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title: "de Buyer MINERAL B Carbon Steel Omelette Pan - 9.5” Diameter, 7.7” Cooking Surface - Naturally Non-Stick Finish - Made in France"
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# High heat tolerance up to 400°F Carbon steel for superior heat responsiveness Authentic French craftsmanship since 1830 de Buyer MINERAL B Carbon Steel Omelette Pan - 9.5” Diameter, 7.7” Cooking Surface - Naturally Non-Stick Finish - Made in France

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## Summary

> 🍳 Elevate your breakfast game with timeless French precision!

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- **What is this?** de Buyer MINERAL B Carbon Steel Omelette Pan - 9.5” Diameter, 7.7” Cooking Surface - Naturally Non-Stick Finish - Made in France by de buyer
- **How much does it cost?** € 156.24 with free shipping
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## Key Features

- • **Heat Like a Pro:** Faster heating than cast iron and better high-heat performance than stainless steel
- • **Versatile & Durable:** Compatible with induction, oven safe up to 400°F, and built to last a lifetime
- • **Heritage You Can Trust:** Handcrafted in France with nearly two centuries of culinary expertise
- • **Effortless Omelette Mastery:** Rounded edges designed for perfect rolling and sliding every time
- • **Naturally Non-Stick, No Chemicals:** Seasoned carbon steel surface that improves with use—no artificial coatings needed

## Overview

The de Buyer MINERAL B Carbon Steel Omelette Pan is a 9.5-inch, naturally non-stick pan crafted from premium carbon steel. Designed with rounded edges for flawless omelette rolling, it heats faster than cast iron and withstands temperatures up to 400°F. Handcrafted in France since 1830, this pan offers professional-grade performance, compatibility with induction cooktops, and oven safety, making it a must-have for serious home chefs seeking durability and authentic culinary tradition.

