The pan is very level, so the butter and oil sits in the middle, which is a good thing! I cooked one steak and it had a pretty good sear. I did some fried eggs and it did fairly well. I have to say and all fairness I haven’t used it that much and going to make scallops in it so we’ll see so it may go from a 3 to 4 the cleanup was a little more difficult than I thought !