Rival S16 16-Inch Electric Skillet

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Product Features

• 16 by 12-inch electric nonstick skillet
• Skid-resistant feet; removable temperature control; handy lid rest
• Fully immersible with temperature probe removed
• Measures 19 by 13-1/2 by 7 inches
• Heat-resistant lid with steam vent and view window

Product Details

Product Manual [224kb PDF]

• Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 13.3 x 6.8 inches ; 10.2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 10 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B00005OTYQ
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #100,751 in Kitchen & Dining (See Bestsellers in Kitchen & Dining)

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Product Description

Amazon.com Review
Adding this extra-large electric skillet to a set of kitchen tools will free up space on the range top. Use it to cook in a dorm room, cabin, or RV. Saute, poach, or braise in the S16; it's also great for an after-school grilled cheese, Sunday pancakes, or pan-fried trout. Turned down low, it can even work as a chafing dish on a buffet table.

Both the interior and exterior of the pan are coated with a Dupont Teflon nonstick surface for easy cleaning. The pan is fully immersible after removing the temperature control probe. For safety's sake, the lid is heat resistant, and rubber feet help prevent sliding. A viewing window in the lid shows what's cooking without having to remove the lid, and a steam vent helps things cook evenly. In a clever feature, the lid handle interlocks with one of the pan handles to allow the lid to rest upright when it's time to get in there and stir.

The cooking surface of the skillet is 16 by 12 inches; the actual dimensions of the appliance, including handles and legs, are 19 by 13-1/2 by 7 inches. Rival provides a limited warranty against defects in material and workmanship under normal use conditions. They will repair or replace any item covered under the warranty.--Garland Withers

Product Description
Rival 16" Electric Skillet

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

60 of 61 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Every Sunday, right after church. . ., August 19, 2002

By	Joseph Ekaitis "author of Collinsfort Village" (Southern California) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Sunday is pancake day at our house, so right after my wife Cathy and I finish our music ministerial duties, it's time to head home, change into something more casual and fire up the Rival electric skillet. Whether it's pancakes for two or flapjacks for a crowd, it's all the "griddle" I need to get the job done.

The Rival S16 Electric Skillet is a true modern classic. It sits high off the counter on a pair of integrated handle/feet, protecting the surface below from heat marring. A detachable probe-type thermostat can be dialed from a keep-warm setting of about 200 degrees F to a scorching 425 degrees (everyone already knows 375 degrees is the ideal setting for pancakes). When the indicator lamp winks off, it's time to get cooking.

The skillet is coated inside and out with the latest formulation of DuPont Teflon, still the sine qua non of nonstick cooking. After an initial seasoning, it performed like a family-heirloom cast-iron griddle, releasing even banana pancakes without any additional greasing. The 12"x16" surface handles 4 pancakes made from a 1/4 cup of batter each, a nice easy-to-manage quantity.

Though it's fully immersible, I have yet to wash it. The only cleaning needed after a batch of pancakes is a thorough wipe with a paper towel once the skillet has been allowed to cool.

26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow! What a great product!, May 13, 2003

By	Robin Wolfson "Reliza" (Cameron Park, CA USA) - See all my reviews

After years of fumbling with a large 16" diameter skillet which, of course, never fits correctly on any burner, I finally broke down and bought the Rival S16. After getting it home and doing the very easy seasoning (wipe with a thin coat of vegetable oil, heat to 300 degrees, then let cool completely), I tried it out with Barbara Gibbons' recipe for Greek Chili (The International Slim Gourmet Cookbook): a pound of ground sirloin, a large onion, chopped, an eggplant, two six ounce cans of tomato paste, and two ten-and-a-half ounce cans of beef broth. In other words, a fair amount of food. The S16 performed beautifully. It heats up quickly and the heat is nicely distributed across the surface.

One of its best features is a lid with an interesting handle on one side. On reading the instructions (amazing what you find when you read those things), I discovered that the handle is part of the "lid rest" feature in which the side handle on the lid fits very neatly inside the side handle of the skillet. This feature holds the lid at an almost 90 degree angle, so you don't have to keep looking around for counter space on which to set the lid. Very, very, very clever.

After you've browned the beef and simmered the tomato sauce both covered and uncovered for about twenty-five minutes, you can expect to have a fair mess to clean up. The S16 cleans up like a dream. Because it's reasonably lightweight (but not ridiculously so), it's a snap to hold it up in or over the sink, soap it a bit, and then spray it clean. (A big improvement over the old 16" round skillet.) Its very nice rectangular shape also makes it less cumbersome to work with.

If the S16 has a flaw at at, at least in terms of tomato sauces, it's the inevitable staining of the plastic lid. So now the plastic lid has a few pink areas on the inside, but that's pretty much a given when you combine tomatoes and plastic.

The minor problem with the staining, however, is more than made up for by the large plastic window in the lid that allows you to see without lifting the lid whether your dish is simmering nicely or boiling down to an inedible crust.

After decades of being addicted to cookware and kitchen gadgets, I can safely say the S16 is one of the best products I've ever used. It is clearly the result of some very thoughtful and clever design and deserves some kind of award for the lid rest feature alone. Congrats, Rival. Now, if we could just get Oxo to put their utility knife and measuring tapes back into production . . .

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great skillet except for teflon coating, November 23, 2003

By	E. Reed (Anchorage, AK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

We have now owned two of these in the past 5 years and the non-stick lining in both has bubbled and peeled off. At first, we thought one of the kids had been using metal forks or something with the first one and scratched it all up. But when we got the second and the same thing happened we realized it was the coating itself. It has bubbled and peeled away all over and we've had to quit using it. It cooked wonderfully, but unless the lining is improved, I'll never buy another (and these larger skillets are hard to find).