) in, but didn't want to get non-stick, or teflon or whatever. This pan was recommended by the nytimes. It's not as perfect as an old seasoned cast iron skillet, but the le creuset pan is big, heavy and practically non stick, especially if you use a bit of oil. I cook everything in it -- chicken, hamburgers, fried eggs and omlets, sausage, pancakes -- and it's easy to clean, almost as non stick as my teflon pans (which I chucked). For what it is, it's pretty great.
Great for Frying August 21, 2003
21 out of 30 found this review helpful
The pan fry's very well. It is HUGE and HEAVY. Food cooks on cast iron (not enamel covered cast iron). The pan conducts heat so well that I can put my burner on very low--which saves a little $$ on energy cost. The cast iron isn't smooth. Kinda tears up my plastic cooking utensils. Still would give it 5 stars.
Excellent Pan and great for bench pressing, too! October 26, 2004
Dennis Galion
17 out of 18 found this review helpful
Cooks evenly as all get out, cleans up fine in the dishwasher, and the non-stick coating seems to work just fine, but the thing weighs more than my Grandpa's old blue Buick!
It does have the extra little handle on the far side to make it easier to pick up with two hands, so it is manageable. But it is heavy. And the handle gets HOT.
So, if you want a great pan and are willing to put up with the weight, hot handle, pick one up when it's on sale and you'l be a happy cook.
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