Is cast iron the most patrician cookware?

I find I only really use it for breakfast foods and searing steaks

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searing steaks and roasts/roasting.

maintaining it is annoying

>cooking in a pan made of iron
>iron literally makes stars explode
>ingesting iron particles
lol enjoy your metal poisoning moron. iron is the probably the deadliest element to man and you fucktards are eating out of it because the jews say its ok

>>8318201
Yeah, I hate washing with soap and water and drying my pans before storing.

>>8318207
Not just iron, I use a lot of copper. I'm rustic as fuck.

Come at me u beta faggot.

>>8318186

carbon steel is more practical with all the important benefits of cast iron. There's a reason professional kitchens go carbon steel over cast iron

Pros
- lighter
- heat faster
- easier to clean

Cons
- less heat retention when off heat

>>8318302

Pro kitchens have powerful burners (hobs) that make your only listed "con" not so important.

OTOH, at home that "con" is critically important. When you have a crappy residential stove and you need to get a good sear or on something or try to get a halfway decent stir-fry, then you need something that is thick to retain as much heat as possible. I don't mind using carbon steel at work, but on my home stove? No thanks, I need the extra thermal mass of the CI.

>>easier to clean
Not really, the cleaning & care for cast iron and carbon steel are identical.

>>8318302
Do you mean stainless?

It's my birthday today and my girlfriend is giving me a wok and a cast iron skillet, what should I make with it first? :^)

>>8318332
>wok

what up zipperhead

No, cast iron cookware is literally the cookware choice of peasants, very simply constructed out of one of the cheapest and most abundant metals on earth.

>>8318332

Bacon.

>>8318207
Nigga your blood has iron stfu

>>8318332
bacon fried rice

>>8318210
xD have an upvote fellow memelord

>>8318302
>- less heat retention when off heat

how much less, compared to stainless?

>>8318302

>carbon steel

Came here to say this.

It's more patrician simply by the fact that you can't even find it without going to industry/specialty (or ethnic if you want low quality) stores, despite it being a standard among professionals.