MINERAL B Carbon Steel Fry Pan

Awesome pan 2.5 mm thick nice and heavy very stable when heated up. After a few uses fried egg, no sticking. Which I thought was quite impressive. My tip if you fry anything before your egg wash the pan out with some water to remove any sticky residue then fresh oil bit of butter, salt, pepper, and way to go. Friday good steak with a good crust. All in all a great pan. Well-made and a treat to use.

Good quality pan. It come with a instruction to teach me how to season it so it is very ease to use. The non-stick function is good when you treat it probably. Very ease to clean it. Although it is little heavy but it also mean it is durable. As the whole pan including handle is made by steel, the handle will be very hot when cooking so it need to be careful. Wrap it with some towel will do the trick. This one is not oven safe so be careful not to put it into oven.

Having gone through two non-stick frying pans over the last 10 years, I decided to buy something a little more long lasting. I looked at some non-stick pans made from titanium, but they were roughly 30-50% more expensive than this De Buyer pan. I also considered the enamelled cast iron frying pans from Le Creuset, however, the cost and the sheer weight of the pans put me off. The De Buyer pan looks great to me. Functional and stylish. The handle is riveted onto the pan and the whole thing feels weight enough to be solid, but without the enormous heft of a cast iron pan. The handle has a smooth coating on it that feels nice, though be aware that it still conducts heat. If you are frying over a high heat, it is advisable to wrap a cloth over the handle or use oven gloves. The pan heats up quickly and is ideal for searing meats. 24cm is a good size when cooking for one or two people. This pan is not non-stick - you must season the pan and use it over time in order to build up a patina. The pan comes with some basic instructions on how to season. The more you cook with it, the darker the surface of the pan gets. This is normal and will help build your non-stick coating. Do not worry about it being unhygienic. Frying will kill anything on the cooking surface, though of course you should still wash the pan. De Buyer recommend purifying the pan occasionally to stop residues and odours from previous uses seeping in. You simply heat the pan over a high heat with cooking salt in the pan, and then wipe clean with a kitchen towel. You can use metal utensils on the surface, but also use your common sense. Hard and abrasive scraping will damage the coating you are trying to build up, and you risk scratching the metal. Cleaning is simple. Wash with hot water, a soft sponge and a tiny amount of washing up liquid. Wipe the pan dry all over, otherwise the pan may rust. Any bits of food that stick can be picked away with a plastic scraper or a slightly rougher sponge. Never use a metal scourer. Before you put it away, pour a little oil onto a kitchen towel and wipe the surface of the pan. Do not put it away without the cooking surface being oiled. Before you use it again, you can rinse it with hot water (and then dry). A few things to note if you are used to using non-stick pans: - the surface of the pan will darken and colour. This is a gradual process and the colouration does not happen evenly. If you like your pans to look beautiful and pristine, then these pans are not for you; - they take more looking after. You cannot use a dishwasher with these pans and you need to dry them thoroughly; and - as stated above, when cooking over a high heat, do not grab the handle without protection. For those that are fine with the maintenance aspect of these pans, I recommend them very highly. They are well made and do an exemplary job.

I've been switching out all my non-stick cookware for cast iron, stainless steel and carbon steel. This was my first step and definitely my favourite to use. Cooking on induction is a breeze and everything that I've cooked on it has turned out great. Seasoning it took a little bit of work but after all the use it had it is still doing great, it's nice and heavy easy to look after with a chainmail "scrubby" and some hot water. Then you just dry it of and give it a light seasoning and your done.

