2011/2/1 John Sessoms <[email protected]>: > > It's hot enough to burn the non-stick coating if the pan has one, releasing > poisonous fumes.
totally. my non-stick goes up to 270 °C btw I checked and some Le Creuset wares only go up to 190°C so they seem to use different coatings > It will also burn the seasoning off a cast iron pan, but won't warp the cast > iron unless it's a really cheap pan. exactly. they come out a nice dull grey (even lustre black once oiled, tres sweet) and take new seasoning very well. > You can re-season cast iron. In fact, if you really screw up the seasoning > on a cast iron pan, one of the steps to re-seasoning is to burn the old > seasoning off to give you a uniform surface for re-seasoning. right thurr... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

