Non-stick pans? (lemmy.world)
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Over my years I've owned many types of non-stick pans. Judge me as you see fit, but I've owned Teflon, stainless steel, ceramic, and cast iron pans, but none of them seem to stay "non-stick" for more than a few years. I've had the best luck with cast iron, but my wife doesn't like to use them because they're heavy. I hand wash them all with soap and water, but they all seem to lose their ability to shed off what I cook in them. Does anyone have any recommendations for a good non-stick pan?

EDIT: It seems like the consensus is on cast iron, or ceramic steel. I just looked it up, and there are "slim" cast iron pans, so maybe that'll be a happy medium. Thanks for all the anecdotes and suggestions folks.

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[–] 23 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

A seasoned cast-iron is the way, likely you've not used your correctly OP.

Needs proper pre-heating prior to cooking and needs to be properly seasoned before being employed.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

    OP said the problem is that they're too heavy for Mrs. OP, not that they stick. I managed that problem for years by leaving mine on its designated burner 24/7. Until I got a glass top and had to stop using it.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    What's wrong with the glass top?

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  • [–] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    The otherwise magnificent 50-year-old 14" pan has such a downward-domed and knobbly bottom it only makes about 2 square inches of contact, so it not only won't heat up, and wobbled, it was going to scratch/break the stovetop.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    I have two pans like this and I love them soooo much, but they don’t fit my regular flat top OR induction burners… might be time to gift them to loved ones who have fire in their house still.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    Yeah, they are great. So much more durable than any coated pan.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    And a healthy natural source of iron as opposed microplatsics & teflon.

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  • [–] -5 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    a teflon pan won't emit anything if you use soft tools like wood or silicone. it's the manufacturing that puts out forever chemicals.

    not that it matters, since we can't really absorb molecules that long and it's already literally everywhere.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    since we can’t really absorb molecules that long and it’s already literally everywhere.

    I'm curious how you came to this conclusion. PFAS and PFOS stay in your body for an incredibly long time and can accumulate quickly. We have no easy way of processing them out, and yes we absorb them into our longer term cells like muscles and fat.

    It's an incredibly important health problem the world is facing, as every variant of PFAS and PFOS causes cancer. and there is no medical way to remove PFAS once its in your body. The absolute best you can do is lower (you can't eliminate) your exposure over time and hope the build up isn't enough to trigger cancer growth before you get cancer or die from another source of industrial pollution.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    teflon itself isn't a pfas afaik, but they're used to produce it.

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