I have NOT used this long enough (once now for pancakes) to give it a fuller review! That said, I ONLY bought it to make pancakes (my cast iron griddle proved NOT great for pancakes - stuck, hard to get off - a little pile of a mess of DASHED hopes!!!) I cook eggs so on in a smaller cast iron skillet. I don't eat them often so assume this will be fine for a whileA - I use Coconut oil (x a 4 star chef when I lived in NYC and I have a background in nutrition) Coconut oil can handle the highest temps (btw) and why Chinese cooks use it. (Note medium heat used for these pancakes) One can add butter for flavoring at the end.1 - Smell from product blew off after a few minutes (usually coating?) but just put the fan on.2 - Used moderate heat but turned up a tad and now realize that may NOT have been needed. (a tad to dark - they cooked FAST!!!)3 - Used a non stick plastic spatula!4 - Pancakes came out delish!Before cooking let the pan heat all areas on LOW.After that, I is even heat and pancakes brown evenly.Exactly what I was looking for.It is true about the handle, it's not comfortable at all.Non stick 100%. My set didn't come with this pan. Now it's complete.As advertisedWe the product is greatSo easy to clean and nothing sticks and a nice sizeI hate criticizing anything but dead center in the pan is a spot that didn’t have the gold finish on it. I don’t know whether it was chipped or somehow they missed the spot when coating. I imagine it will continue to deteriorate if used.Great productThe first time I used this, right away I noticed the pan was warped when I put my eggs on and they ran to the edges. I wanted to love it as it would be great for cooking Bacon. I love my bacon. I received it Nov. 18 2020, used it almost every day. About a week ago every thing started slicking in the central area where you see the black marks in the pic. I am very disappointed in the product. I have only had it a couple of weeks (today is Dec. 3/2020. and it is useless/unusable. Save your money.Si lo que buscas es un comal para tortillas de maiz, amigo alejate de esto!De todas mis compras en Amazon esta ha sido la peor decepcion. Buscabamos un comal que fuera PFOA free, pero al agregar un poco de aceite para hacer tacos dorados el comal quedo inservible. Quedo negro y aunque lo laves no se le quita.Los primeros dos usos fueron para calentar pan y no hubo problema.No recomendaria este producto.Pedi varios comales y no venian protegidos entre ellos por lo que se rayaron un poco.El tiempo de entrega fue excelente.Bought due to it being a well sized square pan, but after 6 months of occasional use only, we can't even cook an egg on it without it sticking horribly, and being very difficult to clean. Unfortunately it's outside of the returns policy of course. Wouldn't recommend.Worked and cleaned well for about a week then after I used Pam cooking spray on it to fry an egg, the surface became uncleanable. Everything stuck on it and was not even able to flip an egg as it stuck and broke apart. I may just try to return it but as we live very rural, it would take a long time to pack it upand drive to the Post Office. Not worth the effort.We bought this pan after hearing such good things and it started out well. The first bunch of times we used it it was just like all the commercials - easy to cook on and very easy to clean and then something happened. We didn't use any sprays or chemicals and hand wash only and now EVERYTHING sticks. I would not recommend this pan.