Warped pans

[ecolbeck]

I have a friend looking at a divided flat pan. The pan has some warping. I’m wondering how much warping is too much. I know that lots of people make great syrup on warped pans but there must be some point where it becomes unusable. Thank you.

[Russell Lampron]

It's warped too much if you can't get it to sit level on your arch.

[ecolbeck]

That makes sense. Do warped pans cause other problems? Does niter collect more readily in the low spots or anything like that?

[Michael Greer]

I would worry more about hot spots. My front pan has a few little ripples and i get around that risk by running the pan just a bit deeper.