Mauviel M’Metal Carbon Steel 11 inch pan

[Richard Chrz]

Not sure if this is the right place, as it’s not cast iron, but I don’t remember seeing a carbon steel section.

also it is M’Steel, not M’Metal if a mod wants to correct.

For the last 2 years I’ve looked off and on for a Carbon steel pan, I have a carbon walk & paella pan, so, I’m pretty familiar with seasoning and care, but I could not pick out a pan that I really wanted.

Of course hang around here long enough you will see people buying cookware, so I’ve been patient in purchasing. Hulagn1971 first got me enthused again when he purchased Made In pans, and Made in took care of him and his pan warping a bit. So they definitely made my short list, and then ecowper recently shared a photo and a review of de Buyer carbon steel, I had not heard of that brand before, and it seemed there was a strong following here.

I know Kenji always gives fare reviews of pans, and it was of no surprise that the brands mostly were familiar names with anyone around here. Then I saw this little note, saying something like Mauviel was his favorite brand, however it is always sold out so he did not include the review. I went checked Amazon, and the Mauviel website snd yes, sold out. So I really knocked it off my radar. Then…. Right around Black Friday the pan was available, I did a quick dive down their reputation , specs, one thing I liked was it can be used up to 685, which means I will never even get close to the heat threshold. It may be a bit heavier than most brands, and thst likely plays into it.

it arrived Friday, and yesterday I finally got to bake the beeswax off of it, and then I oven baked the pan slowly building up to 520 degrees, over a period of 3 hours, including an hour cool down. When I took it out it was beautifully blued. I did 2 seasonings in the oven yesterday using a Crisbee puck (I love those things), and the one more seasoning this morning. Went straight to the egg test, a bit of butter down and that egg was sliding all around the pan.

I went into this only wanting 1 pan, and now I want a few more of their pans.

this pan cleans, blues, and seasons so incredibly well.

These photos do not do it justice

Bare pan




Blued pan



final seasoning

[SheilaAnn]

Stop it!!!

stop the MCS instigating, that is! Richard Chrz 😉

[Richard Chrz]

😂😂

My all clad fry and sauté pans may get jealous from the sideline.,

[JCBBQ]

Totally!! He needs to be put on double secret probation, Mods.

[Steve B]

OH. That’s purdy.

[Hulagn1971]

That is a great looking pan!

[HawkerXP]

Nice!

[RonB]

I am temporarily immune to pan MCS. Our son is coming to help after my surgery on the 16th, so we are doing Christmas while he is here. He is having presents sent directly here, (using his name so we don't open them), and a box from Made In arrived yesterday. I'm not sure how long that will prevent MCS though.

[ecowper]

She’s a beauty Richard! I’ve got Made In and De Buyer Carbon Steel, but this could tempt me to add a third brand :-D

Also, Uncle Scott is pretty much The Man when it comes to carbon steel ….. if you haven’t seen him, you should. Here he is with his brand new 14” Mauviel :-)

[Richard Chrz]

One tip already from watching. You can melt almost all of the beeswax off in the oven, I used a sheet pan, a towel down, and then parchment paper, put the pan upside down and baked it, most of the wax came right off.

[ecowper]

That video is like 6 years old …. Uncle Scott has way upped his CS game over the years since then

[Richard Chrz]

ecowper I just watched a few more, including in defense of lodge, he did a really good job showing the value in the Lodge, and reminding people every pan has a technique in how to use it. I appreciated him defending technique, it’s not just turn on a pan and cook.

I look forward to more.

[Skip]

Nice pan Richard. Very Nice!

[fzxdoc]

I'm thinking of all the good food that will come out of that pan. Enjoy every minute of using it, Richard.

Kathryn

[Purc]

Thanks to you all for my new MCS on my first carbon steel pan. I want something nonstick, so down this rabbit hole I go. I'm looking at both Made In and Mauviel. My current pots and pans are SS.by Emeril Lagasse that I've had for 10+ years. My stove is the glass top which I hate and thus no CI pans are used. For those with experience with carbon steel, any brand preference and advice on my first purchase? Thanks in advance.

[Richard Chrz]

So here is Kenji’s this the article where no review on Mauviel, but he stated it was his favorite, but do to always being out of stock.. he really likes the Misen too.

https://www.seriouseats.com/best-carbon-steel-pans-7093873

[Richard Chrz]

i think handle consideration should be a must. Mauviel and a few others do not have cool handles, you will need a kitchen towel or something around you. I absolutely wanted a hot handle, as I wanted to go full in in the oven if I needed to, I don’t remember all the specs, but temp range certainly had some differences. I feel a few said 500 max, also, a few had indicated gas only, although I’m certain all work. This was 685 F, use on all burners,

[Richard Chrz]

Here is a link that offers a reason why maybe not to go Mauviel, I have the two methods he says would be more challenging=ning, but I think an infrared temp gun will teach your burner settings, and what to expect. Good video regardless, I just doubled down though and ordered the 9.6 lol

https://youtu.be/ulY8GOssJkM?si=LRnqNr-knUd3wd34

[Henrik]

Very nice indeed. I have two fave brands when it comes to carbon steel:

- De buyer
- Mauviel

Excellent choice of pan!

[Richard Chrz]

I have loved that 11 inch pan so much that I added it’s 9.4 inch pan, and at this point I’m pretty committed to getting the 14.2 and the 12.6.