[pitzinoodles]

I'm a full heat kinda cook, especially for things like steak.

Can anyone recommend what sort/brand?

[BVB09]

TEFAL non-stick fry pan !

[lisacat]

I second the tefal. I have 2 and love them.

[Sinister Bonnet]

No effing way to a nonstick pan if you want it hot. Nonstick +heat =wrongsauce.

For a pan you can heat with no concerns about teflon, a solid iron frying pan from a camping shop is excellent. You do need to season them but once they are seasoned you can heat them and they are nonstick and you get an excellent mailliard reaction.

[pitzinoodles]

I second the tefal. I have 2 and love them.

Can you use them on high heat, I have a scanpan frying pan and the instructions are definitely not to use on high heat.

[Sinister Bonnet]

Teflon cannot be used on high heat.

[katrina24]

I also love my tefal and scan pan but would definitely noy use them for high heat cooking. My dad is a steak lover and he uses a cast iron pan. I use y scan pan, I brown first over the stove and then finish in the oven. Great results.

[countrymel]

No, no, no and NO to non stick and high heat!

As PP said nip down to a camping store and get a cast iron pan (we have a grill type one so we can have stripes on our steak) and season it well.

How to season a pan

[*LucyE*]

Cast iron or carbon steel. You can get cheap or expensive versions of both. The main difference is that the expensive ones are made using a one use cast so there are no seam lines and it should be smoother. Not really a big deal for the often 10x price difference.

[Chelara]

Cast iron, there were some sets of preseasoned ones at aldi- with a camp oven etc. I use cast iron BBQ plates for steak and indoors a cast iron skillet or griddle pan. Any other high heat cooking is done in a wok. Otherwise I have stainless steel sauté pans for shallow frying or making spaghetti Bol etc.