One tablespoon of the high-temp oil of your choice should do the job. However, I think one needs to be careful with spacing in a lot of teflon pans, because they are usually thinner and more efficient at heat transfer than iron. While efficient heat transfer is a good thing, if you crowd the pan, that heat transfer also means that the meat isn’t getting hot enough and you get that gray/beige effect (and often watery). Iron cookware is more forgiving of that. If you aren’t already, try giving the meat pieces a bit more room and they should get a nice crust on them.
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Started as a snack idea, turned out to be (a totally responsible adult) dinner:
(Garlic knots. They may not look super appealing, but they were super tasty. Not pictured: quick from scratch marinara sauce for dipping.)
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Twice baked potatoes and lamb chops and spinach. Today I learned that the way to get a really full potato was to (gasp) make extra mashed potato filling.
Then it was hot fudge sauce time!
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huh… I usually use butter or sour cream on potatoes… never tried hot fudge sauce.
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You beat me to it…
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Pizza!
Oh, and this:
Found it at the back of a drawer. Yes, a POS from God knows where, but still…
The saga continues!
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Maybe you can use it as a virus-minimizing door opener!
Alternatively, make it into a mousetrap or a Morse code key…
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TSA compliant now?
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Nah, the knife bit still works.
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Someone with more cash than me needs to commission one for you cut from a single block of solid steel maybe aluminum could work if it’s solid. No joints or weak points. You won’t be able to piut it in your pocket, but you might stand a chance at not breaking it.
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Maybe I should start a YouTube channel.
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Nice! Very nice!
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Well, I tried this with the chops and it was a failure, but I chalked that up to me not getting the temperature right, not your advice. Tonight I tried again with a steak, and had more success:
Still not what I can achieve back home with the forged iron pan, but not bad.
As you’re in Germany, look in thrift shops for this kind of opener:
My in-laws have a couple that have been in continuous (and heavy) use since the 60s, they’re German and made of good quality heavy steel and only need a bit of sharpening every decade or so. A couple of companies still make them, but the ones I’ve seen (not German) are inferior in build quality. (The picture is not their opener, BTW, just the closest I could find online that wasn’t a photo for sale.)
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I’ve never really been able to get non-stick to sear properly. Part of it is that most non-stick pans are fairly light gauge aluminium, and aluminium just doesn’t hold the heat as well. So the pan just loses too much heat when the meat hits it.
But I really do think a bit of sticking helps, more surface area contact or something.
That said this should work in non-stick. Since it relies on hot fat for much of the searing.
It’s a bit messy but it’s well worth the effort. It’s currently my favorite steak cooking trick.
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That’s got a nice crust. Strong work! And the frites look delicious…
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Thanks; it took more attention than I’m used to paying when pan-frying. Since I’m a pretty lazy cook I probably won’t be doing it often. The raw salmon is easier.
I looked at the link and my arteries started screaming. Does look tasty.
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It definitely works. The splatter can be annoying to clean up, but it isn’t the end of the world. Just wait till everything is cooled down, and.place your dog the stove. A few lick marks never hurt no one 
In a professional kitchen I couldn’t imagine using cast iron. It is, in my view, the superior pan except for maintenance and accidently grabbing a 500F degree handle without a mitt. Or FSM forbid, a damp kitchen towel. That’ll wake ya up.
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For mothers day, I teaching the parental unit how to make sourdough bread, pain l’ancienne style. Its been two years since I really baked–my last apartment had a ‘fancy’ oven, engineered to look nice and Cook everything at a solid 350F, every time.
That oven and I? We did not get along.
Which was a shame, cause the range was solid. So it is back to cooking on 1967 Jenn Air appliances which, if you know how to use them, actually rock.
The SD starter wont be ready by Sunday, but o live next door (long story) so its no big.
Ill post pics when there is something worth posting 
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