AllCClad that had been the cookware of choice in many restaurants, many chefs. It had that French style Americanmade, you know, it was a icon of the American cookware industry. It had been in that top tier spot for a long time and nobody had really challenged that
Cook Culture · 2025
The Pan I Waited A Year For... Did Made In Meet My Sky-High Expectations?
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Because AllClad, in my opinion, had gotten pretty tired. They were making more different types of cookware, but they were not being very innovative and they were not pushing the market to where the market was going.
Cites reputation (against)
Uh, amazing pan. They partnered with Dubet and had a French-made carbon steel pan made. Did a bangup job and they took that wave as carbon steel cast iron was was coming back in.
Cites build quality
I bought one of their original carbon steel pans that I have here.
We can all understand that cookware like AllClad has only just gotten more and more and more expensive.
Cites price (against)
It's a French looking 2 and 12 mm carbon steel pan with a beautiful brass handle.
Cites appearance, handle
He showed the guys at Maiden his original and most prized fry pan. So the his prized possession that he owns in his cookware collection is this amazing carbon steel pan that he picked up in the beginning of his career, but he still uses every day.
Cites durability
And they had created this small run of this amazing looking pan.
Cook Culture was given the product. Stated in the source: “this pan here was given to me by Maiden.” Kept and labelled rather than dropped: a paid endorsement is still evidence, and you should be the one to decide what it is worth.
Cites appearance
9-in beautiful pan and it was sold out.
superficially, I'm in love with this pan. Like the first time I saw that amazing Ferrari in Ferris Beer's Day Off car that I could not get out of my head. This pan is the same to me.
this pan is in brilliant, brilliant shape. It's hardly any carbon buildup. It's just such a beautiful, beautiful pan.
this pan is in brilliant, brilliant shape. It's hardly any carbon buildup. It's just such a beautiful, beautiful pan.
Like, you know, this guy is wonderfully uniform in its in its color, and that's already started that way. So, it looks beautiful to start with.
This is bigger than I kind of want. I would have loved to have had the nine. I just like that size for that type of pan, but the 11 is going to be perfect for my family of four.
Cook Culture was given the product. Stated in the source: “this pan here was given to me by Maiden.” Kept and labelled rather than dropped: a paid endorsement is still evidence, and you should be the one to decide what it is worth.
Cites size and capacity (against)
cuz I'm very confident that Maiden knows how to make a good pan.
Cites build quality
It's very close to the same design that Movial has been using for a couple of hundred years and it's wonderfully balanced.
Cites ergonomics
and be as refined as my copper Moel.
Cites appearance
I think in my head I'm thinking this pan is going to work a lot like my favorite mineral B duboet pan
Overwhelmingly, people really enjoy the pan and it's doing what they want it to do
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Cites ease of cleaning, even heating, heat conduction, maintenance, non-stick surface, seasoning durability, surface finish
This guy is conducting more heat. More heat's being pulled into it. So, it is a little bit of a hotter pan.
I had brought this down just cooking this on a one out of 10. So really, really gentle heat just to get a nice even fry.
Uh, but you know what it's done in such a short time I think is completely adequate.
Uh, but you know what it's done in such a short time I think is completely adequate.
So, I think it look great. Made in pan here. Little bit residue. Really nothing much. And residue, nothing on there.
So, I think it look great. Made in pan here. Little bit residue. Really nothing much. And residue, nothing on there.
It's got that that micro texture on it, which is a a purpose thing done by Maiden. They do several different finishings to the pan to give it a texture and then they season that to grab hold of that texture to make sure that it works incredibly well and that it stands up really well.
So, the seasoning that I've done from cooking has worked out great with a simple egg test.
But the heat is down on the maiden pan. But I would say that that pan is cooking a nice delicate crepe beautifully.
I am finding that using this seasoning that they've done and the the finish has worked out really really nicely. It's really even and it works beautifully. So I have no problem with how that pan has finished up. Like it's it's seasoning beautifully.
So, you know, the ease of maintenance to what they've done makes it great.
there's now a lot of reviews online from the previous 9-in pan that was launched a a year ago and they've got 4.6 six out of five stars.
