While the oven was preheated I placed a few drops of canola oil into the pans and then wiped them inside and out with a paper towel, spreading the oil in a fine layer over the carbon steel surface. I heated the pans over medium/high heat for 3-5 minutes, until they were fully dried. Once clean I wiped the pans dry and placed them on a burner. To season the pans I washed them lightly with a few drops of soap, warm water, and a non-abrasive scrubber.
The Made In carbon steel pans do not come seasoned and must be seasoned before you use them for the first time. I would have preferred black steel rivets and handles but I understand that stainless steel adds strength and durability to the construction. During the seasoning process, the stainless steel has a tendency to get stained from the baked-on oil or seasoning layer, which mars the overall appearance of the pans. This might be might only issue with the aesthetic/design overall. The handles are made from stainless steel as well are the rivets. The pans themselves are constructed from a thin, but firm sheet of blue carbon steel, and out of the box, they have an almost grey or muted appearance, which thankfully deepens to a rich black/blue after they are seasoned. If anything they look and feel like a stainless steel pan without the finish applied.
With a sleek, curved design to the handle and a high level of finish on the pans themselves, these black steel pans don't feel quite as rough around the edges as many carbon steel designs on the market.
The Made In Carbon steel pans don't really feel that way to me. In all my experience with carbon steel or black steel pans, they've always felt like a camp tool or an ancient more primitive pan design. Made-in Carbon Steel Cookware Review!Ĭarbon steel pans are usually made to feel pretty utilitarian. While carbon steel cookware might not be completely perfect, it really does offer the best of all worlds. Overall, what I found throughout my testing was a set of pans that combined the convenience of stainless steel cookware with the heat retention and non-stick qualities of a well-made cast iron pan. The Blue Carbon Steel Cookware Set by Made In is no exception, and over the course of a week or so I was able to put it through its paces, to really understand where this set of pans shines, and where it might need improvement. Made-in products from knives, to cutlery, and kitchen accessories overall have, in my experience, been both excellently made and a very nice value. Made In, producers of really nice Direct To Consumer cookware and cutlery has recently started offering blue carbon steel cookware and like all of their products, they are a joy to use. What was once the exclusive purview of high-end restaurant kitchens, has migrated into homes and home cooks are beginning to understand why these pans have been a Chef's favorite for decades.īlue or Black Carbon steel, is a type of cookware material that seems to blend some of the best things about cast iron cookware with the convenience and accessibility of stainless steel pots and pans. In recent years, carbon steel pans have begun to grow in popularity.
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