Our Dinner Tonight:
NY Steak. Corn on the Cob. Potatoes, Mushrooms, & Green Beans in the Skillet. French Bread with Butter. Oh, and A&W Root Beer.
After dinner, we went on a walk and came home to homemade peach crisp with vanilla bean ice cream. Now the girls are tucked in bed and we *may* watch “Food, Inc.” I checked it out at the library (have you seen it?).
We cooked the vegetable dish in a cast iron skillet ($22.95-$64.95) made by Lodge Cast Iron Cookware. It’s a pre-seasoned, heavy-duty pan that is great for use on the stove-top, on the grill, or over an open fire. We’ve only used it at home so far, but I imagine it will come along with us on many camping adventures in the coming years. Hey – it may even go on camping adventures with our kids and THEIR kids someday. I’ve heard that cast iron lasts forever…
All in all, this is an excellent Father’s Day gift pick for any dad who enjoys cooking – indoors or out.
WIN IT! One winner will receive a Lodge Logic Skillet with Glass Cover from Lodge Cast Iron Cookware. To enter, leave any topic-related comment on this post prior to Saturday, June 12th at 11:59 p.m. All generic comments like “Enter me!,” “Love it,” and “Cool stuff!” will be disqualified. Winner must provide a US mailing address.
* Lodge Cast Iron Cookware sent me a sample for review purposes and is also providing 1 skillet for the giveaway.
*UPDATE* The winner is #16 Lisa. Congratulations!
OMG..you have so many great gift ideas! This one I think i’d keep for myself though :)
I am going to surprise my husband with a MacDaddy grill for Father’s Day..this would be a welocome addition..of course there is the ulterior motive of getting him to cook instead of me..but we’ll keep that to ourselves huh.
We love grilling whenever there isn’t snow on the ground, but I haven’t wanted to spend the money on one of those special skillets that is made just for the grill. Cast iron is such a great solution because it’s so multi-purpose, but won’t get damaged on top of the grill!
We love our Lodge cast iron pan. I use it all the time but I never thought to use it on the grill.
Yes, I’ve seen Food, Inc. and it is definitely worth watching.
My husband was just saying a couple days ago how he’d love to get a Cast Iron Skillet. He even said how great it’d be for me. I’d love to check one of these out.
I’ve watched Food, Inc. twice now–once from the library and again when it was free online. I loved it, in that it made me mad, which I think is the whole point.
I wish we had a cast iron skillet every time I read a frittata recipe. Our skillet is not oven safe.
I still haven’t seen Food, Inc — I have it on request from the library, and I’m just waiting for it to work it’s way down the wait list to me.
I’d love to have a cast iron skillet! We saved two from my husband’s grandmother’s barn. They’re both incredibly rusty so I have to look into how to salvage them.
Wow, that looks like an amazing dinner, even though I’m a vegetarian. We have a Lodge pan and I love it now that it’s finally seasoned really well. They’re so versatile and I love how they can go on the grill too.
I don’t think I’ve heard of Food, Inc. Is it one of those shows that’s gonna make me feel guilty for eating Double Stuf Oreos?? :) Anyway, I grew up using cast iron but never thought of putting it on the grill for some reason. Thanks for the idea!
We have one cast iron that we use all the time. My husband swears they make the best pancakes!
I grew up with cast iron skillets. Unfortunately we don’t have any yet, but we do plan on getting some. We speak of it often. I have never thought of using it on the grill though. We use our barbecue at least 2 to 3 times per week. I also like that they can go in the oven as well. This is a great gift idea! As for Food, Inc. It is VERY well done…you may not want to eat that NY steak afterwards though…unless it is organic :-) No really though, it is a very well done documentary and right up your alley.
We did watch Food Inc. and we watched it with our six year old he definitley did not want chicken nuggets after watching. I love Animal Vegitable Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver it made me want to raise chickens and to expand our garden.
I love cooking in a cast iron skillet…especially over a camp fire. I’d love to have a new cast iron skillet for cooking out this summer!
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These are such great ideas. I know my husband would love this because he’s been stocking up on camping things lately and I’ve heard him mention he wanted to get a nice cast iron skillet. Sweet!
We have done lots of camping and we love it! Both my sons are Eagle Scouts and my husband is an Assistant Scoutmaster. We have camped from one side of the country to the other! A good cast iron skillet is a necessary item for cooking while camping!
I need a really good skillet. This one looks like it would do the job for a while.
