This is the Lodge Blacklock 12-inch grill pan — a 12-inch square cast iron pan with raised ridges across the cooking surface that mark food with proper grill lines. The Blacklock line is cast thinner than standard Lodge, which cuts the weight by roughly a third and makes the pan noticeably easier to lift when loaded with steaks or vegetables. Triple-seasoned at the foundry so the nonstick release is further along on day one than a pre-seasoned pan.
It’s the piece that gets grill-pan cooking into smaller hands and smaller kitchens — steak, chicken breasts, zucchini, peppers, and smashburgers all get the grill-line crust indoors without needing to go outside. Oven-safe to any temperature and works on any stovetop including induction.
Lodge has been making cast iron cookware in South Pittsburg, Tennessee since 1896 — the longest continuously operating cast iron foundry in the United States. Every traditional black cast iron piece in the Lodge lineup is cast, seasoned, and packed at that Tennessee foundry.
