Frying Pan

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I will eat your ribs, I will eat them up! Click to listen — The Soldier on the culinary arts

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The Frying Pan is a melee weapon for the Soldier and Demoman classes. It appears as a slightly worn cast-iron skillet with a thin film of grease caked onto the bottom. It makes the same contact sound that it does in Left 4 Dead 2.

The Frying Pan simply replaces the Shovel or Bottle without altering gameplay mechanics, similarly to what the Lugermorph is to the Pistol. Critical hit animations are identical to the default weapons, as are the taunts.

This weapon was earned by players who purchased Left 4 Dead 2 before October 7, 2010 as part of the Sacrifice DLC. Players also received Ellis' Cap as a part of this promotion. Players who already have Left 4 Dead 2 were scheduled to receive both items in the upcoming days after the end of the October 4th promotion. As of the October 12th patch, Ellis' Cap and The Frying Pan are considered tradable. But, as the items are currently considered "Purchased", the items cannot actually be traded.

Damage

See also: Damage

• Base: 65 (59 to 72 damage)
• Mini-Crit: 88
• Critical Hit: 195

Damages are approximate and determined by community testing.

Function times

• Attack Interval: 0.8

All times are in seconds. Times are approximate and determined by community testing.

Previous Changes

It was possible to craft this weapon using the "Fabricate Class Weapons" blueprint before the ability to do so was disabled, making the Frying Pan the first promotional item that could be obtained without qualifying to receive it.

Trivia

L4D2 Frying pan

• This is the first promotional crossover weapon from a different Valve game, Left 4 Dead 2, to make it into Team Fortress 2.
• This is the second weapon that can be equipped only by The Soldier and The Demoman, the first weapon being the Pain Train.
• A similar Frying Pan was designed for the unofficial Fancy vs. Nasty Update as a skin for the Equalizer.
• The Demoman's taunt with the Frying Pan is the same as that of the Bottle, so he drinks the Frying Pan as he does the Pain Train.
• As a Soldier, selecting the Frying Pan, like the Pain Train, still creates the sound heard when the Shovel flips open.
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  Soldier frying maggots
• This is one of eight items available that can be obtained exclusively through other games, the others being the Big Kill, the Lugermorph, Bill's Hat, the Alien Swarm Parasite, the Lumbricus Lid, Max's Severed Head, and Ellis' Cap.
• Players who already owned a copy of Left 4 Dead 2 before the promotion did not receive this item until several days after the announcement.
• On The Sacrifice update page, the Soldier can be seen cooking maggots in the Frying Pan while the Scout (wearing Ellis' Hat) watches. They're sitting in part of the map Viaduct.
• The sound used when the Frying Pan hits something is reused from Left 4 Dead 2.
• Despite the fact this can only be used by Soldier and Demoman, the blog post 'Free Hats!' states "(the hat and Frying Pan) know no class, color, weight or gender. They work for all peoples".
• This and the Ellis' Cap seem to have a variable drop rate, unlike all previous bonus/pre-order items as not all the players eligible for the items have them in their backpack yet.
• This item does not have it's own kill feed icon, instead it shows a skull with crossbones on it. The Vita-Saw also currently has this issue. It is expected that this issue will be rectified by community-designed icons submitted to Valve and distributed via a patch as was the case with previous Community weapons.
• As of the October 12, 2010 Patch the Frying Pan is now tradable.
• The Frying Pan holds the record for having the loudest flesh hitting sound of any melee weapon in the game.

Gallery

• Frying Pan Soldier 1st person cropped.png

  Soldier 1st person view.

• Frying Pan Soldier 1st person.png

  Soldier Full 1st person view.

• Frying Pan Demoman 1st person cropped.png

  Demoman 1st person view.

• Frying Pan Demoman 1st person.png

  Demoman Full 1st person view.

See also

• Shovel strategy
• Bottle strategy

External links

The Sacrifice: TF2 Items

Free Hats! TF2 Blog Post