Iconic design. Incredible cooking. The first real innovation in cast iron cookware for nearly a century.
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FIREUP Saucepan
We present the FIREUP Saucepan, the first real innovation in cast-iron cookware for nearly a century.
Tom is an engineer, product designer and serial entrepreneur who spends most of his time working on jet engines and rockets. He is an Engineering Science Professor at Oxford University. Raghav is a young entrepreneur, from a family with three generations of cookware manufacturing experience. When Tom and Raghav met, they discovered a shared passion for innovation and cooking. This is the story of how the FIREUP Saucepan came to be.
The FIREUP Saucepan is a great example of science meeting design. Months of laboratory testing was used to confirm the science behind the patented fin design, but the aim of our innovation is simple: to deliver an incredible cooking experience.
Iconic design
Our signature fin technology was developed based on heat exchange theory used in rocket design. It allows more even heat distribution on all stovetops and in ovens, and greater efficiency on gas hobs by guiding the flame around the pan and into the fins. The carefully designed fins also retain heat and create an oven-like even cooking experience. They also make the pan look unique and beautiful on your table.
We made the FIREUP Saucepan just the right size. Some cooks prefer greater depth for frying and baking, while others want their Saucepans shallow for easy braising and searing. The size and shape of our 2.2 litre Saucepan is similar to some of the most versatile designs on the market, allowing you to do almost everything with one piece of cookware.
We incorporated cast-in easy-grip handles so the pan would work with oven gloves, allowing you to serve directly to the table. The wide hanging hole enables you to hang and store your pan without taking up extra space in the kitchen.
The helper handle enables easy handling when moving between the oven and stove or serving directly to the table and helps distribute weight evenly. Designed to be held with or without oven gloves, this addition is convenient when the pan is full of sizzling hot food, making it easier to maneuver without the cook spilling, staining, or burning. After careful consideration, we decided to avoid messy pour spouts. Pour spouts don’t really solve the drip issue and they increase manufacturing costs. We give you everything you need, nothing you don’t—especially if it adds extra cost.
Incredible cooking
The most versatile pan you’ll ever own. You can bake, sauté, simmer, roast, fry and sear. The multi-functionality of cast iron allows you to create endless recipes, regardless of the cooking method.
The FIREUP Saucepan works on all stove tops from gas to induction. Being made from cast iron you can also roast and oven-bake in it (oven safe up to 260°C/500°F). The black chip resistant enamel interior allows for high-surface-temperature cooking, perfect for browning, grilling and blackening. High-quality cast iron also gives longer heat retention, keeping your food warm as you serve directly from the stove or oven to the table.
The dark enamel interior ages gracefully to develop a natural patina that will behave like a non-stick surface with great food release properties.
Saucepan: The Kitchen Hero
Our Saucepan is perfect for simmering and reducing sauces, reheating soup, blanching veggies, and much more, the product features high sides for easy stirring and prevents caramelising and scorching of sweet secret sauces, ensuring the reductions and glazes are perfect.
Beyond sauces, our cast iron saucepan is excellent for baked beans, polenta, baking delicious single-serve brownies, cakes and cornbread. Rounded tall walls and wide mouth, make stirring and whisking easier — the saucepan is the perfect size for boiling and reheating small volumes.
Lasts a lifetime
Premium multi-layer toughened and chip-resistant enamel is the most reliable coating in the industry, and is used by the best brands to create products that last for generations. Our heirloom-quality Saucepan is designed to last a lifetime.
Cleaning
The smooth matt black enamel on the inside of the pan is naturally stain-resistant and requires no seasoning. The enamelled surface makes this kitchen hero a zero-maintenance pan. Simply take the pan out of the box and start cooking right away. It is easy to clean by hand and is dishwasher safe. We recommend cleaning it with water and a soft brush or sponge. With proper care, your pan should last a lifetime.
Good for the planet
The FIREUP Saucepan is an excellent example of sustainable cookware. Not only does its fin design provide significant lifelong gas savings, but it also eliminates the need for buying a new pan every few years. Its recyclable iron material, lifetime durability, zero-plastic packaging, and superior cooking efficiency, all combine to make cooking in the FIREUP Saucepan good for the planet.
Design and manufacture
To take our design from the laboratory to your table, we interviewed home chefs and cast iron enthusiasts to understand what matters most when they cook. We used this information to refine the design to include easy-grip handles, a tight-fitting cast-iron lid, and a dark stain-resistant enamel surface on the interior. We also made the FIREUP Saucepan the perfect size and shape for versatile cooking.
We sketched endless handle designs and spoke with both home and professional chefs to design the most comfortable to hold handle. Once we narrowed down to the final design drafts, we 3D printed each handle and tested them one by one, to arrive at our final handle design—the intersection of ergonomic and manufacturing viability.
After months of optimisation of the design, we moved on to prototyping, and manufactured prototype products that could be tested by professional chefs. The reaction was fantastic, with chefs commenting on the even cooking and superior heat retention. The design is also unique, and looks amazing when serving directly to the table.
Made in France
The FIREUP Saucepan will be manufactured in France from recycled iron, in a casting foundry with the latest manufacturing technology. Each piece of cookware will be cast using recyclable moulds, then individually hand-finished to create unique pieces that reflect both the technology and artisan skills that are required to create them. The time-tested durability of cast iron means that whether you cook every day or just once in a while, your FIREUP Saucepan should last a lifetime.
Who we are
To bring this product to life, Raghav and Tom have been joined by cookware enthusiasts, professional and home chefs, and a team with the manufacturing and commercial experience necessary to bring a cast-iron cookware product to market.
But most importantly, there is you, the backer of this project, without whom it would be impossible to launch a product this innovative. The amazing skillet and Dutch oven reviews and pictures shared by our backers from America to Australia give us so much joy!
Shipping
Please note that the pledge amount does not include shipping or taxes. These costs will be only charged when we are ready to ship your package. This ensures we will be able to offer the best and more accurate rates. We will send you a survey where you will be able to provide your address and pay for your preferred shipping method right before we are ready to ship your order. Local custom duties and taxes, if any, will be payable to the local courier partner.
You can refer to the table above for approximate shipping costs. Keep in mind that these are just estimates based on current quotations and the actual costs might vary at the time of shipping. We will continue to look for the best rates for each country and will keep you updated as we start to get ready for fulfilment.
