Carbon steel cookware often starts out as a sheet of metal that is then heated, pressed, and shaped into the desired ...

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Sometimes cast-iron pans can feel heavy. Carbon-steel pans, however, are much lighter — and otherwise behave similarly. (This is the material most woks are made out of, too, much more practical ...

You may not be as familiar with carbon steel pans compared with cast-iron or nonstick. But as McManus says: “Carbon steel has some of the properties of cast-iron and some of the properties of ...

“For example, we test cast-iron and carbon steel pans for cornbread baking and searing steaks, since they’re suited to high temperatures. Nonstick pans, on the other hand, are tested for their ...