Had handled these in a store so knew exactly what to expect when it arrived. Was a bit unsure about how the first seasoning would go however to my surprise it's been excellent. First, I boiled potato peals for 15-20 minutes, you could really see where the bees wax had been removed from and where it still existed, quite a thick layer. I used the cheapest oil I could find in the supermarket (KTC pure sunflower oil) to season the pan for the first time, smoked off a thin layer and wiped it out with a paper towel. I had some duck skin left over from processing a duck for the oven, moved that around the pan for a while then dropped in an egg, didn't stick one bit. We have since cooked all sorts in it, the only thing that seems to get a bit stuck is the juices out of frozen bacon but with a quick scrape using the back of the dish brush anything solid falls straight off. Each time I use it I clean it out then smoke off a thin layer of oil before wiping it out and storing it. It all sounds like a lot of work but really you hardly even think about it. I would say it cooks as good as my Le Creuset pans for 1/3 of the price. Definitely really happy with my purchase. If I didn't have the Le Creusets in the other sizes I would be buying more. The only thing I can think of that would make it better is if the handle were welded rather than riveted. EDIT: I have since discovered a defect in the handle where the yellow silicone bee is, the hole it seats in appears to be stamped out which has left some very sharp pieces of metal protruding from the underside of the handle. Hopefully mine is the only one like it. Refer to photos.

Great Pan once properly seasoned. Steps to seasoning this pan, the fast way without use of oven and very good results 1. Push out that stupid yellow plastic dot off the handle, its comes off with a good push - wont effect the seasoning but if you want to finish off an item in the oven then it could melt 2. Wash off the beeswax protection with 2 parts water 1 part washing up liquid 1 part salt using a soft yellow non abrasive sponge , about 2 minutes of scrubbing will suffice. 3. Crank up the heat, wait 1 minute and then add 1 teaspoon of raw food grade Flax-seed /linseed oil, run a screwed up paper towel around the pan to remove excess oil leaving a thin layer of oil without any pooling. 4. While still on the maximum heat -wait until the pan starts to smoke and most importantly let it smoke for a further 2 minutes - if it smokes too heavily adjust heat to allow a gently smoke to escape the pan 5.Leave the pan to cool upside down on a heatproof surface (30 minutes or 15 if left outside on a cold day). 6. Repeat this process of heating, thin layer of oil and cooling for up for a minimum of 2 times and maximum of 6. 7.Once you've repeated these steps a few times bring the pan up to heat and sacrifice one egg 4 tablespoons of salt in the pan and scramble cook and make a mess all around the pan like an amateur cook- it should stick to the pan at this stage. 8. Allow to cool slightly, wash off as much of the salt egg mixture as possible, and proceed to add 4 tablespoons of vegetable oil and 4 tablespoons of salt - make a nice slurry 9. Rub and massage this oil salt slurry mixture around the pan and inner walls of the pan with a screwed up kitchen paper towel - the more time the better (3 minutes is a good start) wash away the slurry with hot water and washing up liquid of your choice. 10. If you followed these steps you'll have a silky smoother seasoned dark pan with great non stick properties. Avoid leaving pan to soak in water overnight and when washing avoid an abrasive scourer

What can I say, beside that this has become my go-to pan for most of my cooking, together with its bigger sister? I used it all the times, it took a while to get the seasoning just right, but now it is a breeze to clean and requires very little oil to cook. The test for me was making omelettes and frittate, which will stick if not properly seasoned. It took me a while to get it right as it was my first blue steel pan, but now it works like a charm, every time. I use it much more than my Lodge cast iron skillets as much lighter and quicker to heat up. I just scrub it with some warm water and a drop of soap and quickly oil it when dry, warming it up to smoking for 10 seconds. Much easier than you may think!

