Lodge 10-1/4-Inch Cast-Iron Lid

Lodge is one of my favorite, American companies that makes an outstanding product at a low price. You can absolutely pay more for your cast iron, but if you do so - it's most likely because you care more about the label than you do the product. There are obviously some higher end (price) options from France, many of those are enameled cast iron (something that Lodge also does) but do they actually perform any better? My first hand research says no.You can of course also spend less - if you would rather support a 'made in China' alternative - that choice is certainly yours to make, but the quality will reflect that choice.Lodge makes a fantastic product and I can afford to buy a lot of it.This lid has the bumps/nipples on the underside that make it a self basting lid. I have seen this in my more expensive Staub cookware. If you are roasting chicken and have this lid over your cast iron skillet, the chicken will come out more moist as a result. You won't even find this feature on some of the le creuset cast iron that costs 5 times more.I sometimes use this lid on my 3.2 Quart Lodge Dutch oven that I bake sourdough bread in, it fits that size Dutch oven from lodge perfectly. 80% of the cooking I do with my cast iron doesn't require a lid, but if you really want to use your skillets or other suitably sized cast iron for everything that it is known for doing extremely well, you are going to want a lid that will last forever at some point, and this is that lid.Clean this lid just like any other cast iron, it won't be nearly as difficult to keep clean as your other cast iron since it shouldn't really get that dirty to begin with. You could even run it through the dishwasher because you aren't going to care as much about the seasoning of the lid as you would the skillet itself. I've personally never felt the need to dishwasher my lid, but you could. (just don't let it rust!).

I’ve been using my 8” Lodge cast iron skillet for years, but the cover I’ve put to use was an old glass cover from a cracked crock pot. Though a pad of some sort is needed when removing the lid and setting the lid down, as well as an insulating device (I use a dish cloth) when grabbing the lid, I find the lid to be secure, easy to clean, and great at keeping splattering on a gas range to a minimum. It’s made for Lodge skillets and fits like a glove. Can’t go wrong.

If you're looking for a great lid for your 12" cast iron pot or skillets, this should fit well. Heavy but not too heavy. You may want to purchase pot holders as this gets hot!

I had an old cast iron dutch oven (no brand name) and was looking for a lid for it, never had one. This fits perfectly. Excellent quality.

So, you're considering buying a 12" cover for your Lodge pan or dutch oven. At the time of this writing the Lodge L10SK3 Pre-Seasoned Skillet, 12-Inch was selling at Amazon a little over $33. The cost for this cover is currently around $31.Some may wonder why anyone would spend as much, or even perhaps more, for a lid for their cast iron skillet as they did for the skillet themselves. If you bought the skillet a few years ago you likely paid less than the current price of the cover. However, if you're into cooking and you've really come to know and love what cast iron cooking is all about then you'll realize, from a purely financial standpoint that it's more analogous to buying a house than a cooking utensil. What I mean is that this cookware, if properly cared for, will literally last you a lifetime. If you consider the cost in terms of amortization over even twenty years, and you couple that with the superior functionality of a cover such as this compared to your alternatives which are likely the Lodge GC12 Tempered Glass Lid, 12-inch it's a bargain. Personally, I think you're absolutely crazy buy a glass cover for a cast iron pan. The reasons people buy glass covers are the exact reasons that people should not buy cast iron cookware to begin with.If you read the reviews for the glass covers, and the reviews are generally positive I might add, you'll find a common appeal. That is, that they are dishwasher safe, they are relatively light, you can view the contents of what's in your pan or pot and they provide a cover for their cookware. Furthermore, if you buy the Lodge brand of glass cover then you MAY get a decent fit on your Lodge pan but certainly not nearly as good of a fit as with this cover. For what it's worth, the Lodge brand glass lid, that's inferior to the cast iron is made China. All Lodge cast iron cookware is made in the U.S. I don't mean to imply that being made in China is necessarily a bad thing but I have learned that a lot of people have issues with it. That is is made in China makes it even harder for me to fathom how it could sell for even half the price of this lid. It simply shows that people will pay the money for the Lodge name but again, if all those convenience issues are what's important to you in cookware then why bother with any cast iron cookware to begin with? Your Lodge 12" skillet is going to take some of your precious time to maintain. It's going to be heavy when you lift it and you're going to have to wash it by hand immediately after cooking with it then make sure it's towel dried exceptionally well and after all that you may need to season it again and leave it in a hot oven for an hour or more. Some people find this to be a chore. I take delight in it because I know I'm caring for a life long investment. I also enjoy honing my good knives. It's really very similar. You know, it's like some people will only hand wash their cars because they don't want the cloths from the automatic car washes gradually damaging the clear coat and ultimately the paint finish on their car and those car washes will damage your paint over time.But, if you're into cooking and you've experienced the superior cooking aspects that can only come from good cast iron cookware you're happy to do it. But would you put cheap tires or cheap anything on your Porsche? Don't put a cheap lid on what may be the finest piece of cookware you'll ever own.If these are things (light weight, dishwasher safe, a see through lid, etc.) that are really important to you then I suggest you shouldn't be buying cast iron cookware to begin with. Cast Iron is heavy. It is not dishwasher safe, if fact if you put it in the dishwasher it's a given that it will be ruined immediately. If you don't wash and dry it promptly and properly, you'll start seeing rust soon too.Like this cast iron cover, the glass cover also gets stellar reviews. I'm sure it's a good cover. A Volkswagen is a good car but it's not as good as a Porsche. The analogy is not that questionable.There are many enhancements that can end up staying created to your residence and some can demonstrate to be a significantly greater financial commitment than some others. The Lodge self basting cast iron cover is IMHO and enhancement that's worth every penny.You can certainly buy other 12 " covers for your cookware but a real chef will tell you that not all covers are the same and some covers serve a greater purpose than just overing the pot to keep the heat in. This Cover Provides Self-basting Spikes On The Underside That Allow The Nutrition And Flavor In The Steam To Drip Back Onto Food. Also, many people won't spend the money on this lid because "they only use the lid occasionally". I've found, now that I own it and see how useful it is that I almost always use it. Have you been cooking bacon in your cast iron pan without a lid? Try cooking it with this lid. One might think that the bacon won't get crispy because it will steam. NOT SO. Not only does it prevent the grease from splattering but the bacon will crisp up as much or as little as I want it to. How about fried eggs? I used to always go for over easy or over medium. No more. Now, I always use the lid and my fried egg of choice is "basted". Hey, don't knock it until you've tried it.This is a better lid than the standard cover; not only for your pan but for your dutch oven as well. You may be tempted to buy the less expensive glass covered lid and justify it because it costs less and you can look at what's in the pan but if you're really into cooking the self basting feature of this type of lid is all you'll need to be sold on it. For stovetop the glass cover will let you see inside. It is not as heavy and it has no flanges to cover the spouts so it will let more steam out. For oven use I would get the iron lid. Even though the glass lid is allegedly oven safe to 400 degrees F, it has a plastic handle. I would not want to test it. The beauty of cast iron is that you'll never have to worry about such things. Since the iron is heavier it will have somewhat of a pressure cooker effect and hold more steam in than the glass lid could ever hope to. You really want the self-basting iron lid for baking tender roasts. The iron lid is the one you can use absolutely anywhere, stove, oven, indoors, camping.

Fit perfectly, very functional, great quality!

perfect fit. needs to be seasoned though. rust showed up after 1st use.

Lodge is a great brand. The lid fit an older skillet that had no lid.