I jumped on this a while back. I wanted a large pan (i have 8": and 11" from berndes as well) because when you cook a family dinner, u rather have it all done in one pan instead of 2-3 pans.This is a true frying pan, it's very wide, shallow (less than 2 inches deep), therefore it cooks/frys on the surface instead residual heat as other narrower/deeper pans would do.Last night, we had 3 pounds of shrimp in this pan in scampi sauce. all fit in 1 layer, and 12 minutes later we had a gourmet dinner. linguini and shrimp scampi.The pan has been used for omelettes, caramelizing onions for frech onion soup, grilling burgers (dont add soil, 4 min per side, they are awesome), cooking breakfast sausages, and frying fish fillets in floor. all were winners!It's very well made. the non-stick surface has several layers, so other brands that sell u non-stick for [$], have 1 layer, and not cast. so, the heat will not be even and it will start pilling off after few month!i highly recomend this :)"..." Read more
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