Before getting this pan I had mostly used Tefal non-stick pans . While their non-stick properties are quite incredible, they’re damaged by use at high temperatures. I needed a pan to cook steak and after some research settled on this one for that purpose. I had started out looking for cast iron but read that carbon steel was preferable and De Buyer was the best in its class. Having got the pan, my next challenge was to season it. I had not seasoned a pan before so followed the instructions in the booklet, i.e. wash the pan thoroughly to remove the protective coating, put in 1 mm of oil (type unspecified), heat until smoking, allow to cool, wipe out and it’s ready to use … YEAH, RIGHT. The result was a ring of sticky gunk around the side and the cooking surface remaining almost unchanged. So, my big hint is to ignore the booklet. After further searching I found a video on YouTube that seemed more convincing. To locate it, search for “thevollrathcompany fry pan seasoning”. In summary this process entails getting Flaxseed Oil ( such at this ). Flaxseed oil seems particularly important for getting quick results and a hard polymerised surface. The method is to heat the pan, and pour in a VERY SMALL amount of oil and then wipe it round with kitchen paper so only the finest layer remains. Heat until smoking and allow to cool. If this is done correctly after the first seasoning the pan should have gone from silver to a pale bronze colour. Then, keep repeating these steps until the pan is a glossy dark brown or black. The sign that you’ve succeeded is a hard shiny surface that’s not sticky. Stickiness seems to be because the pan has not been heated sufficiently to allow the polymerisation (or you’ve used too much oil). I’ve attached a picture of my pan as it is now. I can’t remember how many times I’ve gone through the seasoning steps listed above, but probably more than a dozen times. I’ve also been using the pan in the meantime. Having got the seasoning done I find the surface is quite resilient. When I have had food burn on I have used washing up liquid and a brush. In one case also careful use of a green plastic scourer, though after that I did re-season with two re-heatings and it was as good as before. Generally, wiping out with kitchen paper alone is sufficient. It is, of course, also essential to ensure the pan is covered with a fine film of oil before storing it. I understand that one should not cook tomatoes in a seasoned pan as this will eat through the seasoning layer. As for the non-stick properties, in honesty it doesn’t approach the Tefal pans’ magical quality but it’s pretty good. For example, I can fry eggs in a minimal amount of fat without them sticking. Steak isn't a problem at all. As a result it’s everything I hoped it would be. From that I can say if you are happy to put the effort into preparing the pan and caring for it, I recommend it highly. A concern I had before buying this was: would I be able to touch the metal handle when the pan was hot? The answer is yes and no. It is a long handle and I have always found I can hold the end, though the nearer to the pan one gets, the hotter it gets so some care is needed when the pan has been on the heat for a long time. One last thing to bear in mind if considering this pan is that it is heavy - very heavy. You would need the wrists of Rambo to toss a pancake! UPDATE: Another customer has commented: "I followed the instructions to the letter in the youtube video. Repeated 12x. Took a whole day. Got the pan black exactly as the chef showed. Then I trialled it by cooking some bacon. It didn't just stick slightly but completely. What a joke." I would like to say that I have not had problems with food sticking like that. To demonstrate this I have added a further four photos. These show: bacon cooking, the state of the pan when the bacon is removed, eggs cooking in the same fat and the final state of the pan.

Es un buen producto, funciona bien ya realizando el curado correspondiente, aproximadamente en 15 días o menos según el uso, funciona muy bien, si son pacientes el sartén se convertirá en su mejor aliado en la cocina

もうテフロンのフライパンの剥がれてきたテフロンにイライラするのも、 何度も何度も買い換えるのも、やめたいなと思い鉄製のフライパンを購入。 しっかりオリーブオイルを熱したフライパンで焼くと、目玉焼きですら美味しく感じます。 パンケーキの焼き色も美しいし、大満足。 だんだん色が濃くなっていくのも、愛着が湧いてきていいですね。 もっと早く買っておけばよかった。 フライパンが暑くなる前に材料を入れてしまった時や、 しっかり焦げ目のつくまで待てずに、肉を動かしてしまった時や、 油を控えめにしすぎた時は、焦げたりくっつく事もあります。 鶏の皮などは、剥がれるようになるまで放っておくことが大事なようです。 焦げてくっついた時は、焦げ跡をしっかり、気になる部分はスチールたわしで落とします。 それからきちんと熱で乾かして、油をなじませておけば元通り。 普段は乾かした後に油を塗ったりもしていませんが、焦げた後だけは塗るようにしています。 あと、熱が回りすぎるためIHでは強火ではなく中火までしか使えませんので注意が必要です。 ハンドルも特に熱くならないし、カバーは不要です。 ただひとつ問題は26cmでも片手で持って傾けて皿に移すような事ができない程重いという事。 男性なら問題ないと思いますが、女性だと難しい。 20cmサイズのものも買おうかと思いますが、 二人分の調理で、卵2つとベーコンや野菜を一緒に焼くには26cmがちょうどいい。 重さは如何ともしがたいですが、年とともに衰える筋力に抗って、長く使い続けたいと思います。

Después de 6 meses de uso ocasional, puedo decir que por fin aprendí a cocinar con esta sartén. Sin duda, cuando no tienes experiencia, piensas que no sirve porque todo se pega, pero es un proceso de prueba y error. No se rindan, vale la pena. En esta ocasión estoy cocinando con una pequeña cantidad de aceite de oliva extra virgen, a una temperatura baja para que el aceite nunca llegue a quemarse. Aprende a usarlo y será tu sartén favorita.

