Lodge Wildlife Series 8" Duck Scene Cast Iron Skillet

I finally found a robust and beautiful cast iron skillet from Lodge, and when the quality is right, it's truly excellent. I've purchased Lodge skillets several times and love their design, weight, and cooking performance. That said, the quality isn't always consistent. In past purchases, I've noticed issues such as small chips along the rim, bubbles on the surface, or areas that weren't fully coated. Because of this, I sometimes had to buy more than one skillet just to choose the best one. Fortunately, this time I received a skillet with none of those issues. It's solid, well-finished, and exactly what I was hoping for. When you get a good one, it's absolutely worth it.

LODGE IS THE VERY BEST CAST IRON YOU CAN GET, I've tried them all , inexpensive and Ridiculously Expensive, I say , if you want to pay $200-$300 a Pan , go for it , but admire it on you wall like a piece of ART. . Don't use it , I bought a brand new STARGAZER, , doesn't handle or preform well , bulky and feels too heavy in hand, but it was beautiful when it arrived, the finish came off after first clean, , worst nightmare, you pay close to $200 for something, you expect awesomeness, LODGE may not charge a lot but it irreplaceable , it's what I want from my pan !!!! It out preformed the expensive pan in every way possible, I LOVE LODGE!! Respect them!!!!

The detail on the plan is very good. I already have the plain version of this pan. But I've started collecting the wildlife series. I also noticed that the inside of the pan has only 11 of the ridges as opposed to 15 in the original issue from several years ago. I believe this will make the cleaning process much easier. And the ridges are also not as wide as in the original version from years ago.

It is the perfect cornbread skillet. I love it

not as hungry as before

Nice, heavy cast iron pan in a size that's perfect for those small items, like my breakfast sausages, or doing one grilled cheese sandwich. It came pre-seasoned, but I always wash these in very hot water first and then do another round before using it. This is just your typical high quality Lodge cooking product, of which I have several. I got tired of buying these overpriced "non stick" products every few years, so now I have cooking products that will outlast me and can be passed on to my grown kids. The cast artwork on the bottom of this pan is just an added bonus, but not my reason for buying.

Great for steaks on the stove, neat design, and same good heat retention that comes with cooking on cast iron.

I own a bigger cast iron skillet and everything I cook in it comes out perfect. This little one everything I cook in it sticks. And have treated it exactly the way I'm supposed to treat it but for some reason it just does not work right for me anyway.

It did no cook like a true seasoned skillet. This is 2 that I have purchased, first one was small, I didn't shop prices on them because normally Walmart is the least expensive but as far as these skillets preforming like old fashioned iron skillets, they don't.

well, I found out that just because a pan is "seasoned" does not make it non-stick. I found this out the first time I tried to fry eggs in this cast iron pan. Even with plenty of butter, half of my egg ended up glued onto the pan. It took 15 minutes of scrubbing to remove it. I guess I could hang this and make a wind chime out of it.