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Hi,
Latest set of non-stick pans are wearing out and we are all enjoying eating flakes of Teflon coating.
What does everyone else use?
Cheers,
Mick
Stainless steel pans, been using them since 1999, not even expensive ones either.
Stainless steel pans, been using them since 1999
+1
Prestige from Debenhams silly sale.
Pricey but very happy with Circulon, we've a couple that have been going for ten years now. Also use steel but cooking with eggs, porridge, etc is a nightmare to clean off steel unless I’ve missed something?
Stainless steel from JL in about 1999. Nonstick frying pans from Tefal though.
Nonstick frying pans from Tefal though.
Yeah, this too, spent daft money on a Berndes non stick pan which was brilliant for a couple of years, but can't justify 90 quid on a pan really, just pick up cheap tefal now.
https://singletrackmag.com/forum/topic/really-boring-friday-night-kitchen-pots-and-pans-thread/
Every option and back including those trying to convince me i need non stick or to spend 500 quid + - but very happy with my choice so far.
cusine pro
Non stick is the devil's work. SS here too. My mum is still using a set she bought in Italy in the early 80s.
Stainless main pans. Stellar 7000? Maybe. They last for years, and a proper metal scourer is great
Frying pans - ceramic Green pans. Non stick, and no dodgy chemicals
Just got one from Sainsburys along with a 20cm frying pan. A non-stick stainless steel copper bottomed pan. As good as any pan. It's a pan at the end of the day. What's wrong with non-stick anyway? works fine for us so long as you take some care with them to preserve the non-stick coating.
Went mental after lockdown 1.0 and bought some Le Creuset pans from the outlet centres, decent and a workout lifting them, got fed up with teflon rice from the Circulon ones.
My well seasoned mineral steel frying pan is fantastically non-stick with a bit of oil.. but my wife wont use it..
these with stainless pans
Why? What on Earth are you cooking burning?
SS all the way. A mix of Tefal and Analon here.
What’s wrong with non-stick anyway? works fine for us so long as you take some care with them to preserve the non-stick coating.
theres the rub . take care.
or you could have a stainless pan and not have to bother with treating it like its the fine china.
We use Ikea 365+ for normal pots and pans and Scoville Neverstick for frying. Neither are expensive.
A Meyer set have been great for us and were decent value. Not non-stick apart from the little frying pan that came with the set.
Sainsbury's copper bottom ones for everything. Saucepans are plain stainless and the frying pans are non-stick. Not had any issues in the last 2 years and I'd expect them to last a good while longer as they aren't showing any signs of wear. Box said not dishwasher safe but ours have always been done in it and they are fine.
Nonstick frying pans from Tefal though.
I wouldn't.
I originally inherited a Tefal pan from my gran. It'd domed in the middle so everything you cooked ran to the edges. At the time I put it down to the age-old spiral element hobs it'd been sat on. In some outlet village one day (Cheshire Oaks maybe?) I happened across a Tefal factory outlet shop so I popped in and asked them about it, to be told that their famous lifetime warranty only applied to the non-stick coating. Bah.
A few years later I replaced the cooker for a new one with a shiny halogen hob. I threw out the old pan and bought two new Tefal frying pans. I've only ever really used them on a moderate heat, rarely if ever at full whack. They too have both domed in the middle.
theres the rub . take care.
or you could have a stainless pan and not have to bother with treating it like its the fine china.
I've told you a million times not to exaggerate.
My pans are Tesco branded non-stick from some offer they did a few years ago where you collected vouchers to buy them for the price they should have been in the first place, do you think I'm daft half price. They're still going strong, the only "care" I've taken is to not use metal implements in them or have at them with a wire wool scourer.
Stainless steel pans, been using them since 1999, not even expensive ones either.
Same. Well, since 2004.
Even when/if you do a silly thing and leave it to burn dry you can still get it back to how it was. I like things to last and work well. Pans are not on my ‘designed for obsolescence’ list.
They’re still going strong, the only “care” I’ve taken is to not use metal implements in them or have at them with a wire wool scourer.
i wouldnt use either of those things on fine china either.
No problem using them on the stainless steel though.
if you do a silly thing and leave it to burn dry
just put some water and a dishwasher tablet in it and simmer for 15 minutes - all the burnt rubbish will miraculously come off.
This assumes a pan with a decently thick base that hasn't warped by being left to boil dry.
We had Prestige Lifetime Stainless Steel ones given to us as a wedding present 30+ years ago. They are still in daily use.
just put some water and a dishwasher tablet in it and simmer for 15 minutes – all the burnt rubbish will miraculously come off.
I use white vinegar, baking soda and stainless wool to date. Will remember to try your method next time. Although, to my credit the ‘omg whats that smell, I left the pan on highaaaaargheee’ instances have reduced over the years. Maybe once a year of late 😬
As well as stainless we also have one big posh cast iron enamel thingummy pot but only have electric cooker now so it sits unused as always seems to burn food/stick no matter what.
We bought some stainless steel Meyer ones from Amazon for £78 last week and they look pretty good.
These are £220 on Argos and the most expensive saucepans they sell!
Le Creuset for everything except my cast iron griddle pan.
The pricey stuff was the wedding present list.
The tagine is freaking epic.
The [Le Creuset] tagine is freaking epic
Peak STW ^^^^
Eaziglide Nerverstick2 by far the toughest and best non stick we've had.
watch out for rivetted handles on stainless pans, even the really expensive ones, because the rivets are usually aluminium and will dissolve over time (10-15 years) if you put the pans in the dishwasher every day.
My parents have set of Robert Welch pans, handles are spot welded on, 20 years old and they still look like new. I was so impressed that I bought a set once I could afford them.
watch out for rivetted handles on stainless pans, even the really expensive ones, because the rivets are usually aluminium and will dissolve over time (10-15 years)
??? Whaaat? Best check what ours are
if you put the pans in the dishwasher every day.
Ah. That’ll be the washing up bowl.
Eaziglide Nerverstick2 by far the toughest and best non stick we’ve had.
We're still talking about pans, yes?
Looked at reviews on Amazon for an Neverstick 2 pan. General consensus seems to be that it's great until it isn't and then Eaziglide don't want to know.
Another stainless steel pan user here (apart from a non-stick frying pan for pancakes/quesadillas and fried eggs). I have two non-sticks - the everyday one to be abused and the good one. After a year or two the 'good' one becomes the everyday one and I get a new one as they never last long. I stopped buying expensive ones as they are no better.
Stainless steel Jamie Oliver saucepans and tefal non stick wok & frying pans, which btw need replacing soon so any pointers for non stick frying pans?
Have your ever watched 'Dark waters'?
You'll view nonstick differently.
Prestige stainless pans that were mum's and must be as old as me, and assume eurocook stainless that are 25 years old.... All fine still. We did think we'd ditch the nonstick frying pan.... Until I borrowed a stainless pan and welded egg to it despite a good amount of oil. We kept the nonstick pan despite the film.
When my grandad passed away a couple of years ago I nabbed the ancient Prestige stainless steel pans which are 40+ years old and fantastic. I have a 3l Sainsburys cast iron stock pan which is ace for low and slow oven duties and curries etc and an Ikea gridle frying pan which is pretty good too. Last but not least, an aged Tefal non stick wok which won't die. I only ever use wooden spoons/spatulas and use nylon pads to wash them with after soaking first when needed.