Przeczytaj instrukcje przed pierwszym użyciem!

La verdad es que estoy muy contento con esta sartén. La compré porque quiero abandonar las sartenes tóxicas con Teflon y también para aportarle más sabor a las comidas. Las sartenes con Teflon no son aptas para hacer una buena carne o un bacon crujiente. En estas sartenes la carne se cuece, no se fríe, la carne no se sella bien y suelta todo su jugo en la sartén. Con las sartenes de hierro al carbono no pasa esto. Os voy a contar mi experiencia con la sartén Mineral B de De Buyer: - El curado: hay muchos vídeos en internet y muchas opiniones diferentes sobre cómo realizar el curado de una sartén de acero al carbono. Si queréis que os salga bien os recomiendo que hagáis lo que he hecho yo: seguir solo las instrucciones del fabricante, porque cada fabricante tendrá su recomendación en función de su producto. Como podéis ver en las fotos, el curado ha salido muy bien. El vídeo lo encontráis en el canal de De Buyer. EL CURADO, breve resumen: 1. No uséis aceite de oliva para el curado ni otros aceites exóticos, ya que estos tienen su punto de quemado en 160 grados, lo que es muy poco. En cambio el fabricante recomienda aceite de canola(colsa) o de girasol. Yo he usado aceite de girasol y todo perfecto, tiene el punto de quemado en unos 240 grados. 2. Muy importante la temperatura: con una cocina de gas se recomienda fuego medio-alto. En cocina eléctrica NUNCA subáis la temperatura al máximo. Aun así, el curado saldrá mucho mejor en una cocina de gas. 3. Echar aceite en la sartén hasta que cubra todo el fondo, de 1 milímetro más o menos. 4. Dejar que el aceite haga su trabajo durante 10 minutos. Podéis remover de vez en cuando para distribuir el aceite caliente también por los laterales de la sartén. 5. Tras 10 minutos el aceite ya estará sacando humo y entonces podéis apagar el fuego. Dejar el aceite en la sartén hasta que se enfríe del todo y luego retirarlo. Limpiar la sartén con papel de cocina para retirar el exceso de aceite y ya está. COCINAR: 1. El aceite: de ni guns manera hay que utilizar aceite de oliva virgen extra para cocinar en estas sartenes, ya que este tipo de sartén trabaja con temperaturas altas y el aceite de oliva virgen extra solo se puede usar hasta 160 grados. Recomendable usar aceite de oliva virgen, de girasol, de cacahuete, de canola. Todos estos aceites aguantan temperaturas de 220-240 grados. Si queréis usar mantequilla para darle un poco de sabor a la carne, a una tortilla francesa o huevos fritos, añadir la mantequilla al final de la preparación. 2. La temperatura de la sartén, para sellar bien la carne y que conserve dentro todo su jugo: como podéis ver en mi vídeo la temperatura de una sartén de acero al carbono se puede comprobar igual que se hace en una de acero inoxidable. Se salpica con un poco de agua, si el agua se evapora la sartén no tiene la temperatura óptima, si el agua forma una bolitas que bailan por toda la sartén entonces ya se puede añadir el aceite, se deja unos segundos y ya se puede añadir la carne. 3. Se recomienda tener la carne unos 20-30 minutos a la temperatura ambiente antes de echarla a la sartén, para evitar que se pegue. Personalmente yo solo le echo pimienta y a la hora de sacarla le echo sal marina en escamas mientras la dejo que descanse un poco en el plato. 4. Muy importante no dar la vuelta a la carne al menos 1 minuto, ya que la carne estará pegada hasta que se produzca el sellado. Cuando esto ocurra, la carne se despegará con mucha facilidad de la sartén y se le puede dar la vuelta. En mi caso, los entrecots que me han tocado eran muy finos para mi gusto pero al final han salido bien. Lo suyo es practicar hasta que le encuentres el punto a la carne, tal como te gusta. 