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I love my 6.5" Lodge cast iron skillet - I can cook an egg for Ursula in it, toast nuts and bread crumbs, and clarify butter in it. Also great for warming up a single serving of left-overs. Tarte Tatin for two? Definitely not a waste, but I definitely prefer the design of my Lodge over this one.

i have one...the handle gets really hot and the egg face has started to melt.

We have one of these. It's perfect for frying an egg for an english muffin or bagel sandwich and you don't have to worry about the whites running across a big pan. We've also heated up small bits of leftovers in it, but for the most part, we use a larger frying pan for pancakes and such.

Still, it's a cute pan, but pretty single-use.

Its sole purpose is to look cute on our pot and pan rack...and it does a very good job of doing just that.

I own a similar tiny skillet and thought it would be good for a single egg. But I can't control the heat on it and have burned the whites several times, then gave up. And yes, the handle does get really hot.

To quote Alton Brown, If it's not a multi-tasker, it has no place in my kitchen. This is way too small for any other duty.

I gotta agree with Sara Kate. I found a 6" vintage pan on the roof of my building--all it needed was a good cleaning and reseasoning. The even heating and heat retention with a tiny cast iron pan is what makes the difference for me. It's perfect for certain jobs, definitely not a single use pan. Between that and my 10" Griswold and an old copper bottom Revere Ware sauce pan for tomato based/acidic things, I'm covered.

Yeah, I often cook an egg or a grilled cheese, but I've never felt the need for anything smaller than my 8-inch (which I love). Seems like a lot of heat would get wasted out the sides of the burner, too (does it cover a burner?).

I was just giggling at these (and the even-sillier tiny tiny spatula with the egg on the handle) at BB&B last weekend. I get not wanting to haul out a 14" skillet for one egg, but why not just stick to the super-useful 8" nonstick? THAT is a useful pan.

Yet another example of remaking an old classic.

Pans like these are common in professional French kitchens. The handles get hot on professional pans because they don't have anything to insulate them, that's why they came up with a cute little eggface solution like this.

Most French kitchens have flat top burners (a cooking surface made of flat iron with no cooking grates or exposed flames) so you can have all different kinds of pots and pans, large and small, cooking away, whilst not having to worry about them slipping off of burners or having flames lick the sides of the pots and pans.

Oh yeah, "Hot", literally and figuratively.

we have one too. it gets untouchable hot. it's so not worth it. Jumbo eggs don't really fit in it either. My mom uses it to fry up a tiny amount of stuff.. but i think she just uses it because i think it's useless. The stupid plastic spatula is useless too.

also. the pan is too small for the burner, so you have to balance it or else the crap your cooking falls all over the burner. Stupid egg handle does NOTHING.
I hate this damn pan.

... It doesnt even hold a ham or bologna slice either.

maybe if i had an egg every day, it would be worth it, but the stuff i use a pan for generally need more room.

cute, though.

ipsy cute and a space waster.

One more stupid thing to put in a drawer

I'm a firm believer in small cookware / bakeware. Our kitchen is compact, so in my opinion - the smaller the better!

I have the whole Eggie collection. Yes its soo small and kind of silly, but let me tell you its awesome! Its just me and my guy so this (and the Eggie omlete pan) are perfect for us and there are holes so I just hang mine on the wall. Very space saving and seriously you would get a kick out of the little face too

I know it's a space waster but it is really handy for cooking an egg or two in the morning before work...

I live alone and often cook a small, quick meal for one. This is handy, and means I don't have to wash a big pan every-night. I'd still want a big skillet for making full meals, but I could see using this daily for one-person meals. An omelette pan also does the trick, too.

It's too silly small to be useful. Now you need a larger pan for other stuff. Now if you just get the larger pan to start off with...

well, art has just explained to me something that has been bugging the crap outta me about a bad ebay purchase i made a few months ago. thinking they were much larger, i ended up with two tiny 6" copper skillets and two copper pots that are about the size of 1 cup measuring spoons. with a gas range (which is what i thought all cooks who are serious enough to spring for copper cookware would have), the pans are impossible to use. they are smaller than the flame except at the lowest, lowest height and get ridiculously hot. in every other capacity, though, they are solid and well made. i have no idea what to do with them and was sure i could never sell them for what i paid for them if i disclosed upfront how small they were. apparently all i need to do is offer them to someone further up the comment list who loves their tiny pans!

This pan is rad. R-A-D. It's the perfect fried egg pan - The egg stays so compact and perfect, and the yolk never breaks on the flip. LOVE.

I just saw these in the store yesterday and was immediately drawn to it until I held it for a couple minutes and started thinking, "What the heck would I use this for??" Cute and all that, but I would rarely use it and have a perfectly nice small pan if I need it.

I love it. I use one of these almost everyday. When it's only one person living in the house it's perfect.

My mother had a set of cast iron skillets in sizes ranging from 5" to 12". We probably used the 5" more than the other sizes. It's very handy for making food for just one person.