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Equipment Review: Best Carbon-Steel Skillets (Can This One Pan Do It All?) & Our Testing Winner

America's Test Kitchen · explainer · Watch on YouTube

Cooking & food

What it is

America's Test Kitchen tests eight carbon-steel skillets to find the best one, asking whether a single pan can replace stainless, cast iron and nonstick. It names a winner and covers how the pans perform.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN people link it as a solid explainer and review of carbon steel pans, and for seasoning guidance.

  • 4 people recommended it
  • 4 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2015, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “America's Test Kitchen had a nice roundup review of these the other day”

    Roundup review of carbon steel skillets with seasoning tips.

    maskull, 2015-08 · Recommendation · in “The Teflon Toxin”

  2. “The best method I've found over more than a decade of cooking on cast iron and carbon steel is this one”

    Seasoning method for carbon steel and cast iron.

    KozmoNau7, 2019-09 · Recommendation · in “Smoke point of cooking oils”

  3. “Another good method is outlined in this America's Test Kitchen video”

    Good pan seasoning method.

    iamacyborg, 2021-01 · Recommendation · in “Chemistry of Cast-Iron Seasoning (2010)”

  4. “This is a solid explainer on carbon steel pans”

    Solid explainer on carbon steel pans.

    jointpdf, 2023-04 · Recommendation · in “Compostable fast-food packaging can emit volatile PFAS”

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Topics: carbon steel, skillet, equipment review, seasoning, cooking

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