/ck/ - Food & Cooking

Get a non stick pan and cook with it for a while. Then if you still care enough get cast iron.

Pros of cast iron:
>You can say you use cast iron and humble brag about how 'easy' it is to use and how friggin superior you are to people who don't use it. You can also say the stupid 'PEOPLE IN THE MIDDLE AGES USED IT SO ITS EASY , IT SO EASY SEE' argument
>get better 'crust' on soi boy meme foods like steak

Cons:
>food might stick if you don't season it 'properly'
>you need to figure out what 'properly seasoned' means, you will get bullshit vague answers everywhere: from keeping it in the oven for 6 hours to just put oil on it and cook, even following exact instructions might not do it, you will get vague stupid answers like 'just do it again, works on my machine!' type of shit.
>even when properly seasoned food might stick (you don't say it does, just claim it's PERFECTLY NON STICK BETTER THAN TEFLON and say that anyone who disagrees just doesn't do it properly)
>you have to baby it all the time, can't use soap because it will fuck up, need to use a chainmail to clean it or some other retarded shit, basically a ritual every time you cook (yet cast iron fans will claim otherwise, it's part of the 'meme' to say it's easy to take care of)

It's called a 'meme pan' for a reason. The meme is (and people wont tell you this) is that the main attraction of the pan is the humble brag aspect, the 'achievement' you get for seasoning it 'properly' and the rights to say 'its so easy even peasants did it!'

For actual cooking get non stick and stainless steel. A carbon steel wok for asian shit. That's it.