Teflon in our kitchens - has long been not a novelty, and pans with such a coating at one time created a real sensation among housewives. However, even today, not everyone knows the rules of use, and sometimes even very expensive models are completely useless, and sometimes seem to be thrown away by money. In order to avoid such problems, we propose to go through the questions on how to use the Teflon frying pan and not spoil it.
Frying pan with Teflon coating
The first thing to do is to select a Teflon frying pan competently, as there are quite a few models in the market of kitchen utensils and stumble upon forgery or poor-quality goods is easy. For obvious reasons, it's worth abandoning unknown manufacturers and paying a little more for a proven brand. We look at the bottom: its thickness is less than 5 mm should alert. And by weight, such a frying pan will not be easy, sometimes it catches up with a cast-iron frying pan.
The most important element of the Teflon frying pan is its covering, on which even the stripes from a scratch or tiny cleavage should not be. In the highest-quality models the handle is not bolted, it is cast.
To use the Teflon frying pan as long as possible, you will have to be cautious:
- after buying, wash the cover with soap and pour a little water, boil it, and after these procedures we lubricate the frying pan with oil;
- never try to wash the Teflon pan with powders and a hedgehog, as the layer simply wipes (and after a breach of its integrity, the benefit turns into harm to your health);
- for the same reason, it is worth abandoning the iron devices and using exclusively wooden and silicone blades;
- the Teflon-coated frying pan is not designed for heating above 200 ° C, so you can not put it in the oven for baking, and wash in a dishwasher Teflon is allowed at temperatures not higher than 50 ° С.
Such measures will allow using the Teflon pan as long as possible. But even with a very careful attitude, its service life does not exceed four years. True, there are models with the so-called cellular covering, they serve faithfully for almost a decade.