Matfer Bourgeat Black Steel Frying Pan, 11" dia. Review

Average Reviews:

(More customer reviews)I recently bought this pan and have used it and I'm very happy with it.First, this pan is HEAVY and solidly built.The quality is excellent--for example, the rim is nicely finished and the spot welds securing the handle will last forever.The steel is very thick, at least twice the thickness of an American made Vollrath steel fry pan that I own.

I fried a couple of steaks and this pan really retains the heat.You don't have to crank up the heat to cook a steak in this pan.

I highly recommend this pan.The merchant packaged it carefully and it arrived very quickly.

Click Here to see more reviews about: Matfer Bourgeat Black Steel Frying Pan, 11 dia.

Product Description:
The traditional French black steel fry pan is amazingly strong and durable, an excellent heat conductor suitable with all types of heat sources. The flat 10" iron handle is solidly fixed with spot welds, and arced, French style, for convenience and grip. Steel pans achieve and maintain both very low and very high temperatures and are thermal shock resistant, making them highly effective and versatile in the kitchen. A steel pan lasts forever. They are lighter than a cast-iron pan and won't break, scratch or peel. Carbon steel pans will change color under heat and over time - this is normal. Steel pans are suitable with all heat sources, including induction. Steel Pans are NOT dishwasher safe. Care for your Matfer fry pan by washing in hot water without soap, and wipe immediately with a paper towel. Oil lightly, if you wish, and store in a dry place. Steel pans should be re-seasoned after intensive cleaning. Seasoning the pan is simple, following the manufacturers Instructions. Dimensions: 11" x 2"

Want to read more honest consumer review about Matfer Bourgeat Black Steel Frying Pan, 11 dia. now ?

Paderno Heavy Duty Carbon Steel Frying Pans Review

Average Reviews:

(More customer reviews)My husband is an Alton Brown (Food Network) fan. Alton said that carbon steel pans were great so I decided to get one for my husband.I bought a Paderno Heavy Duty Carbon Steel Frying Pan, World Cuisine brand from Amazon and a Matfer brand Black Steel Omelet Pan from another retailer. The Matfer Black Steel Pan was more expensive.More expensive is usually better.It wasn't better. I conditioned both pans in an identical process according to the three step conditioning recommendations that I found online--(oil, heat in oven, wipe out with paper towels and lots of salt to get the stickiness out; oil, heat on the stovetop, wipe with paper towels and no salt; oil, heat on stovetop, fry potato peelings).I even repeated the potato cooking process a second time, switching burners because there was an enormous difference in quality and I didn't want to dislike an expensive new pan when the fault might have been my stovetop.By the time I was done with the potatoes, I could tell a huge difference. The potatoes in the Paderno/World Cuisine pan were crispy on both sides, they didn't stick to the pan at all and they were of the quality of what you could expect at a restaurant.In the Matfer Black Steel Omelet pan that I bought from a different website, the potatoes got a little crispy and then proceeded to get mushy.No matter how long I cooked them, which burner I cooked them on or how high the heat was, they just became mushier and lost their texture, whereas the potatoes in the Paderno/World Cuisine Carbon Steel pan got crispier with more cooking but didn't burn.The potatoes stuck to the Matfer Black Steel Pan in spots and I had to scrape it to get the potatoes off of the pan.The Paderno/World Cuisine Pan didn't stick at all, like a teflon pan.Another thing I noticed was that the Matfer Black Steel pan seemed to concentrate its heat in a 4" radius in the center, whereas the Paderno/World Cuisine carbon steel pan spread the heat out evenly.I look forward to using the Paderno pan and will probably not use the Matfer black steel pan very often.

Click Here to see more reviews about: Paderno Heavy Duty Carbon Steel Frying Pans

Product Description:
Heavy Duty Carbon Steel Frying Pan

Want to read more honest consumer review about Paderno Heavy Duty Carbon Steel Frying Pans now ?