/ck/ - Food & Cooking

where do I start?

I have a cast iron skillet and nonstick. should I just skip to stainless steel all-clad stuff?

Finally fell for the meme and bought a blue carbon steel pan since I needed a new medium sized pan and didn't want to buy some nonstick teflon bullshit. Couldn't buy cast iron because I have a glass stovetop.

Holy FUCK has it improved my home cooking immeasurably. All memes about microplastics and shit aside it is simply a superior cooking tool than any nonstick pan I've ever owned. Seasoning was a non-issue and autists on this board make it sound much more complicated than it really is, same with maintenance. Every time I cook meat I get a perfect sear and it retains all the fats & juices in a way that's not possible with a nonstick pan.

What have YOU cooked in your stainless steel/cast iron/carbon steel pan recently anon?
Last night I cooked some of the best burgers I've ever made in mine.

>move in with new roommates
>they think they're "too good" for nonstick pans
>keep buying all these expensive cast irons and carbon steels
>they never take care of the pans and clean or season them properly so food sticks like fucking crazy to them
>have to blast everything at high heat to hope nothing sticks to them, still doesnt work half the time
>trying to do something as simple as cooking eggs in the morning turns into a huge fucking mess
These things are a fucking meme, there is no such thing as low and slow on them, they're a huge pain in the ass to take care of. idk what would possess you to use this shit for anything besides searing a steak or something. Fuck this shit.