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What an infuriating article.

What is everyone’s pot and pan of choice these days? I just realized we are still using the nonstick gifted by my in laws. They need to go into the garbage.

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I use a cast iron grill, a cast iron skillet, and a carbon steel fry pan. All very non-stick if you care for them properly (which is pretty straightforward, there are a million guides online)

The chips and scratches are the signs to dispose of non-stick pans. Wooden spoons before that, and no stacking harder pans inside of them.

I only use cast iron or stainless. I don’t get the need for non stick. Maybe it’s because I don’t cook eggs every morning.

I cook eggs every morning with a pat of butter in a well-seasoned cast iron pan. Works great.

Then there we have it then. I use cast iron for anything that requires heat, frying and browning, and for anything like boiling, tomato sauces or stews I use the stainless as to not strip the fats from the cast iron.

Keeps it simple.

I recently switched to stainless steel. Had to get the hang of pre-heating the pan to ~150 °C before adding oil and eggs.

I only use stainless and glass in my cookware and dishes now. Iron cookware is good too. I bought a stainless demeyere skillet that will probably last the rest of my life.

Also be wary of older colored pyrex glass and enamel coated ceramic dishes for lead and cadmium content.

I use a ceramic coated cast-iron pan most of the time, and a normal non-stick for when I really need non-stick (eggs, some fish).

For fish and eggs it’s worth looking into carbon steel as well. You can get basically a non-stick surface without PFAS and it’s lighter than cast iron.

It would be worth it, if I regularly used it. But for that one time a month and less, I’ll stay with the non-stick. Even scrambled eggs work in the ceramic, it’s only fried eggs, and super-flaky fish that aren’t that great in it.

Nonstick pans are also known to kill pet birds when they off gas during cooking. Would not use.

Green Pan.

Every review I've read/watched universally warns that ceramic non-stick doesn't last long. We're talking on the order of 1 year before it's useless. e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G21f_ny_lxs

It's true. I've selectively accounted for replacing them every 2 years in my budgeting, for now. I also use a cast iron for some things, sometimes.

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