sf > wrote:

> wrote:

>> The guy who told you wet meat sticks doesn't know what he's talking
>> about. "Hot pan, cold oil, meat won't stick." That's all you need to
>> know.

>That's the way I cook with my cast iron, but he says not to treat ss
>like cast iron and don't do that. Let the oil heat with the pan and
>don't walk away while it heats (I use gas). Put the meat in as soon
>as it heats up. I'll try both ways and see how it goes.

I have only heard of heating the pan first, then adding oil, with SS.
Not with CI, although maybe it is fine there too.

Walking away while it heats is never the greatest of ideas. :-)



Steve