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Recommendations for carbon steel skillet (beehaw.org)
submitted 1 year ago by jaw@beehaw.org to c/food@beehaw.org
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Hey folks, I'm in the market for a good carbon steel skillet. I recognize there's all kinds of options, but curious to hear people's experiences with some bang-for-your-buck picks especially.

Specifically I was looking at OXO's carbon steel pan. If anyone has any thoughts, would appreciate them!

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[–] shanghaibebop@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have a Matfer Bourgeat 12 inch. Keep in mind they are heavy. My SO doesn’t like it because of how heavy it is, but I love using it.

[–] jaw@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Searching around it seems America's Test Kitchen recommends this as well. If you had to compare to a cast iron skillet, I imagine still much lighter than that right?

[–] shanghaibebop@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It’s like 60% of the weight.

[–] jaw@beehaw.org 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Awesome, yeah heavy, but not too much like a cast iron then. Thanks for clarifying! Probably going to go head with one of these. Would you consider a smaller size or are you especially happy with the 12inch?

[–] shanghaibebop@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

12 works for me. I don’t like keeping too many pans, so I just have a 12 inch of most types of pans.