What is a casting ?
A casting is a metal product made by pouring liquid metal into a sand mold.The melting point for the metal is around 1500°C, and the shaping of the mold requires advanced technique and experience. KAWAGUCHI i-mono is a brand for cast pans.


Aren�ft cast products heavy ?
There is no need to worry. KAWAGUCHI i-mono is only 2 mm thick. This thinness is realized by the arts of Kawaguchi.



Won�ft they crack or break apart if they�fre so thin ?
KAWAGUCHI i-mono adopts the ductile iron casting ethod characterized by the solidness and toughness. It had only bent 30mm with no cracks through a test of loading the burden 16KN.

What about the heat source ?
correspondent with internal heating devices of 100V and 200V. (Not correspondent with microwave ovens)The all casting �gKAWAGUCHI i-mono �h can be put into the oven with the lid on it.(Up to 280°C)







Is it true that it has a high heat-retaining property in spite of its thinness ?
The heat-retaining property doesn�ft depend on the thickness. The material itself for the casting maintains the high heat-retaining property. In addition, the thinness enables the heat to rise fast when cooking.


Can I cook rice ?
Rice cooked by KAWAGUCHI i-mono, cooked in quick and even heat transfer...You can enjoy fluffy delicious rice.
It is an important point to retain heat after turning off the fire.
Try rice and bread cooked with high heatretaining �gKAWAGUCHI i-mono�h.

How should I take care of it ?
KAWAGUCHI i-mono products are solid and tough, but if...

There is rust
Remove the rust with a soft sponge, etc. Wash the pan with warm water and dry it thoroughly. Apply some cooking oil on the rusted surface and allow the oil to be absorbed into the pan.

The pan is scorched
Wash off the scorched parts well. Do not use steel scourers, knives or metallic spatulas.
Cast pans hate humidity. Please store it in a dry place.