Oil track: Grapeseed oil

2 runs

IFX-017 1 Oct 2026

Cast-iron pan pizza: three minutes on the hob before the oven

A pan pizza is fried on one side and baked on the other. The hob phase is what makes the bottom crisp, and this run measured how much of it is needed…

12 in skillet
Bake
Grapeseed oil

Preheat: 470°F
Maillard: 180s
Stick index: 2/5
match: —

IFX-009 7 Sep 2026

Crisp-skin snapper: what a 3.5 minute skin-side sear costs in stick index

Fish is the hardest thing to sear in cast iron because the skin is thin, wet and full of collagen. This run pinned down when the fillet lets go by…

12 in skillet
Direct sear
Grapeseed oil

Preheat: 425°F
Maillard: 210s
Stick index: 4/5
match: —