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Should You Buy Your Cast Iron Pan at a Restaurant Supply Store?

Should You Buy Your Cast Iron Pan at a Restaurant Supply Store?

Walk into a restaurant supply store and it feels like you’ve found a secret club for chefs. Giant whisks, stacks of sheet pans, and no-frills equipment that looks like it means business. Tucked away on a steel shelf, you’ll find them: cast iron skillets. They look a little rough, they feel heavy, and they’re shockingly cheap.

Should You Buy Cast Iron From a Restaurant Supply Store?

Should You Buy Cast Iron From a Restaurant Supply Store?

You’ve seen them, tucked away in the industrial metal shelving of a restaurant supply depot. They’re not the familiar, handsome black skillets you see in home-goods stores. These cast iron pans look… raw. Almost unfinished. They might have a dull grey sheen, visible machining lines on the cooking surface, and a handle that looks like it was designed for pure function and nothing more.