Really heavy duty, perfect for smash burgers, grill cheese, bacon, or any other item requiring a press. We use it inside the house as well as outside on the grill. Comes seasoned, but I seasoned it again using the instruction method available from Lodge. Works perfectly, no stick surface as well.

Lodge stands up to its name in quality

Love all my lodge items! I wish this was a little bigger but I don't even think they make it bigger.

Wish I had bought this earlier. It is great.

Worked great! 4 stars because it arrived with a small surface hole with some slight rust. Nothing some oil and elbow grease can take care of.

Great alternative to the $100 Le Crueset

Love this product. I have several Lodge products. They are great.

Use this for smash burgers on the griddle grill built in on our travel trailer.

Yes Cast Iron for Steaks, Pork Chops to Chickens nice equipment to have in kitchen

I can use it to keep a corned beef or smoked Turkey leg under water, or use it on the grill. I don't cook bacon any more, I buy it cooked, but it would be great for that too.

I bought 4 of these grill presses to use for baking on my wood stove when the power is out. It works very well as a top heat source on my 3-quart Combo cooker set, or my 5-quart Double Dutch Ovens, which have flat spaces on the lids. To use, I heat up the grill presses on the wood stove while preparing my bread, or casserole, etc. Then, I place the lid on the ovens, and put one of the grill presses on top, and it will also have the heat from the bottom of the Dutch oven from the wood stove. These have enough thermal mass to put the nice browning on the top of bread, or casseroles that is misssing without having top heat. I had one on top of the Dutch oven, and one warming on the back of the stove to switch out when the top grill press seems to be cooling down. We were able to have the comforts of an electric stove while our power was out for an extended time. I had previously used the other grill press, with the bailing wire handle, but had to replace them after a few years, because the nuts attaching the handle to the press were rusting and loose. With this design, I expect they will last much longer, but they do require a hot pad to handle. I have not used them as a grill press, so I can't rate them on that, but for my use, they are fantastic.

This is well made cast iron. However it has a lip on it so you can not really smash a burger to be think. If you want to shape a burger this would be for you. But to smash, pass.

Lodge cast iron products are high quality.

Works good. Cover with aluminum foil amp; stays clean.

Was a gift. Recipient was happy. Thx!

the right size and shape for burgers and similar meats. easy to use convenient handle.

Loved how it held down the goetta to a nice crisp.

As always quality peace from lodge to make smash burgers or smash chicken or smash pork or smash fish or smash vegetables

I got this to do Smash Burgers. It's perfect. One word of caution though IT'S HEAVY!

This cast iron panini press is a fantastic addition to my kitchen. It heats up evenly and creates those perfect grill marks on my sandwiches. I love that it's versatile too  I've used it for more than just paninis! It's a bit heavy, but the quality feels solid and it should last for years.