[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Whenever the grands come over, the first thing they ask for is cornbread.
I grew tired of baking a full 9x13 casserole dish of cornbread and was looking for something that I could make snack cornbread for the kids. This fit the bill.
Now I bake up some cornbread fingers and fill up a ziplock baggie. I leave those on the kitchen counter and the kids can grab one whenever they have a cornbread craving.
First, it arrives preseasoned. No need to go through that process.
This is a very solid, heavy cast iron dish.
For my first try at making the "snacks", all I did was grease the unit with butter and add the batter. The cornbread fingers came out perfectly and did not stick to the cast iron, which surprised me a bit.
The folks for Bayou Classic included a manual with the product. It included helpful information on how to clean, reseason and bake with it. For example, one tip was to preheat the unit before adding the batter. This makes for a more timely bake time.
I am very pleased with the product and happily recommend.