Rival S11P-015 11-Inch Square Skillet with Glass Lid, Black

Pretty decent for price
Two things I don't like about this electric skillet: it feels a little wobbly on its legs and when it's cooking, it practically shuts off in order to moderate the temperature. But it does cook pretty well when you figure out your temperatures, and it does a wonderful job of browning and still keeping the food moist. Clean up is a breeze. It's a good electric skillet if you aren't looking to feed a little army.

Cooking surface doesn't heat evenly
The problem is that the heating element is a circular strip, so heating occurs strongly there and not so much in the middle or out at the edges although the aluminum of the vessel does conduct the heat to some degree. If you are cooking something that has a lot of liquid or something that needs to be tossed, scrambled or stir-fried, it will work OK because either the liquid will transfer the heat or you'll keep moving the material around until it hits the hottest area. But for anything that requires - say searing or simmering - you'll have to keep adjusting where the food is in the skillet. Another thing you should know is that it achieves the selected lower temperature by cycling the heating element on and off, so instead of a steady heat you get heat then nothing, heat then nothing. Again, for some purposes this is fine, and obviously not for others.

I used this quite a lot to process cull pears from my little orchard, into pear jam and for that it was fine as long as I...

Fantastic for apartment or RV
This was the first electric skillet I have ever bought. After spending a summer with my sister and her husband, and watching them use their electric skillet almost everyday to cook so many wonderful things, I decided I needed one. Since I travel all the time and live in an RV, I decided I only needed one of the square skillets instead of the bigger rectangular skillets.

After researching online, and reading a lot of different product reviews, I decided the skillet needed to have the following features:

- glass top
- steam vent
- rubber pads on the feet
- fully adjustable heat control (not just low, medium, and high)
- be cheap (I did not want to spend a fortune)

Once I identified what I wanted, I was able to narrow down my selection to the Rival 11 inch square skillet. Since receiving my skillet, I have used it just about everyday. From cooking pancakes, eggs, and omelets in the morning to grilled cheese sandwiches for lunch,...

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