I use a 12 inch pan constantly when cooking for my large family, so much so I finally had to trash my go to pan from heat warping. Replacing it with the Green Pan Valencia 12” frying pan was the best thing I could have done! I love this pan- the bottom is so heavy duty and really quick to heat. The nonstick coating is really impressive and I am so excited that you can use metal utensils on it. I can already tell it is going to get so much use in my kitchen!