Salt & Professional Steel
Salt is an essential ingredient for daily cooking use. Whether for general seasoning before a dish is served, to make a brine for a chicken, for adding in a pot of water for boiling pasta, or for wiping over a steak just before it is seared to make it juicier and more succulent: every home cook always has a good quantity of…
Carbon Steel & Cast Iron
Carbon Steel grill pan is an excellent cooking utensil for grilling meat such as steak, pork chops and chicken breasts. A Professional Steel grill pan has numerous advantages for grilling, these include: A high heat capacity High heat resistance Thick ridges Strong, durable construction However, there is another material for a grill pan, which has…
How to Season Carbon Steel Pans
How to Season Carbon Steel Pans In order to take care of your new steel pan, seasoning is necessary. This process bonds oil to the surface and develop a layer called Patina. Patina not only provides the protection against rust but also makes the pan nonstick. There are many different ways to season a pan,…
“The Perfect Steak!”
Professional Steel grill pans are currently sold throughout the United Kingdom under the Salter brand, in a number of store outlets such as here, here, and here. They are also sold on Amazon and have received positive reviews, two of which have highlighted how great these pans are for grilling steak. “I’ve got other salter ‘pans…
Hot Rolling & Cold Rolling
All Professional Steel pans are produced from either black or grey steel. Each has advantages for cookware use. One particular benefit of black steel is its resistance to corrosion: it has a natural oxide outer layer which protects the steel from oxidation. Another advantage is that, unlike grey steel, which will discolour if heated to…
Stable Circle
Generally, because Professional Steel is produced with a strong construction, 2.0mm gauge, the Stable Circle design is not as necessary than for cookware utensils produced with a thinner thickness, such as 1.0 or 1.2mm. However, because carbon steel does have different thermal conductivity properties compared to pans which use copper or cast iron, for example, then it is possible that a Professional Steel pan may, if the pan…
Why is Professional Steel cookware Induction Safe?
One of the many significant benefits of Professional Steel is its suitability for induction use, if the pan is produced with a thick gauge. Aluminum, copper and stainless steel all have different advantages for use in cooking utensils. For example, aluminum and copper both heat up very evenly, without any hot spots; while stainless steel is very…
Professional Steel vs Stainless Steel
Stir Frying Barbecued Pork Chow Mein Stir frying is an indispensable cooking technique because any ingredients can be stir fried. A popular stir fry, such as Barbequed Pork Chow Mein, is made up of 5 main components: The cooking oil (especially one with a high smoke point) Tender protein, such as chicken, beef, pork, seafood,…
Professional Steel vs Aluminum
Pan frying a Premium Cut of Steak To prepare and cook the perfect steak is not easy. Getting it to the perfect doneness consistently can be a challenge – even for a professional. There are many factors to consider when preparing to cook a delicious, tender steak. These include: the extent of marbling in the…
The Leidenfrost Effect
One of the significant differences between a Professional Steel pan and most other pans sold in the market place today is the rate of heat transfer from the stove top to the surface of the pan. The metal substrate for all Professional Steel pans is heavy gauge carbon steel, which heats up very quickly due…
Blasted Steel
A significant quality difference between Patina Non-Stick cookware and other grey steel cookware on the market is the treatment given to the steel surface during the production process. Most general grey steel cookware sold throughout the world today is manufactured either directly from the steel coil, or it has been polished for a more shiny…
Professional Steel Stir Woks
Why choose a Professional Steel stir wok? Material. Most cooking experts agree that because of its suitable weight, thermal properties and other benefits for stir fry cooking, carbon steel is the most appropriate material for a stir wok. In the market place today other types of metal substrates are used for stir woks, however they…