Takes high heat for best browning/searing</br>12 gauge carbon steel heats quickly and retains heat for even cooking</br>Brutally tough for decades of cooking</br>Use on gas?? electric?? induction stovetops?? outdoor grills or open fire</br>Refer user guide below before using the product .Made in the USA</br></br>Product Description</br></br>The American-based company Lodge has been fine-tuning its construction of rugged?? cast-iron cookware for more than a century. Now lodge has added a new line of seasoned steel skillets. This handy 12-inch seasoned steel skillet is the only pre-seasoned and ready to use out of the box steel pan in the market place right now. Each skillet is pre-seasoned with natural soy bean oil. Maintains very low and very high temperatures?? making the pan a highly effective and versatile cooking piece. It performs well in residential and professional kitchens as well as outdoors. Made of 12 gauge carbon steel. Steel is a high density metal that does not retain odors. If maintained correctly?? it will last a lifetime. Thickness of the cooking surface allows the pan to heat up quickly but also retain