Field Company No. 8 Cast Iron Skillet

Polished, lighter cast iron made in the USA from recycled iron and seasoned with organic grapeseed oil. Mamavation says an XRF screen found no lead. It has a published lifetime warranty and costs about $165.

Best for Cooks who find ordinary cast iron too heavy and want a smooth, US-made pan with a clear warranty.

Our rating: Good (4.4 of 5)
Price range: Premium
Size: No. 8: 10¼ in top diameter, 8¾ in cooking surface, about 4.3 lb (the spec table says 4.5 lb). Field sells No. 4 to No. 12 as separate pages
Made in: USA (stated by the maker)

approx. $165 for the No. 8

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How it scores Our rating, metric by metric Good, 4.4 of 5

Cooking surface 40% of the rating 5 of 5

Cast iron from recycled iron, polished and seasoned with three coats of organic grapeseed oil. Field’s own words are “Just iron and oil”, with no PFOA, PTFE or synthetic coating.
Independent testing 20% of the rating 4 of 5

Mamavation, which earns affiliate income, says Detectlead.com’s XRF screen of Field’s pan found no lead in any part of it (October 2026). No readings are published and we found no release test.
Durability 20% of the rating 5 of 5

A published lifetime warranty (cracks, breaks, warps or arrives damaged), a 45-day trial and help with seasoning problems for the life of the pan. Cast iron lasts generations.
Trust 10% of the rating 4 of 5

Names the material, the oil and “100% Made in the USA”. No Prop 65 notice or CPSC recall found. It does not name its foundry, and it runs a paid affiliate and creator program.
Value 10% of the rating 2 of 5

$165 for 10¼ in, about six times what Lodge charges for a skillet of similar size ($24.90). The extra money buys a polished surface and about 1.4 lb less weight.

The rating, 4.4 of 5, is the weighted average of these scores. See how we rank cookware and our standard.

Where to buy Stores and the prices we saw 1 store

Amazon (opens in a new tab) approx. $165. Sold by Field Company through its own Amazon storefront, and in stock on 2026-11-03. The listing is the No.8, 10.25 in. skillet at the maker’s price. Field’s retailer page otherwise lists only independent shops, such as kitchen, cutlery and outdoor stores.

Prices as we saw them on October 23, 2026. They change often. These links carry no tracking code and earn us nothing.

What it’s made of What touches your food, water, skin or air 3 materials

Cast iron, poured from recycled iron in green sand castings
Polished cooking surface
Seasoning: three coats of organic grapeseed oil

Who tested it What each test found, and who paid for it 1 test

Independent Mamavation (XRF screening by Eric Ritter of Detectlead.com; the site earns affiliate income) October 2026

In its October 2026 cast iron guide Mamavation lists Field Company among the brands whose pans were XRF-tested for lead, and says no lead was found in any part of the pan. The guide gives no readings, model or sample details. XRF screens what the metal contains, not what it releases. Open ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Who paid, and why it matters

Independent The tester took no money from the maker for it: a consumer group, a journalist, a university or a regulator.
Paid certification An outside lab or certifier tested or listed it, and the maker paid for that.
Maker’s own test A lab report or certificate of analysis the maker commissioned and published.

A certification is a floor, not a verdict: it checks what its program checks and nothing else. We weigh tests by someone with no stake in the result most.

What people ask Worries raised online and elsewhere, and what we found 4 questions

Can pans made from recycled iron carry lead or other metals?: Mamavation’s guide (opens in a new tab) warns that recycled scrap iron can bring traces of lead, arsenic or cadmium unless a maker tests. Field says it pours from recycled iron. Mamavation reports that its XRF check found no lead in Field’s pan, but no readings are published, and we found no test report from Field.
Is it really made in the USA?: Field says “100% Made in the USA” on its product page (opens in a new tab) and compares its green sand casting to Griswold and Wagner. It does not name its foundry on the pages we read, and we could not check it.
Is a $165 skillet safer than a $25 one?: We found no evidence that it is. Both are iron and seasoning oil. Field’s pan is polished and lighter (4.3 lb against 5.7 lb for Lodge’s 10.25 in). Lodge’s pan has no published independent test; Field’s has Mamavation’s unpublished screen.
Who is paid to recommend it?: Field runs a Creator & Affiliate Program (opens in a new tab) that gives creators a custom affiliate link and the chance to receive free or discounted Field products, and invites publishers to join through ShareASale. Mamavation’s guide says it contains affiliate links, with Amazon links beside Field’s name. We could not find what Field pays. Our page takes no payment from anyone.