We watched Food, Inc last night and thought it was great. It’s spot on when it comes to the inhumanity behind the food world. We lived on the outskirts of a chicken town for a number of years. The way the companies treat employees and chicken house owners is deplorable and truly heartbreaking. I don’t think many people realize it, but our food habits are creating an unnecessary underclass of people. Ack….don’t get me started or you’ll have a whole blog post in your comment section. Witnessing the devaluing of human life as well as the disgusting way that the chickens are kept and processed got me interested in buying as much organic, all-natural, and local food as I could.
Oh, and, about the cast iron skillet…I would love to have one with a lid. I just make do with tin foil and random ill fitting lids around here.
We watched Food, Inc. on the same night! It was good, wasn’t it? Thought-provoking. Heartbreaking. Important. I recommend it to all…and I now have a renewed commitment to buying local, organic, and seasonal foods!
This would be perfect for my husband, he LOVES to cook (and I love for him to cook!). Right now we have no cast iron at all and I am missing it severely.
YUM! That picture looks awesome! I love to have a great family dinner, go for a walk and come back for dessert!
We watched Food Inc. and were amazed/grossed out about it! I’ve never had a Cast Iron piece, but heard they last forever.
After watching Food Inc last year, my family has changed our ways (gardening, CSA, eating more “real foods”…but still many improvements to be made).
I had never thought to use a cast iron pan on a grill. Makes sense though. I bet cornbread on the grill (in the pan) would have great flavor too. My husband’s last grilling victory was grilled corn with chili/lime seasoning. I made a chive butter using chives from the garden. It was scrumptious!
Haven’t had a cast iron pan in years. I have a great recipe for cornbread
cast iron pans are AWESOME! My dad is a HUGE BBQ guy, you can never go wrong getting him more of that
Cast iron skillets are wonderful to cook with because they cook very evenly and quickly. Would love to receive this!!
I never cooked with a cast iron skillet and I know the benefits are great, hope I win.
I want to grill some onions and green peppers in that skillet!
Cast Iron cookware is supposed to be better for you. I’d like to try it myself.
I highly recommend Food Inc. It will change your whole perspective on what you eat, and how our food is made. I had no idea how cruel animals were (and are) being treated. :(
I don’t like to camp, but I DO love cooking in cast iron! I’n lucky, my grandma gave me one years ago.
I agree with Ruthy Ann. I’d probably keep this one for myself!
I have one small cast iron skillet that I picked up at a rummage sale & love. I really want to add to my collection, though, and stop using teflon coated pans. Using them on the grill is a great idea!
My husband loves to cook. And we’ve never owned a cast iron pot. This is such a great idea for a slow cook too.
In my opinion the only way to fry chicken is in a cast iron skillet. No kitchen should bewithout a collection of cast iron. Aged properly they are better than teflon coated cookware.
We so need new skillets in our house! We only have one that we use most of the time and we don’t have a cast iron at all! This would be great to win!
love using cast iron- wait till you do try it on the grill!
Cast iron pans are great to use for cooking
wow. Did you know my current skillet/frying pan is missing half the handle? I don’t even know what happened to it. Yikes.
Since I have promised the skillet I liberated from my grandmother to my daughter in law, I need a new one.
Always wanted to own a cast iron. Also heard they last forever. Maybe even durable enough so even hubby won’t destroy it which is what happens in our house.
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We love grilling! Mat has turned me into a grilled vegetable lover, this cast iron looks awesome for that purpose!!
I could really use this in trying new recipes like drying fish and chicken!
I love cooking with cast iron, though you do need strong arms! Still, I would love one for our camper. And I have never seen one with a glass lid. What a great idea!
My husband has been wanting to get some cast iron ware, but I’ve been dragging my feet. I love the fact that it comes pre seasoned, I really wasn’t sure I wanted to do the seasoning.
How fortuitous! I was just reading on another blog about how great cast iron pans are, and was wanting to try one. Plus Noel and I have been grilling our dinner at least twice a week, and it would be more convenient to be able to grill the veggies in a pan…we’ve been spreading them out on the grill but they keep slipping through the grate and catching on fire. :P
My hubby is our cook and he’d love this! I love that it is pre-seasoned because that’s the hardest part of a cast iron pan (in my opinion). We could make some awesome fried chicken.
I love cooking in cast iron! The food always comes out much better!
cooking in cast iron is the best.
I have a cast iron skillet that I’ve cooked with for thirty years and it is still beautiful and in constant use. I love the idea of the glass lid! This is new since I’ve had mine …I would love to own this heirloom pot. Thanks for the chance to win!
I could really use one of these!