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Review: A Great Egg Pan - This is my second de Buyer carbon steel pan after a 10.2 inch mineral b skillet. I've had the other for years and have learned a lot about seasoning that has helped me with this new pan that I'll get to, but first, I'll give my impressions of the pan. COMPARED TO OTHER DEBUYER PAN: For some reason, when I ordered this pan I thought it was was 10.5 inches and would be slightly bigger than my other de Buyer skillet. This is actually 9.5 inches and although I'm a little disappointed that it's not bigger it's still a good size. It's only about 1/2 inch smaller but over a pound lighter than my other pan and has a shorter handle. The weight difference is very noticeable. The sides are also a little shorter. It's a pretty good size for an egg pan or for a burger, piece of fish or medium steak. I got this primarily to make French omelettes. I have made them in my other skillet with Lyonnaise-style angled sides which is not ideal when trying to flip and fold the omelette. I'm hoping the rounded sides on this will work better. Also, since this weighs less it will be easier on the arm to flip the egg. The build quality is pretty much comparable to my other pan however the bottom edge of the base of the handle where it is riveted to the pan is rather sharp. It was probably stamped out but not ground down or filed smooth. An errant grab could cause a bad scrape and/or cut. Not a huge deal as that is not a place I'll be putting my hand very often, especially if the pan is hot but I'll have to be careful when washing it. It can probably be fixed with a file. SEASONING: I'll try to make this brief and concise. After years of trial and error with my first pan and lots of reading and Youtube videos I feel I have a fairly good method of seasoning and understand it a lot more than I ever have before. Here's what to do. 1. Mineral b pans come with a beeswax coating that must be removed. I got a new Scotch-Brite kitchen sponge with attached scrub pad and scrubbed the heck out of the pan with the abrasive pad while running very hot water on it in the sink. I did this inside and out several times until the sticky feeling of the wax diminished. When I was done the pan felt smooth to the touch and I could see accumulated wax on the surface of the pad. The appearance of the pan at this point had not changed from it's initial dull silver color. 2. Wipe the water off with a towel and put it on the stove burner until all moisture disappears and turn the heat off then wipe with a paper towel. Gray metal residue will come off onto the towel, most likely left from the factory polishing job. Fold the towel and wipe until residue appears to diminish then run the pan under hot water again, add soap and scrub for 10 seconds or so then rinse, dry and repeat wiping with clean paper towel. Repeat this whole process one more time or until hardly any more gray appears on a clean paper towel. At this point the pan still appeared the same as when I began. Side note: I don't imagine any of this residue would be very harmful to ingest but I wanted to minimize it so that it doesn't interfere with the seasoning, possibly weakening it. 3. With a new clean and dry pan, add a dime's-worth or so of flax seed oil (I'll go into why I chose flax later). Wipe the interior with the oil. You might see oil streaks and it may be fairly glossy. This step is important. You do not want large amounts of oil on the pan. Wipe with a fresh paper towel (from now on PT) until you see no streaks and it appears as if you've wiped all the oil off. If you swipe it with your finger the amount of oil should be almost imperceptible. Now, put on stove top and heat at high heat on largest burner. You might need a pot older as eventually the handle will get too hot to hold. Constantly run the PT around the pan as you heat. Light swipes are OK and you don't have to lean into it. I just wad up a PT and use my hand. If you're afraid of burning yourself use a pair of tongs. As you wipe there may be spots appear on the pan that look wet. The goal is to constantly evenly distribute the oil around the pan and smoothing out any glossy spots that appear. One way to tell is to look at lights from the room reflecting into the pan. It will start off kind of semi-gloss and glossier spots will appear that you want to even out. You may even feel roughness over these wet spots. It's almost like buffing out the rough spots. Also, the pan will start to darken from the center out. It will progressively get darker with each seasoning layer. After several minutes, depending on your burner heat, you'll suddenly see the surface go matte and dry looking. Keep swiping your PT and keep heating. You'll notice a smell from the flax oil that will remind some of paint. It's kind of pleasant actually. The hotter it gets the more fragrant it is. At some point the oil will get hot enough that I believe it reaches its polymerization point. If you've been looking at the PT every once and a while as you were wiping, you would have noticed very little color coming off on the PT. Only a very light golden color. When I believe it reaches the polymerization point you will notice, especially if you're rubbing too hard, that darker material is coming off on the PT. At this point I believe you can stop wiping the pan as it will only diminish your seasoning. I heated several minutes more past this point but saw no change to the pan and I did not ever see any smoking. Turn off the heat and let cool for several minutes. Wipe the pan again gently with a clean PT. You should see no real residue coming off. Your PT should look almost clean. I believe that as it cooled the newly polymerized oil solidified and is now set. Rub some more and you should notice significantly less friction on the pan. Now, let cool until you can rub your hand on the pan and repeat steps 1 through 3 until you have the desired amount of seasoning (some put seven or eight layers on). I believe it's important to only add more oil when the pan is cool to the touch. If the pan is too hot and you pour oil in it, it may start the polymerization process before you can evenly distribute it and wipe out the excess which will leave you with streaks and splotches. I believe that this is the main problem people face. They get uneven, splotchy, sticky finishes because they're using way, way too much oil, or the pan is too