I’m at a loss for this one, since I have the same pan. It “could” be, that the seasoning will be damaged, but that is restorable. Also, something this large, could suffer from uneven heating, and warp or crack.
But, I’ve seasoned mine at 500+, and it’s still just fine. (Except for the rough surface, which ALL Lodge seems to have.)
[QUOTE=skou, post:22, topic:410696]
I’m at a loss for this one, since I have the same pan. It “could” be, that the seasoning will be damaged, but that is restorable. Also, something this large, could suffer from uneven heating, and warp or crack.
But, I’ve seasoned mine at 500+, and it’s still just fine. (Except for the rough surface, which ALL Lodge seems to have.)
[QUOTE=bary, post:4, topic:410696]
Cast iron pizza pan is only oven safe to 400°F Really? what happens at 650° F? I run my BBQ up to 650 for pizza. And I have used this pan. Am I going to die?
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Nah, as others have said, the worst that will happen is you burn off the carbon and need to reseason. Really the only things you can do to permanently damage a cast iron pan are:
-crack it with thermal shock (really hot pan + really cold water),
-allow it to rust (burn, strip or scrub off black layer and not reseason)
-melt it (takes over 1000F and if your grill gets that hot, color me impressed).
Pretty much anything else can be solved by stripping and reseasoning the pan (I strip mine by running them through the auto clean cycle in my oven and use this technique to reseason)
Also as others have said, love lodge iron, but these are un-deals.
If you have an outlet mall around you look for a Corningware, Corelle and more outlet, they often have a variety of these, such as a full stock of Lodge products (including you can buy a glass lid for your cast iron skillet/pan) that are not included in this sale, or perhaps even more reasonably priced.
Also suggest picking up a plastic scraper for these pans, the outlet I saw carried one with teeth to it (for the divots in the grill pan).
I have a Lodge cast iron enameled dutch oven. That thing is awesome. I use it to make jam every summer. I’ve got 3 fruit trees that put off cr*p tons of fruit and making jam (or fruit leather) is essential. The sugar comes away easily from the enamel once it soaks just a little bit with cold water. It just floats away. I did develop a chip in the dutch oven, and I’m not sure how that happened. Hasn’t been a problem, though.
[QUOTE=Leto, post:28, topic:410696]
My red enameled cast iron skillet arrived today and the enamel was already chipped when I took it out of the packaging. The packaging looks undamaged.
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That stinks. If you haven’t already, email support@woot.com with your order number, user name and issue. Sorry for the trouble.