Create healthy, tasty, perfectly cooked meals with the De Buyer Mineral B Element 23.9cm Country Chef Pan.Made of 100% natural mineral iron, this pan heats evenly and quickly, enhancing flavours and cooking food to perfection.Use this high-sided pan for sauces, deep-frying, and saut ing.This pan comes pre-seasoned with organic beeswax, which fends off rust and adds a nonstick sheen.Regular use helps keep this pan seasoned, so the nonstick properties improve over time rather than fade.This pan works best in extreme heat, either over a fully lit burner or under a roaring broiler.Formed in 1830 as a sheet metal fabricator in Vosges, France, De Buyer has over 180 years experience working with metal.De Buyer is a leading manufacturer of fine cookware, and its products appear in the kitchens of professional chefs and home cooks around the world.