Skillets were cooking implements, sometimes crafted from iron.
While Gorse was the site of a conflict, the Besalisk chef Drakka took a sizable iron skillet with him to investigate noises he detected in the alleyway located behind his diner in Gorse City. Ultimately, he didn't need the utensil, because he only discovered the demolitions expert Skelly struggling to pry open a sewer lid.
The first mention of a skillet occurred in the Star Wars Legends article "Dining at Dex's," a Hyperspace exclusive, penned by Gregory Walker and published in 2009. The utensil's initial appearance in canon came in the novel A New Dawn, authored by John Jackson Miller and released in 2014.