Shoutout to the line cook in Austin who told me to ditch my 12 inch nonstick for a $22 carbon steel pan

Reese Harris · 2026-09-16T19:10:03.49972+00:00

Two options last spring were keep babying the nonstick I'd had since culinary school or spend $22 on a carbon steel pan a cook at a diner on South Congress swore by, and after three weeks of seasoning that thing every single night, my eggs slide and my sears actually crust, so what's the one cheap swap that beat your fancy gear?

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