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I received a granite pan recently and I can't recommend it enough. It doesn't stick and contains no teflon or any other such material.

by Tade0 3y ago

almostdigital 3y ago
I thought those pans that are marketed as "granite" with a speckled pattern where just PTFE coated aluminium, is this something different?
namdnay 3y ago
I think “granite pans” (which aren’t) are basically enamel, like a Le Creuset
542458 3y ago
I’m assuming this is one of those enamel/ceramic non-stick pans. I’ve used a number of these over the years. They’re great for “non-stick that isn’t teflon” (I have a bird, so that is useful to me), but they do degrade very fast if you’re not extremely careful, and even if you are careful they still usually only last a short while before becoming significantly less non-stick. I’d recommend saving them for eggs and other very sticky foods, and using cast iron or stainless or carbon steel for everything else.
amluto 3y ago
I’ve never heard of an actual granite pan. You surely mean a metal pan coated with a combination of silicone-ish things and silica, and maybe the silica is derived from granite. Sadly, it seems that some of these things still contain potentially nasty highly fluorinated compounds. Here’s a patent for such a thing: https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/6d/25/ca/9ff2bbd58a12d1/US7879449.pdf https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/6d/25/ca/9ff2bbd... Hmm, the “FAS” additive in the outermost layer has a perfluorinated C6 chain. Whoops. I wonder whether this is better or worse than PTFE. At least intact PTFE ought to be harmless. PFHxA is not so wonderful: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfluorohexanoic_acid https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfluorohexanoic_acid edit: some brands of “ceramic” nonstick pans are quite explicit about being PFAS-free, and CA AB1200 really ought to help here.

I received a granite pan recently and I can't recommend it enough. It doesn't stick and contains no teflon or any other such material.

by Tade0 3y ago

I received a granite pan recently and I can't recommend it enough. It doesn't stick and contains no teflon or any other such material.

almostdigital 3y ago

I thought those pans that are marketed as "granite" with a speckled pattern where just PTFE coated aluminium, is this something different?

namdnay 3y ago

I think “granite pans” (which aren’t) are basically enamel, like a Le Creuset

542458 3y ago

I’m assuming this is one of those enamel/ceramic non-stick pans. I’ve used a number of these over the years. They’re great for “non-stick that isn’t teflon” (I have a bird, so that is useful to me), but they do degrade very fast if you’re not extremely careful, and even if you are careful they still usually only last a short while before becoming significantly less non-stick. I’d recommend saving them for eggs and other very sticky foods, and using cast iron or stainless or carbon steel for everything else.

amluto 3y ago

I’ve never heard of an actual granite pan. You surely mean a metal pan coated with a combination of silicone-ish things and silica, and maybe the silica is derived from granite. Sadly, it seems that some of these things still contain potentially nasty highly fluorinated compounds. Here’s a patent for such a thing: https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/6d/25/ca/9ff2bbd58a12d1/US7879449.pdf https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/6d/25/ca/9ff2bbd... Hmm, the “FAS” additive in the outermost layer has a perfluorinated C6 chain. Whoops. I wonder whether this is better or worse than PTFE. At least intact PTFE ought to be harmless. PFHxA is not so wonderful: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfluorohexanoic_acid https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfluorohexanoic_acid edit: some brands of “ceramic” nonstick pans are quite explicit about being PFAS-free, and CA AB1200 really ought to help here.