De Buyer Mineral B Element Steel Frying Pan with 2 Handles, Steel, silver, 28 cm

This is my second deBuyer pan. Like all other users, once you've cooked with dB, you'll find it hard to cook with other cookware. My first purchase was the Force Blue skillet 28cm which I use for all stir fries including fried egg. It's continual changing patina due to seasoning means it's not much to look at but it conducts heat so efficiently, you must have all your ingredients at hand. Stir fry is so speedy, something I never thought was possible with my Aga hotplate. I bought this country pan for several reasons: higher rim almost double the height of my skillet(acts like a wok) and it has two handles which makes lifting much easier. It is only slightly heavier than my skillet unlike the single handle country pan which is much heavier I believe. And I'm now able to use both at a time and they are also fit to go into the oven. Initial seasoning was very quick and I'm still in the process of building up its patina by using it as much as I can. Washing up with hot water and steel mesh and seasoning it after has become second nature to me now and I just use my stainless steel cookware for acidic sauces. Thanks to deBuyer for making this amazing cookware available on Amazon, and I love how it came packaged in brown paper too!

Lovely pot for about two to 3 people. Non stick after first seasoning, so far has seared beef burgers, stir fry vegetable with tofu, fried rice, fried eggs, ramen/ nabe hot pot. Excellent & wonderful heat distribution...and I’m sure I will use less gas because there is no need to have the flame too high because the pot gets nice and hot... even for searing . The metal is thick & sturdy and definitely won’t warp or dent... and overall feel of excellent quality

Love it! Bit of a hassle to clean but would choose these pans over nonstick pans any day. Once these pans are seasoned, it’s an absolute pleasure to cook in them. Make sure you season them properly or they rust pretty quickly.

Good for every kind cooking. With this pan, I feel like I am a great chef.

Looked like a well made item but unfortunately it was a bit heavy for my liking. Returned.

Arrivata presto, grazie ad Amazon che garantisce tempi brevi e Corrieri gentili (almeno quanto alla mia esperienza). La padella è' ben fatta e gradevole a vedersi. Non richiede troppe cure, basta seguire le istruzioni che consigliano di seguire una facile procedura (al primo utilizzo va lavata, poi, dopo averla asciugata con carta assorbente, va posta sul fuoco con un millimetro d'olio sino a che questo non arriva a fumare, quindi, rimosso l'olio, va asciugata di nuovo con carta da cucina); non ingombra inutilmente (grazie ai suoi due manici comodissimi per la presa); non tende a far ruggine; si può cucinare anche solo ungendola poco poco, quindi permette di usare meno grassi; non fa attaccare nulla e si pulisce in fretta (le istruzioni a riguardo sono chiarissime); essendo il ferro un ottimo conduttore di calore richiede una fiamma meno alta (chi ha un fornello a induzione eviti di metterla a temperature eccessive). La uso sia per quantità ridotte di cibo, sia per quantità abbondanti, perché è davvero capiente. Oltretutto utilizzare padelle come queste è molto più sano che non usare padelle antiaderenti, spesso anche costose (la De Buyer aumenta la sua antiaderenza a mano a mano che la si usa, migliorando nel tempo). Insomma: questa De Buyer è a mio avviso un ottimo acquisto ( ne ho anche altre piatte che uso spessissimo). Consiglio di conservare l'utile, piccolo minilibrettino con le istruzioni per mantenerla bella nel tempo.

I had a 9" frying pan and liked it so much that I bought an 11" frying pan. Once they were seasoned, they both were virtually non-stick. I was looking for something more like a wok for when I make egg rolls and it seemed like most had a 5 or 6" bottom. That might have been fine for a gas stove but I have the electric glass top so wanted more surface area. I was looking at the De Buyer type and they had a deeper skillet but it only had the long handle and these things are heavy so need 2 handles to be easier to handle. Then I saw this Country Fry Pan and decided to give it a try....so much easier. I followed the seasoning recommendations using the oven, which I couldn't do with the other frying pans due to the coating on their handles, and it worked out pretty good. Put a thin coat of high temp oil like grape seed oil on the inside and outside (except the handles) and place it upside down in the oven and cook at 400 for few minutes. I let it cool down in the oven and repeated the process and ended up with a nice golden brown patina. the only issue with this process is that the oil didn't bond to the inside bottom of the pan so would come off when I scraped off the leftover food after cooking and it was really bumpy. Not a big deal though. I cleaned off the bottom and re-coated it with the oil, heated it up until it was smoking, turned off the element and let it cool off and repeated the process 3 times. The result was a perfectly smooth, dark and mostly non-stick bottom. The big advantage this pan has over the others is the high side. I can cook bacon and it doesn't seem to splatter all over as much and it will handle a 3 lb package of ground beef with ease. Yes, it costs more than some other options but it's made in France according to what I've read, (not China) and Yes, it's heavy but that helps the heat spread more evenly and with the 2 handles, it's much easier to manage. Also, it can go into the oven and it works on induction as well. If you're looking for cookware that you're not going to have to throw away in a few years or that doesn't add chemicals to your food, I would strongly recommend this cookware.

