Nadia and Rob · 2023
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we really love them and we do most of our cooking in them.
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Now, all of the pans that we have are in the Mineral B line, which is their sort of mid-range line of carbon steel pans.
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And what can I say? We have a bunch of them. We use them all the time.
And the one we use the most often is this sort of 12 1/2 in pan. Seems to cover a wide range
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widest range of sizes. These frying pans go from like a little 4 and 1/2 in individual egg or pancake pan, which is really cute, up to a big monster 14-in pan. Um, if you're cooking for a real crowd, which we have it, and we we do use it fairly often.
And this pan is essentially the exact same pan as the mineral B. The difference being it has a stainless steel handle.
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This coating on the handle means that they can only go into the oven at 400°
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Fahrenheit or less for about 10 minutes at maximum. Now, we put these in the oven fairly frequently cuz we'll finish off a steak or something like that. Um, but [music] they're not made for extensive oven use.
This being stainless steel can go into the oven. You can cook the whole dish in the oven.
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pans all at the same time. So that's a [clears throat] convenient uh convenient aspect of the Mineral B pro.
But it was absolutely no problem. I just took a little bit of oil on a on a rag, wiped it into the pan, heated the pan up on the stove again, got it smoking, and it came right back to a nice brown seasoned coat.
And that allows you to put these pans in the oven or under the broiler. If you want to finish, say you're cooking a filt of fish and you want to finish it under a broiler, you can stick these under there. No problem.
I like the versatility of being able to start thing on a something on a stove top and finish it in the oven without having to worry about the temperature or the time.
it's also really pretty, I must say. And I love that it's got a pretty little bee um, uh, right on the handle.
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Um I love the look of this the uh Deboy uh Mineral B Pro. The stainless steel handle is really pretty.
emerged with a beautiful bronze coat on it that looked really pretty. It was extremely uniform and you know will continue to develop as you cook more and more on it.
potentially rust cuz this is just a base [music] steel. So, we have to season it.
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These are 3 mm thick. The La Leon is I'll consult my notes so I get it right. 1.2 mm thick.
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It's the same pan as the Mineral B Pro. Same thickness of metal, uh, same carbon steel. It's all, you know, 100% iron, one per, sorry, 99% iron, 1% carbon. [snorts] Um, so they're identical in terms of cooking.
Um, and it won't rust, but it still needs to be seasoned in order to develop a non-stick [music] surface.
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And the Leon line is [music] an amazing pan for a for a really reasonable price and it will last a long time. It's steel so it's not going anywhere.
you can get it hot very, very quickly, sear your meats or your fish or chicken, whatever it is you want to do, and then if you want to continue cooking or make a sauce or do something like that, you can reduce the heat and the temperature in the pan drops very quickly.
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Um, but for just regular, you know, for what these are for, which is frying, they're absolutely excellent.
and wine reductions and all kinds of things in these pans and no problem whatsoever.
So that's our impression of the overall choice of lineups in the Duboet carbon steel pans. They all cook absolutely beautifully.
They release food once it's once you've got a sear on. It releases perfectly. and they are an absolute joy to cook with.
This one, the La Leon, weighs in at 2 lb 4 oz. So, less than half the weight. So, if you're concerned about hefting a big pan, you may want to opt for the LaNion.
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And I've seen really thin carbon steel pans um at other cooking stores and they're like super bendy and flex. This is a good solid pan.
Um, if you have any concerns about the weight of the pan and being able to to sort of manage it [snorts] and if you like to, you know, like to flip your foods, the shape of this pan is extremely well suited.
6 6 lb 1 oz. It It is definitely a heavy pen.
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the handle is lower. So the handle ends up being quite a bit lower on the Mineral B Pro. And she really appreciated that because she finds that the handles on the Mineral B are a little bit tall for her to try and reach and manipulate the [music] pan.
But as I said, much lighter than a um cast iron pan.
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Even this one still weighs in at 4 lb 13, almost 5 lb. So, they're definitely they're not a lightweight pen, the Mineral B.
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comes in at 95 at $95. So, the 11in Mineral B is $95.
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11in Mineral B Pro is $115 and the 12 in La Leonese is $55.
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And the thing is the more you cook on these pans the more non-stick they become.
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So, these are a long-term investment.
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by comparison to say a multi-layer stainless steel pan, those go in the, you know, hundreds of dollars for a quality stainless steel with layering in it to distribute the heat. So that I find that they're a very good value proposition.
Um, and these just are at a a lower price point. They're about 30% lower price point.
a great value. And whatever you buy in this line is going to last you your whole life, your children's lives, whatever. It's a real great investment.
is sort of that perfect balance between value and a great pan.
These pans are forever pans. These will last your the rest of your life, your children's and your grandchildren's because I can testify to that since I own my grandmother's crepe pan.
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one of the things that I love about these pans is, I mean, these are steel. These are just a solid hunk of steel. This is what we used to make armor out of. So, you know, you can't destroy them. You don't have to use special soft implements. You can use steel um spatulas. Doesn't really matter cuz these will take…
we were tired of buying non-stick pans and invariably after a couple of years of use they start to lose their nonstick property and they get scratched which is probably not a good thing.
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