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I love what they've done with this pan. They've replicated an old pan and what is old is new. And to me, that is a beautiful thing in cookware.
So, this is, you know, a a celebration of the history of cookware that Maiden has done. And I think that is a absolutely tremendous thing.
So, I'm a fan. I think what they've done is amazing.
the texture of the pan, it comes like the Lodge carbon steel. comes with this kind of like almost like a candy coating shell on it like a a rough texture all around it which isn't as appealing as the softness the rawness of when you open up a dubet pan or a mattifer pan or a lot of the brands you know that that you…
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Cites surface finish (against)
And in a tactile sense, I'm not excited about that part of it.
One thing that I found is that the brass handle heats up. Some people found it got really hot.
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Cites handle (against)
And that handle, it's starting to get warm. Like it's a bit too hot right in the middle. I'm grabbing the center.
It's got some, you know, negatives to it like the handle
I've got an 11in mineral B duboet. Tremendous pan to compare.
Cites build quality
we are comparing it to a many old I don't know, probably had this for 10 years. uh 11in Dubai Mineral B.
Owned 10 years
to grab the handle, it's been on here for 10 minutes. The handle's decent. It's It's okay.
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Cites handle
but yeah, like comparatively that one's actually cold, but yeah, it's a it's a bit warm. It's warmer than the than the mineral B, but that's not a problem. I don't have any worry about that right now.
I think that's working well and you know the pan works and feels well like it's a it's a nice balance to the pan. Sits on the stove top really nicely.
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Cites ergonomics
I think that's working well and you know the pan works and feels well like it's a it's a nice balance to the pan. Sits on the stove top really nicely.
I talked about the the textured surface. I I didn't really actually notice it that much. I thought I would more, but uh you know, it's a nice uniform color. I'm not negative against it, I think, as I was now using it and seeing it sitting on the stove top.
Cook Culture was given the product. Stated in the source: “this pan here was given to me by Maiden.” Kept and labelled rather than dropped: a paid endorsement is still evidence, and you should be the one to decide what it is worth.
Cites surface finish
it wasn't great out of the box. It's a seasoned pan, but it's not ready to cook. It needs some seasoning. It needs like proper cooking seasoning, not just the protectant layer that's on it.
Cook Culture was given the product. Stated in the source: “this pan here was given to me by Maiden.” Kept and labelled rather than dropped: a paid endorsement is still evidence, and you should be the one to decide what it is worth.
So I know how the dubay is going to work. I've cooked lots of crepes in it and I have a crepe pan specifically. I know how dubet does that.
Cites versatility
You know, I actually use cast iron a lot more than I use this because I appreciate the non-stickability of it and carbon steel.
Cites non-stick surface
You know, I actually use cast iron a lot more than I use this because I appreciate the non-stickability of it and carbon steel.
It is stainless steel on the inside, and stainless steel has some negatives to it. It's not perfect. It doesn't do every single thing I want it to do.
Even the pen that I have from my childhood, like this is an amazing pen, but it's a copper pen. It needs a bunch whole bunch of maintenance on the outside.
Cites appearance, maintenance (against)
So, you know, as a usable pan, I would say over my copper pan that this is even more of a usable pan.
Cook Culture was given the product. Stated in the source: “this pan here was given to me by Maiden.” Kept and labelled rather than dropped: a paid endorsement is still evidence, and you should be the one to decide what it is worth.
Cites versatility
But, you know, for my trusted Duboet, you know, the Mineral B and the Mineral B Pro, um, you know, I think it fits in there beautifully.
especially if you're thinking about giving it to somebody, it's absolutely fantastic.
I truly believe that some of the best cookware that's made has already been made. People are already using it. You can go to a, you know, thrift store, whichever, and find a beautiful old piece of cast iron or carbon steel if you're very, very lucky. Uh, it's harder to find these days, but they're absolutely perfect…
Cites build quality, durability
And this is just a couple of weeks old, right?
Cook Culture was given the product. Stated in the source: “this pan here was given to me by Maiden.” Kept and labelled rather than dropped: a paid endorsement is still evidence, and you should be the one to decide what it is worth.
Owned 1 month