Several of our favorite carbon steel pans are on sale right now, including the Joyce Chen 14-Inch Carbon Steel Wok and the already budget-friendly Lodge 12-Inch Seasoned Carbon Steel Skillet.

Back in the day, while cooking in restaurants, I never thought twice about juggling multiple carbon steel skillets on a hot line. At home, however, things move at a different pace and as a result ...

I’m going to replace it with this new Cuisinart version. This flat-blade knife can cut the most delicate foods (like ...

Cast iron cookware is well-known for its onerous cleaning and seasoning requirements, but should we be using those same ...

Lodge already makes our favorite cast iron pan, and the brand’s craftsmanship translates to its carbon steel skillet, another tested favorite of ours. The pan comes pre-seasoned and ready to use ...

And there was — sort of. When I first learned about carbon-steel pans a decade ago, they felt aspirational. They were mostly used in professional kitchens and didn’t come pre-seasoned.

“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 ...

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 ...

Our list includes a carbon steel skillet, a reliable meat thermometer, and the pizza oven kit that aced our tests. Greg Baker is a chef, restaurant consultant, and writer with almost 40 years of ...