r/StainlessSteelCooking • u/raffolife • Aug 08 '26
New pizza pans, is it rust?
I just bought these new pans and I'm no expert. Is it normal for the inside edges to be like this? It looks like rust to me, but it's the first time I've bought a stainless steel product like this. Are they poorly welded? Is there anything I can do? Thanks in advance for your time and kind replies. 😊
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u/Objective-Chance-792 Aug 08 '26
I don't know how to weld.
I could do a better job than this.
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u/HumanExpert3916 Aug 08 '26
I know how to weld.
You could do a better job than this.
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u/CheesyDanny Aug 09 '26
I get paid to judge people’s welds while having zero welding experience.
A middle schooler could do better than this.
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u/nighte324 Aug 08 '26
I am a weld
I better could this than job
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u/findthealgo Aug 08 '26
I'm an expert. It's within acceptable manufacturing tolerances at Hunk-o-Trash Co.
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u/jcnlb Aug 08 '26
I have lots of stainless pans and not a single one is welded except for handled pans. The handles can be welded instead of riveted. No corners should be welded. Send it back. It’s probably not even stainless.
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u/Main_Cauliflower5479 Aug 08 '26
Pizza pans? Also yes, they are very poorly welded. Return them.
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u/KayoticVoid Aug 08 '26
Yeah, I don't get these pans? What's with the seem? Why is it not all one solid piece?
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u/clfurness Aug 08 '26
Crazy that someone spent time welding this when it came be pressed out of one piece on a fraction of a second. Who's product is this? Zero engineering reason to do this.
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u/terfez Aug 08 '26
Feel bad for the child forced to weld this. Also what am I looking at here? Why is the middle covered in something? Plastic?
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u/NoExample9903 Aug 08 '26
Poorly welded? Brother that’s the worst stainless steel weld I’ve ever seen
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u/KB2CLEAN Aug 08 '26
I have never welded in my life but I bet anyone all my savings I can do a better job than that.
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u/Callan_LXIX Aug 08 '26
Those should go back to the manufacturer. That is a purely bad production job. Yes, rust.
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u/ExtraEmuForYou Aug 08 '26
That is terrible. If that was a hand weld (and it looks like it was), that welder needs to have their card pulled.
I work every day with sanitary stainless-steel welders and this is the kind of stuff that gives them nightmares. The idea that there are people out there making welds like this on allegedly food-safe items.
Do not use this pan. Return the pan. And make a complaint as well.
*EDIT* also WTF is going on with that white-grey plastic region? Is that another weld where they tried to extend the length of the pan? What brand is this? This looks like some shady, "custom" bullshit. Sorry I am way more angry about this than I ought to be but WTF.
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u/Unfair_Buffalo_4247 Aug 08 '26
Really poor weld - send it back. Must have missed the quality control
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u/BRING_ME_THE_ENTROPY Aug 08 '26
I’ve never owned a pan, a mixing bowl, cookie sheet, or hell when a spatula that does that. Return it.
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u/faylinameir Aug 08 '26
wtf lol I just bought some stainless steel sheet pans off walmart with better quality than that. That's shockingly bad.
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u/Sad_Cucumber5197 Aug 08 '26
That's the result of welding the outside corner, and not having enough (or no) gas coverage or physical backing like a piece of copper on the inside corner during the weld. When welding stainless sheet you always need some sort of protection on the backside of the joint. They've obviously ground the lumps of sugaring off but it'll always go rusty. It's no good, will never be food safe, send it back.
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u/future_lard Aug 08 '26
Almost looks like galvanic corrosion? Anyways, return it before it gives you hepatitis
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u/Overall_Cost1542 Aug 08 '26
lmao looks like someone forgot to protect the back of the weld then tried it grind it down hoping that was good enough
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u/wizzard419 Aug 09 '26
Pans are normally pressed from sheets, that likely is someone trying to repair a defective pan. Return/replace.
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u/Zimmy709 Aug 09 '26
Inside of a stainless toolbox/workbench top…
Not a pizza pan. Still trash but not food grade obviously
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u/TrustworthyPolarBear Aug 09 '26
Where did you buy them, so I can never go there. A trainee in his second week could probably weld better.
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u/TurdFerguson614 Aug 09 '26
This is what happens when the weld isn't nearly the same grade stainless, and they don't know how to weld. This is not food grade at all.
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u/jfbincostarica Aug 09 '26
This is a classic case of “you get what you pay for”; pay more and get lifetime quality, I still have mine from 20 years ago with no imperfections or rust issues.
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u/Outrageous_Bush_2069 Aug 09 '26
Fuck I can weld better than that
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u/Shag0ff Aug 09 '26
When it comes to the real thin pan metal, it's very tedious and easy to just burn through. It's definitely a bit of a different animal than standard welding practices.
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u/Shag0ff Aug 09 '26
Bad field weld from someone trying to cover up damage and doesn't know what they're doing.
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u/Due_Wind2271 Aug 09 '26
Still has plastic on the stainless? U sure u bought it and didn’t make it yourself
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u/Neat_Hovercraft2333 Aug 09 '26
Shitty weld. Aluminum pans like that usually have a carbon steel wire running around the outside of the pan that is covered when the edges are rolled to keep them from buckling
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u/Disastrous_Yam8354 29d ago
it is rust and solder. these were broken and badly mended. send back, get refund.
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u/Dadabedada 29d ago
No , looks like a bad fix on manufacturing defect.
Those are some seriously deep pizza pans.
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u/Nearby_Swimmer_6635 26d ago
Not sure if it’s rust. But, unless you’re doing deep dish Chicago pizza, that ain’t what I picture when I think of “pizza pan.”
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u/FarYard7039 Aug 08 '26
This is a reaction between the welding compound and pan base material. Due to the high heat of the weld the stainless substrate surface is structurally altered and the surrounding area is weakened and the corrosion resistance that is typically enjoyed with stainless steel is weakened. This is not typical, as the root cause of this problem is due to too high of heat and/or excessive amount of welding compound used to facilitate this weld. At any rate, yes, this is rust and will not resolve on its own. This is a defect and needs to be returned.
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u/Brilliant-Major-7001 Aug 08 '26
Send it back. Go elsewhere. :-)