/ck/ - Food & Cooking

one spout is sufficient, two if you want to be ambidextrous
but usually anything i'll be pouring is made in the steel pan because i'll be using acid

>ugly as shit

No thanks, i prefer le creuset

>>12415188
>cast iron
why does this meme still exist outside of camping cookware? is it part of cargo cult or mass-consumptive masculinity like bacon, IPAs, and hot sauce?

>>12415188
I hope that guy is still browsing /ck/

>>12415232
Wouldn't it be the worst choice for camping? It's the heaviest pan possible.

>>12415232
yes, and its exactly the 'more products, more masculine' marketing that they eat up.
the pan literally says portland on it, you already know everything about who makes this pan and who would buy this pan. bet that they have multiple wooden bowties.
the new meme seems to be the cast iron is the only way to cook a steak, as you apparently bake the steak for a few minutes then fry it for a second in a cast iron skillet and thats supposedly the hot new meme.

>>12415260
>as you apparently bake the steak for a few minutes then fry it for a second in a cast iron skillet and thats supposedly the hot new meme.
the """reverse sear"""

Is there any dish that is as over-complicated as the simple steak?

>>12415260
Reverse searing isn‘t particularly new or tied to cast iron pans. It‘s just a general idea of cooking steak through first and flash searing later. Cast irons are a meme though.

>>12415240
no, cast iron works excellently over an open flame. it's the typical choice

>>12415475
That’s pretty uncomplicated and most traditional cooks just do the same thing but in reverse

>>12415475
you sear steaks anyway

my girlfriend put a steak in the oven a few weeks ago and then i reverse seared it after baking...can confirm it's superior to searing first. the thing was bursting with juices

>>12415524
>t.

>>12415520
how is it worth the extra weight though?

>>12415240
>>12415520
>>12415535
it depends on what type of camping/trekking you're doing. if ultralight is a concern you don't use it but if you are going on a very long trip where weight isn't a major concern you do, the durability is worth it.. think a trip where the rations weigh more than the cast iron

>>12415535
because you can't easily control the heat of a steel pan or etc over an open flame. you need something with mass

eat some freshly caught striper cooked in a cast iron skillet and you'll never doubt again

>>12415544
I don't think you camp much, if at all.

>>12415232
For me it was what I was raised with and am used to cooking with. Most families in my part of the South have a skillet that was passed down through the family. I like using it for stuff that goes from the stove to the oven for finishing like shepards pie and cobbler. I can also get it up to high temperatures to make tortillas on the stove with no problems. It's retarded to pay that much for one though, you can get a shitty rusted one from a thrift store and restore it easily. People are autistic about taking care of them too, you can wash them by hand with soap just fine and any mistakes you make can be fixed by reseasoning.

>>12415188
>Organic Flax Seed Oil

I prefer inorganic flax seed oil

>>12415240
camping doesn't mean hiking, granolasoy faggot

>>12415663
>For me it was what I was raised with and am used to cooking with.
Usually, you only hear "I was into it before it was cool" when people are talking about bands.
So this is neat.

>>12415188
>who would ever pour opposite the handle?
That's what you're wondering about?!
How about pouring where the handle IS?

>>12415754
Cast iron is a southern standard, I inherited my pan from my grandmother and it has survived 80 years of abuse and can take many more. I don't see how that makes me a hipster, everyone around here has a big iron skillet and a lot of couples are given one when they get married. It's funny to see retards freak out about a bit of soap and spend hundreds for no reason on something so basic.

Why do you faggots keep making fun of my pan? It’s a good pan. Yeah it’s a bit expensive but it looks way better than other cast iron pans and has been properly seasoned already by the manufacturer. Get over it

>>12415839
>being triggered by insecure cooklets projecting on an anonymous shitposting board

please stop

>>12415475
Are you simple?

>>12415530
No u

>>12415535
It's good over fire.

how are people STILL FALLING FOR THIS

nigga makes this thread once a fucking week

>>12415845
If you are really that anon, I want you to know that we aren't really making fun of your pan. It's your money, and you can do whatever you want with them. I don't doubt that it's a good pan, cowboy Kent Rollins has one. It's just, posting those disastrous eggs after bragging about your expensive new pan is about as funny as it gets.

>>12415880
>with them
with it.
Excuse my niggerlicious grammar.

>>12415260
It is the best way to cook a steak.

>>12415839
Don't even bother, these are beta /pol/edditor tourists. They don't even cook, they just find things they don't like or understand and call it soy.

>>12415924
>some people inherited their cast irons so you can‘t make fun of retarded yuppies that buy „luxury“ $200+ versions of a product whose sole point is being cheap and cheerful

>>12415232
What's wrong with bacon? Or are you just talking about those people who shove it into everything?

>>12415880
>we aren't really making fun of your pan
Speak for yourself, it's an overcomplicated, overmarketed, overpriced chunk of iron.

