Reviews of Cheap Download World Cuisine Carbon Steel Frying Pan, Dia. 9-1/2"

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I've been using this pan for the past 2 years and I couldn't be more pleased with the cooking experience. It seems to be best suited for cooking meat (in fact, this is usually what a typical French chef would use!) I've also found it to work well with potatoes. You'll need to wash it by hand though, but that has always been the case with non-coated steel pans. I really do think it's worth the tradeoff.

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I followed the instructions:

Boil water with some potato peels in it for 15 minutes; wipe clean, dry, and put 1 cm oil and heat for 5 min. Discard oil, and wipe clean. That's the instruction.

After boiling the water, I wiped it clean right away. I saw 2 inch long rust belt on the exterior and a good 8 inch long rust in the interior of the pan. I have cast iron pans and carbon steel pans. This is not my first time in seasoning those guys. I have paderno series and matfer series, I did not have such a problem with them.

So, What's that? Just a defective item or maybe it is from a defective batch. Who knows.

FYI: I also oredered Debuyer Mineral B pans. Their seasoning does not involve any water boiling, and beesewax protective coating comes out right away. For seasoning purposes only, I would go with their Mineral B series versus Carbon Plus series. As for performance, I have not used them yet.