Whether you're downsizing and decluttering or are looking to save money with more home cooking, the iLean-Pan is designed to reduce cooking time by replacing several kitchen pans with a more versatile design. Literally elevating cooking to a higher level, it's engineered with an angled bottom that can be heated up to three temperatures in different areas to sauté multiple food ingredients.
One part of the pan has a thicker bottom that heats up gradually at a lower temperature to cook smaller food pieces, whereas the thinner far side heats up faster for thicker pieces that require a higher temperature – the medium-thickness center section is more for moderate temperatures.
The fats that accumulates on the thinnest section can be easily drained away.
Designed for use on gas, electric and flat-top stoves plus older stoves with uneven elements (though currently not suited for induction stoves), the pan is billed as a time-, space- and budget-saver as well a modern convenience by the creator, Ilene Marcus, the head of a boutique management consulting practice.
Frustrated by the tilted stove element that resulted in her traditional fry pan sitting oddly, Marcus intuited a workaround to cook separate ingredients of varying sizes in the pan (since it was more costly to fix the stove), hence the idea for the iLean-Pan was born.
The iLean-Pan is currently on Kickstarter for $US109 and comes with video support for recipes, ideas and inspiration. Assuming it reaches production, delivery is expected sometime mid to late 2026.
Sources: Kickstarter, iLean-Pan
