Cooking the perfect sirloin steak is a culinary art that many aspire to master. While the quality of the steak itself plays a significant role, the choice of cookware can make all the difference in achieving that mouthwatering, restaurant-quality result. In this blog post, we'll delve into the importance of selecting the right pan for cooking the perfect sirloin steak and introduce you to an innovative solution, the Turbo Pot, designed to outperform traditional cookware over an open flame.
The right pan can significantly impact the outcome of your steak-cooking adventure. Here's why:
Efficient Heat Transfer:
One of the most critical aspects of cooking a sirloin steak to perfection is achieving precise temperature control. This is where the Turbo Pot sets itself apart from the competition. Thanks to its innovative heat exchanger base, the Turbo Pot absorbs heat from open flame burners significantly more efficiently than standard cookware. This means your pan heats up 30%-50% faster, allowing you to create high-quality dishes in a fraction of the time.
Durable Construction:
Sirloin steaks demand a pan that can withstand high heat and maintain its integrity over time. The Turbo Pot is crafted with resilient aluminum, ensuring it can handle the intense heat required for searing without warping or losing its shape. This lasting professional-grade cookware is an investment in your culinary journey.
Non-Stick Excellence:
Achieving the perfect sear and preventing sticking is crucial when cooking sirloin steaks. The Turbo Pot boasts a rich espresso-hued non-stick surface that prevents sticking and hot spots, ensuring your dishes turn out perfect every time. This non-stick coating also makes for easy cleanup, allowing you to focus on savoring your delicious steak.
Precision Gourmet Cooking:
With the Turbo Pot, precision gourmet cooking becomes a reality. Its efficient heat control means you can maintain the ideal temperature for searing your sirloin steak to perfection. The result is a steak with a beautifully caramelized crust and a tender, juicy interior, just like the one you'd find in a top-notch restaurant.
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In the world of culinary excellence, every detail matters. When it comes to cooking the perfect sirloin steak, the choice of pan is paramount. The Turbo Pot, with its innovative heat exchanger base, efficient heat transfer, durable construction, and superior non-stick surface, offers the perfect solution for achieving culinary perfection.
Invest in the right pan, and you'll unlock your potential as a home chef, creating sirloin steaks that rival those served in the finest restaurants. With the Turbo Pot, you'll enjoy precision gourmet cooking and savor the satisfaction of mastering the art of steak preparation. Elevate your cooking game and delight in mouthwatering sirloin steaks like never before.
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Wow!!! What a great way to fall into the autumn season, hearing that our FreshAir Stainless 8 qt Stock Pot had been selected for a 2021 Healthy Cooking Award by the renowned health and lifestyle magazine, Women’s Health.
The Turbo Pot team was stoked to see that one of Mark Wiens' latest episodes of his widely renowned food and travel vlog featured the oldest operating restaurant in the United States: the Union Oyster House.
Once the real cooking started, we were honored to discover that our professional Turbo Pot FlamePro Fry Pans were making a special appearance, pan searing shrimp, scallops and shellfish in the skilled hands of executive chef, Americo DiFronzo! As Mark says with beaming enthusiasm, “Oh woOow!”
Like Mark, we too have experienced the supreme joy of dining with Chef Rico at the Union Oyster House, where we were treated to a plethora of his sizzling, turbo-seared shellfish specialties.
With over 40 years of experience, Chef Rico is an esteemed expert when it comes to New England seafood. And, in Massachusetts, he is a bit of an institution himself.
Besides being the executive chef of the oldest, continuously operating restaurant in the nation (since 1826!!!), he also holds the prestigious position of culinary instructor at Boston University School of Hospitality Administration.
Chef Rico is acclaimed by, and holds membership in, some of the most respected professional chef associations in the US and the world - including the World Association of Chefs Society, the Les Aims d’Escoffier Society of Boston, Chaine des Rotisseurs, L’Ordre des Canardiers, Normandy, France and the Professional Associate of Italian Chefs, Milan, Italy.
Chef DiFronzo has been honored with some of America’s top awards—including ACF Northeast Region Hermann G. Rusch Chef’s Achievement Award—and has notably served as vice chair for the American Academy of Chefs (AAC), the American Culinary Federation’s (ACF) honor society for chefs.
Watch this exciting episode with over 1.7 million views and learn why Turbo Pot fry pans are top chefs’ first choice for helping seafood reach its full potential. It’s all about fast, HOT and even heating, with agility to spare.
Three cheers for Mark, Chef Rico, and the Union Oyster House team! Can’t wait to go back!!
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Watch Mark Wiens food tour vlog as he eats his way around the world.
