/ck/ - Food & Cooking

The best pan you can buy.

I think I fucked up the seasoning on my pan and I haven't used it in like half a year. I really don't want to go through the trouble of stripping it and reseasoning it, but I miss it so much.

>>10536063
>Intentionally using a pan that is unresponsive to changes to temperature
Lmao, hope you fags like seared meat for every meal of the day
Meanwhile I'll be cooking something decent in a pan that wasn't invented in the 1700's

>>10536203
I only use the pan for searing meat. It's good at what it does but it's obviously not a unitasker.

>>10536063
RRRRRRREEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!

>>10537635
spotted the non stick fag

>>10536082
>stripping it and reseasoning it
memes. no one knows what that means, or what it entails, or the proper steps to go through to do it.

you should wash every pan before using it again unless you want to get sick. end of story.

>>10537653
I don't know about all this, but cast-iron is clearly a meme.

The fact that you've got guys also memeing against non-stick pans is telling.

Use a carbon steel pan. Best of both worlds (cast-iron + stainless steel).

>>10538437
Whats a good brand?

>>10536063
Excellent choice, OP.

>>10538437
>>Carbon steel
>>best of both worlds?

How do you figure that? Carbon steel is exactly the same as cast iron, only it's usually thinner, which is a disadvantage. It seasons the same as cast iron. Its thermal properties are the same too.

>>10538449
De Buyer.

>buy cast iron pan for $250
>break all my bones trying to lift it
>grind my fingers down to pulp sanding away the rust
>season with gallons upon gallons of expensive oil
>wait for 8 hours for the pan to heat up
>burn the shit out of my hand when I touch the handle
>eggs stick to pan anyway
>shatter teeth on huge chunks of iron distributed throughout my meal
>"wash" pan without soap
>pan still dirty and it gets rusty immediately
fuck the cast iron meme

>forget oven is on
>burn pan
>scrape off pasta charcoal
>scour
>scrub
>rinse repeat

>some carbon black spots staining the metal but whatever

>cook pasta again
>pasta is infused with a strange metallic taste

?? why, I scrubbed it 5 times

help me, I'm not wasting $15 on a new pan

>>10538493
1) you didn't clean the pan properly. Scouring doesn't do shit. Use either oven cleaner (i.e. lye), or stick it in the oven on the self-clean cycle.

2) Why are you cooking pasta in an iron pan? Wrong tool for the job.

>>10538486
>$250 for a cast iron pan

Convince me these aren't just a clever way to steal money from well-to-do white folks.

>>10536203
>nigga doesn't have a cast iron AND aluminium pan
literally gtfo the kitchen. you do not belong there.

>>10538493
You didn't forget to oil the pan after washing it. You definitely didn't forget to do that one supremely important thing. Right?

>>10538585
you just know there's a guy out there who had a threesome with them.

non stick is a meme

prove me wrong

>>10538593
Oiling after washing is only "crucial" if your pan is improperly seasoned in the first place.

A good layer of seasoning will not be removed by washing, and who the hell wants a rancid layer of oil on their pan?

Oiling your pan after every use isn't "important". It's a bandaid for inept cooks who can't get the seasoning right the first time.

Best bacon and eggs come from a cast iron, especially over a campfire high in the mountain forests

NICE AND HOT

>>10538452
>faggot games

>>10538486
>>buy cast iron pan for $250

how did you find one for so cheap?

>>10536203
you're not supposed to use cast iron for errythang.
Of course SS is the all-around go-to pan. But a cast iron pan is an almost necessity in the kitchen if you dont hate yourself.

>>10538469
this. the best thing about SS is its lack of maintenance and easy clean up.

>>10538569
get a sense of humor, anon.

>>10538771
>posting aaron "i really like women" rodgers
just buy a pan, anon. make sure you don't clean it so the flavor can develop

>>10536203
What materyell is that,kid.

I litterally never have to use oil when frying eggs in cast iron, the eggs just slide out when they are ready same with pancakes.