De Buyer MINERAL B Carbon Steel Country Fry Pan with 2 Handles - 9.5” Diameter, 6.9” Cooking Surface - Ideal for Sauteing, Simmering, Deep Frying, Stir Frying - PFAS, PFOA, PFOS Free - Made in France

Heavy gauge very nice sturdy high side pan. It is my go to frying pan for almost any frying job and if there is anything bigger item to fry I use the bigger 12.5 country pan version. These pan are my favorite and I highly recommend it specially to those who got tired of using the heavy Lodge dutch ovens as fryers. I still use my cast iron dutch for other types of cooking but these DE Buyer pans are a lot easier to handle and my wife love to use it more than my Lodges. She commented that these De Buyers country pans are classy and good looking and I don't disagree. The other reviewer was complaining about the shipping and it just doesn't do justice to this pan. I own two of these pans the 9.5 and the 12.5 inch versions. I use flax seed oil to season it for the first time and oven style it like my Lodges and wrapped the handles with aluminum foils to avoid over darkening but it turned out to be looking copper color when it came out which I like it even more (the handles are made of stainless steel).

I have been cooking at home more often recently. I wanted a durable everyday pan. I wanted something with higher walls to catch some splatter, durable, and nonstick. Teflon pans are not durable for everyday use. Cast iron is good but very heavy and hard to find high walls. The mineral B was everything similar to cast iron but lighter. It is still a little heavy but more manageable. I had to get used to the oiling and cleaning of the pan. Once I got the hang of it, it was not that bad. Now most foods don't stick. This is what I called my everyday pan.

Thick carbon steel pan, excellent product. Same characteristics as cast iron but lighter. Season it properly and you'll have a versatile cooking, frying, searing pan. Do AVOID cooking with any acidic foods (tomatoes, etc.) That removes the 'non stick' surface quality. This is a bigger pan than you may think. Had I to do over again I would have opted for the smaller one.

I have a 40 year old wok but the (flat) bottom is too small for my glass cooktop. So I got this to replace it. It's a wonderful replacement since it has a large heating surface and holds a lot of stir-fry, as well as being excellent for frying, too. Perfectly flat bottom, although I do have a problem with de Buyer skillets in general getting out of flat with a lot of use.

just per the above ..such a great quality product and I have others of theis brand. Not sure if edge chipping was a defect, second or shipping but I did not return it as its minora great size for so many things appears over sized but turst me, bet to have the extra room

I had a 9" frying pan and liked it so much that I bought an 11" frying pan. Once they were seasoned, they both were virtually non-stick. I was looking for something more like a wok for when I make egg rolls and it seemed like most had a 5 or 6" bottom. That might have been fine for a gas stove but I have the electric glass top so wanted more surface area. I was looking at the De Buyer type and they had a deeper skillet but it only had the long handle and these things are heavy so need 2 handles to be easier to handle. Then I saw this Country Fry Pan and decided to give it a try....so much easier.I followed the seasoning recommendations using the oven, which I couldn't do with the other frying pans due to the coating on their handles, and it worked out pretty good. Put a thin coat of high temp oil like grape seed oil on the inside and outside (except the handles) and place it upside down in the oven and cook at 400 for few minutes. I let it cool down in the oven and repeated the process and ended up with a nice golden brown patina. the only issue with this process is that the oil didn't bond to the inside bottom of the pan so would come off when I scraped off the leftover food after cooking and it was really bumpy. Not a big deal though. I cleaned off the bottom and re-coated it with the oil, heated it up until it was smoking, turned off the element and let it cool off and repeated the process 3 times. The result was a perfectly smooth, dark and mostly non-stick bottom.The big advantage this pan has over the others is the high side. I can cook bacon and it doesn't seem to splatter all over as much and it will handle a 3 lb package of ground beef with ease. Yes, it costs more than some other options but it's made in France according to what I've read, (not China) and Yes, it's heavy but that helps the heat spread more evenly and with the 2 handles, it's much easier to manage. Also, it can go into the oven and it works on induction as well.If you're looking for cookware that you're not going to have to throw away in a few years or that doesn't add chemicals to your food, I would strongly recommend this cookware.

While this Country Chef Frying Pan is marketed for searing meats, it is also great for sauteing, frying and cooking vegetables. Because I cook mostly vegetables, this pan works really well as a "demi-wok" for sauteing vegetables and frying cuts of veggies or even tofu. The oil/fats are better contained by the higher sides and the heat in the pan stays evenly hot when using to cook. (It also does a great job with browning and pan-frying chicken!)My only complaint was that when I received the pan, its interior was scratched. I followed the directions for using the pan, but after two uses, decided to re-season it, to improve the pan's interior "non-stick" surface and overall performance.