Meet Chef Americo DiFronzo.
Visit Union Oyster House.
This 10" fry pan features top-tier European design in the form of the all-new Greblon ceramic nonstick system. The high-quality ceramic coating is made without PFTE and PFOA, and yet provides great nonstick performance for a hassle free cleanup.
Combined with our legendary, finned heat exchanger base, you can cook the best meal for your family in a fraction of the time, with superior temperature uniformity, and unparalleled energy savings.
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When you’re cooking outdoors under the tight restrictions of limited daylight and limited fuel, time-and-energy-saving Turbo Pot demonstrates major performance advantages.
Turbo Pot is great for:
Turbo Pot improves heating efficiency from open flames by 30%-50% compared to standard flat-bottomed pots. You can actually extend the life of your propane and butane tanks and get more cooking time out of each tank, saving yourself a trip to the store. In this way, you are also reducing waste from empty fuel tanks and canisters.
But maybe you aren’t using a portable propane or butane stove. We’ve been getting many questions about using the Turbo Pot in outdoor cooking applications, such as survivalist stoves (rocket stoves), wood campfires, charcoal campfires and grills. Turbo Pot is great for these applications! As always, use standard precautions when using Turbo Pot with these cooking methods as you would when using any stainless steel or aluminum cookware.
For reference, the heat exchanger base of the Turbo Pot is constructed of commercial grade 3003 aluminum, and the body is constructed of 304 grade stainless steel. The glass lid is rated to 350 °F. Turbo Pot fry pans are constructed of full-body 3003 aluminum with 304 stainless steel grade handles.
Never place cookware directly into open flames or on top of charcoals. Cookware should be at least 6” above charcoal and wood fire flame. This is easy to achieve on a campfire but harder on a rocket stove.
You may want to consider using some sort of trivet to create space between the pot and your rocket stove depending on what sort of cooking task you need to accomplish, you may also take care to not stoke the biomass material too high or quickly in the stove chamber.
Cooking with Turbo Pot on a rocket stove will heat very quickly (especially when compared with cast iron cookware), making short work of boiling tasks.
If you are trying to use your rocket stove to simmer, you may find it necessary to use a trivet to limit the heat into the pot, or limit the rate and quantity of biomass fuel added to the stove.
Make sure to keep liquid or food product in the pot while cooking. Do not let the liquid boil off or keep an empty pot/pan over the fire, or there is a risk of cookware overheating and warping. Nonstick pans should never be used with rocket stoves or campfires and are more appropriately suited to cooking with butane or propane stoves, where btu input settings can be well-regulated.
When using Turbo Pot with small portable butane and propane stoves, we recommend starting off with a lower than normal burner setting until you become accustomed to the improved heat transfer rate. If simmering or sautéing, you will be able to keep the burner setting lower than normal, and will want to stir more frequently to avoid burning, due to the improved heat transfer.
When cooking with fuel sources like wood, you may notice that the bottom of your cookware gets a little bit of soot or darkening in color after extended periods of use. This is due to the higher carbon deposition that occurs with these fuel sources when compared to natural gas, ethanol, butane, etc. You may even notice this effect with propane stoves with lower-efficiency burners. The more yellow the flames, the less efficient the combustion of the fuel is, and the faster you will experience the build up of soot on the bottom of the pot.
While you can attempt to minimize this effect, the reality is that soot deposition is just part of the joy of working with wood-fueled stoves and campfires (And lower efficiency propane burners!). The soot will not impact the performance of the Turbo Pot or its ability to heat quickly and evenly.
If you want to remove the accumulated soot from the bottom of your pot, we recommend a soak in “Carbon Off”. When scrubbing, you can use a kitchen brush with 1”-2” bristles to clean between the fins of the heat exchanger on the bottom of the Turbo Pot, or a thinner scotch brite scouring pad which fits between the channels of the fins.
Now that you know how to best use your new Turbo Pot in these applications, get out there and enjoy the outdoors! As always, tag #turbopot to get featured on our official Instagram. We’d love to see your outdoor cooking set up and culinary adventures. Having dinner done quicker after a long day of outdoor sports makes everyone a happy camper!
]]>At just 25 years old, Shayne has already made a big splash in the culinary world and earned some major accolades. Hailing from St. Louis Missouri, Shayne currently serves as President of the American Culinary Federation’s Young Chefs Club (ACFYCC) and also works professionally as the lead line chef at the prestigious Gatesworth. How does he find the time!
