It’s the perfect cast iron pan. Now Field Company’s skillet is 20% off

Everything I made in the No 5 – eggs, chicken thighs, leafy greens, puff pastries – slid right off, even fresh out of the box. Photograph: Courtesy of Field CompanyView image in fullscreenEverything I made in the No 5 – eggs, chicken thighs, leafy greens, puff pastries – slid right off, even fresh out of the box. Photograph: Courtesy of Field CompanyIt’s the perfect cast iron pan. Now Field Company’s skillet is 20% offField Company’s best-in-class cast-iron pans that seldom shed their premium price tags are on sale for Prime Day

Field Company’s new No 5 chef skillet fixes everything I hated about cast iron

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The perfect pan I reviewed, the No 5 Chef Skillet, has dropped from $125 to $100 for Prime Day. At the risk of sounding like an ad, this is a very rare sale on a unique little pan you’ll buy for life. (Zero payment behind this endorsement – only a thorough and satisfying product test.)

Field Company No 5 Chef Skillet$100$100 at Amazon (was $125)I previously covered food at Bon Appétit and have tried a lot of the cookware out there. Among its wrist-straining peers, this is the rare cast-iron pan that feels nimble. At just 2.2lbs and 7.25in in diameter, it’s light enough for flipping breakfast eggs with one hand, swirling sauces, or popping in the oven for a deeply charming Dutch baby. A comparable-size Lodge weighs more than a pound more.

Field Company’s new No 5 chef skillet fixes everything I hated about cast iron

Cast iron is basically indestructible, naturally non-toxic, nonstick and only gets slicker the more you cook with it. Everything I made in the No 5 – eggs, chicken thighs, leafy greens, puff pastries – slid right off, even fresh out of the box. When we asked the pros at the Drexel Food Lab to test for the best non-toxic pans in the US, the team named Field Company’s the best preseasoned one. “If you’re new to cast iron and worried about a learning curve, this is a pan to consider,” they wrote. “We were surprised how easily we could cook eggs in a brand-new Field pan.”

For cooking bigger meals, Field’s pan sets have the steepest discounts we’ve seen yet. With FIELD20 on top of an existing sale, you get nearly 40% off a bundle of its two top-selling pans (the No 8 and the family-sized No 10), now $292, down from $461. It includes a cleaning kit with organic seasoning oil, a bristle brush and chain mail scrubber. More than you need? On its own, Field’s No 8 pan (10.5in in diameter) is down from $165 to $132.

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View image in fullscreen Photograph: Courtesy of Field CompanyNow $132, originally $165 at Field Company (with code FIELD20)Field Company No 5 Chef Skillet$100$100 at Amazon (was $125)Other pieces you might enjoy from the Filter, the Guardian’s guide to buying fewer, better things:

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