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Customer review from the Amazon Vine Program This 9-Piece Lodge cookware set consists of two sauce pans, a stock pot, two skillets, three lids and a "silicone hot handle holder."
Even as I was unpacking the box in which the set was shipped, I was impressed by the weight of the various pots. This gave me a hint of the quality construction of the set, an that impression was reinforced by a closer inspection of the three glass lids that are included. The lids are solidily constructed and each of them fits snugly into place, their weight ensuring a solid seal with the pot or pan they are designed to fit.
My wife and I first tried the larger of the sauce pans and the first thing we noticed was that the pan's weight seemed to be focused on its bottom. This means that stirring whatever is inside the sauce pans does not result in the pan spinning or turning on the stovetop's burner (a particular problem with the new "slick surfaced" electric stove tops). In preparation of this same meal, we used the deep skillet to cook several chicken breasts and were pleased to find that there are no "hot spots" on the skillet's base, meaning that all the pieces were cooked evenly and nothing was scorched or burned.
My wife, who is a bit of an expert on the handling and care of cast iron skillets, used the one from this set to make one of her traditional cornbreads and was pleased at the way it cooked again, there did not appear to be any hot spots in the skillet that would cause something to cook unevenly. The cornbread was as near perfectly done as any she has ever produced, in fact.
Clean-up of the pieces was what we expected; nothing remarkable in either direction.
Main plusses noted by my wife, especially, include: the steadying second handle on the deep skillet, the extra weight centered on the sauce pan bottoms, the see through pot lids, the graduated measurement markings on the insides of the pots, and the overall quality construction of the set. This is our first exposure to Lodge cookware, but we are suitably impressed, and would most certainly purchase this brand in the future.
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Received this beautiful cookware set promptly and in pristine condition. These induction-ready cookware are easy to clean rub with a little baking soda to keep them shiny and stainless. Have see-through glass covers, and easy-to-pour, drip-resistant edge. There are measure marks inside each pot and pan sooooo convenient. This set looks and feels like a very expensive set. Truly an excellent value.
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I could not WAIT for this set to arrive! I love cast iron, and I have been researching every cookware set I come across to try to make a decission. Part of me didn't like the prospect of comparing a new cast iron to my generational one that is well loved and well aged. This newcomer exceeded expectations. It came from the manufacturer pre-seasoned, and had instructions to wash and oil it before first use, and to re-oil it after every wash. I followed directions (Im good at that) :) and cooked my first meal in my brand new cast iron. My food came out perfectly done, evenly cooked, and didn't stick at all (I expected the worst)!
Department stores charge too much for too little, and my own indecission didn't help the issue. When I found a set that had a cast iron skillet IN it, I knew I had found the right one!
I did contact Lodge to ask some questions first. All of their cast iron is produced here in the USA, however, the stainless steel is from China. It is also not 18/10, I think they told me it was 18/8? I cannot find the email. That delayed my decission a bit...I feel like in this economy, we should be supporting our own country. However, because the cast iron IS US made which did in the end have enough pull (paired with the other reviews, and a drop in list price on Amazon) to sway my decission.
The set arrived very promptly. I have already begun using it, and I am very pleased with how it performs so far. The pans and lids all fit together well, and unlike many other sets, all of the pans are a convenient, and useable every day sizes. The largest pot lid fits the cast iron skillet well. All of the pieces have a good solid feel to them, and a comforting weight. Total win.
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Great addition to my Loge cast Iron. The sizes are what I need. Not a bunch of small items that I will never use. No junk utensils thrown in just to up the item count. A good all around set. Built solid! I am very happy with the purchase.
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Customer review from the Amazon Vine Program This set consists of a 1.9 quart saucepan with lid, a 3.4 quart saucepan with lid, an 8 quart stockpot and a 3.3 quart deep skillet with one lid between them, a 10 1/4 inch pre-seasoned cast iron skillet, and a silicone "handle mitt" (i.e., a sleeve that slides onto the handle) for the cast iron skillet. The saucepans, stockpot, and deep skillet are stainless steel with stainless steel clad bottoms. The stockpot has measurement marks in quarts on the inside, and the other stainless units have both quart and half-quart measurement marks. The lids are clear glass glass that appears and feels thick and sturdy (as tempered glass should) with stainless handles and trim.
Using an electric burner on my stovetop, I tested the 1.9 quart saucepan against a Revere Ware 2 quart saucepan that is stainless steel with a stainless steel lid and a copper clad bottom. I put 1 quart of cold tap water into each pan and timed how long it took for the water to come to a rolling boil. (I tested each saucepan with their respective lids in place on the same burner hours apart. Thus the burner was cool, i.e., at room temperature, at the beginning of each test.) It took about 5 minutes for the water in the Lodge saucepan to come to a rolling boil against about 7 minutes for the water in the Revere saucepan.
I've owned and used Lodge brand cast iron skillets for decades, off and on, and lately mostly off because the skillets I own require re-seasoning (a process described in detail in the Use & Care of Seasoned Cast Iron section of the Lodge Cast Iron site). The skillet that comes with this set has an "assist handle" opposite the long handle, and we are told at the Lodge site that, "The Lodge 10 ¼-inch Skillet was rated as one of the two dozen essential tools in the home and kitchen (Martha Stewart Living February 2008)." (The 10 1/4 is the largest Lodge cast iron skillet I've owned, and I should mention that the stainless deep skillet that comes with this set also has an "assist handle.")
I hadn't used a cast iron skillet for a very long time before putting the 10 1/4 inch Lodge to the test, and it was a real pleasure to stir-fry onions in butter in it and have them quickly brown and crisp which does not tend to happen when I cook with non-stick pans. (I stir-fried onions before preparing an omelet in the skillet, and it was a pleasure to hear the eggs actually, 1 egg and 1/4 cup Egg Beater crackle in the pan.) When using non-stick pans I am extra careful to regulate the burner temperature, having learned that beyond a certain point, the heat may result in damage to the pan. The downside to this is that I typically don't get the sizzle going that I like when stir-frying vegies and cooking eggs, meat, and poultry. I have never had this problem with cast iron, including when using cast iron pans as a short-order cook in the early 70's (how time flies). The "handle mitt" that comes with the skillet (and is how we account for the 9th unit in this set) came in very handy when moving the hot skillet from the hot burner to a cool one; slides on, slides off, the silicone makes for a good grip, and it keeps your hand from getting burned: nice.
Cleaning the cast iron skillet is easy, although, depending on what's been cooked in it, getting it clean may require considerably more elbow grease than when cleaning a non-stick skillet, and you may need to boil water in it for a few minutes to loosen stuck-on food. Lodge recommends against the use of soap and says that harsh detergents should never be used in cleaning their seasoned cast iron cookware. Their cleaning directions are simple: "After cooking, clean utensil with a stiff nylon brush and hot water." And it works. Cleaning the stainless saucepans, etc., is like cleaning any other stainless cookware I've used, not as easy as cleaning non-stick cookware, but easy enough (e.g., I used the Lodge 3.4 quart saucepan to boil macaroni and once it cooled, getting it to a "like new" clean state took seconds).
An impressive basic cookware set.
