Mainly depends on your usual cooking portion and whether you like to stir fry. The main differences between a flat bottomed pan and an iron skillet are as follows.

1, the degree of heat conduction

Pan heat conduction is slow, not easy to scorch, iron pot heat transfer is good, the temperature is high, but the fire is not easy to grasp.

2, stir-fry portion

Pans are generally non-stick, most of which are smaller than iron pots. So the pan is suitable for small portion of the frying, iron pan is suitable for large portion of the frying .

3, the degree of heat

Flat pan is heated evenly, iron pan is not evenly heated, the center temperature is higher, the edge of the temperature is low.

4, stir-fry

The pan is inconvenient to stir-fry, iron pan is easier to stir-fry.

5, common use

Pan is more suitable for Western cuisine commonly used in cooking, as baking, baking, steaming, roasting or stir-frying seafood, meat and poultry delicacies, cooking vegetables. Iron pan is more suitable for Chinese cuisine, can be used as a stir-fry, frying, sautéing, stewing, simmering, stir-frying.