Victoria 12-Inch Cast Iron Comal Pizza Pan with a Long Handle and a Loop Handle, Preseasoned with Flaxseed Oil, Made in Colombia

This is perfect for searing steaks! I specifically bought it to use outside on my apartment balcony with an induction burner, so it doesn't smoke out the house. We're not allowed to have barbecues or griddles, that have any flames. I have several Victoria cast iron pans, and they are really great quality, and the finish is a lot smoother than the popular brand. This is the perfect size of your cooking for one or two people. If you're cooking for more, get the bigger one.

Though this is advertised and billed on the box as a pizza pan, it is actually a comal that can be used as a pizza pan. Using it as a griddle, it's great for making quesadillas, frying or scrambling eggs, heating tortillas for burritos, making pancakes, grilled cheese, frying fish, etc. I got the 12" one with the helper handle. The second handle is very useful for picking it up and moving it as the pan is quite heavy (and that's a good thing). The heat distribution is as good as you can expect from cast iron on both a gas range and an induction burner -- cast iron does not conduct heat as well as aluminum, but once heated, it retains heat very well. The surface finish is finely pebbled and is 'seasoned' as delivered. The more you use the pan, the better the seasoning becomes. Food tends to stick slightly until you have cooked on it a while. It cleans up quite easily. Another reviewer noted the surface wasn't smooth -- I didn't find that to be a problem. The other brand (Lodge) also has the pebbled surface and I've been cooking on those for more than 25 years with little to complain about. Great that the edge of the pan has a gentle slope down to the flat for easier flipping of food. This pan is a bit heavier than my 15+ year old Lodge 12" round griddle. Subjectively this pan distributes heat slightly better than the Lodge pan.

I seasoned this griddle by baking it in the oven at 350F for an hour after applying a sheer film of peanut oil to the cooking surface, then letting it cool in the oven. At first, it was a little sticky, but repeating the seasoning a couple more times improved the surface a lot. Frying a fatty ribeye seemed to be the action that really made the surface non-stick. Just as a note, I ignored the seasoning directions that came with the pan, as there were several reviewers who complained that they didn't work. All that being said, it's a great griddle for tortillas and quesadillas, as well as grilled cheese and Cuban sammies. I use it for all kinds of grilling and frying, especially steaks and burgers. Works well for bacon and eggs over easy. Because of the low edge, I always use a 18-inch foil spatter fence around the pan, which keeps the stove and adjacent burners and pans fairly grease-free. I don't use too much soap or scrub it too hard as per the directions, and it continues to get better. Despite having minimal edging, the pan is quite heavy. Japanese cast iron skillets are much less thick and weigh less than half of this pan, yet have the same cooking and non-stick features, but cost significantly more. It's also heavier than a carbon steel skillet, but distributes heat more evenly, and, again, is much less expensive.

I grew up with having one of these at my parents house for tortillas and this one is just as great as the one I grew up with. Super easy to clean, fits perfectly on the burner. I haven’t seen any rust built up on it, heats pretty evenly. Overall a great purchase to make tortillas and warm up my tortillas on!

I’m not new to cast iron but when my 2 comals arrived, (I ordered 2 and they had individual [dry boxes] ) they both had sprinklings of rust spots on the back side. I never had that happen before upon arrival. The surface, was extremely rough which I found odd because I have a collection of Victoria products and the seasoning is alot smoother that my (Lodge). Not sure if I got ones that were extra sandblasted, if it’s a (factory second resold to Amazon, or even if it’s by design because it’s also marketed as a pizza pans and comal griddle and the coarse surface is great for pizza crust. However I planned to use mine stovetop. It will definitely smooth out over time. Also it’s said that the coarse surface helps the seasoning stick better. I suppose that serves as a pro and a con. (Will do the egg test and edit review) The great thing is, the dual handles save space because the long handle isn’t in the way on the stove with other pans. The thinner design of the comal, allowed to faster heating,. So that’s great. I will just have a little patience and put a little tlc to my new comals before my first use. I would definitely recommend Victoria products, maybe your item will arrive perfectly fine. If you’re like me and don’t want to bother returning your items and would rather just doctor on it, cast iron is very forgiving. Edited* Came back to edit my review after the egg test as promised. I fried an egg on this pan on low to medium heat and it did not stick! So I’m not frustrated with the pans coarse surface. For some reason, after giving it an notional wash, and scrub, I feel like the surface buffers out a little. I preheated the pan on low heat and added oil and the egg, and it was cooked great. Actually it was able to slide around the griddle. So I am a pleased customer. But I still give it 4 stars for the rust spots on the back that I had to watch and season away. They aren’t even noticeable now.

This became my favorite for tortillas and pancakes! Great addition to my cast iron collection. Very happy with my purchase

This guy works great on the stove top, in the oven or on the grill. It for pizzas tortillas pancakes grilling sandwiches, there's all kinds of uses for it. And what I like so much about it is being a single person It's the perfect size for me, and it fits easily in my camper's cabinets. Handles on each side make it super easy to take it in out of the oven

Wonderful Just the right size

This cast iron baking tray is one of the best purchases that I've made. I use it to make personal sized pizzas but it could be used to cook anything you want to cook on it. I have a 10" cast iron fry pan but it didn't fit into my little convection counter top oven because the handle was about an inch too long. This baking tray is so perfect. It is pre-seasoned and such amazing quality and fits perfectly into my convection oven. After I use it, and because I found that nothing sticks to it because it is seasoned, I wipe it with a paper towel and spray a small spot of oil onto it and spread it very thinly over the surface to prevent any rusting. It lives in the oven of my stove between uses to keep it handy. I would recommend this to anyone who would listen. Buy it, you will be so happy that you did. I'd give it 10 stars if I could.

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Best for making ghee roast dosa.

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WOW estoy super impresionada y muy feliz por este comal de tan alta calidad! Está un poco caro pero sí que vale la pena! Nunca me había emocionado tanto por un producto y este subió mis expectativas más de que lo esperaba. Lo recomiendo para todos los que les guste cocinar! No he recibido nada a cambio por este comentario.