The "alpha Pan"

https://gearpatrol.com/2020/05/20/outdoor-experts-swear-by-this-skillet/

Good afternoon all,

Article about an improvement to the "old" cast-iron skillet.

I understand the term "semi-non-stick-hard coat surfaces".

Article has some links.

MISC: TexDanm, As soon as I saw this article, immediately thought of the M3 carbine with the frying pan scope !

 

Bad idea to have aluminum for outdoor cooking / frying pan. Good ol cast iron maybe heavier compare to aluminum, but iron is something our body know how to handle, unlike aluminum which by its nature is a result of byproduct (not found naturally)

 

Good morning Varuna,

Excellent point !

I've been hearing over and over about aluminum changing the human body's immune ( and other) system.

Of course, when the reports and stories reach the laity level, it distills down to "Aluminum causes Alzheimer's disease". Yet, there is something going on with the autopsies and the aluminum presence.

 

Its like the 'refill a supermarket water bottle and you'll get cancer', nonsense. I do like cast iron to cook with but its too heavy for most of my trips, nice in a base camp but to be honest I mostly use stainless steel these days.

The Alpha pan looks good, I'll check into them further. I already use similar https://www.canadianoutdoorequipmen...utside for,pans scratch resistant and hygenic.

 

Good afternoon Max,

I agree with you that the cast iron stuff is just too heavy for most travel.

I also use stainless steel but also aluminum. The aluminum is mostly the 2 espresso posts I carry by truck and the smaller one only when in FLC mode (Feet, leather-covered).

Will glance at link later although will mention now that "hygenic" refers to the link's products. If "rivets" of some sort in a pan to attach handle, consider getting a model without them. In field conditions, the "hygiene" is mostly the user's cleaning of the pot/pan/ etc.

 

Aluminium (aluminum to you ) is fantastic at spread heat so for camp pots they are ideal. Not great for frying as the metal can 'pit' and food sticks. I have a 20cm Tefal Omelette pan minus the handle (use a Trangia pot gripper) which is great for frying and a chapati pan (Tawa pan) with a folding handle, its steel and fries well. The Tawa pans are usually really cheap in your local larger Indian/Pakistani stores, worth looking at. Pan hygiene? if your cooking hot food they'll be no viruses/bacteria to worry about. To be honest I just make sure the cooking surfaces are kept really clean.