So I'm looking for a le Creuset skillet

[Kloeshuman]

Looking for something larger then what I have...so with a tape measure it reads from spout to spout around 8 inches.....the other I have measured just over 9 inches spout to spout...I want something larger! Do I need to look at 12 inches?

 

[Kloeshuman]

Traditional skillet is 9...am I missing something?

 

[Andy M.]

https://www.lecreuset.com/cookware/skillets-and-fry-pans?utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=eComm%20-%20Performance%20Max&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwqP2pBhDMARIsAJQ0CzoLf6fNAUojwDGmxKF_qLgDGKr8yrJfgApFDKe1yqTpNWlTbtXs8C0aAlg1EALw_wcB

 

[dragnlaw]

8", 9", 10", 12" you can get a skillet in almost any size. I have 8, 10 and 12" cast iron. Also have 12" non-stick, a couple of stainless steel 8" (or maybe they are 10")

LOL - you can never have enough frying pans!

Also have a myriad of smaller ones too!

As I have my cast iron ones I have not looked at le Crueset. I do like (and have) a sauce pot by Creuset with the enamel - very handy.
But for the price I would probably get more. Only there are better prices out there. My Dutch Ovens I love, not le Creuset, but you would be hard put to say they are not as good. The cost was a fraction.

 

[jennyema]

With all due respect, I love LC Dutch ovens but I think their skillets are terrible. I had 2 and gave them away…

 

[Quickdraw]

I bought a "Calphalon Classic Hard-Anodized Nonstick Cookware, 12-Inch Frying Pan" on Amazon to replace a cheap non-stick skillet. I love it and it's supposedly guaranteed for life.

 

[pepperhead212]

Hopefully you don't have highly alkaline water there, for that Calphalon, @Quickdraw. And don't wash it in the DW. My Mom ruined a piece in the DW, and a friend, who used the Calphalon for several years here, moved down to SC, and the coating was destroyed by the local water in less than a year. The company was good about it, and replaced them with their SS, telling him it was only areas with very alkaline water, where this happened. I have some from the early 80s, and it's still good!

 

[Kloeshuman]

So the two I have now are what I would consider to be 6 1/2" and almost 9 inches...my smallest pan is my go to for eggs...it's only me so two basted eggs is all I need. I can tip the pan and my eggs slide out

 

[Kloeshuman]

I love all my cast iron....and enameled cast iron so much! ...my go to cornbread pan is a 8 inch lodge

 

[Quickdraw]

Hopefully you don't have highly alkaline water there, for that Calphalon, @Quickdraw. And don't wash it in the DW. My Mom ruined a piece in the DW, and a friend, who used the Calphalon for several years here, moved down to SC, and the coating was destroyed by the local water in less than a year. The company was good about it, and replaced them with their SS, telling him it was only areas with very alkaline water, where this happened. I have some from the early 80s, and it's still good!

Thanks, that's good to know. Especially the customer service part

 

[Kloeshuman]

So my skillet came today! It is marked as a 23, same as one of my other pans. But when you put them next to each other they are different. I still love the new one, it just dawned on me! The one I just got is brand new, my others are older used pans....10 or 15 years ago did they look look different? I'm so new to this brand and I'm learning

 

[Andy M.]

Just for kicks, measure (in centimeters) the diameter across the top of the new pan.

 

[Kloeshuman]

I will do that tomorrow , what should it measure? Isn't 23cm roughly 9 inches?

 

[Kloeshuman]

The new pan looks bigger, but I will check it later

 

[Andy M.]

Yes, about 9". I think that's what the 23 means.

 

[Kloeshuman]

Ok, so the new pan actually measured 24cm , my other pan measured 22.5cm....Im thinking maybe I was told it was LC when the whole time it wasn't, just a few areas of my concern...see the rough casting at the cutout on the handle....and the stamp on the bottom doesn't say LC...am i wrong?

 

[Kloeshuman]

I think I figured it out..so LC bought out cousances ..but still made pans under that stamp until the early 80'S...so it could be anywhere from 1957-1980

 

[Kloeshuman]

Thanks for everyone's help, I've learned so much about the other pans you all like! And only a few pertaining to this post...so to those few..... Thanks