>>12415232
cast iron pizza is pretty good.
with the types of foods that are available today, all cooking is pretty much a hobby and therefore can be shit on this way

>>12415733
>car camping master race
absolutely based

>>12415240
not for american glamping, they bought a f-350 super duty to tow jet skis twice a year and to haul $10k worth of shit from REI and a cast iron pan to a camping resort. all on the credit card of course.

>>12415521
>most traditional cooks just do the same thing but in reverse

thats why it is called a "reverse-reverse" steak nowadays. Or also "counter-reverse" steak.

>>12416167
Wh*te ''''''people'''''' were a mistake

>>12415188
For me, it's birmingham stove and range

>>12416291
>reverse-reverse
Is this the same thing as turning 360° and walking away?

>>12415845
It's worked so well for you.

>>12415260
I bet you think hipsters are a real thing too

>>12415663
This guy knows what's up. People who are anti CI are annoying, people who treat it like a magnificent and mysterious piece of advanced wankery are retarded.

>>12416541
>People who are anti CI are not poor
FTFY

>>12415188
For historical purposes..

>>12415544
>What is carbon steel?

>>12416635
>stat padding on a chineseum product research focus group message board
Ishy

>>12415845
Just learn to cook a sunny side up properly, and then you can redeem yourself.

>>12415201
Fpbp.

Spouts are appreciated, but I can imagine only a few ocassions in which i would need it on cast iron. Much less the need for 6 spouts on a pan. Cast iron is not an ideal sauce pan to begin with but you can make some. I dont need spouts around the whole rim st every 45° though.

>>12415845
have you actually cooked anything decent in it already? or have you only been impressing your hipster friends with it up till now?

>>12415845
>>12417604
Cast-ironfag redemption arc when? Panfag, if you are still here, make a steal or something and post it here.

>>12417633
*steak

>>12415845
the bkg has been poorly dropped out
>organic flax seed
a fool and his money

>>12416354
Pour moi, c'est de Buyer.

>>12420750
whats wrong with these they seem fairly decent

>>12420791
In a way they are similar: terrible conductivity, but also unbelievably cheap (unless you don't live in Europe in which case you're a retard if you own one)

>>12420795
non yuro here—they remind me of work pans, and i know those are shitty and cheap but also decent.

>>12420791
They just can't handle long-ish contact with acidic ingredients or liquids well, just like cast iron.
>>12420803
Probably because they *are* work pans, except quite good.

>>12415845
Show the other side. How much have you fucked it up already?

>>12415232
Ignoring the meme pan in OP, cast iron is generally cheap and furablry, and can handle a TON of heat. The coating can be easily restored, so you don't need to worry about treating it like a special little girl (like Teflon). It holds heat well, and can compensate for shitty stoves.
All that makes for a good pan for poor batchelors. More expensive steel or copper-clad pans can do a better job, and 'just werks', but for $15 and some annoying cleaning procedures you can have a versatile good-enough pan that can withstand some serious abuse and neglect.

>>12421093
*Teflon just works, not clad pans. Those take some practice but produce superior results.

>>12415188
This is "meme" written all over it.

>>12415260
>>12415475
On the other hand, reverse sear is not a meme. I don't know of any other method to have the entirely thickness of a steak at your desired level of done-ness.

>>12421120
Sous vide, but it requires special equipment.

>>12415845
only thing wrong with it is the huge portland on it

>>12421093
This. It's a work horse.

>>12421120
ive never had issues with indirect heat on a grill.

>>12415845
rate mine

>>12421135
You're right, I forgot.

>>12421148
Well yeah, that's kinda my argument. Reverse sear is just the normal way of making a steak with the steps reversed.

If you're using indirect heat on a grill, followed by direct head, you're basically doing the same thing.

>>12421170
>If you're using indirect heat on a grill, followed by direct head, you're basically doing the same thing.
i get that but the coals/wood is where the flavor is son. oven just dont compete. and its easier, cleanup easier, its all around good. if you cant grill then dont eat steak, those are my opinions.

>>12421093
>and can handle a TON of heat
Would still be careful. It is possible to burn off the seasoning when you accidentally go past 600F.

>>12421160
Got a nice patina going on there

>>12421160
That's not cast iron.
Not that it should matter though. Iron is iron. I've got some molded plate iron pans too. They're nice. Very smooth.

>>12421176
I'd agree with you except the idea that "its easier".

I'm not at the point with steaks where I can confidently judge doneness by pinching with my tongs, so anything that allows me to use my oven thermometer is gonna be easier by default.

Besides, charcoal isn't the only way to impart flavor. If I had the choice between a charcoal cooked steak, or a marinaded stead with a sauce, the latter will usually be better.

