12Inch Cast Iron Pan With Lid Utopia Kitchen’s Cast Iron Pan provides you with a simple yet delightful cooking experience. The skillet is pre-seasoned and completely ready to be used straight out of the box. In this way, it prevents the pan from rusting. The 12-5 inch pan comes with a glass lid on top, enabling you to cook in a safe manner and seals in the flavor for better-tasting food. Its smart-looking design and high-quality interior allows for easier cooking and cleanup. Versatile Cookware With our Pre-Seasoned Cast Iron cookware now cook all you can; whether it be steaks, paninis, vegetables or anything you like your tummies to be fed. The perfectly sized wide diameter allows an ample cooking space, making it compatible with oven, stove, grill or over a campfire. This skillet can be used on various heat sources including gas, electric, induction and ceramic-glass top stoves, and ovens. Pay attention while using it on a glass stove top as slight sliding might cause a scratch to the surface. Prepare delicious dishes and indulge into the best cooking experience at home with this cookware. Whether it is searing, sautéing, simmering, braising, baking, roasting, or frying, this has it all. Ready to Use: Factory Seasoning To provide you with a ready to use cast-iron skillet, all our cast-iron cookware pass through factory pre-seasoning stage in which soy-based oil is used on these high head allowing the polymers to create an initial layer of seasoning. This one factory seasoned layer is equivalent 10-15 rounds of normal home seasoning. The normal cast iron seasoning we create at home is attained when the fats and oils used in cooking collect on the cast iron. This makes our cast iron cookware completely ready to be used straight out of the box. No initial seasoning is required. However; in order to maintain the factory-seasoned cast iron layer you need to season it from time to time. Factory seasoning is just a kick-start to your cookware’s seasoning life. Not to forget that seasoning is an on-going course. If you want your cast iron to maintain a perfect black, non-stick patina, then get started with the cooking. Regular use and proper maintenance is the key to a coveted black non-stick surface. Seasoning Tips -Before cooking, rub some olive oil over your cookware’s surface -After washing, rub some oil over your cookware’s surface and place it in an oven at low temperature for the oil to seep in Seasoning TipsCare Instructions Wash the cookware with hot, soapy water with a sponge, after letting it cool off completely. Use a regular dish washing liquid soap. After washing, rinse and dry the cookware completely.