I'll confirm it right away: I'm not good at estimating, like that if someone says to me 28 cm, I don't immediately have an idea how huge that is. And I don't think it's so big that you can easily fry 5 meatballs in a pan of that size, while the kids wonder if you have enough meat. The disadvantage of being so large is the space it takes up in the drawer.
It is very light for a pan of this size, which is different from what I expected. If I had read up, I would have known that an aluminum plan is lighter than its cast-iron ancestors, but it still surprised me. It is nice when loading and unloading the dishwasher and sliding it over the hob. The silver button at the top looks modern, but in practice is a risk: with a screw you quickly run the risk of it falling off.
The most important thing about a pan, however, is its use. Those five meatballs: they browned nicely evenly. And the stew from the next day also baked nicely, without sticking. A more exciting test was the rice dish. Normally, somewhere between baking the meat with bumbu and adding the rice, I am sometimes distracted by children/telephone or pet, so that it always becomes hard scrubbing on the bottom. Not this time – and it wasn't because of the environment. The bottom turns out not only to distribute all the heat well, but also to ensure that the goodies remain in the food and do not stick to the pan.
And luckily, this pan can also be put in the dishwasher. Do I have to find space in the pan drawer again?