Mineral B pan on induction

[CCE (Keyrock the unfrozen caveman lawyer; your world frightens & confuses me)]

There have been considerable discussions on warping with induction. You’ve already hit upon what many others recommend, slower heating and not heating empty.

Here linked below is a bit of a discussion where @Claus says he readily warped some Matfer CS pans but that he’s had no problems with Mineral B.

Matfer has updates to their carbon steel pans

I warped a Matfer Bourgeat carbon steel pan on my fathers induction stovetop 4-5 years ago. De Buyer Mineral B pans solved the issue. No warping with them so far 4+ years of use. I do own a Matfer Bourgeat carbon steel pan in 22 cm in my own collection, but I cook on gas and a very little 22 cm Matfer only has an effective cooking area of 12-13 cm, so it’s not likely to warp on any cooking surface. I think the new Matfer carbon steel pan is a definite upgrade design wise to the old design, bu…