>>12421176
>i get that but the coals/wood is where the flavor is son
The smoky and or slightly charred flavor, yeah. I enjoy a grilled steak now and then since it's a different and interesting flavor but I end up doing them in a pan more often than not.

>>12421160
doesnt seem like its a cast iron skillet, but its gay as fuck for looking like overpriced hipster garbage.

>>12421215
yes and occasionally i enjoy a seared steak as well. have a fine day anon.

>>12421218
Can you photoshop the australian shitposter as well? thank you in advance.

>>12421226
which food related and on topic image are you referring to exactly anon? does he appreciate the subtle qualities of a $230 cast iron skillet with patented octagonal multi-pour technology handcrafted by iron forging artisans in Portland, Oregon that's wound from 300 series stainless steel rod stock and hand polished to high luster?

>>12421240
>does he appreciate the subtle qualities of a $230 cast iron skillet with patented octagonal multi-pour technology handcrafted by iron forging artisans in Portland, Oregon that's wound from 300 series stainless steel rod stock and hand polished to high luster?
You have no idea.

fuck cast iron tbqh
they're good for searing meat and oven-baking
but stainless steel BTFOs them entirely
fuck waiting 10 years for it to heat evenly

>>12421605
Go back.

>>12415845
So is a $30 lodge pan

>>12421896
yeah but can you MULTI POUR from a lodge pan? heh didnt think so. i gotta be able to pour from any position with my cast iron skillets. its invaluable.

>cooklets trying to shame people out of using superior cookware

the absolute state of this board.

>>12422177
theres nothing superior about getting fleeced for $200 on a meme pan when a $25 pan would do the same job.
if you werent a cooklet yourself you'd know that already

>>12415733
>can’t survive in the woods without climate control, soft beds, a complete kitchen, wi-fi and private toilets
>calls other people ‘faggot’

>>12415989
God bless whoever made this edit.

>>12422124
Stop photoshopping the soyface on everything. It's unhealthy.

>>12415232
For searing a thick pan that can absorb and transfer alot of heat is best, a cast iron skillet basically gives you an industrial standard cast iron griddle in a portable domestic format.

>>12422263
>implying any of that
captain soy

>>12420750
These pans are great, as are thick bottomed vogues

>>12415816
>He doesn't pour boiling hot oils onto his hands.
Casual, probably a baker too.

I actually fell victim to this meme pan and bought one for my wife, because she was asking for a cast iron pan and I googled for the best thing possible. I myself don't cook. I just read about smooth bottom pans, that stargazer, finex, and some French brand were the best choices. I just saw made in the US and it wasn't that badly priced, I wanted to spoil her, and I also thought it looked really cool.
I made a thread about it yesterday tool.
I just know I bought the best crockpot I could find for her (le creuscet), and I'm happy with what I get fed.

>>12422773
post the pan

>>12421180
True, and that would tend to spoil what you're cooking. Even so, you can fix it afterwards.

>>12416311
no. Jews were the mistake

>>12415188

>Portland

>>12415188
Its a lodge i got from the local surplus store
Its held up well but i use it for a few things.
A steak here and there, eggs n hash, cornbread. Real basic stuff.

Rate my cast iron?
If its terrible what should i get instead?

>>12425191
lodge is gold standard cheap cast iron but your surface seasoning looks kinda rough, doesn't help it's a shit pic. just make sure to put a good bit of oil in the pan and you should be fine, I see no rust, the pan will last longer than >(You) will.

R8 my cast iron, had it for 2 years

>>12425206
much better than >>12425191

>>12425206
>>12425231
lol griddle pans are true meme tier

>>12425256
the true meme pan is the two sided flat and griddle cast iron pans.
yes, they exist.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001OI1SNK
imagine the person that uses this shit

>>12425256
>>12425278
Its great with thick proteins and veggie, that way i can just it in the oven after searing the top side

>>12425278
>>12425287

>>12415845
You are free to do whatever you want, fuck what these fags say. Cook a steak on it and post it, will you?
>>12417265
I somewhat agree with this anon, though.

>>12425373
>>12425389
>>12425399
hi guy with the meme pan

>>12425417
I have only a Lodge from Walmart that I have had since 2016, but good try though.

>>12425417
>first post obviously making fun of it
You really need to learn to detect sarcasm.

>>12415188
It certainly looks like it would be fun to kill somebody with.

>>12415188
Are you retarded? It's an octagon, of course that side will be pointed whether or not anyone uses it. It would've made no sense to leave it rounded. Also excess oil needs to be poured out dumbass.

>>12415232
I have only used mine one time and that was for deep pan pizza and that was great desu.

I don't understand anymore. Is this some weird ass shilling campaign or one autistic anon hating on that particular brand.

>>12427869
It's an autistic anon trying to force this meme by spamming it in every thread. Brought to you by the same people that spam soyboys and wojacks everywhere. Woe unto those who like things they don't.

