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Thank you, time for me to do some shopping! I often hear people say that cast iron conducts heat well, but that is easy to disprove if you have a gas burner: p
by Stratoscope 5y ago
Thank you, time for me to do some shopping!
I often hear people say that cast iron conducts heat well, but that is easy to disprove if you have a gas burner: put some water in the pan and turn the heat up. You will see the water boiling in a pattern that matches where the flame hits the pan.
I like to fry frozen chicken in the cast iron pan, but it is always a bit of a nuisance that the center of the pan gets much less hot than the perimeter. My gas range has a fairly large burner with no flame in the middle.
- stickfigure 5y agoThis site has a lot of IR camera shots of various pans, and you can clearly see the hotspots: https://www.centurylife.org/how-to-choose-cookware/ https://www.centurylife.org/how-to-choose-cookware/ It's what inspired me to try out clad, and I'm glad I did. My cast iron mostly sits unused now.
- Stratoscope 5y agoThat is a really informative and interesting article! Thanks for posting it.
- pfranz 5y agoThere are a bunch of techniques to see the heating pattern of a pan and to show how poor cast iron is in that regard. I remember someone using parchment paper (maybe Harold McGee?). In looking I found someone suggesting a light dusting of flour [1]. Of course, an IR camera is the most obvious. I've also noticed water boiling in unique patterns, like you mention. [1] http://cookingissues.com/2010/02/16/heavy-metal-the-science-of-cast-iron-cooking/ http://cookingissues.com/2010/02/16/heavy-metal-the-science-...