Shayne’s professionalism, dedication, and talent are truly unmatched among his peers, but it is his humility that is particularly striking for any chef, especially one of such a young age and with such accomplishments. In addition to serving as president of an ACF chapter and going on to global chef competitions, Shayne has been recognized as the 2016 ACF Regional Student Chef of the Year as well as the 2017 WAC Youth Chef of the Americas.
We had the pleasure of meeting Shayne McCrady almost a year ago, exactly, while preparing for Worldchefs Continental Tryouts for the Americas Competition in July at Florida Technical College in Kissimmee, Florida.
Shayne took the opportunity to utilize Turbo Pot cookware in his arsenal and ultimately secured a major win in the Hans Bueschkens Young Chefs Challenge, which would propel him as a finalist to the Global Young Chefs Challenge 2018 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Although the Global Young Chefs Challenge is going to be featuring an all-electric cookware line, Chef McCrady will be bringing a new secret weapon to aid him in his journey: he will be taking two unreleased Turbo Blades with him to battle on July 12, in Kuala Lumpur.
We are proud to have Shayne McCrady representing the United States in such a prestigious event. We know he possesses the acumen, skills, and cool confidence to be a top performer in this competition and we will be cheering for him to bring home the gold.
Go Shayne!
]]>We are honored to have Food Network Iron Chef Champion and Chopped judge, Alex Guarnaschelli, demonstrate Turbo Pot cookware at the 2018 IH+HS in Chicago. She will make a delicious recipe and sign her new cookbook, The Home Cook: Recipes to Know by Heart.
IHA Show Cooking Theatre
The IH+HS is not open to the public but you can still see Alex work her magic with the Turbo Pot cookware. Tune in to the complimentary live stream from the IH+HS Cooking Theater hosted on TheInspiredHome.com. Alex will begin cooking at 3:00 p.m. on Monday, March 12.
Behind the Scenes with Alex – Facebook Live
While in Chicago, Alex will cook on the WGN-TV midday news. We will host a Facebook Live event with Alex as she travels from WGN-TV to McCormick Place, home of the 2018 IH+HS. We will check in again with Alex when she is in our booth at the event. Find all of the details on the Turbo Pot Facebook Page.
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]]>Chef Diaz is a graduate of the prestigious California School of Culinary Arts and a coveted freelance chef and consultant who loves to push the boundaries of cuisine and create beautifully stunning works of art. He has been inducted into the Les Amis d’Escoffier Society, Cambridge Who’s Who of Culinary Professionals, and World Master Chefs Society.
Ben is an accomplished entrepreneur and rising star on the national culinary stage. Chef Ben has appeared on major television networks, such as the Food Network’s Chef Wanted and Cutthroat Kitchen. He recently won the Cooking Channel’s Farmers Market Flip and was voted fan favorite in Culinary Fight Club’s “Blended Burger Battle.”
Chef Ben holds six certifications, including Certified Hospitality Department Trainer and Certified Food and Beverage Executive, and he regularly works alongside the world’s top chefs as a member of the ACF Chefs de Cuisine Association of Los Angeles. Here, Ben is serving a second term as the chapter’s apprenticeship chair. Just this past November, Ben won the nationwide ACF Recipe of the Month competition with an inspired and exceptionally creative jackfruit dish (image below).
To give you a taste of his creative genius, this particular recipe featured hominy crusted black bass in brown butter, sweet jackfruit harissa, mezcal syrup, poached micro carrot, carrot & chile de arbol salsa, and tajin crusted marinated scallop with avocado crème Fraiche. Wow!
ACF Recipe of the Month winning dish (November 2017)
Chef Ben has served as the visionary leader in some of the finest restaurants in Los Angeles: including The Silver Trumpet Restaurant, JW Marriott, and Stockdale Country Club, bringing with him an essential focus on fresh, seasonal and locally grown produce and a reputation for highly innovative and creative dishes. He most recently served as executive chef at Toca Madera (West Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA), where his talent and dedication were quickly rewarded when—in winter 2017— it was voted one of the top Mexican restaurants in the Los Angeles area.
In January 2018, Ben took on the prestigious role of executive chef at Luxe City Center Hotel, Los Angeles. He is also the Director of Epices de la Vie Gourmet Salts & Spice Co. and the Director of Culinary Innovation at CBD Cuisine Consulting Services & Catering Division, which offers comprehensive consulting services from concept and sourcing, through menu-development services and staffing.
Chef Ben is currently working on several new projects; one being the opening of his first brick and mortar restaurant slated for late 2018 and a second cookbook focusing on small plates. You can be sure to expect uniquely eye-catching dishes and bold flavor combinations to come out of any kitchen he’s working in. Welcome to the Team, Chef Ben!
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