When it comes to cooking games, there are thousands of options, but how do you know which one is the best option for you and your family?
Stainless steel looks great, but it heats up slowly and is too heavy for everyday cooking. Tri-ply provides the best of all words, but food will stick if you’re not careful. Hard anodizing has some of the properties of non-stick cookware, but it doesn’t really qualify as non-stick. Finally, cast iron doesn’t just stick, it requires two hands to lift heavy kitchen utensils.
That brings us to nonstick cookware, a convenient cookware set that heats up quickly and is much less likely to stick than any other cookware.
Teflon, a brand name nonstick coating, was accidentally discovered by Roy J. Plunkett in 1938 and gained popularity in the kitchen in the 1950s, giving rise to nonstick cooking sets.
Nonstick cookware is generally made from aluminum, a lightweight metal that makes it easy to flip, flip, and transform your dishes into culinary masterpieces. Nonstick cooking sets are much more manageable than their heavy cast iron and stainless steel cousins.
In addition to being lightweight, nonstick cookware provides many benefits including, but not limited to:
• Food is less likely to burn and stick than with other kitchen sets
• Nonstick cookware requires less stirring and turning
• Much less fat is needed to cook on nonstick cookware
• Nonstick cookware requires less heat for the same task
• Nonstick cookware is much cheaper than other cookware.
Non-stick cooking sets are coated with layers of polytetrafluoroethylene or PTFE to prevent food from sticking. Teflon is a brand name PTFE.
There has been concern in the media about the non-stick coating (PTFE) and whether it is really food safe.
Non-stick cooking sets are perfectly safe when used at suggested heat levels (below 349 ° C). But, if heated above 349 ° C (660 ° F), the PTFE liner will start to melt, releasing by-products into food and air. While melted PTFE is not deadly to humans, it can increase cholesterol in children under 18 years of age and cause polymer fume fever.
White PTFE is not deadly to humans, PTFE fumes are deadly to birds. Households with domestic birds should be kept away from non-stick cookware.
If used correctly, nonstick cookware is extremely efficient in the kitchen, reducing cooking and cleaning time, as well as reducing stress in the kitchen.
Nonstick sets are the perfect choice for the novice chef, busy parent, and those who just want to eat first.