hot when the put in oil, or they aren't constantly wiping during the heating. WHY I USED FLAX OIL. I used Barlean's Organic Flax Oil Pure Unfiltered 16oz, approx $10-$12 from desertcart, Whole Foods, Sprouts or a health food store. There are two types; the one I just mentioned and one with added lignans. You may also find other brands that add other ingredients. I chose to go with the pure oil and no additives. Also, you'll find it refrigerated. It needs to be refrigerated to prevent oxidation and it also doesn't have a long shelf life. You won't need anywhere near 16 ounces to season a pan and you probably can't use it all up seasoning as you'd have to have dozens of pans. I couldn't find any smaller amounts so, if you've done all your seasoning you can eat the rest of the oil before it goes bad. People take it like a supplement as it's a good source of omega 3 oils. It's also not real great for cooking with as high heat will reduce its nutritional effects, however that's what makes it good for seasoning. I found out about benefits of flax for seasoning after reading this http://sherylcanter.com/wordpress/2010/01/a-science-based-technique-for-seasoning-cast-iron/ which convinced me to try flax. The short of it is that flax is a drying oil which is what works well for the purposes of seasoning cast iron or carbon steel. If you've done everything right you should have a nice even, dark bronze to black colored pan . If you end up with slightly sticky spots in the pan or areas that are less slick than the rest these spots my not have fully polymerized. I haven't dealt with this enough on a new pan but I suspect that you can heat the pan and wipe with clean dry PT (don't add any more oil) until you feel the spots become more slick. I will update this after I've gotten some cooking with it under my belt. UPDATE 7/23/215 There are some things I didn't mention about the seasoning. I seasoned my pan about eight times. It got to be a real pretty deep bronze color that transitioned to lighter pretty blues the longer I heated the seasoning. For the bottom I only did 2 to 3 layers early on and then continued to add cooking surface layers. After I was all done the bottom was a real light blue color. Spots kept appearing which I finally realized were due to the burner grate that probably had oil residue from other pans. For the cooking I made my first omelette. I heated the pan and a tbsp of butter to almost browning it then poured in 2 beaten eggs at almost room temp. They formed a sort of "pancake" and the whole thing slid around like it was on ice. When I was ready to fold the egg partially over on itself I found out that the pan was actually a little to slick. As I flicked my wrist back to flip the whole egg pancake just slid back into the pan so I had to use a little more force in my wrist flick but I almost sent the whole thing flying out of the pan. Overall the pan was super slick. More nonstick than any other pan I've used. Almost a little too nonstick :). For my next omelette I may use slightly less butter so it's not so slippery. One more thing of note. After cooking in it for the first time the pan got noticeably darker approaching the color of my other carbon pan with years of use that has deep dark brown color.
Review: This pan is wonderful, just what I wanted. - I purchased this pan after years of frustration with variations on non-stick pans. For most skillet or frying pan cooking I use cast iron, but I never found a satisfactory cast iron solution for the omelet pan. I did a lot of research and read many reviews before purchasing this De Buyer MINERAL B Round Carbon Steel Omelet-pan, 9.5-Inch. I am (so far) really pleased with it. It is high quality, sturdy, and obviously very well made. This size is just right for my needs—light enough to be manageable but not so flimsy that it feels cheap. Then I prepared for the seasoning challenge. I admit to being somewhat intimidated by the challenge. I read many, many reviews and forum discussions about seasoning a carbon steel pan, watched videos from various sources and finally combined suggestions from a couple of reviews on this site, and the information offered in the De Buyer video. The method I used was simple, very quick, and has resulted in (so far) an exceptionally smooth, non-stick surface. First, I ignored the instruction to wash off the beeswax coating with hot water and, instead, followed a reviewer's suggestion to just heat the pan on a burner and wipe the wax coating off the inside and outside with a paper towel or absorbent cloth. That worked perfectly. I could tell that I had removed quite a lot of wax because of the residue on my paper towel. Then, following the De Buyer instructions, I heated the pan until it felt hot when I held my hand over it (heated on the stovetop rather than in the oven), poured a small amount of a high heat oil (I used avocado oil), probably between 2 teaspoons and a tablespoon, swished it around to coat the entire inner surface of the pan, let it heat for a few minutes, then wiped it out VERY well with a paper towel while the pan was still fairly hot, and then let it cool and wiped it again. The pan has worked flawlessly (so far). I have never washed it (so far), because all I have needed to do is wipe it out with a paper towel while it is still warm. If I did wash it, I would not use soap, just hot water, and then heat it and oil it again. The pan has developed a lovely, even, bronze-ish patina, has no sticky spots, and is a joy to use. I don't know, maybe I have just been lucky, but I have not had to do any of the complicated seasoning techniques described by many reviewers, nor have I had any sticking, warping, or flaking problems (so far). If use over time changes my observations, I will amend my review. May 2018: After a few months use, I am updating my review to say that I love this pan even more than I did at the beginning. It has developed a wonderful patina and remains absolutely non-stick. I never subject it to soap. Usually all it takes is a quick wipe out with a paper towel and a swipe with some high heat oil (I use avocado oil) while it is still hot. Sometimes I scrub it a bit in hot water then heat it and wipe with oil again, depending on what I have cooked in it. Always wipe the oil to the thinnest film possible and make sure the pan is dry before storing. My favorite things to cook in it are eggs (fried, scrambled, omelet) and steaks.