I love cast iron but have yet to make my Mom understand that you do NOT soak cast iron in soapy water overnight.
We have had the same conversation several times. She still does it.
My husband LOVES to cook… and scrumptious egg breakfasts (with bacon!) are among his specialties. This is a wonderful idea. And it’s getting me thinking about other great cooking ideas for gifts. Hmmmm…
I love cast iron and it really does last forever. I have two 6.5″ skillets that were passed down from my great-great grandmother. Now that I have kids a big one would be nice to cook for the hungry hoard.
i love the cast iron skillets as they last forever.
We have a camper right beside my dad and mom. He gets his cast iron skillet out and he makes the best darn fried potatoes. They are yummy and its a tradition now when we go camping.
I would love to have one for myself since I have tasted how good the food is on them !!
I SURE CAN DO SOME COOKING WITH THAT SKILLET
I have always preferred to cook certain things in cast iron and this would be a wonderful addition to some I already have, they are great for even heating and especially for cooking fried potatoes, Thanks for the great giveaway
I love to watch the cooking shows on TV and the Lodge preseasoned cookware is highly recommended on so many of them. Food always tastes better cooked in cast iron!
I have never had a Cast Iron Skillet. I could use this. Thanks
I love this skillet. I’d like to try it on the grill.
My husband does the grilling most of the time and sometimes he’ll cook dinner. When he does he always uses our small cast iron skillet – we have a few different types of skillets but the cast iron is his favorite. I would love to win this for him. Thanks!
I love making fried chicken in a cast iron skillet!
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we use to take the kids and go Camping everyday off,now that we have grandkids we’re tring to get back into the swing of things and this would be great to help restock the camper…thanks
Well, he’d get to wash this… I do 99% of the cooking and I think I’m ready to get rid of my non-stick pans… they’re scaring me!
I’ve never had a new, properly seasoned cast iron, with a lid too! Oh my goodness, I have to admit, that would end up being something I use. Never thought of putting on the grill, thanks for the idea!
I would use this cast iron skillet to make cornbread.
We love to grill and hubs will love this. I like it.
This cast iron skillet looks great. I love the cover and this one looks like it will last. I have not been so lucky with skillets in the past.
Cast Iron is the best material for cooking. It is unusual to have a glass lid on a cast iron skillet.
I have a cast iron skillet that is old! Love it for frying potatoes as they come out brown and crisp. Also take it camping as it is indestructable–would love to have one with a lid!
I would love to have a quality cast iron skillet like this!
We have a cast iron skillet but not one with a glass cover. My husband and son are avid fishermen and we make all our fish in a cast iron skillet. Ours is well used but I’ve never seen one with a glass cover. I would really, really love to win this one.
Love lodge. You can tour their factory only 1 time per year, during the Cornbread Festival. Intersting.
i can always use another cast iron skillet,good for camping.
I would love a cast iron skillet. I do not have one.
i love cast iron skillets
The skillets my dad uses on his outdoor grills are in DESPERATE need of replacement. They’re cheap and about 50 years old. I’d love to win this for him.
My husband would love to try cookin gon his grill with this! (And so would I!) :-)
We have been wanting to try out cast iron cookware for a while. I love that this has a glass lid.
I would give this to my uncle for sure (he has been like a dad to me). This gift would definitely not be for hubby, he doesn’t like to bbq or cook at all…he makes up for it with cleaning.
But, my uncle would LOVE it!
A cast-iron skillet is a must-have for any cook – amateur or professional.
I love cooking in a cast iron skillet everything tastes better
my husband would love cast iron he had a cast iron skillet years ago and through moves he lost it and used to love to make ckicken fried steak in it
My husband has been wanting me to get more cast iron stuff because he loves cooking with it.
I’ve been looking for a cast iron skillet to use on the grill and this would be perfect. Thanks.
Lodge is the BEST! I have several of their pots. Not this one though….
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I never thought to use my skillet on the grill, Ive always used tinfoil to grill veggies and the sort. Great idea!
Cast iron is particularly good for cooking since it hold heat so evenly. this is definitely a lovely prizee.
If you watch Food Inc. let me know what you think. I haven’t seen it myself but have heard plenty about it. I’m still trying to find my way on those issues.
Cast iron = awesome. I have a cast iron grill pan that I use indoors when the weather’s too cold for outdoor grilling. The only bummer part is that you can’t put it in the dishwasher.
The movie was excellent, Jenny. I recommend it. It’s thought-provoking, heartbreaking, and empowering all at the same time.
