Customer Reviews:
 Great product at a great price. July 26, 2010
M. McDonald (San Francisco, CA)
I bought this for my boyfriend so he could cook steaks indoors. He absolutely loves it (I'm a vegetarian) and says it cooks a great steak. Just preheat your oven at 450 for about 20 minutes and then throw the steak on for 3min each side (depending how rare you like it). Salt and pepper are all the seasonings you need.
 Good...but smallish for my needs July 7, 2010
JZ in AG
The Lodge Grill Pan works great. I especially like the fact that the raised grilling bars leave nice grill marks and transmit heat much better than my last grill pan. After trying to grill a big mess of veggies I realize I should have bought the one that covers two burners. I should have gone big.
Wanted the Le Crueset, but Smartly Decided On This June 14, 2010
TinaTinaTina (Brooklyn, New York)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Perfect grill pan, fits about 18 shrimp at once, not too big but not too small....easily to clean and looks nice. Originally, I wanted to complete my set with the Le Crueset grill pan, but the cost is almost 8 times this one, so figured I would try the Lodge out first (cheap enough to try it out!) and I'm so glad I did.
Cast iron and Sculpture too... June 7, 2010
J. Notias (Calistoga, CA, US)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Like many of you, I too have purchased several pieces of Lodge Logic Cast Iron pieces, and besides the fact that they are all excellent cookware, this square grill pan has got me smitten with cast iron. It is just the most beautiful piece of cookware that I own. I should hang it on the wall for all to see as it would be a shame to relegate it to some dark cupboard, where its beauty would be wasted. It comes from the factory perfectly cast, not an imperfection anywhere! It also comes pre-seasoned, which makes it a shiny, black beauty. Like many previous reviewers, I didn't trust the pre-seasoning on my other cast iron as it comes from the factory, but this one looked especially well seasoned already, and I have decided to not add another pre-seasoning to this grill pan just to see if it is really needed, or not. Although I have not put it through its paces, so far, so good. It even blackened up more so after cooking several chicken sausages on it, and although the sausages were hardly a test, it cleaned up easily, and the sausages were perfectly cooked and scored with grill marks.
I have read some reviewers say that this pan is a bear to clean, all you need to keep it clean is any stiff brush with bristles long enough to reach the bottom of the pan, where the valleys are, and some hot water. It would have to be some kinda' messy dish to make this pan hard to clean, or one not properly oiled previous to using. NOT ONE OF MY LODGE LOGIC CAST IRON PIECES HAS EVER HAD PROBLEMS WITH FOOD STICKING ANYWHERE! Not my skillets, not my corn bread wedge pan, not my corn muffin pan, and not my 5 quart Dutch Oven have EVER had problems with sticking, and, I have never had to spend more than a minute cleaning any of them. I actually spend more time coating them with vegetable oil after using them to ready them for the next use. Care and cleaning has been explained ad infinitum throughout these review pages, but this pre-seasoning from the factory is a boon, it can only get better from there. Purchase Lodge Logic Cast Iron with confidence and get beautiful, easy to maintain cookware, and support an American company too.
Awesome May 25, 2010
Nicholas Prybella (New Jersey)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Ordered this a little bit ago and just got around to using it, and all i can say is that it works great!
I was even talking a few friends of mine recently. Mike usually does all the cooking for my other friend Rick, to say they enjoyed using this product together is an understatement. Mike liked the fact that he could bring the essence of grilling inside on the stove top, and Rick liked the fact that he can cook with Mike, giving them a feeling of togetherness in preparing for their next meal.
Whether it was for day time grilling or night time grilling, they have made the majority of their chicken and/or their famous sausage sandwhiches.
I will say it is a little heavy, but Rick and Mike double team the cooking efforts, so that is not an issue. Also, very easy to clean of food staining! Just don't leave water in it or it will rust.
I agree with Mike and Rick...must have grilling tool!
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