Paula Deen 12 Inch Porcelain Open Skillet, Red

My niece is a young bride and she fries alot of chicken for her husband.She was asking for a large skillet for Christmas.I bought this one for her and she loves it.The color is bright and the non-stick interior with deep sides is just what she was looking for.I am thinking on buying one for myself I liked it so much.

After only a few months of cooking with this pan I took a good look at the surface inside the pan and noticed the black lining was bubbling and peeling off. I took a paper towel and wiped and even had residue particles of the black stuff onmy paper towel, telling me it must be getting into the food I was cooking and eating.Very disappointing because I bought these thinking they would be safe to cook with, as I am concerned about the toxins used on pans.Today I received a cast iron pan and am convinced after searching everywhere and trying these pans also, that cast iron is truly the only safe material to cook on.I thought iron would be hard to clean, but it wasn't. Just wipe a coating of veg. oil all along the inside of pan before cooking and the pan comes clean with hot boiling after.Just don't ever put an iron pan in dishwasher. I never put THIS pan in the dishwasher, I babied it and it is still peeling off into the food. I contacted Paula Dean cookware company about getting something done about this, but no response. I should have saved my receipt!!How stupid of me!! If you are set on buying one of these, save your receipt! I thought there was some sort of a warranty, but you cant do anything without your receipt.Will put these out to the trash. I cant afford to waste money like this.

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Two of my sons carefully planned to purchase this skillet for me for Christmas '09 as they know I love to cook and a large new skillet was needed. The kitchen rules of our house include ONLY plastic OR wooden tools used in lined pans/pots when cooking. For clean-up, a washcloth and rarely a soft brush were used during washing of this skillet.

So, we were all terribly disappointed about 5 months ago when this skillet's started peeling, leaving us concerned about food contamination. Another "has been" skillet has now been eliminated from our cooking arsenal and I sorely miss it!However, I WILL NOT buy another one from this collection.

We'll keep shopping around for a better one...

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I received the Paula Dean pots and pans set for Christmas but it didn't have a large 12" skillet with it. I purchased this separate so I could have a large skillet for frying foods.I like the non-stick finish, the deepness of the skillet the color. I do not put my Paula Dean pots in the dishwasher even though it says dishwasher safe.I heard from a few others that the nice gloss exterior finish wears after several washings in the dishwasher. Would recommend this!

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I bought one of these at Walmart a while ago and loved it so much I went back a while later to buy another and could not find them anywhere anymore.So glad I could find it on Amazon.This skillet looks and cooks great. I like the high sides and the larger size of the skillet.It is great when my family comes for dinner and I need a bigger skillet.