I’ve heard cooking with cast iron is the best, would love to try one and see for myself
I would give this skillet to my husband. We recently bought a gas cook stove incase our electric goes out for days again. We were without electric for 13 days during Ice Storm 09. That skillet is Perfect!
We only have one cast iron that we use all the time – it would be nice to have an updated one
I know my hubby would love another way to cook on the grill – he loves to grill out!
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Wow, you have a ton of great gift giveaways. After seeing your grill picture, I can’t believe I never thought to use our old cast iron on the grill. What a great idea! Thank you for the opportunity to win one!
I haven’t had a new piece of cookware since college. This pan would be so versatile and impress the neighbors.
cast iron is the original “non stick” pan
I’ve never had a cast iron skillet, but I remember my Mom frying chicken in one. I think my husband would like this for his camping trips.
We’ve had a cast iron skillet on our “to buy” list for a while, but it hasn’t made it to the top yet. My mom has one that I love, though; I use it whenever I visit her.
This would be a great gift for my brother-in-law.
My husband, who does all the cooking , would love this.
I do not own any cast iron cookware. I’d love to try cooking in them. I hear you can use them on the grill also.
I’ve never seen Food, Inc.
I will use this daily to make dinner
I would love this pan to take camping this summer. It’s so nice that it has a lid!
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I love cast iron. The best cornbread is made in cast iron. Thanks for the great giveaway!
I love the look of this cast iron skillet. We love to grill around here and it would be great to be able to try this out on the grill this summer.
I would love to have a cast iron skillet, I remember my mom always used one.
sign me up
My husband loves to grill, so he would love this. He typically uses foil for the veggies, so this would work way better! Thanks.
Another geat fathers day gift. My husband loves cast iron. We don’t have any so this would be a big healp.
My husband loves camping. Apparently, he already has several trips planned for us this summer. (I’m always the last to know.) This would be a fabulous addition to our camping gear!
Not only does the skillet look amazing, but the food is making me hungry!
What an awesome multi-purpose pan!! I can go on and on about the different ways I’d use it! :)
I keep remembering the cast iron skillets that my mother used all of the time (for 60 years) and would love to add one to my cookware collection.
Lodge has the best cast iron ever. sign me up
We love to grill out and this would be sweet to be able to do veg on the grill too! I loved your menu, sounds delish! We are going to do chicken, corn on the cob, and baked potatoes tomorrow!
Wow! I didn’t realize cast iron lasts so long! Good deal. We’ve wanted cast iron for years, but we don’t own any yet. I’d love to surprise my camper hubby with cast iron!!
Never cooked on cast iron before. Heard some mentions of it on Food Network. Would be interested in trying it out.
I have a few cast iron skillets, but none of them have a cover. This would be so handy,
I’ve never tried a pan like this on my grill…great idea! Thanks for the opportunity to win it!
ooh! I’ve never tried a cast iron skillet on the grill — love it when we use it on the stove… will have to try this!
I love cooking in cast iron. I never thought of putting it on the grill before, that is wonderful idea. And I love that it has a glass lid, I always need one but don’t have one that fits my current pan.
We have a few camping trips planned this summer and I would like to add this to our supplies.
We just bought a new grill that I have vowed to learn how to use. This would certainly help make the veggies without turning them into coals!
My brother could use this for when he goes camping.
I have never thought about using a cast iron skillet on the grill. Makes since – it would heat evenly and hold the heat well. I have used the wire baskets and always ended up with “blackened” veggies.
My mother-in-law has been wanting one of these. It would be a great surprise gift for her!
great looking dinner – love the idea of putting the skillet on the grill – anything to not turn on the stove when it is 110!
Oh, how I love Lodge cookware! Like many others who commented, we like camping and cast iron can’t be beat- would love to have a skillet that has a glass cover- very useful!
my husband has been dying for a cast iron grill for inside and outside on the grill – he would love this
I have always wanted a cast iron skillet! I have cooked many things in one at historic events and just adore how things taste when they come out. :)
I love cast iron. My grandmother has a cast iron skillet she got when she got married well over 50 years ago. I would love to have this.
I can remember my grandfather cooking outdoors with an old cast iron skillet.
I have memories of my mom making delicious meals with a cast iron skillet but have never owned one. Would be nice to get one and have her give me some old recipes.
I really love Cast iron pans…naturally non-stick and so durable!
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I’m always on the look out for good skillets like the one my grandmother used. This fits the bill and it has a cover.
Well, we’re headed for a cabin with a woodstove, this summer, up in Northern Maine- a Cast Iron Skillet or a cast iron pot is about the only safe pans you can use, nothing else works well.
my husband has been asking for a cast iron pan. this would be a great dad’s day gift for him.
