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The Concord Premium Stainless Steel Paella Pan with a heavy-duty triply bottom (20 inches or 50 cm) is designed to elevate your cooking experience, particularly when preparing the classic Spanish dish, paella. This pan combines functionality with durability, ensuring that both novice and experienced cooks can create delicious meals with ease.
I was skeptical about how well this pan would perform. It is the first stainless steel paella pan I've purchased and used. It is built well. Is heavy, and made a very good mixed paella on it's first use. I'm very pleased with this pan. It is an excellent product, especially for the price.
This Paella pan is marvelous; it heats evenly- stainless steel, you can’t go wrong.Highly recommend this.
Induction "burners" have localized heating that requires very heat-conductive cookware, especially for frying. I have tried cast iron griddles, but they have a hot spot right over the induction coil, and the temp drops off rapidly, so the side of the pan is 50 deg cooler than in the center. My pancakes were cooked on near the center, but the edges were uncooked!This pan solves that problem with a conductive layer of aluminum (They don't reveal, but the pan is too light for a copper core). The temperature on the sides is only slightly cooler than in the center, and my pancakes are a success!Cleanup is easy because it is stainless. I wipe out excess oil and heat water with washing soda (sodium carbonate) for 15 minutes. Any residues simply dislodge or a few wipes gets them off. Oven cleaner can be used for the bottom or tough stains.I searched high and low, but I think this is the ONLY round stainless steel griddle with a heat spreading core that is NOT nonstick. Lots of non-stick options, but I wasn't interested. There are also some steel options, but the heat conduction is not as good. Gas flames distribute heat much better than induction. Good heat conduction is critical for griddles on induction burners! This griddle delivers, and at a very reasonable price.
I haven't used it yet as I just received it. But it looks like a solid, well-made pan. I was a bit surprised that the pan is only 17 inches at the bottom, not 20. It is 20 inches at the top. Maybe that's how paella pans are measured. Had I known this then I would have ordered a slightly smaller burner. Now, the flames will be at the very edge of the pan. For this I knock off one star.
Face it, that 12" pan that works for 1 or 2 of you really isn't going to do the job when you have a crew over. Paella works best when you don't crowd the pan. Stacking stuff up 6" tall in the middle of that 12" pan is probably not going to work very well. You *need* a big pan for a crowd.The down side is that there simply is no way to fit a 20" pan on your kitchen stovetop burner. Heat distribution is good, but it's not *that* good ....:) ). Unless your oven is way oversized, you can't shove it in the oven. You need some sort of big burner. Figure out where that is going before you buy the pan !!! A multi ring burner is a really good idea. The "L 40" types seem to work pretty well with this pan.Cleanup is no better / no worse than any stainless steel pan. It's not teflon. The advantage of this pan over carbon steel is that this one isn't going to rust in storage. You also don't have to worry about blasting the seasoning off like you would on the carbon steel version.Are riveted handles better than welded on handles? That debate can take up a few thousand pages. These handles are solidly attached to the pan. Are the rivets easier to scrub than the weld marks? neither one is perfect in that regard.To me the big plus for this pan is the heat distribution. Even with a good burner, you want to keep things uniformly hot. That's been easier with this pan than with the lighter weight stuff. Fewer issues to deal with during a big cook is *always* a good thing !!
Great quality paella pan that heats evenly. Being stainless steel is an added bonus to prevent rust during storage. It is the perfect size for parties.
Exactly what I needed to cook large amounts of food safely.
