Cuisinart Contour Stainless 8-Inch Open Skillet

Love this 8 inch Skillet. Heats super fast. Easy clean up with using a little butter. Used so far for frying my morning egg.

I’ve been using this Cuisinart 12-inch stainless steel skillet mostly for burgers and steaks, and it’s been excellent. It heats evenly, sears beautifully, and the helper handle makes it easy to maneuver—even when it’s loaded with heavier cuts. It also does a great job with eggs, especially when preheated properly and used with a little oil or butter. One thing I really appreciate is the handle length—it’s just right for the larger size of the pan. It gives you enough leverage and control without feeling awkward or unbalanced, and the helper handle adds extra stability when transferring from stovetop to counter. After the first use, I did notice a few scratches on the bottom of the pan—even though I didn’t drag it across the burner or move it around. But honestly, that doesn’t affect how I feel about it. Scratches are bound to happen with stainless steel cookware, and the performance hasn’t changed one bit. I own several much more expensive stainless steel pans, but I find myself reaching for this one more often. It’s lightweight without feeling flimsy, and the performance is consistently solid. The flared sides make flipping and pouring easy, and it’s a breeze to clean if you follow basic stainless steel care. If you’re looking for a dependable, versatile skillet that punches above its price point, this one’s a winner. Great for everyday cooking and built to last.

Nice size and construction, but poor packaging. Came with a dent in the edge. I can live with it, but am always surprised at how lousy packaging is on many items I get from Amazon.

I realy liike this pan. There was a learning curve withit though. the trick is to bring the heat up slowly. I burned most everything until IO learned this. I learned to guage the hoverung my hand over the pan to get the rigjt temperature. Then I learned to set the burner in a certain plae and let the pan ccome up to that temp and spray with oil.Now IO like these pans better than my cast idronpans.

I got this as an alternative to my cast iron for scrambled eggs. I raise poultry and I get more eggs than I can use so I scramble them up and feed them back to the birds. So I am regularly making large amounts of scrambled eggs. They kept pulling the seasoning off of my cast iron and I was having to constantly re season. I finally got so sick of it that I was looking for a stainless skillet the same size to do the eggs in. I don't use the non stick pans because of the chemicals it puts off and puts into the food. This pan is medium weight. It's not cheap light weight, but it is not heavy weight like some. It works fine for cooking the eggs and I'm sure it would do fine for most anything you'd want to cook. Eggs stick like the dickens no matter what pan you use and washing it after a batch of eggs involves soaking it for several hours and taking some time with a non scratch scrub sponge...but it comes clean like new if you're willing to take the time. I could use a tougher scrubby and shorten that time up, but I have the time, so why? I've accidentally forgotton it and burned on the eggs. Same cleaning process and it came clean and was undamaged. So I've got to call it a decent buy.

This replaces a Tefal equivalent where the non-stick coating was starting to go. This pan has a very solid base, and it works well on our gas range in that even at high, there were no hot spots allowing for even cooking, and the pan heats quickly too. We were worried about straight stainless as opposed to non-stick, and we were surprised that the food doesn't attach that easily to the surface. Cleaning with a plastic non-abrasive pad worked well, no soaking necessary, that may change after the pan gets more wear, but so far, very pleased. The handle does not get hot or warm, even on our biggest burner at max heat after 15 minutes searing we can hold the handle without getting burned. The sides are not the thickest metal but the pan does not flex and the build quality we found excellent compared to our other pans. This product looks identical to the Emerill line except for the branding Cuisinard. We're sold on this particular build quality, the next time we need a pan or a pot, we'll look for the same product line.

This 8 inch pan is a work horse. Eggs fried, scrambled, omelet; grilled sandwiches/panini (put a plate and a full tea kettle on the sandwich); brown sausage or ground meat, saute aromatics, etc. Everything I've cooked in it has been great. It's surprisingly light, so I was skeptical when it arrived, but nothing has burned or scorched. I have never had to turn it up beyond medium to sear (gas range) and most often cook on medium low as per directions. FAR different than traditional non-stick You do need to add fat unless you're cooking something fatty like sausage or bacon and starting it on low. On my first try with fried eggs a dime-sized piece of white stuck, but that's because I flipped it too early - the white next to the yolk ended up being runny, yuk. That's one of the things I love about cooking on stainless - when it's ready, it releases. Whether it's an egg or browning cubes of meat, it only sticks if you try to move it too soon. So yes, stainless pans may require you to be mindful of the cooking process, to be engaged in the nuances of color and aroma, but then again - isn't that what cooking is all about? Clean up is very forgiving. Soak a bit in warm soapy water and most food wipes away. Have to confess I've left it soaking in the sink for a few days once or twice with no problem. After searing something like steak, if soaking doesn't lift off the brown bits I use baking soda as a soft scrub, comes out shiny like new. If you like to cook and need a small pan that will treat you as fairly as you treat it, get this pan!

Food sticks and it’s hard to remove stains. Would not recommend

This is exactly what I wanted! cooks great, I haven't had any issues with heating consistency or anything. It's my favourite pan to use and I plan to get more.

Es un excelente sartén a un muy buen precio! Es acero inoxidable por lo que hay que aprender a usarlo. Los comentarios que dicen que se pegan es porque seguramente no lo están precalentando bien y no añaden suficiente aceite. He hecho huevos estrellados, revueltos y omelette es cuestiones de segundos y no se pega nada; bien usado se limpia prácticamente solo. Con el calor y el uso agarra un efecto pavonado que es normal y esperado, pero puede quitarse con un pulidor especial. Si estan pensando en comprar una sartén de inox, chequen un tutorial primero para que se eviten el gasto y el disgusto de no saber usar las cosas.

This pan is even better than I expected. It heats evenly and at medium temperature cooks well. The first thing I cooked in it was an omelet. It slid out of the pan perfectly. Cleaning was a cinch as there was very little stuck to it. It's a great size to mage a 2-egg omelet. I would highly recommend this pan.

Well made and cooks evenly. Also easy to clean.

Excelente producto