The Sonora Large Pan is incredible. It is a beautiful object and has brought so much joy to my cooking already. The photo is of my pan after about 3 weeks of use, and the seasoning is developing exactly as described on the Santa Barbara Forge website. After just a few days of seasoning according to the instructions, the pan became nonstick, with fried eggs sliding off easily. The pan gets better every time I cook, and the ritual of caring for the pan after use feels rewarding, like a little project to look forward to with each meal. The weight of the pan is nicely balanced: it feels good in the hand, and is easy and satisfying to handle. I've been cooking in cast iron for years, and handmade carbon steel is a game changer. Cast iron still has its place in my kitchen, but for most meals that I cook, the food prepared in the Sonora Large Pan tastes noticeably better. I am super happy with this purchase, would highly recommend for anybody who wants to bring another level of delight and flavor to their cooking.

This is a great little pan, and I'm thinking about a bigger one. Am still seasoning it like a new pan so it's not completely black yet.

Received this beautiful pan last week and have enjoyed using it almost daily.

I love my small carbon steel pan. Perfect for frying veggies and then making omelets. Follow the directions for gradual seasoning over time and a non-stick, non-toxic pan is your future friend!

Eggs slide right off, my dedicated egg pan.

It’s a work of art, almost don’t even want to use it or get it dirty. Handle stays cool and pan heats up fast, great patina as well

Love the pan. More than I would be expected. Zero stick handles heat very well. Will definitely buy more to complete my set. I will never use my Hexclad again.

My new favorite egg/omelet pan. The eggs and omelets skate like they are on black ice. I own 5 other high quality carbon steel pans, but this pan just feels better in the hand to me. Great job guys!

Absolutely love the pan. I did the extra seasoning process and have so far cooked hash browns and eggs. The hash browns are the best I've had and my daughter's love them. It also cooked the eggs perfectly and I was able to flip it with out using anything. I can't believe how non stick this pan is. This pan is truly a work of art only problem now is I'm going to have to get a larger one.

Love the pan, great size for the wife and I. Took seasoning well eggs glide in the pan. Handle is extremely comfortable love cooking with it. Wish I could afford the whole set but that will have to wait.

I have been looking for a new egg pan that didn’t have the harmful chemicals. I came across Santa Barbara forge and thought I’d give it a try. All of my pans are either Le Creuset, All Clad or cast iron. I absolutely love this pan! It is the perfect size for my morning omelette. It is light and easy to handle and stunningly beautiful. I can’t wait to order another from their collection.

What a gorgeous pan, It's really a piece of art. I am thoroughly enjoying getting to know how to cook with it. The pan will become a life-long friend. Thank you to the talented artisans who made it.

I’ve had the small pan for just a few days now and I’ve cooked with it a couple times plus the seasoning it in the oven 2-3 times. Is this what my pan should look like at this point?

This pan alone could have made me love cooking. The customer service and customization was outstanding. Pairs well with the 60 year old hot pad made by my Great-Grandma. I now have two heirlooms.

It’s very beautiful piece of art, very strong and high quality, first tried, no sticky on the skillet. Iam very pleased with the purchase, will buy more pans in the future.

Wow ! What a pan ! Exudes quality and craftsmanship. The weight and feel just tells you how well this has been forged !
Love cooking 🍳 with it. Easy to clean and keep in perfect condition ! Highly recommended !

This Sonora Small Pan is a beautiful skillet that now pretty much lives on my stovetop. I'm enjoying cooking with the pan...tonight I did a wonderful sear on a nice piece of salmon.

Love everything about this pan after a few weeks. Christened it with a potato roesti cake! Now the only problem is deciding which one to get next.

Received my Sonora XL Pan from Santa Barbara Forge! Spent a couple days adding to the ‘seasoning’ that they had already started. I wanted to be sure this baby was ready to rock! I’ve been working to perfect my Dungeness Crabcake recipe and process, and this pan was the key to having the right cooking surface as well as plenty of room to cook six of these bad boys at a time. The result was freaking incredible! They sizzled, flipped well, cooked to a golden brown, and the pan just wiped-down easily after the cooking was done. It is so artful, superbly crafted, and simply badass…I find myself constantly thinking of new things to cook, using this incredible Santa Barbara Forge pan. Well done, folks! Well done.

Use it. I have roasted a whole young chicken, a Beef Round Roast and a whole duck. Eggs, bacon, pork belly round out the uses, so far. Tomorrow a Cornish Hen. All four pans are near there next ‘look’. I used SBF pan seasoning to the letter if the law and all appears good to go!

Less than a month of use and the pan no longer sits flush on a surface (see video) making cooking on an electric stovetop quite problematic. I haven’t seen this in other pans and needless to say, quite disappointed

Hi, I took a chance on a carbon steel pan, from a company I saw online, Santa Barbara Forge. They said it was naturally non stick, which was what I needed. It’s made in the USA, in Santa Barbara which I liked. I received my pan very quickly, it looked great. After a week, it’s turned a beautiful color, and is great as a morning breakfast pan. Very happy , highly recommended, Jay, Yonkers, NY

After receiving our pan, we seasoned it as directed in the oven. The pan seems to cook everything perfectly nice and even heat distribution. I thought it was gonna take a little bit longer to season but nothing seems to be sticking not even eggs. Would definitely recommend these pans to anyone looking to purchase one.