## Features

- CARBON STEEL OMELETTE PAN - Make the perfect omelet with this pan, which has rounded edges to easily roll & slide food onto your plate. It’s made of carbon steel, which is one of the most natural cooking materials.
- NATURALLY NON-STICK - Lighter, more heat responsive than cast iron & better adapted to high heat than stainless steel. Naturally non-stick after seasoning, this pan is made from a naturally non-stick material without any artificial coatings.
- EASY TO SEASON - Handwash to remove the beeswax coating, dry. Gradually heat to med-hi. Apply a thin layer of oil to coat bottom & sides. Heat approx. 10 mins. or until it begins to smoke. Cool 10 mins., drain & wipe dry. Reheat to med-hi for 2 mins.
- USE & CARE - Hand wash only & avoid harsh soaps that can strip the seasoning. Can be used on all cooking surfaces, including induction. Oven safe for up to 10 min at 400F.
- ROOTED IN FRENCH CULINARY TRADITION - Crafted with passion and precision since 1830, we design and manufacture premium cookware, bakeware and kitchen tools that elevate the cooking experience for both professional chefs and home cooks alike.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Handle Material | Steel |
| Is the item dishwasher safe? | No |
| Has Nonstick Coating | No |
| Product Care Instructions | Hand Wash Only |
| Material | Iron |
| Color | Black |
| Item Weight | 3 Pounds |
| Capacity | 0.4 Liters |
| Maximum Temperature | 400 Degrees Fahrenheit |
| Is Oven Safe | Yes |
| Compatible Devices | Smooth Surface Induction |
| Special Features | Oven Safe, Non Stick, Induction Stove |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** de Buyer
- **Capacity:** 0.4 Liters
- **Color:** Black
- **Material:** Carbon Steel
- **Special Feature:** Electric Stovetop Compatible, Gas Stovetop Compatible, Induction Stovetop Compatible

