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Default 14-inch skillet question

Andy wrote:
> Dave Bugg said...
>
>> That
>> allows me to move the food, which is near finished being cooked,
>> toward the edge and the food that still needs cooking toward the
>> center.

>
>
> I have a heavy lodge 14" cast iron pan that oversets the electric
> burner by +2 inch radius. What I've noticed (and I guess it's an
> optical illusion) is that the pan surface seems to bow up where it's
> in contact with the burner. Very noticeable when the pan is suitably
> oiled for light pan frying. I'll take a picture next time around.


If it's what I think it is, Andy, I see it on occasion as well. It's the
result of the expansion of the heated oil, giving the illusion of the pan
bowing. It would be interesting to get a pic of it.

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