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We are after some more pots and pans, but need them to be 100% non stick. Any of you Gordon effing Ramsey types (or budding Nigellas) have any suggestions ?
Pukka saucepans wanted
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Use wooden spatulas. Never metal.
Swmbo (and first - born, after watching her) was complaining about stuff sticking in the frying pan.
Both were using knives and forks to cut stuff up in there.
Scratching the surfaces.
Swmbo (and first - born, after watching her) was complaining about stuff sticking in the frying pan.
Both were using knives and forks to cut stuff up in there.
Scratching the surfaces.
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I have tried all sorts and to be honest the Tefal lasts a long time, we had a set for 7 years, only replaced them as the wife wanted something that looked newer.
Just after Xmas at the beginning of the year Sainsbury's was selling a set of salter forged aluminium non stick which is suitable for metal utensils and had a 10 year warranty. Picked them up for £35 down from £75. So far been super happy with them.
I'm sure there are much better but can't beat them for value.
Just after Xmas at the beginning of the year Sainsbury's was selling a set of salter forged aluminium non stick which is suitable for metal utensils and had a 10 year warranty. Picked them up for £35 down from £75. So far been super happy with them.
I'm sure there are much better but can't beat them for value.
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The saucepans we have are Prestige, and although they're SS and not non stick, you can attack them with a scourer and they come up like new. It's mainly frying pans, omelette pans etc that suffer. Thought about ceramic, but as John said, possibly best buying bog standard non stick frying pans and replace regularly.
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using metal implements in a non stick pan makes me cringe.
nearly as much as people putting sharp kitchen knives in the dishwasher or cutting on glass chopping boards.
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not putting them in cold water after use helps too.
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Fissler frying pan is the best we've ever bought, not cheap though. We use tefal too but find the bases of them weird - and they heat/cook unevenly. The fissler has a good base and cooks well and nothing has stuck yet 
I plan to replace everything eventually with that brand but to be honest, all my other pans are just normal stainless. I've a tesco pan I bought 25 years ago or so and still looks perfect. I don't have a problem with them plus they're easy to clean with a bit of barkeepers friend if need be.
I plan to replace everything eventually with that brand but to be honest, all my other pans are just normal stainless. I've a tesco pan I bought 25 years ago or so and still looks perfect. I don't have a problem with them plus they're easy to clean with a bit of barkeepers friend if need be.
I bought one a couple of years back. Decent gear but pricey.
As far as I can see, you can either go pricey (with the intention of keeping them for years / decades), or go cheap (with the expectation of lobbing them in the scrap with regularity).
In my opinion, how well you treat and care for them is more important than what you buy.
We've got stuff that isn't too pricey (AWT, among other things, as well as no-brand stuff), and it is all over twenty years old, and still clean as a whistle.
All of the AWT stuff is used at least weekly, often twice or more.
We try not to burn stuff onto them, we clean them properly at each use and, perhaps key, we don't have a dishwasher. Everything is washed up by hand straight after use, or left to soak overnight for next-day handwashing.
Perhaps not using a dishwasher is an important factor?
(Technically, we do have a dishwasher - and have done for ten years - but I never got around to taking the plastic off, moving it from the garage to the kitchen, and actually installing it)
In my opinion, how well you treat and care for them is more important than what you buy.
We've got stuff that isn't too pricey (AWT, among other things, as well as no-brand stuff), and it is all over twenty years old, and still clean as a whistle.
All of the AWT stuff is used at least weekly, often twice or more.
We try not to burn stuff onto them, we clean them properly at each use and, perhaps key, we don't have a dishwasher. Everything is washed up by hand straight after use, or left to soak overnight for next-day handwashing.
Perhaps not using a dishwasher is an important factor?
(Technically, we do have a dishwasher - and have done for ten years - but I never got around to taking the plastic off, moving it from the garage to the kitchen, and actually installing it
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but I never got around to taking the plastic off, moving it from the garage to the kitchen, and actually installing it
That is not the nicest way to treat the au pair.
