boomchakabowwow
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I bought my pans from a hoarder. His wife told him, “it’s me or the pans”. I lent a very sympathetic ear and he sold me the pans cheap. I did error and buy two pans similar sized. A #8 and a 9. The 8 is a small logo Griswold. The #9 is an unmarked pan with a heatring. He called it a “user”. Which is what I wanted. If I remember, I paid $30 for both.
the #8 was grittier and after using it repeatedly, it just didn’t perform that great. I got medieval on it and sanded it down with 220 grit wet/dry paper. BIG MISTAKE! It was so difficult to season. Very similar to the trials and tribulations of seasoning carbon steel. It’s was so smooth the seasoning was fragile. I just quit worrying and simply used them for the occasional pork or beef sear. I did strip the 9 with a lighter Hand
well, without ant formal seasoning sessions. None of that wiping and heating stuff, my pans are back. Both are naturally slick. The #9 survived a tomato sauce. Neither pan is jet-black. really a super dark brown. Tortilla toasters. Protein searing. I’m done. No more steel pan purchases EVER. I have all I need. I could get by with only one of the cast pans.
but I love both - and I seasoned them the hard way. Just cooking with them. There were sticky messes along the way.
the #8 was grittier and after using it repeatedly, it just didn’t perform that great. I got medieval on it and sanded it down with 220 grit wet/dry paper. BIG MISTAKE! It was so difficult to season. Very similar to the trials and tribulations of seasoning carbon steel. It’s was so smooth the seasoning was fragile. I just quit worrying and simply used them for the occasional pork or beef sear. I did strip the 9 with a lighter Hand
well, without ant formal seasoning sessions. None of that wiping and heating stuff, my pans are back. Both are naturally slick. The #9 survived a tomato sauce. Neither pan is jet-black. really a super dark brown. Tortilla toasters. Protein searing. I’m done. No more steel pan purchases EVER. I have all I need. I could get by with only one of the cast pans.
but I love both - and I seasoned them the hard way. Just cooking with them. There were sticky messes along the way.