What type of pan to buy?

[Hayato]

In my opinion non stick ceramic pans are the best. DaTerra Cuchina is a good brand.

[Leo Gura]

19 hours ago, Hayato said:

In my opinion non stick ceramic pans are the best. DaTerra Cuchina is a good brand.

Ceramic is a coating that chips off. You are eating ceramic chemicals.

The best pans are stainless steel. They last forever too. I only use steel.

Edited yesterday at 12:29 PM by Leo Gura

[Davino]

1 hour ago, Leo Gura said:

The best pans are stainless steel. They last forever too. I only use steel.

How do you clean them? I have ones and work nicely but I find it hard to keep them as shiny as other material pans.

[LoneWonderer]

I use stainless steel

[Yimpa]

On 7/5/2026 at 6:01 AM, PsychedelicEagle said:

Beware often PFAS-free only tests for a subset of PFAS; they replace banned PFAS with newer PFAS.

That’s EVIL. But, alas, the convenience outweighs any potential concerns from that for me.

In fact, I used to drink high amounts of PFOA-infected tap water, likely for over 2 decades (age 0-24) without even knowing, back when I used to live in NJ. So tons of PFAS in me.  They didn’t tell me about that until I had already left NJ 💀 But I’m still here and ain’t dead yet!

[Natasha Tori Maru]

Stainless steel all day every day - bar one well seasoned cast iron pan.

I don't use anything else.

If you fail to cook well on them - particularly eggs - look up The Leidenfrost effect and how to effectively utilize it.

[Joseph Maynor]

 

[AION]

hexclad pans and stainless steel are the best, 

[Schizophonia]

Copper 

 

Me I use shitty scratched-up full PFAS pans. Between that and the lack of sleep I'll probably die of cancer lol.

 

 

Edited 7 hours ago by Schizophonia

[Leo Gura]

22 hours ago, Davino said:

How do you clean them? I have ones and work nicely but I find it hard to keep them as shiny as other material pans.

Just soap and water.

They will get stained with oil over years of use. They won't be shiny. But it makes no practical difference. It is like a seasoned pan.

You can search YT for how to make steel pans shiny again. There are various tricks.

Edited 6 hours ago by Leo Gura

[Elliott]

Carbon steel