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

Why HN readers recommended it

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

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

America's Test Kitchen

Topic

carbon steel cookware

Format

explainer

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

4

HN mentions in dataset

4

Recommendation years in dataset

2015–2023

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From the original HN conversations

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• America's Test Kitchen had a nice roundup review of these the other day: [VIDEO] They also have some tips for seasoning them.

• I've tried the flaxseed method, and while the seasoning looked good, it was very fragile. The best method I've found over more than a decade of cooking on cast iron and carbon steel is this one, recommended by Matfer-Bourgeat (who make the best pans IMO) …

• I'm a simple man, I see a post linking to a J. Kenji Lopez-Alt article, I upvote. Another good method is outlined in this America's Test Kitchen video [VIDEO] If you have a friend who runs a Chinese restaurant, you could always try this, too …