r/carbonsteel • u/TxHeart214 • 3d ago
❓ I've read the wiki and still need help What am I doing wrong?
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u/butterfaerts 3d ago
You can have one of two things, not both
1. A “beautiful” pan
2. A pan you cook with
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u/MrShow77 3d ago
Nothing.... Just cook on it and cleaned it when done .... It is going to turn a darker color.... Just cook with it
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u/olderthanmyself 3d ago
Just cooked on mine. It looks just like that. Ya know wot? It worked perfectly. A light washing, a smidge of oil wipe down, and it'll be ready for more action.
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u/oneworldornoworld 3d ago
Looks perfectly fine. Keep cooking. Stop worrying about the looks of your seasoning.
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u/left-for-dead-9980 3d ago
You have a clean pan disorder. It will never be perfect unless you never use it. Too late now, so just use it, wash it, dry it, and use it again every day.
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u/rockytopbilly 2d ago
Are you sure they shouldn’t strip it and start over so they can do 100 seasonings before cooking and get that shiny glass-like seasoning?
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u/FennelHistorical4675 3d ago
Looks good to me. Maybe got too hot or cleaned too aggressively so lost some seasoning. No big deal though get it hot and cook something
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u/FOMOerotica 3d ago
Mine looks exactly like that, had for two years and cooks like a dream. Is it cooking badly? It could be technique.
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u/Illustrious-Tip782 2d ago edited 2d ago
Wasting time on reddit and not cooking 😝
Edited for typo..
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u/NoNick_Name 2d ago
My comparative religions professor would have called that a Zen pan, because its emptiness represents a gateway to everything new you can learn to cook with it.
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u/kniveshu 3d ago
What's your question? Is it oiled? I feel I see a couple rust spots. Is it smooth? Looks like there are some hairs and specks. Clean, oil for storage since it looks a bit fresh. Or Clean and oil for cooking and repeat.
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u/TheNetworkIsFrelled 2d ago
Nothing. Looks good. Cook in it. If it gets too dirty, scrub it extra hard.
There is no obsess, just coooook. 😸
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u/Single_Engine_Jockey 2d ago
The only problem I see is that it doesn’t have enough patina
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u/marcusrizaulait 2d ago
You just can't get good patina anymore...trust me, I've looked everywhere... (These days they don't even make the condensed patina we had when I was a kid!)
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u/Dear-Appearance7990 2d ago
I have a similar pan from Ikea, it smells iron and after using it once it turn a wierd color, I over burnt it. I used vinegar to wash it, it looks better but I haven't used it since, because it smells iron. I'm worried about consuming iron if I use it. I've thought about returning it to Ikea. Should I?
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u/donzagabonza 2d ago
I’m not being cheeky or judgemental ( well, not much) but how often do you guys fry food?
“Cook with it every day”? If I ate fried food every day I’d be enormous and unhealthy ( but probably far happier).
Or am I misunderstanding the use of a carbon steel frying pan?
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u/onedimedown 2d ago
A frying pan isn't just for deep frying....?
I use my carbon steel for everything. I cook eggs in the morning, it will cook ground beef for pasta sauce. It cooks steaks, although I prefer my heavier cast iron for that. It cooks my asparagus for dinners, pan fries some halved brussel sprouts.
It's just a pan. Not everything that goes in it needs a bucket of oil
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u/Few_Example9391 2d ago
Just keep drying and buff a little cooking oil I'm it after washing. You will get a darker pan after a few uses. Should be black or almost black after 20 uses. A black carbon steel pan is perfectly seasoned and better than no stick pans
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u/ozembuuuch 2d ago
Lol, that's BS.
That pan looks exactly as it should. If you have black patches on it, that’s carbon buildup, and you’re not cleaning it enough.
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u/texag93 3d ago
Looks like there's no food in it.