> As far as I can tell, non-stick is just a ploy to get people to keep buying new pans as it wears off. This is one of the biggest reasons my wife and I switch

> As far as I can tell, non-stick is just a ploy to get people to keep buying new pans as it wears off. This is one of the biggest reasons my wife and I switched away from non-stick too. We moved from replacing non-stick pans after a year of use to our carbon steel pans working better after 5 years of use than when we got them... or buying 80 year old cast irons from a thrift store for 5 bucks. We have more types of cookware now, but none of them have an expiration date