This would be great for my husband and his dinner’s made on the grill. If I win, he’s definitely making me the dinner you have shown in exchange for it!
Cast iron is the best to cook with!
This is an awesome gift idea for Fathers Day!! My husband would definitely love this. We have one great piece of cast iron and absolutely LOVE IT! We would love to have another. Cast iron is a great way to cook so many things. YUMMY!!!
Great pan. I am starting to cook more and this would be great!!
I love to cook. This would be a good to own.
A skillet is a great addition for campouts. Our favorite is the Lodge Dutch Oven and we make a mean peach cobbler. Okay, Scott makes a mean peach cobbler.
I absolutely love to cook and I don’t have a cast iron skillet so i’d love to own this!
I’ve been wanting to get a cast iron skillet. I plan on putting one on my birthday wish list, but I’d much rather win one! Thanks for the opportunity. :)
We have an old hand-me-down cast iron skillet from my husband’s grandma. A new one for him to use on the BBQ would be awesome!
I love cast iron. I use it to make crispy bottom cornbread, braised ribs, pork roast and thousands of other things. Nothing cooks like a well seasoned cast iron pan. Keeps the hubby in line too!
I love that this skillet comes with a lid. Bacon cooked up in a iron skillet is the best.
I have never tried cooking with cast iron — but have wanted to try it out for the longest time. And this Lodge Logic Skillet looks pretty amazing.
Thank you for this fantastic giveaway!
I love to cook so this cast iron would be great.
This looks great. I never thought of using a cast iron skillet on the grill before.
Food tastes so great when prepared in a cast iron skillet, would love to win this! Thank you!
My husband is the cook in our house and he has been saying for a very long time that he would love a cast iron skillet. I would love to be able to give him one for father’s day.
Cast Iron is the ultimate in camping cookware! We take ours out the campsite, and put it right in the fire. We love to make breakfast burritos – just cook up the sausage, and the scramble the eggs and add salsa! YUM-O
Would love to win this size skillet! Thanks for the chance
I love cast iron! My grandma used cast iron cookware. She made the best fried chicken in it! Cast iron is not only tough, durable, and will last forever…but castiron distributes heat evenly.
This would make a perfect additiion to my Lodge cookware!
I think cast iron is so great! It holds heat so well and I’d love this.
Thanks for the giveaway.
We too will be camping this summer so this is right up our alley. I have also always wanted to try frying chicken in a cast iron skillet:)
This skillet would be great for so many uses in the kitchen and while camping. Would love to win and try it out!
I have been wanting cast iron cookware for a while now but its so expensive and we actually just bought a new stainless steel set!
First thing I’ll make is skillet cornbread! For those that haven’t seen Food Inc yet- you can stream it for free if you are a Netflix member.
The cast iron skillet would be great to have.
Your peach crisp with vanilla bean ice cream has my mouth watering..yum!
I have never cooked with cast iron, but I would love to try it out, I’ve heard it’s the best!
I could make a yummy cornbread with this pan.
I have never owned a cast iron skillet. It would be great to win one.
I have not seen food inc., but I am going to check it out…I love those sorts of shows. Thanks for the prize offering!!
Thanks for sharing!
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How cool! This would be fab for fathers day. Cast Iron skillets are awesome – especially ones that have glass lid. So often there is no lid. Thank you for the wonderful giveaway.
Great idea for Father’s Day! I actually have one of these Lodge cast iron skillets with the glass lid from YEARS ago, and they really do hold their own over time. It gets used in the kitchen, on the campstove, and out on the firepit when we are farther afield. I like that this one comes pre-seasoned, because I remember seasoning them is a bit messy.
I have a skillet, but I don’t have one with a glass cover like this one. My mom would love this because she’s been looking for a good skillet with cover for ages. I’d love to cook a big breakfast using this!
Dads are as diverse as any group of people, and that’s important to keep in mind when selecting a gift. Wandering through a department store looking at Father’s Day gift displays, you’d think every dad in the world just wants a new tie, a ‘Catch of the Day’ picture frame and some golf ball-printed socks. When we were kids, choosing a Father’s Day gift was as simple as adding to his collection of unused coffee mugs or dusty bottles of cheap cologne – but now, it’s not that easy. Although ‘it’s the thought that counts’ is still true when it comes to gift giving, by now you should know Dad well enough to pick out something he’ll love!
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Thank you for the giveaway. I use to watch family members clean up old cast iron cookware and even though I knew it was suppose to be the best, I didn’t learn how well this cookware lasts until I was an adult.