## Images

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## Available Options

This product comes in different **Size** options.

## Questions & Answers

**Q: The instructions that came with this pan say absolutely nothing about seasoning the pan. Where are the instructions?**
A: Mine came with instructions in a small pamphlet attached to the handle.  Basically it says to clean the pan really well to make sure you remove any protective wax, add some oil (something neutral with a high smoke point like grapeseed) to the inside of the pan and spread it around.  I put mine onto the stove top over medium high heat and left it there until it started to smoke.  Remove from the heat and very carefully wipe away any excess oil.  If you repeat this several times you'll get a good seasoning.  It takes time, but it's worth it.  My first omelette came out perfect.

**Q: What is the diameter of the flat cooking surface?**
A: 6.5 in

**Q: Is it ok to cook steak with this?**
A: Of course it is.  This is the most versatile pan in my collection.  It get's the most use of any I have.  A few notes on this:  1) heat the pan before adding any oil, 2)  It will heat faster than cast iron, 3)  add the steak to a hot, lightly oiled pan and do not move it.  Let it caramelize and cook on one side before moving it around or turning it.  This will help to keep it from sticking.

**Q: Where is it made?**
A: It is made in a factory....

in France.

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Great Egg Pan
*by B***S on July 23, 2015*

This is my second de Buyer carbon steel pan after a 10.2 inch mineral b skillet. I've had the other for years and have learned a lot about seasoning that has helped me with this new pan that I'll get to, but first, I'll give my impressions of the pan. COMPARED TO OTHER DEBUYER PAN: For some reason, when I ordered this pan I thought it was was 10.5 inches and would be slightly bigger than my other de Buyer skillet. This is actually 9.5 inches and although I'm a little disappointed that it's not bigger it's still a good size. It's only about 1/2 inch smaller but over a pound lighter than my other pan and has a shorter handle. The weight difference is very noticeable. The sides are also a little shorter. It's a pretty good size for an egg pan or for a burger, piece of fish or medium steak. I got this primarily to make French omelettes. I have made them in my other skillet with Lyonnaise-style angled sides which is not ideal when trying to flip and fold the omelette. I'm hoping the rounded sides on this will work better. Also, since this weighs less it will be easier on the arm to flip the egg. The build quality is pretty much comparable to my other pan however the bottom edge of the base of the handle where it is riveted to the pan is rather sharp. It was probably stamped out but not ground down or filed smooth. An errant grab could cause a bad scrape and/or cut. Not a huge deal as that is not a place I'll be putting my hand very often, especially if the pan is hot but I'll have to be careful when washing it. It can probably be fixed with a file. SEASONING: I'll try to make this brief and concise. After years of trial and error with my first pan and lots of reading and Youtube videos I feel I have a fairly good method of seasoning and understand it a lot more than I ever have before. Here's what to do. 1. Mineral b pans come with a beeswax coating that must be removed. I got a new Scotch-Brite kitchen sponge with attached scrub pad and scrubbed the heck out of the pan with the abrasive pad while running very hot water on it in the sink. I did this inside and out several times until the sticky feeling of the wax diminished. When I was done the pan felt smooth to the touch and I could see accumulated wax on the surface of the pad. The appearance of the pan at this point had not changed from it's initial dull silver color. 2. Wipe the water off with a towel and put it on the stove burner until all moisture disappears and turn the heat off then wipe with a paper towel. Gray metal residue will come off onto the towel, most likely left from the factory polishing job. Fold the towel and wipe until residue appears to diminish then run the pan under hot water again, add soap and scrub for 10 seconds or so then rinse, dry and repeat wiping with clean paper towel. Repeat this whole process one more time or until hardly any more gray appears on a clean paper towel. At this point the pan still appeared the same as when I began. Side note: I don't imagine any of this residue would be very harmful to ingest but I wanted to minimize it so that it doesn't interfere with the seasoning, possibly weakening it. 3. With a new clean and dry pan, add a dime's-worth or so of flax seed oil (I'll go into why I chose flax later). Wipe the interior with the oil. You might see oil streaks and it may be fairly glossy. This step is important. You do not want large amounts of oil on the pan. Wipe with a fresh paper towel (from now on PT) until you see no streaks and it appears as if you've wiped all the oil off. If you swipe it with your finger the amount of oil should be almost imperceptible. Now, put on stove top and heat at high heat on largest burner. You might need a pot older as eventually the handle will get too hot to hold. Constantly run the PT around the pan as you heat. Light swipes are OK and you don't have to lean into it. I just wad up a PT and use my hand. If you're afraid of burning yourself use a pair of tongs. As you wipe there may be spots appear on the pan that look wet. The goal is to constantly evenly distribute the oil around the pan and smoothing out any glossy spots that appear. One way to tell is to look at lights from the room reflecting into the pan. It will start off kind of semi-gloss and glossier spots will appear that you want to even out. You may even feel roughness over these wet spots. It's almost like buffing out the rough spots. Also, the pan will start to darken from the center out. It will progressively get darker with each seasoning layer. After several minutes, depending on your burner heat, you'll suddenly see the surface go matte and dry looking. Keep swiping your PT and keep heating. You'll notice a smell from the flax oil that will remind some of paint. It's kind of pleasant actually. The hotter it gets the more fragrant it is. At some point the oil will get hot enough that I believe it reaches its polymerization point. If you've been looking at the PT every once and a while as you were wiping, you would have noticed very little color coming off on the PT. Only a very light golden color. When I believe it reaches the polymerization point you will notice, especially if you're rubbing too hard, that darker material is coming off on the PT. At this point I believe you can stop wiping the pan as it will only diminish your seasoning. I heated several minutes more past this point but saw no change to the pan and I did not ever see any smoking. Turn off the heat and let cool for several minutes. Wipe the pan again gently with a clean PT. You should see no real residue coming off. Your PT should look almost clean. I believe that as it cooled the newly polymerized oil solidified and is now set. Rub some more and you should notice significantly less friction on the pan. Now, let cool until you can rub your hand on the pan and repeat steps 1 through 3 until you have the desired amount of seasoning (some put seven or eight layers on). I believe it's important to only add more oil when the pan is cool to the touch. If the pan is too hot and you pour oil in it, it may start the polymerization process before you can evenly distribute it and wipe out the excess which will leave you with streaks and splotches. I believe that this is the main problem people face. They get uneven, splotchy, sticky finishes because they're using way, way too much oil, or the pan is too hot when the put in oil, or they aren't constantly wiping during the heating. WHY I USED FLAX OIL. I used Barlean's Organic Flax Oil Pure Unfiltered 16oz, approx $10-$12 from Amazon, Whole Foods, Sprouts or a health food store. There are two types; the one I just mentioned and one with added lignans. You may also find other brands that add other ingredients. I chose to go with the pure oil and no additives. Also, you'll find it refrigerated. It needs to be refrigerated to prevent oxidation and it also doesn't have a long shelf life. You won't need anywhere near 16 ounces to season a pan and you probably can't use it all up seasoning as you'd have to have dozens of pans. I couldn't find any smaller amounts so, if you've done all your seasoning you can eat the rest of the oil before it goes bad. People take it like a supplement as it's a good source of omega 3 oils. It's also not real great for cooking with as high heat will reduce its nutritional effects, however that's what makes it good for seasoning. I found out about benefits of flax for seasoning after reading this http://sherylcanter.com/wordpress/2010/01/a-science-based-technique-for-seasoning-cast-iron/ which convinced me to try flax. The short of it is that flax is a drying oil which is what works well for the purposes of seasoning cast iron or carbon steel. If you've done everything right you should have a nice even, dark bronze to black colored pan . If you end up with slightly sticky spots in the pan or areas that are less slick than the rest these spots my not have fully polymerized. I haven't dealt with this enough on a new pan but I suspect that you can heat the pan and wipe with clean dry PT (don't add any more oil) until you feel the spots become more slick. I will update this after I've gotten some cooking with it under my belt. UPDATE 7/23/215 There are some things I didn't mention about the seasoning. I seasoned my pan about eight times. It got to be a real pretty deep bronze color that transitioned to lighter pretty blues the longer I heated the seasoning. For the bottom I only did 2 to 3 layers early on and then continued to add cooking surface layers. After I was all done the bottom was a real light blue color. Spots kept appearing which I finally realized were due to the burner grate that probably had oil residue from other pans. For the cooking I made my first omelette. I heated the pan and a tbsp of butter to almost browning it then poured in 2 beaten eggs at almost room temp. They formed a sort of "pancake" and the whole thing slid around like it was on ice. When I was ready to fold the egg partially over on itself I found out that the pan was actually a little to slick. As I flicked my wrist back to flip the whole egg pancake just slid back into the pan so I had to use a little more force in my wrist flick but I almost sent the whole thing flying out of the pan. Overall the pan was super slick. More nonstick than any other pan I've used. Almost a little too nonstick :). For my next omelette I may use slightly less butter so it's not so slippery. One more thing of note. After cooking in it for the first time the pan got noticeably darker approaching the color of my other carbon pan with years of use that has deep dark brown color.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This pan is wonderful, just what I wanted.
*by L***D on March 3, 2018*

