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Resolves NO!

Hilarious to switch from non stick to stainless steel. Totally changes the terms of the test. I feel bad for people on Twitter who put in their predictions and then had the conditions of the prediction totally changed out from under them

@AndrewJewell I actually don't think it should change the terms of the test that much? Also, many nonstick pans are stainless steel.

@bens in any case, if the twitter poll participants from the first hour of the poll feel maligned, they can come here and bet in accordance with their true adjusted beliefs XD

@bens I don't think a traditional nonstick pan could give you a good sear, whereas a stainless steel pan definitely can.

@bens It's not about the stainless under the nonstick, it's about the temperature implied by using a nonstick pan. And maybe a little about the surface effects or surface chemistry, which doesn't care what's under the nonstick layer.

i think

Cast iron pans provide more iron in the food which is also good (if one is not consuming too much already) aside from the taste

Oof, I bet based specifically on the nonstick pan because a sear seemed impossible. Was that update there when you created the market?

@SimonWestlake my bad, uhh, I managrammed you 100 mana to exit your position if you'd desire haha

@bens thanks

Lot of variables here that probably won't be controlled for. E.g. how much heat their stovetop can put out can determine how much cast iron vs stainless steel will matter since cast iron can hold more pre-heating heat but this matters less if the stove element has a large heat output. Also if they don't use a thermal temp gun during pre-heating, they could have significantly different initial pan temperatures by chance (you would probably want a higher initial pan temp for the stainless steel anyway to optimize for it).

@EricKdd0b3 they've been pretty scientific about previous ones, although not obsequiously so, so bet accordingly!

@EricKdd0b3 Clearly we need to get the Impulse stove folks involved ;)

@bens The fact that they weren't aware at first of how non-stick pans are bad for high temperatures seems to indicate they don't have much prior experience with high heat searing/cooking, but we'll see

Closing the market on midnight Feb 13th, since the taste test is scheduled for the 14th.

I initially thought it would make a difference, because high heat probably matters. But now that we're comparing high-heat cast iron vs. high-heat stainless instead of vs. nonstick, I'm betting it matters a lot less.

@EvanDaniel same

What if people can consistently tell, but it's worse?

@EvanDaniel hmmm, not sure @EloiseRosen

@bens Since the title of the market is "Does cooking in a cast-iron pan make steak better?", I think this situation should resolve "no". (I realize that doesn't match how I set up the poll)

@EloiseRosen gotcha! I'll add this to the description.

@bens

(slight difference from twitter poll)

Well, the twitter poll also has this discrepancy between first and last sentence, so it's just choosing which piece of the twitter poll ;)