A Lightweight BK Nature Carbon Steel Pan That Rewards Proper Preheating

Before owning this pan, I've always used ceramic non-stick pans but they gets scratched so easily even when I try to be careful and I had to keep replacing them every year. Therefore I started looking for alternative option and finally decided on getting a carbon steel pan for its relatively light weight (comparing to cast iron) and the many praises that I saw about its non-stick ability. I do have to say that there is a small learning curve if you are transitioning from a coated non-stick pan to this pan (or any type of non-coated pan), but once you're familiar with how to use it, it will indeed have a great non-stick property and would be super easy to clean up as well! Initially I really wasn't getting much of the non-stick property that many people have talked about. I followed the tip that I saw online (or at least I thought I followed) of heating up the pan first before I start cooking yet sometimes it would work while most other times everything just sticks on the pan everywhere. However, one day I saw a video showing an easy test that you can do to check if you have heat up the pan enough before you start cooking, and I finally realized that while I did heat up the pan before I started cooking, I've never heat it up enough. Ever since I started heating up the pan properly before cooking, I've stopped having problem with food sticking on the pan. The clean up for the pan is also super easy; you do not need any detergent, just a brush and water and things come off easily. Even back when I was getting food sticking on the pan, I can always just take a steel wool and scrub it. That is another thing that I love about this pan - I can use any type of spatula or cleaning brush without needing to worry about scratching it. I picked this pan because it is one of the lightest carbon steel pan that I could find. I was hoping that I will be able to lift up my pan and food in one hand, and with this pan, that is not a problem. However, there is a trade off for its light weight and that is the thickness of the pan. It does still feel durable, but once the pan is heated up, it does distort a bit and won't sit flat on my glass top cooker and therefore affecting the heat conduction. Nevertheless, it doesn't seem to affect my cooking very much and since I wanted something lighter, this is a trade off that I will take. For people with a gas burner, this probably won't be a problem for you. Overall I am very satisfied with this pan and would definitely recommend for someone looking for a lighter weight non-coated pan, especially for someone with a gas burner.