[Dottore]

Originally Posted by jyl

My friend tells me I bought too large a pan. I bought a 18", he says that is too large for a stove burner as the edges will not be heated enough. So I guess I will use the fire pit and cook on charcoal. Or, if it raining, the oven. He uses a special paella burner fired by propane.

That's the advantage of getting a heavy-bottomed pan—rather than a traditional thin paella pan. The heavy bottom will distribute heat evenly—even from a smaller stove-top burner.