>>12415232
Cast iron is honestly such a bitch. I tried using it a few times, it was so heavy to use and you had to clean it in a special way. I just gave it to my cousin

I clean my skillets when they are hot with just a small amount of water to boil off the gunk (not so much that would cracking the iron obviously) and pour that out, as well as draining excess oil now and then. Mine cost $15 (£12) 7 years ago from Amazon, the shipping to EU cost around the same as the pan itself so I got two, a griddle and flat one to see which one I would end up using the most. Turns out I use them both, often simultaneously in the oven. r8 mine, they are 7 years old now and I seasoned them all over initially in the yard with sunflower oil and a big ass propane blowtorch/weed burner. Over the years its built up, I don’t see any benefit for an overpriced artisan skillet other than the prestige of handing such a unique looking pan down to someone in the family.

>>12415232
What the fuck did jack to that poor pan?

How do I season my pan without setting off my fucking fire alarm?

>>12429343
do it outside like >>12428819

>>12415663
this. mom gave me a couple of her skillets when I got married, one of them she had gotten from her mom when she was married. they aren't mysterious or complicated, they're simply what my family has always used. I bought a few wagner's from academy back when wagner was still in business, and still use them all. my wife's family always used teflon, she didn't understand why I used cast iron until we got a house with a gas stove, now she uses my cast iron like she was born to it.

>>12425278
>https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001OI1SNK
i've used these, they're actually pretty good, but I had no idea people paid this much for them that's retarded.

>>12429343
take down your fire alarm

surely nothing can go wrong if you're responsible

does a pan exist that won't warp on my electric stove?

>>12429343
maybe I'm doing something wrong. But I rub flax oil all over and throw it in the oven @ 400F for 30 min. Doesn't smoke up the house but comes out fine. Isn't the point to get it hotter than the smoking point of the oil, hence flax oil is recommended for it's low smoke point?

>>12415260
Reverse sear is not new, it's used by restaurants for large cuts practically all the time

>>12415240
they let you bake bread over a fire

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ksyivTxZzw

so if camping somewhere for a longer time, they're very useful, even if you have to carry it in, it means you can easily feed yourself for a long time with just flour and yeast.

just generally useful for cooking on a fire. Although if you're doing car camping and want to do something impressive, building up a multi-zone ember bed and having a grill grate and grilling things is more impressive and fun than making a stew or whatever which doesn't really offer any advantage in taste to just doing it at home on the stove or over a gas burner.

>>12430684
every pan?

how thin of a pan are you using that it actually warped on the stovetop

>>12415924
Dilate

>>12415729
Rapeseed oil, the type you find in paint supply shops, I ain't no pussy!
>>12415754
I have no idea what got me to order a cast iron pan, it was roughly 15yrs ago though. I vaguely remember teflon flaking off my pans and throwing them out, then wondering if there was something better out there that won't make me sterile and a tard.
>>12422327
Yea, all that heat retention, you can even stir fry like the chinks and not need 150,000btu jet engines for burners on your stove.
>>12422773
Now it's time to buy her a pressure cooker, either a Kuhn Rikon or a Fissler brand, actually buy 2 pressure cookers, an 8l stockpot and 6l regular type pot, then you need to buy one of them high end Japanese rice cookers. This will reinforce women should be cooking on an almost daily basis for their man, and if she gives any back talk, put on an angry look and whisper through your teeth that you paid over $1,000+ for cooking equipment and you can't believe the nerve of her complaining and talking back.

>>12431007
>t. insecure beta
You faggots stand out like a sore thumb, with your soy and tranny obsession. Return to reddit. At least stay on /pol/, apparently you don't understand what a "containment board" is.

>>12431101
You know what stands out? You getting all hot and bothered like a woman on the rag, bet you're sitting there all estrogen bloated too. /pol/ was right again.

>>12431124
Back to the soy, how predictable.

>>12431061
>high end Japanese rice cookers
Those are a meme though.

>>12430886
not saying its new, its just fucking memed out by soylent cooklets who think thats the only approved way to make a steak.

>>12431743
>too lazy to do a very basic cooking technique
>other people are "soy" because of it

really tired, get your own personality or go back to /pol/

>>12430684
DOnt heat up the empty pan on full power

>>12431743
So what? It's a legitimate technique, why get triggered by it's popularity and carpetbomb the board? Mindless contrarianism is as much tied to fashion and faggotry as mindless consumerism, only you follow fashion in order to reject it.

The faggotry is about the same though.

>>12415845

Did you learn how to fry an egg yet?

>>12415845
look at my eggs i made in my 230

>>12415530
exactly the face i imagine whilst reading "bursting with juices"

I hope ya'll realize that once the cool factor of cast iron wears out, the hipsters will be coming for your carbon steel next.

>>12431743
>>12431828
Why are you so fucking obsessed with this pan?

>>12433599
Inb4 Pansexual