Deal Alert! Several of our favorite carbon steel pans are on sale right now, including the Joyce Chen 14-Inch Carbon Steel Wok and the already budget-friendly Lodge 12-Inch Seasoned Carbon Steel ...

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Our favorite carbon steel skillet was from Mauviel. This lightweight pan released foods easily and was a pleasure to use. We also liked this model from Vollrath, which was a tad cheaper.

You may not be as familiar with carbon steel pans compared with cast-iron or nonstick. But as McManus says: “Carbon steel has some of the properties of cast-iron and some of the properties of ...

“For example, we test cast-iron and carbon steel pans for cornbread baking and searing steaks, since they’re suited to high temperatures. Nonstick pans, on the other hand, are tested for their ...