I have one piece of cast iron cookware and would love to add another piece to my future collection. I’d really love to get a cornbread pan one of these days also.
Cast iron does last forever if you take care of it right, which is easy. I’ve seen some Wagner cast iron skillets that were decades old, maybe a hundred years old. I’d love to have one with a glass lid.
My mother has resorted to cooking eggs in the microwave. Yep, it CAN be done.
now i think it’s time to go ahead and give her a skillet to put an end to all this nonsense!
Like many young women, I get a little iron-depleted sometimes, and I recently learned that you can actually get iron in your diet by cooking in an iron skillet! I think this is amazing :)
cast iron remains one item that almost literally needs no huge improvements-it is what it is and it works
My grandmother always cooked with a cast iron skillet–and she was a really good cook. Maybe getting and using one would help improve the results in my kitchen.
I have a small Lodge skillet that I love using for small batches of corn bread on the grill. And yes, I’ve seen Food, Inc. – I think it’s an important film that everyone should see and it’s the reason I’m agressively seeking out small farmers for my meat, dairy and eggs…and growing my own veggies and fruit.
Oooh – if I won this, I promise I’d hide it from my husband who burns all my non-stick pans so they don’t work anymore
I have never owned a cast iron skillet and I have always wanted one. Great giveaway. I hope I win.
Loved Food Inc. I will probably watch it again and again. We would love to try this cast iron skillet! My husband said he’d like to have one and I’ve been watching the thrift stores / yard sales for one lately. This would be a great surprise!
The cast iron on the grill is brilliant! Why didn’t I ever think of that?
On the grill or in the oven…either one would be a great way to use this, as I don’t think you are supposed to use cast iron on the “flat surface” cooktops.
My husbands favorite activity is Geocaching. And these are his favorite types of pants to wear when doing so.
He never knows what type of terrain that he will find a cache in so he is always prepared.
Thank you so much for the chance to win.
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This is a much improved version of the kind of skillet my honey/hubby’s Mom used to cook with and he would love to see me in the kitchen with one – cooking one of his childhood favorites. Heck, he might even do a little more cooking himself! (He actually is a very good cook!)
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dad just retired and is on a mission to cook more. he used to cook when i was really little but when my mom left he did not have time. he would LOVE this so he can eat healthier. Plus he also has a bday coming up… ;)
I would love this cast iron skillet. I rarely use non-stick as if it smokes it will kill our bird but I would love a cast iron skillet to cook the stuff
I love to cook and would really like to try cooking with a cast iron skillet.
Looks like a GREAT skillet, an item very essential for cooking!
My mother had a cast iron skillet I always admired. My family would get a lot of use out of this! Thank you.
i have cast iron skillets but non with a lid
I have been looking for a cast iron skillet for camping for the last month! Thanks for the recommendation!
Since we just purchased a new grill, this would sure come in handy.
I can smell the food cooking right now. We use an old cast iron skillet small with no lid this would be very helpful to see the food instead of tearing open the foil.
All of my cast iron skillets are so pitted; they have been handed down for several years and seen a lot of use. I use the deep one with a lid to cook my roast in the oven, they come out so tender in a couple of hours that you don’t need a knife.
We love cooking over a campfire. There is nothing better than eggs and bacon cooked in a cast iron skillet over an open fire. yum!
I just got my first cast-iron skillet a few months ago and LOVE it! Mine does not have a lid, like that one, so I’d love to add it to my collection. I also think there’s a Lodge outlet outside of Chattanooga, TN if anyone wants to find one for cheap!
We love camping and this is just what we need for cooking our fish.
I miss my cast-iron skillet. It makes the best pineapple upside down cake!
This cookware looks great, I think I would keep it for myself :) Thankyou
I love cooking with cast iron, even though I have a flat-top stove. I have no problems with it. Need a new one, though, as the one I’m using is pretty old and actually came from a camping set!
I haven’t had a cast iron skillet for a few years now and I really miss my old one. We could take this on our camping trip next month and also use it on our backyard grill at home.
Thanks for the chance to win!
this skillet looks perfect for my more or less successful cooking adventures
My dad loves to fix fried potatoes and this would be a perfect gift!
been hearing how good the cast iron’s are, been wanting to get one to try it out
My dad loves to cook so I’d love to win this for him.
We do a lot of camping and this would help make some great breakfasts.
This would be a nice pan to have. debsweeps4@yahoo.com
We could really use a new skillet, ours is really old!