5. La prueba del huevo frito: el fabricante nos dice que la capa antiadherente se realiza con el tiempo, cuanto más cocines, menos se pegará la comida. Para preparar huevos nos dice que esto sería posible después de contar al menos 10 veces proteína, carne roja sobre todo. Yo hice la prueba el día siguiente, en el segundo uso y la verdad es que no se han pegado. Primero he preparado el bacon, muy importante, ponerlo con la sartén fría y sin nada de aceite, así se calentará a la vez con la sartén y soltará su grasa, lo que le ayudará a freírse y no pegarse. Después de retirar el bacon, en la misma grasa que este ha soldado , he añadido un poco de mantequilla y he freído los huevos. El resultado final, divino, me ha recordado a mi infancia, cuando mi abuela nos preparaba el desayuno, salchichas o pancetta con huevos fritos en manteca, en su sartén de hierro fundido. 6. Muy importante: en las sartenes de hierro fundido y hierro al carbono no se recomienda cocinar alimentos ácidos: tomates, limón, vino, vinagre…Los alimentos ácidos afectan a la capa antiadherente y puede darle un sabor metálico a la comida. LIMPIEZA: 1. Nunca uséis jabón, lavavajillas o cualquier otro detergente con este tipo de sartenes. Tampoco hay que dejarla en remojo o meter a en el lavavajillas. Se limpia a mano con agua caliente y un estropajo. 2. Cuando has derribado de cocinar, recomiendo dejar la sartén a que se enfríe un poco antes de limpiarla con agua muy caliente. Nunca echéis agua fría sobre la sartén caliente porque vais a deformar la sartén. Este tipo de material es sensible a los cambios bruscos de temperatura. Si quedan restos muy pegados y no se quitan con agua caliente y con el estropajo, podéis echar agua y ponerla sobre el fuego hasta que empiece a hervir y luego rascando con una estatura de madera se quitará todo. Otro método de retirar comida pegada, esto puede ocurre cuando los restos de comida se deja mucho tiempo en la sartén o cuando se ha quemado la comida por haberla dejado más tiempo de lo necesarios y se ha superado la temperatura recomendada, es usando sal gruesa. Echáis la sal en la sartén y con papel de cocina empezáis a frotar. Luego se eliminará todo con agua caliente y un estropajo. 3. Después de limpiarla hay que secarla bien con un paño o papel de cocina. También es recomendable ponerla unos segundos sobre el fuego para así eliminar todo el agua de los poros. 4. Antes de guardarla, y aquí es donde mucha gente comete el error de no seguir estos pasos: con la sartén fría, hay que aplicarle una capa fina de aceite por toda la superficie(menos en mango) para así evitar que esta oxide. Echar unas gotas de aceite sobre un papel de cocina y frotar bien la sartén. Es muy importante que la sartén esté fría, si no, el aceite se convertirá en una capa muy pegajosa. Si vas a usar la sartén por ejemplo por la maña y luego otra vez por la tarde, entonces no tiene ningún sentido aplicar esa capa de aceite, la sartén no va a oxidar en unas horas. CONCLUSIÓN FINAL: Sin duda alguna la compra de esta sartén ha sido un acierto total. Es verdad que es pesada, personalmente la pongo sobre el fuego y no la muevo mientras cocino con ella. Es verdad que necesita más cuidados que una sartén convencional de aluminio con Teflon pero para mi vale la pena. Para mi es mucho más importante mi salud y la de mi familia. Es una sartén segura, libre de cualquier tóxico y si la cuidas bien es una sartén para toda la vida. Para cocinar guisos y alimentos ácidos vamos a comprar unas cacerolas de hierro fundido esmaltado.