Why we chose it What put it on our list 5 points

The material is simple and stated: “Just iron and oil”, with “no PFOAs, no PTFEs, no synthetic coatings”, according to Field.
Mamavation says an XRF lead screen of Field’s pan found nothing in any part of it, and the pre-seasoning is organic grapeseed oil.
Field says the skillet is “100% Made in the USA”, poured from recycled iron in green sand castings.
The warranty terms are written down: Field will replace cookware that arrives damaged or “cracks, breaks, or warps under normal cooking conditions”, for the life of the product. There is also a 45-day trial.
The No. 8 weighs about 4.3 lb. Lodge’s 10.25 in classic skillet is 5.7 lb.

Trade-offs What to weigh before you buy 5 points

It costs about six times a Lodge skillet of similar size. The extra money buys weight and finish, not a different material.
The warranty excludes surface problems. Field says sticking, uneven seasoning and light rust “aren’t defects”.
Hand wash only and never the dishwasher, per Field. The page gives no maximum oven temperature.
It adds iron to food, as all cast iron does. Our cast iron article covers who should take care.
The lead screen is a statement in a guide that carries affiliate links. Field publishes no test report of its own.

What to know Details worth knowing first

Cast iron needs no coating, which is why it is the first answer in our cookware guide to the non-stick problem. The usual complaint is weight. Field Company makes its No. 8 with thinner walls and a polished surface, so it weighs about 4.3 lb against 5.7 lb for a standard 10.25 in skillet.

What we like here is the plainness. Field says what the pan is made of, where it is made and what it is seasoned with, and it publishes its warranty, including what the warranty does not cover. The iron it adds to food is covered in our article on cast iron, seasoning and safety.

The testing is thinner than we would like. Mamavation says an XRF screen found no lead, but it publishes no readings and carries affiliate links. Field itself publishes no report. If you want the cheapest honest cast iron, buy the Lodge; Field’s price is for the finish and the weight.

What we checked Each claim, and how sure we are of it 6 checks

How Field Company No. 8 Cast Iron Skillet measures up against our cookware criteria
What we checked	What we found
No PTFE or PFAS coating Maker’s claim	Field states “No PFOAs, no PTFEs, no synthetic coatings. Just iron and oil.” We found no outside PFAS test.
Plain, named materials Maker’s claim	Recycled iron, green sand cast, pre-seasoned with three coats of organic grapeseed oil, made in the USA, as stated on the product page. The foundry is not named.
Lead screening Verified	Mamavation says Detectlead.com’s XRF test found no lead in any part of Field’s pan (October 2026). The guide publishes no readings.
Built to last Maker’s claim	Lifetime warranty for cracking, breaking, warping and damage in shipping; surface issues are excluded. 45-day trial.
Fits how you cook Maker’s claim	All stovetops including induction. Hand wash only. No oven temperature is stated. About 4.3 to 4.5 lb for the No. 8.
Notices and recalls Verified	No California Prop 65 notice naming Field Company and no CPSC recall for Field cookware when we searched on 23 Oct 2026.

What the labels mean

Verified We opened an independent record that confirms it: a certifier’s listing, a regulator’s list or a lab report. It is linked under Sources.
Maker’s claim The maker says so on its own page or label. We read it but found no independent record.
Not verified We looked and could not confirm it, or the maker does not say. Treat it as unknown.

Sources Where our facts come from 7 sources

Field Company No. 8 Cast Iron Skillet product page. Maker’s page. Open ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Field Company trial and lifetime warranty. Maker’s page. Open ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Field Company: Creator & Affiliate Program. Maker’s page. Offers creators a custom affiliate link and free or discounted products; also invites publishers to apply through ShareASale. Open ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Field Company: About. Maker’s page. Open ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Mamavation: Safest Cast Iron Cookware Investigation (5 October 2026). Test report. Says Eric Ritter of Detectlead.com XRF-tested the brands in its “best” group, Field and Smithey among them, and found no lead in any part of the pans. No readings are shown. The site earns affiliate income and says so. Open ↗ (opens in a new tab)
California Attorney General: Prop 65 60-day notice search. Certifier or regulator listing. Searched by alleged violator on 23 Oct 2026; no notice named Field Company. Open ↗ (opens in a new tab)
CPSC recalls API. Certifier or regulator listing. Searched on 23 Oct 2026; none of the results was a Field Company product. Open ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Alternatives Other options to compare 2 options

Lodge Classic Cast Iron Skillet The same material, heavier and rougher, for about $25. Seasoned with soybean oil.
Smithey No. 10 Cast Iron Skillet Also US-made and polished, about $180, with published XRF readings but a guarantee whose terms are not published.

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