My Daddy would absolutely love this
Cast Iron Skillets are a staple in my family. We love cooking on them, esp for breakfast. I’d love to win this so that I could put this in my daughter’s hope chest.
This would be perfect for my dad. He is always trying to think up new ways to use his grill. This would be perfect.
Cast iron cookware gives your food such unique flavors that you cant get with other cookware.
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Them steaks look so good. I would love to own this skillet. I have only one skillets so this would be great.
We are big campers and I love this pan because it has a lid. Our old cast iron pans don’t have lids so we do improvise with foil, etc.
My mother has some cast iron pieces that she has been using forever. A quality skillet could only help me improve the quality of my cooking.
I have been wanting to try and use a skillet on the grill and I see this would work.
my mom sweares by cast iron and I would LOVE to try this!
I’ve never had a cast iron pan before, but my mother-in-law used one all the time and wouldn’t have cooked without it, I’d like to try using one sometime (well if I win, I guess I could then huh?lol!)
Use a cast iron at my mom’s house all the time and it is great. Just haven’t wanted to invest in one yet. Would be nice to win, plus we can grill with it. Perfect for all our summer trips to the lake.
Like Tammy I have never owned a cast iron pan – but I have cooked on one at a friends house and loved it. Would be great to have one for making fajitas.
Cast iron is wonderful! Especially for fried chicken.
I love the versatility of this! I do a lot of Bertolli skillets and the pan i have just isn’t deep enough nor does the cover fit well. This would be a great help!
It’s a good idea to use this on camping trips as well as in the kitchen! What a great gift idea!!
I need a new pan, mine is warped and the lid will not fit snugly. I am doing a lot more cooking from scratch and can really see how a good pan could make a difference in preparing a meal
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I’ve always trusted anything made of cast iron and this would be good for my kitchen cooking as I dont have many kitchen skillets to begin with
I don’t have any cast iron; I would like to try this and see if it’s worthwhile.
I’m getting into the whole cooking thing and that looks like it might be just what I need
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We always get my husband something related to camping for Father’s Day. This would be great so that I could do some real cooking when we go.
Yummy that food looks tasty! Maybe this will help improve my outdoor cooking?!
I love lodge cast iron pans. It is one of the few things still made in America. I would love to have this.
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I need new pans very badly, all my non stick pans have the coating worn off.
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This would be great for my anemia. Thanks for the chance to win.
I recently started switching to cast iron. It is a slow process though due to the expense, and there is a learning curve to on the care and maintenance. They also cook differently – much more evenly, as long as you let it heat up all the way first. Cast iron is perfect for pancakes! Gets them a little crispy on the outside but still keeps them fluffy in the middle.
I would love to own a cast iron skillet again. I left my last one three states away when I moved.
A cast iron skillet is great for home fried potatoes and has browns.
That pan looks really nice!! Thanks for hosting such a great contest!
This would be perfect to have for one of our many camping trips! Thanks so much for the chance :)
I saw a Modern Marvels program about cookware and they specifically mentioned Lodge cast-iron pots and pans! I would love to make real Southern Fried Chicken in this pan
We camp a lot, this would be great to take along on our next trip to Yosemite.
At least one cast iron cookware item is a must have for anyone who enjoys cooking…This would be a fantastic pan to own. Imagine the fabulous au gratin you could make with it!
A heavenly meal is fried chicken done in a cast iron skillet.
in need of a cast iron pan!!
This would be for me! lol
I clear lid is so helpful when you don’t want to let the heat out, or if the grease is popping.
I’ve never had a cast iron pan and I’ve always wanted to try grilling with one. Thanks.
I would love to try the Lodge cast iron pan
I have been wanting to get a cast iron skillet for while. This would be great especially with a lid to catch slattering grease.
Nice giveaway. I wonder if the skillet they are giving away could be used with one of their grill inserts? I also like their enamel cast iron pieces, too. Dear hubby is the main cook so he appreciate a heavy duty piece of cast iron cookware.
Thanks so much,
CJ
I’ve never had a cast iron skillet but heard great things about them. P.S. your dinner looks great! thanks.
I am looking for a good skillet. I’ve been living with people for the past few years and am getting ready to embark on to my own place and have been looking to stock my kitchen.
I passed up a big cast iron pot for $20 at Goodwill. what was I thinking?
This doesn’t look like my grandma’s cast iron skillet-more modern looking-and pre-seasoned? Thank you so much!
A really good quality cast iron skillet is hard to find. Our German Shepard broke mine (long story) and it happened to be a fantastic heavy duty one that was WELL seasoned by Honey’s Grandma… I was pretty upset about it. I didn’t have a lid for mine, so this would be a fantastic one to use! Thanks for hosting such a great giveaway!
