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Cooking & Baking

spinbaby

(15,389 posts) Fri Nov 13, 2020, 11:08 AM Nov 2020

The inevitable demise of nonstick pans [View all]

I realized this morning as I was soaking the pan I had cooked my breakfast eggs in, that it’s time to replace my nonstick pans next time I’m at Costco. Regular pans are forever, but nonstick need to be replaced every couple of years, even if they still look good.

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The inevitable demise of nonstick pans [View all] spinbaby Nov 2020 OP

Once I purchased a set of All Clad.. FarPoint Nov 2020 #1

Here is a link...if I did this correctly... FarPoint Nov 2020 #5

All-Clad is manufactured in the small town I grew up in near Pittsburgh 😊 Devilsun Nov 2020 #6

Canonsburg, Pa... FarPoint Nov 2020 #7

Before the pandemic, All-Clad had factory sales spinbaby Nov 2020 #9

It's space age technology underpants Nov 2020 #2

teflon is one of the most toxic compounds on earth. mopinko Nov 2020 #3

+1 and hormonal changes have been documented many years now Ponietz Nov 2020 #12

yeah. employees have defective babies if they can have them at all. mopinko Nov 2020 #15

Teflon is one of the LEAST toxic compounds. It's the old manufacturing process that's the problem. sir pball Nov 2020 #22

i know a lot of ppl, personally, mopinko Nov 2020 #24

Birds are hypersensitive to ANY organic fumes sir pball Nov 2020 #25

well, i know avian vets that would disagree strongly. mopinko Nov 2020 #27

Disagree with what? That ANY kind of fume is harmful to birds? sir pball Nov 2020 #28

whatever, dude. mopinko Nov 2020 #29

Does with ovens and roasting bags. sir pball Nov 2020 #30

well, nice try anyway. mopinko Nov 2020 #31

Hm? I don't need to try, I know. sir pball Nov 2020 #32

I never use metal utensils in them, always hand wash them, BusyBeingBest Nov 2020 #4

Get commercial stuff, it definitely lasts longer sir pball Nov 2020 #26

I will consider that, thanks. BusyBeingBest Nov 2020 #36

I have mostly replaced mine with ceramic coated woodsprite Nov 2020 #8

been having good experiences with the copper chef ones ... nebby70 Nov 2020 #10

I read that if you have food burned on a pan, jimfields33 Nov 2020 #11

Yes that does work BillyBobBrilliant Nov 2020 #14

yes that works and throw some Oxy Clean in it. nt yellowdogintexas Nov 2020 #38

Yeah, I was surprised by the Copper Chef frypan I bought. Midnight Writer Nov 2020 #19

I have 50+ year old BillyBobBrilliant Nov 2020 #13

LOVE cast iron cookware. It's hard to beat. Auggie Nov 2020 #16

Yes... BillyBobBrilliant Nov 2020 #17

My father used to fish the Georgian Bay in summer (Lake Huron) ... Auggie Nov 2020 #18

I gave my lovingly seasoned cast iron frypans away a couple of years ago Warpy Nov 2020 #20

I did the same thing! We were moving and pulling out things to send to a relief yellowdogintexas Nov 2020 #37

Except for All-Clad, I think I have my bases covered. no_hypocrisy Nov 2020 #21

Skip Costco and go to a restaurant supply store sir pball Nov 2020 #23

That's a good idea spinbaby Nov 2020 #33

Webstaurantstore.com is great if you don't want to go out nt sir pball Nov 2020 #34

Did a bit of research spinbaby Nov 2020 #35

No nonstick for me. Stainless steel belgique pans. Over twenty years old, still going strong. Pobeka Nov 2020 #39