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Field No.8 Cast Iron Skillet
The everyday pan — light enough to reach for without thinking, heavy enough to sear properly.
Price$204.95
Published by Field Company: No.8 Cast Iron Skillet, 10 1/4" (856133007016). The price reference comes from the maker and can change.
Why this shape
Field casts thinner sidewalls than a modern mass-market pan and balances the handle against the bowl, which is the difference between a skillet you use daily and one that lives in a cupboard because it is a chore to lift. The cooking surface is machined smooth and pre-seasoned, so it builds a release layer with use rather than needing to be rescued. Field publishes it as iron and oil only — no PFOA, no PTFE, no synthetic coating — which is the honest version of non-stick: a surface that improves instead of one that wears out and has to be replaced.
- Good for
- Daily cooking, eggs, searing, cornbread and roasting — the one pan that stays on the stove.
- Not for
- Long acidic simmers while the seasoning is young — tomato sauce will strip a fresh surface back.
- Care
- Hand wash warm and dry on the heat, then a thin film of oil. Field guarantees the pan for life; the seasoning is yours to build.
Published specifications
What the maker states.
- Maker
- Field Company
- Product
- No.8 Cast Iron Skillet
- Item number
- 856133007016
- Diameter
- 10 1/4 in
- Surface
- Polished, pre-seasoned
- Construction
- Thin sidewalls, balanced handle
- Coating
- No PFOA, no PTFE, no synthetic coatings
- Made in
- USA, family-owned, per Field
- Warranty
- Guaranteed for life, per Field
- Price
- $165.00