I don’t have anything made on cast iron, it looks really sturdy!
we couldn’t feed our family without cast iron cookware
I’ve never had a cast iron skillet, my mom in law always cooked with them and she makes the most delicious meals, even cornbread in the skillet. Thanks so much for this offer. camsgram@kc.rr.com
I never used cast iron and never realized it could be used on the outdoor grill. WWe bbq a lot and I would certainly use this for cooking sides on the grill
I want some of that homemade peach crisp with vanilla ice cream!
Thanks for the giveaway…a cast iron pan is one item our kitchen is sorely lacking; when my Mom passed away my sister snagged her pan which she had used for decades !
Those cast iron pans are wonderful…some Dad will have a Happy Father’s Day. Thanks for the great giveaway.
We have a 2-yr. old who loves pans so we could absolutely use a new one for us!
I just visited the sponsor site and love the idea of glass lids since their site says. .. Glass lids have as many uses with Lodge Skillets as there are recipes. Vegetables remain tender, braised meats don’t splatter and they’re great for gratin recipes and scalloped potatoes. Yum.
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I would like to have a cast iron skillet. Thank You
My husband would love the wonderful meal
you fixed. All of his favorites. The peach
cobbler is my one of my favorites. Thanks
My grandmother only used cast iron cookware. She’s no longer with us, but this would remind me so much of her.
my husband loves to cook! in fact, he does all the cooking and i wash the dishes. so this would be a great gift for us both because i get tired of scrubbing scrambled eggs out of our stainless steel pans!!
Ooh Stephani, can I come to your house for dinner? That looks delicious! I love cast iron cookware, and have a couple of pieces (a flat round pan for pancakes, grilled cheese, french toast,) and a round skillet for cornbread in the oven. I also have a wonderful Panasonic cast iron cooktop that we bought when we built our home in 1987 that I adore because you can simmer soups, chili and stews on it at a low temp. They don’t manufacture this anymore, and no matter what, I’m not parting with this stovetop even if I remodel the kitchen!
Just an FYI…if you put your pan on the grill like that, the whole thing gets hot. So, remember your oven mitt…..this comes from experience HA!
my husband loves to cook and he wanted to buy this skillet the other day and i didn’t let him, and now i really wish that i can win it for him.
My husband left out skillet outside (from grilling) and it rusted. I like using these for cooking breakfast and I miss having one.
Good cast iron pans last a lifetime and essential in every kitchen. Dad probably never considered using it on the grill!
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I used to cook with cast iron cookwear, but I haven’t done so in quite a while. Maybe I should try it again. And, your bargeque looks wonderful. I hadn’t thought about cooking french bread on a barbeque.
I never ever thought of cooking with a cast iron pan on a grill!! What a great idea! I think you should have grilled the corn right in their husks instead of using aluminum foil- that helps keep the moisture in too.
Thanks for the giveaway!
Cast iron does last forever. I have a skillet that belonged to my Grandmother. She used it every morning to fry eggs, bacon and potatoes for my Grandfather. After years of my Mom using it, it was handed down to me. All it took was some tender loving care and I still use it.
Another one would come in handy!
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cast iron is the best, my mother uses cast iron that she has had my entire life
I would love to win this because my grandmother used to have cast iron skillets and my lazy cousin used them after she passed on and let them sit. So instead of washing them back up and seasoning them she trashed them. I was so upset since some of them had been our great grandmothers. Some people have no sense of heritage.
LODGE brand cast iron is one of the best on the market. I would love to suprise my husband with a new pan.
We’ve never used a skillet on the grill, this would be a great thing to try.
I have one of my mothers older cast iron skillets and it is great. I do need to season it more it seems since its old. Would be great to own a new one.
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Lodge makes the best cookware! I have a skillet several years old that looks as good as the day I purchased it.
It looks like great cookware. I remember my mother cooking in cast iron cookware. I would love to have this cast iron cookware.
Wow, this looks pretty cool, I’m sure I can get years and years out of this skillet!
I have never thought about using a skillet on the grill, but it is an awesome idea. It’s nice to have the whole meal cooking in one place.
Cast iron skillets are wonderful for cornbread.
These pans are great and last forever.
It would be great for camping.
What a great cookware piece. I love to cook!
This would be nice to have to cook, we have a small skillet from them we use to make pancakes on it works really good thanks for the chacne to win
never see this at regular shop. May be I can buy it later.