Kitchen Gear: Cast Iron Pan

I don’t consider you a serious cook unless you own a cast iron skillet. How can you fry an egg or saute onions or make bacon without a cast iron skillet? You can’t even make good hashbrowns without one!

A Lodge Logic 12 inch skillet runs about $30 and will last you nearly your entire life as long as you season it so you should get one as soon as you live on your own. Cast iron retain heats, is extremely even and is largely non-stick (if it’s seasoned).

So if you don’t have one run out to your local kitchen store (not Williams Sonoma, it costs too much there) and pick one up and start cooking like a real cook.

P.S. Make sure you season it regularly!