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frontpageEragorn | Staff posted Yesterday 5:14 AM

Bella 12" x 12" Make & Take Non-Stick Electric Skillet (Oatmilk)

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Best Buy has Bella Fits-anywhere Kitchenware 12" x 12" Make & Take Non-Stick Electric Skillet for $19.99. Shipping is free for My Best Buy members (free to join). Otherwise, select free store pickup where available.

Note: Availability for pickup may vary by location.

Thanks to Deal Hunter Eragorn for finding this deal.

Features:
  • Large 12" squared skillet is 3" deep.
  • Inverted lid locks in place for maximizing storage and saves up to 50% more space*.
  • Sturdy clamps hold the lid securely, making it easy to transport your meals for potlucks, tailgating and more.
  • Ranging from warm to 400°F, you can deep fry, simmer, or sauté.
  • And durable construction for confidence when cooking or transporting.
  • Made without PFAS, PFOA, PTFE, lead, and cadmium.
  • No more tangled mess–cord neatly tucks away.

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  • About this deal:
    • Our research indicates that this offer is $30 lower than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting from $49.99

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Written by Eragorn | Staff
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Best Buy has Bella Fits-anywhere Kitchenware 12" x 12" Make & Take Non-Stick Electric Skillet for $19.99. Shipping is free for My Best Buy members (free to join). Otherwise, select free store pickup where available.

Note: Availability for pickup may vary by location.

Thanks to Deal Hunter Eragorn for finding this deal.

Features:
  • Large 12" squared skillet is 3" deep.
  • Inverted lid locks in place for maximizing storage and saves up to 50% more space*.
  • Sturdy clamps hold the lid securely, making it easy to transport your meals for potlucks, tailgating and more.
  • Ranging from warm to 400°F, you can deep fry, simmer, or sauté.
  • And durable construction for confidence when cooking or transporting.
  • Made without PFAS, PFOA, PTFE, lead, and cadmium.
  • No more tangled mess–cord neatly tucks away.

Editor's Notes

Written by powerfuldoppler | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • Our research indicates that this offer is $30 lower than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting from $49.99

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Written by Eragorn | Staff

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madmod1234Yesterday 11:21 AM
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I bought this when having to redo a kitchen because of a leak from the neighbors. I ended up really liking it. Decent size and has locks on the lid so you can store it sideways. Plug also detaches so you can store it in the pan under the locked lid.
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KCFORREALYesterday 3:00 PM
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Our community has rated this post as helpful. If you agree, why not thank KCFORREAL

Bought it - thanks - I uploaded the manual for it to Claude AI and asked it to evaluate it - results are below as well as a link to the manual for those who might want to view it.

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Price verified — Best Buy lists it at $19.99, marked "New Limited Time Deal," $30 off a $49.99 comparable value. Verified as of 08/21/2026, 09:39 AM CDT.
Model on the page: 35256-023A SKU: 6637289

What it actually is

12" square, 3" deep, cast aluminum base, EverGood ceramic coating with no PFAS/PFOA/PTFE, temperature range from Warm to 400°F, 1200W, removable probe, inverted locking lid for vertical storage.

How you'd use it

• Counter overflow at holidays. 3" of depth handles stuffing, green beans, scalloped potatoes when the oven and every burner are committed. This is the strongest case for it.
• Summer cooking that doesn't heat the house. 1200W on the counter instead of a burner under the hood.
• Buffet/warming vessel. Cook, then hold on Warm and serve out of it in the great room.
• Transport. The clamps lock the lid down for carrying a full skillet to a potluck — the actual design premise.
• Braise/simmer volume work. Chili, goulash, smothered chops — the manual's braise procedure (sear at 400°F, cover, drop to 300°F to the simmer point) is exactly what the depth is for.

The manual is explicit that this appliance is not intended for deep frying and never more than 1 cup of oil — note that Bella's own marketing copy contradicts this by claiming you can deep fry. Believe the manual, not the bullet point.

Constraints worth knowing before you buy

• Base is hand-wash only; only the glass lid is dishwasher safe (top rack). The body is immersible once the probe is off, which is better than most.
• No cooking sprays at all — the manual says they build up and degrade the ceramic. Aerosol lecithin is the single fastest killer of ceramic coatings.
• 1200W wants its own circuit; the manual says so directly. Plug it into a counter outlet and don't run another heating appliance at the same time on what's likely the same circuit. If the breaker trips or the skillet is slow to reach 400°F, that's the tell. Nothing here requires electrical work.
• Ceramic nonstick has a shorter service life than PTFE. Expect 1–3 years of real nonstick performance, not a decade.

Negative-review stress test — and a sourcing problem

Best Buy's review page for this SKU is effectively unusable. Nearly every review carries the disclosure that the reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review. That's an incentivized pool, not a signal. Walmart's page is retailer-hosted but at least not blanket-incentivized, and the recurring complaints there are:

• Cracked metal on the base out of the box, on two consecutive units for one buyer, neither dropped
• Unfinished glass on the lid's steam vent hole with sharp edges — one Best Buy reviewer reported cutting a finger on it
• The probe disengaging from the socket during cooking and being hard to seat
Independent editorial coverage is thin. What exists flags inconsistent temperature control leading to uneven cooking, and mixed nonstick durability with some reports of the ceramic peeling after extended use. That matches an independently tested finding on Bella's earlier skillet: square pans over circular heating elements run cooler at the edges. No Wirecutter, Consumer Reports, or Rtings testing on this model. No credible Reddit body either.

Verdict: buy it at $19.99.

The failure modes are all inspectable in the first ten minutes — run your finger around the lid vent hole, flip it over and check the casting, seat the probe and tug it. If any of those are wrong, return it. The ones that aren't inspectable (edge temperature falloff, ceramic wear) are real but tolerable in a $20 supplemental appliance you'll use situationally rather than daily.

At $49.99 I'd tell you to skip it — that's Presto/Zojirushi territory with better durability records. At $19.99 the calculus flips entirely: if it gives you three holiday seasons of overflow cooking and a few potluck runs, it paid for itself. The two-year mechanical warranty from SENSIO (90 days on non-mechanical parts, which is where the coating lives) is a modest backstop, and Best Buy's return window is the real protection.

Skip the protection plan. A $20 item can't justify the premium.
Last edited by KCFORREAL August 21, 2026 at 08:02 AM.
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minxa1Yesterday 3:42 PM
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Been looking for one since I travel a lot and sometimes the places I stay have pretty awful kitchens/pot/pans. Was going to get the cheap one from khols, but it's been out of stock for weeks. This one seems bigger and nicer.
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EchoTwinsYesterday 6:21 PM
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In for one
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SociablePickle501Yesterday 9:31 PM
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Great deal
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ElatedRiver625Yesterday 10:32 PM
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Good deal, got it for P/U next Wednesday

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