I purchased this pan after years of frustration with variations on non-stick pans. For most skillet or frying pan cooking I use cast iron, but I never found a satisfactory cast iron solution for the omelet pan. I did a lot of research and read many reviews before purchasing this De Buyer MINERAL B Round Carbon Steel Omelet-pan, 9.5-Inch. I am (so far) really pleased with it. It is high quality, sturdy, and obviously very well made. This size is just right for my needs—light enough to be manageable but not so flimsy that it feels cheap. Then I prepared for the seasoning challenge. I admit to being somewhat intimidated by the challenge. I read many, many reviews and forum discussions about seasoning a carbon steel pan, watched videos from various sources and finally combined suggestions from a couple of reviews on this site, and the information offered in the De Buyer video. The method I used was simple, very quick, and has resulted in (so far) an exceptionally smooth, non-stick surface. First, I ignored the instruction to wash off the beeswax coating with hot water and, instead, followed a reviewer's suggestion to just heat the pan on a burner and wipe the wax coating off the inside and outside with a paper towel or absorbent cloth. That worked perfectly. I could tell that I had removed quite a lot of wax because of the residue on my paper towel. Then, following the De Buyer instructions, I heated the pan until it felt hot when I held my hand over it (heated on the stovetop rather than in the oven), poured a small amount of a high heat oil (I used avocado oil), probably between 2 teaspoons and a tablespoon, swished it around to coat the entire inner surface of the pan, let it heat for a few minutes, then wiped it out VERY well with a paper towel while the pan was still fairly hot, and then let it cool and wiped it again. The pan has worked flawlessly (so far). I have never washed it (so far), because all I have needed to do is wipe it out with a paper towel while it is still warm. If I did wash it, I would not use soap, just hot water, and then heat it and oil it again. The pan has developed a lovely, even, bronze-ish patina, has no sticky spots, and is a joy to use. I don't know, maybe I have just been lucky, but I have not had to do any of the complicated seasoning techniques described by many reviewers, nor have I had any sticking, warping, or flaking problems (so far). If use over time changes my observations, I will amend my review. May 2018: After a few months use, I am updating my review to say that I love this pan even more than I did at the beginning. It has developed a wonderful patina and remains absolutely non-stick. I never subject it to soap. Usually all it takes is a quick wipe out with a paper towel and a swipe with some high heat oil (I use avocado oil) while it is still hot. Sometimes I scrub it a bit in hot water then heat it and wipe with oil again, depending on what I have cooked in it. Always wipe the oil to the thinnest film possible and make sure the pan is dry before storing. My favorite things to cook in it are eggs (fried, scrambled, omelet) and steaks.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent product - worth the money
*by W***L on December 4, 2025*

This is my first DeBuyer pan, and while I was reticent due to the price, I was also pleasantly surprised. Less money than cast iron, it's lighter, easier to move, easy to season in the oven (although it takes a while, just like cast iron), and has similar performance characteristics (even heat transfer and similar cooking times). Definitely worth the money. Get the optional sleeve for the handle - also worth it!

## Frequently Bought Together

- De Buyer MINERAL B Carbon Steel Omelette Pan - 9.5” Diameter, 7.7” Cooking Surface - PFAS, PFOA & PFOS Free - Made in France
- BuzzyWaxx Original Blend - Cast Iron and Carbon Steel Seasoning
- DE BUYER 1830 Mineral B Element Series 4636.00 Neoprene Grip Protector 20 cm Length Neoprene

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