Frying Pan

"Well somebody's gonna make them some zombie grits!"

- Ellis

The Frying Pan is a new close combat weapon introduced in Left 4 Dead 2.

It was one of the first weapons revealed for use in the sequel; in the very first L4D2 promo, Nick can be seen hitting a Common Infected with it.

The frying pan has unlimited uses, and you can carry it for as long as you want. As a cudgelling weapon, your screen will not cloud with blood following repeated use with it. It has a relatively slow swing and a wide arc of effect in comparison to other melee weapons; unlike, for instance, the Axe, you can hit more than one infected in one swing with it. However, Infected which are hit but aren't immediately in front of you may only be knocked back rather than killed by the blow. It appears to be one of the most common melee weapons, appearing immediately at the start of The Parish and reappearing repeatedly throughout the campaign.

As with all close combat weapons, it can cause friendly fire damage to the Survivors.

Trivia

 * The frying pan, along with the axe, can usually be found in The Parish as seen in the Left 4 Dead 2 beta footage.
 * Appearing to be a heavy cast iron skillet, both Common and Special infected have a tendency to "fly back" when killed.