The second most common fry pan size is a 10-inch skillet, which is perfect for couples and smaller meals, is lighter in weight, and is easier to clean. Available as an 8-inch, 10-inch, and 12-inch pan, the durable and heavy-duty stainless-steel skillet has a proprietary coating (with absolutely no PFOA) that’s “seriously slippery” for effortless food release. It also delivers heat evenly throughout, so you can use the pan for any number of cooking tasks, including searing fish or other proteins, too. And, no matter what you’re cooking, since it's oven safe up to 500 degrees, you can leave the pan in the oven to keep your food warm or to finish cooking. One of the only issues is this is slightly heavy for a pan. For example, some Reddit users love it (“single egg that will fit pretty perfectly on an English muffin” while others dismiss it altogether and claim they use it as an ashtray or a place to put their spatula while cooking. Stainless steel cookware is our go-to for most cooking tasks. They're good quality pieces that are highly versatile and can reach high temps while still being relatively lightweight – especially compared to cast iron skillets. And they're easy enough to clean. The one thing stainless steel cookware is not good at, however, is making eggs. For eggs Benedict, you don't use a frying pan. The eggs are poached in a pot with water. Find out how it's done here.

As a personal chef, Renu Dhar has cooked in different kitchens using a variety of cookware and has seen the good and the bad of it. She recommends these cooking pans to her clients and personally uses some of them. When you cook an egg in a mini fry pan, you’ll need to consider that due to their size, they heat up faster and retain heat better. The Lodge 3.5-inch Mini Cast Iron Skillet is the smallest of the iconic USA-made manufacturers, is highly rated by users, and is perfect for single-egg cooking, individual desserts (a molten brownie/a pie), and melting butter and toasting spices. Size: Almost all of the egg pans we recommend are 10 inches in diameter. This is a manageable size for cooking one to four eggs at a time. If you're only regularly making one or two eggs, consider an 8-inch pan or smaller, which will make cleanup a bit easier. If you're looking to feed a crowd, a 12-inch pan is a good option too.

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You can’t cook on very high heat and immediately cool down, and you can’t use metal utensils ( silicone utensils are good).

Make sure to follow the manufacturer’s instructions for seasoning and cleaning to properly care for your mini fry pan, and you’ll use it for years. How Do You Make Your Small Fry Pan Last for Years? The mini, 6-inch enameled cast iron skillet is expensive but is irresistible for design, quality, and function enthusiasts. The GreenPan mini skillet is oven-safe up to 400 F, the silicone sleeve keeps the handle cool, and it is dishwasher-safe. Comfortable silicone-wrapped handle Lodge’s cast iron has excellent heat retention and cooks evenly, and the pan comes pre-seasoned with vegetable oil.Frying pan sizes are determined by the pan’s overall diameter (wall top to wall top, and not by the cooking surface diameter, which is smaller.