This is a great quality carbon steel frypan. Cooks better than my French De Buyer pan, is lighter and has silicon handle. Is truly non stick after seasoning so will never need to buy another nonstick frypan. Quality product.
Pyrolux - Industry Plus 28cm Frypan $27 + Freight (Normally over $50) @ Victorias Basement
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Except those are made from a different material (blue steel).
Edit: here's a smaller one on special -http://www.kitchenwaredirect.com.au/Pyrolux-Industry-Plus
Anyone would know how it compares to a tefal or circulon?
nothing there John Connor other than that you typed in google
He's either trying to be helpful in a poor way or just not really bright.
The Pyrolux is a plain carbon steel pan that requires seasoning. I don't believe tefal or circulon produce plain carbon steel pans. I think they both specialise in non-stick so there's really no comparison, it's a totally different animal.
I think they are comparable - once seasoned a carbon steel pan is exceptionally non-stick. Provided it is cared for properly (which is actually not too difficult), it will last for a lifetime whereas the non-stick coating on tefal/circulon pans wears off eventually. Other advantages are ability to sear and no maximum safe temperature. I have had the same carbon steel pan (de buyer) for about 6 years and crepes and eggs slide around it (with a small amount of oil/butter).
Don't get me wrong - I prefer carbon steel all the way! I'm the type of person that's horrified to see a good kitchen knife or a frypan of any kind in the dishwasher (and I suspect you are too). But I just reckon most people in the market for a non-stick probably wouldn't be interested. Maintaining the surface as well as you have probably takes more patience and care than most people have.
I can't wait to take this frypan to Hamburger Heaven!!!
The RRP was $59.99 in April but today the RRP is $90
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I bought mine for $30 at the local cookware store in balaclava near the coles……
Can anybody tell me from experience - do seasoned pans go ok in the dishwasher?
Nonono! You'll damage the seasoning.
Just a light scrub under the hot water tap should be enough. :)
With soap or just wipe clean?
If the oil on your pan has properly polymerized, mild detergent shouldn't dissolve it. But personally I just prefer not to use it if I don't need to. I usually give it a light wipe down, dry it off and give it a wipe with a slightly oily paper towel.
postage kills it for the West, $28 to Perth
do you treat these the same way as a cast iron pan?
pretty much. but if you want to make sure they don't get back up you may need to use more force.
Get back up?
After you hit them in the back of the head with it.
By 'non stick' can we take it as frying eggs without any oil?
You'd probably struggle without oil or butter.
Though a well seasoned carbon pan will stay just as non-stick as it was when you first bought it for its entire life, which could be decades. The coating on a non-stick pan is likely to start to deteriorate noticeably after a year or two.
I had to give it try…dont know why. Dropped a cold egg into the hot pan..no oil or butter or spray. Expected the worse but after a couple of minutes the egg lifted cleanly from the pan very easily. It wasn't sliding around the pan of course but stayed intact and left nothing on the pan. The pan isn't oiled after washing either….very impressed.
Any idea where these pans are made?
They are made in China but to very high standard. The rivets are strong and it heats evenly. It is well balanced, not too heavy and very user friendly.. my favourite pan now.
Mine badly buckled on the first use over medium heat. Victoria's Basement refused a refund. I'll never shop with them again.
Got this today. Wow - this thing is solid!
Well done. To season mine I just melted a tablespoon of butter in the pan over a fairly high heat. Swirl it around while it smokes and burns for about a minute,pour it out and wipe with kitchen paper and its ready to go.
Mine buckled on first use over medium heat. I sent it back and they refused a refund, accusing me of using it over "extreme heat".
Nice post. Looks like other sizes are on special as well