/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>12022066
Inb4 cast iron meme pan

>>12022076
*Molests child*

>>12022066
You can go nonstick if you don't like cooking very much and just want to get it out of the way. Easy to clean, almost impossible to get food stuck to, but absolutely boring to cook with and so easy to damage you can't even use metal utensils on them(still you shouldn't ever use metal cooking utensils on anything other than a grill). Stainless steel is great, especially for beginners. No need to season, high indestructible, mostly immune to rust, and can take acids no problem. Avoiding sticking is easy, just not intuitive. Use plenty of oil, only add oil to the pan once it's hot enough to cook on, and don't fucking touch food you've put in until it's sat there a good few minutes. It will stick at first but as the sear develops it will detach.

>>12022066
Tramontina stainless steel or any cast iron

>>12022066
Can you give me a price range? By default i’m Going to say a 10” All-Clad d3 frying pan if you’re serious about cooking. If you don’t gupibe a shit go by something from Walmart and call it a day.

>>12022066
All-Clad d3 12"

Last pan you'll ever buy. Great handle design that stays cool, won't twist free from your grip when you're trying to pour food/sauce out. Heats evenly and quickly, dishwasher safe, top-of-the-line build quality, just great in every way.

>>12022827
Even though it says dishwasher safe you still should hand wash these things. Treat your cookware with some damn respect.

>>12022066
Bump

>>12024843
Why? You already got your answer. All-Clad d3 12". The anon who recommended it is rice. It will be the most versatile piece of cookware in your kitchen and unlike a lot of cookware it is actually worth the money.

>>12022066
If you're at all serious about cooking you would want 3:
Stainless for general purpose use, especially when you want to generate a fond for later deglazing. Update International brand if you want to go cheap, something like All-Clad or Demeyere Proline if you have money. I'd suggest the Demeyere, it's a full 1.5 mm thicker than all-clad.

Either cast iron or carbon steel for high-heat use, searing, stir-fries, and things that go in the oven (baking). DeBuyer Mineral B is standard for carbon steel, Lodge is fine for cast iron.

Teflon coated nonstick for delicate foods which stick easily like fish and eggs. Get a restaurant store brand like Tramontina or Alegacy/Eagleware. These will last for several years of home use and are much thicker than the T-fal crap you buy at walmart for more even heating.

>>12022815
10" is too small.

>>12024937
>cast iron for stir fries
lol retard

>>12024942
Ideally you'd use a thin wok on a dedicated wok burner, or some other really really powerful hob. But since most people don't have that at home, storing up a ton of heat by pre-heating a very heavy iron pan is the next best thing.

>>12024951
no it's not, because you can't toss the pan

>>12024991
You don't need to toss the pan, anon. You can use your chopsticks or spatula.

I agree it would be nice if you could toss with it but fact is the heat is far more important than ease of tossing. Far better to make it harder to toss but have proper wok hei than give up the wok hei to make the dish easier to toss.

>>12025008
>wok hei
>so extreme high heat, food needs to be constantly shifted around
>You don't need to toss the pan, anon. You can use your chopsticks

no you fucking can't, chopsticks are for like turning stuff carefully, they literally would not function for cooking with wok hei, which i am reasonably convinced is a meme to you that you don't understand.

Also my copper bottom saute pan ignites on the edge when i heat it and toss small portions of food in it

>>12025039
>>he can't stir with chopsticks

>>12025043
>he thinks chinks are retarded so gives retarded suggestions while pretending to know how to cook their food

>>12022066
1 good quality stainless steel frying pan
1 cheap cast iron

All you ever need.

>>12025069
You're the only retard here.

>>12022088
https://youtu.be/6p8CgdRLnDQ

>>12022066
GOTHAM STEEL

https://youtu.be/iKnMqTt6cL4

>>12022066
Try Calphalon or Circulon.

>>12022076
*makes Thriller so all is forgiven*

>>12022066
Never use non stick. For your peepees sake.
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>>12025157
Fucking hell.