This is one of my users.
http://i.imgur.com/NPy9xs2.jpg
You'll see the roughly circular areas that look to be lighter and possibly down to bare iron. That circular area matches the layout of the burners on my gas stove, so I'm assuming the flames are burning the seasoning layer off. Is that a correct assumption? All my users show this to some degree, this is the worst of them.
If that is the problem, does anyone have suggestions for preventing or minimizing it? Unfortunately, our stove top runs very hot, even on its lowest setting...it's actually really hard to simmer anything because it's so hot. I need to look and see if the cook top itself is adjustable.
I have two thoughts. 1) Make seasoning the whole skillet part of my maintenance routine. 2) Using one of those heat diffuser plates.
http://i.imgur.com/NPy9xs2.jpg
You'll see the roughly circular areas that look to be lighter and possibly down to bare iron. That circular area matches the layout of the burners on my gas stove, so I'm assuming the flames are burning the seasoning layer off. Is that a correct assumption? All my users show this to some degree, this is the worst of them.
If that is the problem, does anyone have suggestions for preventing or minimizing it? Unfortunately, our stove top runs very hot, even on its lowest setting...it's actually really hard to simmer anything because it's so hot. I need to look and see if the cook top itself is adjustable.
I have two thoughts. 1) Make seasoning the whole skillet part of my maintenance routine. 2) Using one of those heat diffuser plates.