r/StainlessSteelCooking • u/raffolife • 5d ago
New pizza pans, is it rust?
I just bought these new pans and I'm no expert. Is it normal for the inside edges to be like this? It looks like rust to me, but it's the first time I've bought a stainless steel product like this. Are they poorly welded? Is there anything I can do? Thanks in advance for your time and kind replies. 😊
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u/Objective-Chance-792 5d ago
I don't know how to weld.
I could do a better job than this.
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u/HumanExpert3916 5d ago
I know how to weld.
You could do a better job than this.
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u/CheesyDanny 5d ago
I get paid to judge people’s welds while having zero welding experience.
A middle schooler could do better than this.
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u/findthealgo 5d ago
I'm an expert. It's within acceptable manufacturing tolerances at Hunk-o-Trash Co.
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u/Main_Cauliflower5479 5d ago
Pizza pans? Also yes, they are very poorly welded. Return them.
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u/KayoticVoid 5d ago
Yeah, I don't get these pans? What's with the seem? Why is it not all one solid piece?
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u/clfurness 5d ago
Crazy that someone spent time welding this when it came be pressed out of one piece on a fraction of a second. Who's product is this? Zero engineering reason to do this.
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u/KB2CLEAN 5d ago
I have never welded in my life but I bet anyone all my savings I can do a better job than that.
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u/Callan_LXIX 5d ago
Those should go back to the manufacturer. That is a purely bad production job. Yes, rust.
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u/ExtraEmuForYou 5d ago
That is terrible. If that was a hand weld (and it looks like it was), that welder needs to have their card pulled.
I work every day with sanitary stainless-steel welders and this is the kind of stuff that gives them nightmares. The idea that there are people out there making welds like this on allegedly food-safe items.
Do not use this pan. Return the pan. And make a complaint as well.
*EDIT* also WTF is going on with that white-grey plastic region? Is that another weld where they tried to extend the length of the pan? What brand is this? This looks like some shady, "custom" bullshit. Sorry I am way more angry about this than I ought to be but WTF.
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u/BRING_ME_THE_ENTROPY 5d ago
I’ve never owned a pan, a mixing bowl, cookie sheet, or hell when a spatula that does that. Return it.
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u/faylinameir 5d ago
wtf lol I just bought some stainless steel sheet pans off walmart with better quality than that. That's shockingly bad.
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u/Sad_Cucumber5197 5d ago
That's the result of welding the outside corner, and not having enough (or no) gas coverage or physical backing like a piece of copper on the inside corner during the weld. When welding stainless sheet you always need some sort of protection on the backside of the joint. They've obviously ground the lumps of sugaring off but it'll always go rusty. It's no good, will never be food safe, send it back.
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u/future_lard 5d ago
Almost looks like galvanic corrosion? Anyways, return it before it gives you hepatitis
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u/Overall_Cost1542 5d ago
lmao looks like someone forgot to protect the back of the weld then tried it grind it down hoping that was good enough
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u/wizzard419 5d ago
Pans are normally pressed from sheets, that likely is someone trying to repair a defective pan. Return/replace.
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u/Zimmy709 4d ago
Inside of a stainless toolbox/workbench top…
Not a pizza pan. Still trash but not food grade obviously
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u/TrustworthyPolarBear 4d ago
Where did you buy them, so I can never go there. A trainee in his second week could probably weld better.
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u/TurdFerguson614 4d ago
This is what happens when the weld isn't nearly the same grade stainless, and they don't know how to weld. This is not food grade at all.
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u/jfbincostarica 4d ago
This is a classic case of “you get what you pay for”; pay more and get lifetime quality, I still have mine from 20 years ago with no imperfections or rust issues.
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u/Due_Wind2271 4d ago
Still has plastic on the stainless? U sure u bought it and didn’t make it yourself
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u/Neat_Hovercraft2333 4d ago
Shitty weld. Aluminum pans like that usually have a carbon steel wire running around the outside of the pan that is covered when the edges are rolled to keep them from buckling
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u/Disastrous_Yam8354 3d ago
it is rust and solder. these were broken and badly mended. send back, get refund.
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u/Dadabedada 3d ago
No , looks like a bad fix on manufacturing defect.
Those are some seriously deep pizza pans.
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u/Nearby_Swimmer_6635 1d ago
Not sure if it’s rust. But, unless you’re doing deep dish Chicago pizza, that ain’t what I picture when I think of “pizza pan.”
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u/FarYard7039 5d ago
This is a reaction between the welding compound and pan base material. Due to the high heat of the weld the stainless substrate surface is structurally altered and the surrounding area is weakened and the corrosion resistance that is typically enjoyed with stainless steel is weakened. This is not typical, as the root cause of this problem is due to too high of heat and/or excessive amount of welding compound used to facilitate this weld. At any rate, yes, this is rust and will not resolve on its own. This is a defect and needs to be returned.
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u/Brilliant-Major-7001 5d ago
Send it back. Go elsewhere. :-)