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What's different about Field Skillets?
Field Cast Iron Skillets are meticulously designed to combine the best features of vintage American cast iron with modern craftsmanship.
Our skillets are made in the USA using recycled iron and traditional green sand casting methods, just like the most celebrated vintage cast iron manufacturers, Griswold and Wagner. We use a machining process inspired by the best of vintage cookware, and then improved precisely dialed to be as smooth as possible while leaving just a touch of texture on surface to hold a great seasoning. The Field Skillet is the first smooth-surfaced pan that can hold an excellent seasoning since the early 1900s when they stone ground their pans.
Each skillet is pre-seasoned with three coats of organic grapeseed oil, providing a natural non-stick surface without harmful toxic chemicals or engineered coatings.
Like vintage pans, Field skillets have thinner sidewalls and weigh less overall, making them easy to reach for every day.
How do you season a Field Skillet?
Just cook in it. The simple version is to use your pan. Use plenty of oil at first. Even with fatty stuff. Keep in mind that medium heat is often all you need, and remember that all pans need time to reach proper cooking temperature. A well seasoned cast iron skillet is easier to achieve with a Field skillet due to our unique polishing pattern that gives a smooth surface that can hold a seasoning.
Do Field skillets work on induction?
Field Cast Iron Skillets are induction compatible. We have a clever feature on all Field Company skillets—a heat ring! This is one of our favorite features: it’s both a reference to cookware conventions in a bygone era, and a clever way to meet the performance challenges of contemporary kitchens.
Our heat ring is designed to make sure the Field Skillet remains balanced as it heats up on glass or ceramic flat cooktops. At just 0.04” of clearance, it won’t interfere with cooking performance or lose any power from electric or induction heat elements, particularly since induction is activated through magnetics and iron is a magnetic element.
What size skillet is best for me?
Field Skillets are named after vintage cast iron naming conventions, meaning the No.8 Field Skillet is actually 10.25 inches.
If you're shopping for your every day pan, we would recommend our two most popular skillets:
- No.8 Skillet, best for 1-3 people
- No.10 Skillet, best for 2-5 people
Read more in our size guide.
What is your return policy?
We spent years developing a product that we are proud to stand behind. Try it for yourself in your own kitchen and if you aren’t satisfied with your Field Cast Iron for any reason within 45 days of receiving it, you may return the item for a refund, less shipping costs.
About Field Cast Iron Skillets
It all started when we inherited a number of vintage 1920’s cast irons from our maternal grandmother - who’s last name was Field. As we acquired some new cast iron over the years we couldn’t help but find it sorely lacking. The difference between the new stuff and our favorite vintage pans was striking.
Why were old cast iron pans so much better?
Most significantly, they were lighter and their interiors were much smoother than new pans.
When making the Field Skillet we reduced the weight by making the walls of the pan thinner. We obsessed over the handle shape and feel. We created a much smoother cooking surface that’s meticulously polished and thoroughly pre-seasoned so your new pan arrives well on its way to being an old pan, in the best way. After making a lot of prototypes, we knew we had a winner when we stopped making eggs at home on our 1923 Wagner.
Made in USA
We're an American company with an American notion about quality. We make our skillets here in the United States, the way they used to make them. We're a family business and we take the utmost pride in everything we do.