Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I never had a cast iron skillet before, but I've had fun with several recipes - potato pancakes (latkes), whiskey chicken with Pecan crust and a vegetable dish with zucchini, yellow squash, chinese eggplant, etc. Cooks nicely, cleans nicely. When I first got these pans I seasoned them even though it supposedly came preconditioned. Some reviews complained that they had problems with cooking at first. But I did 3 reps in the oven using Canola oil and they are fine. I did learn that cooking with Canola oil can be a problem indoors because the pans get hot and the oil smokes. So I bought grapeseed oil and avocado oil. I haven't tried them yet but they have some of the highest smoke points. I have also cooked with olive oil although it wasn't long on the stove top. But it worked fine. I'm still experimenting with this. Anyway, I'd recommend these pans! A little more work after use (wash with water only and stainless steel chainmail scrubber, heat pan about 20 minutes to drive off the water, then coat with oil and let cool).