Thirteen and a half inches is enough to sear four steaks without crowding them, which is the whole point of a pan this size — crowded meat steams instead of browning.
Add the matching cast iron lid and the same pan braises short ribs or a cut-up chicken in a single flat layer. Two very different jobs, one piece of iron.
Field pours its castings thin and machine-polishes them smooth, and both pieces arrive pre-seasoned. Field Company casts in the USA.









