Looking after Non Stick Cookware

How to look after your non stick cookware

Sometimes it’s very easy just to put your dirty or used cookware through the dishwasher, and yes most are dishwasher safe, but from experience if you learn to look after these very important pieces of cookware then we can guarantee they will last longer than you would think.  There are various non sticks out there, teflon, ceramic titanium, enamel, silicone  etc etc, but they all need looking after just the same.  Some people think that a non stick pan means nothing will stick to it no matter how high the heat is, wrong, when cooking you should only really be using a low to medium heat setting.  If you keep to that piece of advise then your frying pan won’t look like it’s been through the wars after only a year.  The main reason for this most people will put oil in their pan, which is a good idea, but what some people don’t know is that a lot of cooking oils out don’t work well with non stick pans.  Classic one we’ve seen through our stores is Olive Oil being burnt on the pan.  What happens is, the pan will get returned to us with the common conception that their non stick isn’t working anymore.  True, but this is down to how you clean and care for your pan.  What happens is, the oil cools down and makes another layer on top of your non stick which ruins the non stick properties of your pan.  We are all guilty of leaving the pan out after using it, then putting it through the dishwasher later.  The right way is to let your pan cool down and soak in warm soapy water for 20 minutes, with a nylon brush give it a scrub, then rinse and dry and put away for next time.  If you follow this method, that non stick pan of yours will last you a very long time.