Hot take: Cast iron isn't worth the hype for everyday cooking

I was a diehard cast iron believer for like 5 years. But after I got a stainless steel pan for $40 at a restaurant supply store in Denver, I totally switched. The cast iron took forever to heat up and was a pain to clean every night, plus seasoning always flaked on me. Made eggs in the stainless this morning with no sticking and it took 2 minutes to scrub clean. Anybody else ditch their heavy pans for something lighter?

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miab871mo ago

Has anyone actually tested the heat distribution on both with a thermal camera? I did that for a video once and the stainless was way more even than my cast iron, which had hot spots all over.