How good is the side burner when using a cooking pan? Does the infrared heats up the pan good - similar to flame?
1131182
The pan will probably get as hot as you want it. The problem you might have is the side burner will not take a large diameter pan because it will hit the side of the grill hood.
1131183
As good or better. I will only use a heavy stainless steel or cast iron pan on it.
16799
What does rise is more like vapor to me, not smoke. This is my second infrared-type cooking oven. This one, however, is by far the best. I failed to mention that when you have to check on your items that are being cooked, you can just simply tilt the cover over and it hangs on a hook. You then turn over a chicken, rearrange ribs, etc so much easier! My first one had a big glass bowl and it was difficult being able to get ahold of the item being cooked.
1761304
Gas is probably better for heat distribution. But electric burners will work as long as they make contact with the pan.
2013470
I also use mine mainly in the oven or outside on the grill or in a wood-fired oven. But I also use the pan on my gas cooktop for fajitas. I use my largest burner turned up fairly high. Not all of the pan will get hot, so first I sear the meat (steak or chicken), push it to the side to keep warm, sear the onions, peppers and tomatoes, push them to the side and lastly warm the tortillas. It makes a nice presentation to bring the whole pan to the table (with lots of hot pads :-) and let everyone dig in.
1135513
Keep in mind, this pan heats much faster than regular pan that is not tri-ply. Use only low to medium heat, do not cook on high heat unless you want to boil water quickly. I use it to make pan-fried chicken and sear meat before stewing with perfect crust without burning it. Because heat is distributed evenly I did not have problems with burned-on jam, or milk when I made yogurt. I love this pan, have to remind myself: a little heat goes a long way.
1536477
I would buy the pan again. I just warn that you must not use heat higher than medium or you will burn your food. This pan conducts heat very well and I am pleased with it.
1244784
Hi, not sure what you mean by basic cooking? I think that this cooker has a wide range of heat output, from a very low flame to wok cooking with super high heat. The flame can be just an inch high, or it can be about 8 inches from the burner. I mainly use it for wok cooking, which in general needs a much higher BTU than what my indoor range can provide, and there is no issue of smoke outside. So I hope this answers your question. My only gripe with this burner, super sooty a lot of incomplete burning of the propane. But besides that it is a very good burner.
297788
"Sear station" is just an extra burner between the left and middle burner. I find that it helps get the heat up faster even when you are not trying to sear, and when I am smoking, I use that burner under the smoker box. You also get a side burner on the 330, which you don't get on the 310. I like it for outside frying in a cast iron skillet -- fries, fish, and chicken -- so I don't smell up the house. We found that the extra $ for both features was worth it.
989680
I think that claim is total crap. If you overcook or use too much heat, the thing is going to brown and blacken period. The laws of physics don't cease to exist simply because of the toffee-colored finish. However, the pans I am using do a pretty good job so far and seem to be of decent enough quality. Hope this helps.
1819203
this big easy oil-less turkey fryer as an inner cylinder that has a solid bottom there is a burner ring beneath it which heats the cylinder to the point that it transfers the heat to whatever you have within it (there is also a footed basket to place your turkey or roast in) the instructions as I remember them tell me that it cooks with infrared heat, I've used it and am pleased with the results. You cannot smoke anything with this item, but it roasts pretty well.
579786
This is the first real wok I've owned and we love it. Depending on what I cook there can be some "stickage" but nothing has burned. I make sure to remove it from the heat right away. :-)
1507248
Oh geeze it is wonderful!!......don't turn your skillet up too high though it will smoke....lower heat is better
1040537
We used in it the backcountry over an alcohol stove and had no problems with anything sticking or burning. I'm sure it would depend on what you were cooking to some extent but cleaning it after use was very easy.
1891723
Not a good idea; not even safe unless cooking oil directly on the stove burner sounds like fun to you. I also do not think direct contact with a heating element or gas flame is a good idea; the wire mesh is a fairly fine gauge and it likely to get hotter than you want.
1781991
I guess, it depends on the stove too. On the MSR isopropane stove it did not burn at all. I used both already: the cattle and the fry pan.
197318
So far the answer is yes for me. I would recommend using it a couple times with a pot you care less about - the pain on the burner burns off the first couple times you use it, and for me at least, left some black scorch marks on the bottom of the pan. I just used a new 30qt pot to fry a turkey with it last week, and the pot worked just fine and survived unscaved after being on the highest flame setting for almost an hour.
743884
Definitely yes. One precaution is not to turn the burner on to full heat with an empty pan. It's our favorite large pan.