Dies ist meine zweite Pfanne von deBuyer und ich habe mich ganz bewusst wieder für diese Marke entschieden. Diese Pfannen sind von hervorragender Qualität und haben eine Wandstärke, die sie schwer genug machen, um alle Vorteile einer Eisenpfanne auskosten zu können. Dazu gehört vor Allem, dass sie beim Anbraten die Hitze hält, also nach Eingabe des Bratguts nicht so stark die Temperatur verliert. Das führt zu einem wesentlich besseren Ergebnis als es beschichtete Alupfannen jemals können werden. Aluminium gibt Wärme schnell weiter, was aber den Nachteil hat, dass es auch schnell die gespeicherte Wärme verliert. Eisen / Stahl ist hier von Vorteil, da es einen größeren "Puffer" besitzt. Ich benutze die Pfannen auf einem Induktionsherd, da muss man schon aufpassen, dass sie nicht zu schnell heiss werden, denn dann besteht die Gefahr, dass sie sich verziehen. Sowieso sind diese Pfannen immer etwas nach innen gewölbt. Das verhindert, dass sie beim Erhitzen rund werden und auf dem Herd rumeiern. Eisenpfannen sind wie gemacht für Induktion, denn anders als Aluminiumpfannen, bei denen nur eine dünne Schicht Eisen/Stahl verwandt wird, bieten sie dem Magnetfeld eine riesige Angriffsfläche. Wo ich meine Hoffmannpfanne auf höchster Stufe 10 Minuten vorheizen muss, ist die deBuyer schon bei 2/3 der Leistung nach wenigen Minuten einsatzbereit. Auch beim Anbraten kann man sie an den Henkeln anfassen, diese werden kaum heiss. Die Pfanne kam schnell bei mir an, danach musste sie erstmal geschrubbt werden, um die Wachsschicht abzuwaschen. Nachdem sie trocken war, wurde sie dann eingebrannt. Ich mache dies mit Leinöl auf dem Gasgrill. Die Pfanne ganz dünn (!) mit Leinöl einreiben, am besten noch mit einem trockenen Tuch nachwischen (sie fühlt sich dann fast trocken an), und dann bei 250-300°C auf den Grill. Nach einer halben Stunde entnehmen, abkühlen lassen (bis man sie wieder anfassen kann) und das Ganze wiederholen. So bekam sie drei Schichten. Im ersten Gebrauch gab es dann Hähnchengeschnetzeltes. In die gut aufgeheizte Pfanne ein wenig Öl und dazu das Hähnchenfleisch. Super Ergebnis, es setzte kaum etwas an, dennoch hat sich durch den Fleischsaft eine schöne Kruste am Pfannenboden gebildet, die dann mit Brühe und Rahm einen tollen Geschmack ergibt.

Following up “open work” Videoclip on YouTube , and it is amazing. Highly recommended

Je suis très satisfait de cette sauteuse. Je cherchais à remplacer mes casseroles Tefal par des casseroles saines sans revêtement toxique et j’ai trouvé la sauteuse parfaite. Elle est plus lourde mais c’est normal étant donné le matériau. Je cuits dedans des pommes de terre, des légumes, de la viande… bref tout ce que je veux saisir. Je trouve que l’acier est parfait pour saisir des aliments, mieux que l’inox que je réserve pour les plats acides. La cuisson est homogène et la montée en température rapide. Les aliments n’ont jamais attaché dedans (cf vidéo). Il faut simplement bien la culotter avant la première utilisation et mettre de l’huile avant la cuisson . La taille 32 cm est parfaitement adaptée pour des grandes tablées. Je compte acheter plusieurs poêles de la gamme Mineral b.