Stainless steel pan sucks

[Pepsione1]

I can't even fry my eggs without sticking unless i use more than 1 table of oil. That's a lot of oil for 2 eggs.

Am I doing something wrong?

I know there are non-stick cookware out there too but they never last more than 1 year for me before they get too scratched up. I use nothing but plastic with those non-stick pans but they just don't last for some reason.

What do you guys recommand?

 

[ooheadsoo]

How are you washing the teflon pans?

Cast iron all the way

 

[XxATOLxX]

I like cast iron with a teflon coating. Perfect eggs every time.

 

[Sovkiller]

Get one of the two ladies of your avatar to do the eggs for you, and period.....

 

[kramer5150]

RE: teflon: It peels and flakes off from excessive scraping, metal spatulas and the likes. Temperature shocks and temperature extremes can also do it. When you pre-heat a teflon pan, pour some water in it and wait for it to come to a boil. It starts to boil at 212F, so thats kind of a way to ballpark the surface temperature too. When its at a moderately rigerous boil (roughly 235-250 F, wait for it to evaporate down to~2-3 tablespoons and plop in a couple lumps of butter. Swirl the butter evenly so it mixes with the bubbling water. When water and butter are uniformly mixed, crack your eggs into it. I usually turn hte heat down a little and cover with a splatter-screen and paper towel. Wait a couple minutes for them to white over completely, and start to work them loose with shaking and spatula. Slide off the pan and enjoy.

Take the pan off the burner plate immediately and set aside on a cool burner to let it cool gradually, again avoiding sudden temperature shocks.

Thats it. I dont know about stainless or cast iron pans.. never used one before. The only time I used a cast skillet was when we went camping and my friends would use butter and bacon greese... yum yum!!

Garrett

 

[Elec]

Yep, if you cook your bacon first, you'll have no problems frying the eggs without sticking

 

[KYTGuy]

Your method of cooking may be allowing the skillet to get too hot...if you are using butter or olive oil, extreme heat can cause the oils to break down, losing their anti-stick properties...

The method posted by Kramer will help you to keep the heat down...

Somewhat lower heat will still cook the eggs at nearly the same speed - the thermal transfer is limited by the properties of the oil and the egg, only modified by the pan...

So, if the oil is smoking before you put in the egg, it is way too hot...

If the oil/butter is crackling before you put in the eggs, it is still too hot...

Put the eggs in as soon as the oil is like water, or drop the egg on the butter just as the last of it is melting.

 

[Todd R]

Get a cast iron pan and be done with it!
I've bought way too many teflon coated pans that all end up flaking off.
Stainless is worthless for frying, food always sticks.

Take your new cast iron pan and season it as per the directions. Usually you coat it with oil and bake it in the oven so the oil soaks into the metal.
When you clean it, you only scrub it with hot water and a scouring pad. No dish soap, it removes the oils.
After a couple of seasonings, you'll have a great non stick pan that will last forever.
TR

 

[raisin]

I keep seeing more and more press on the possible deleterious effects of non-stick surfaces in cookware. Present recommendations that I have seen published, call for only low temperature cooking with these pans. Saute not frying. Eggs seem to be one of the last use's for the non-stick pans.
(for the brave)

 

[Jahn]

Been using this that we got for our wedding - been 5 years and still going strong with nary a stick! All Clad Stainless Steel is serious stuff.

 

[carlosgp]

If you don't want to use teflon, you will have to use a good quantity of oil to make the eggs "float". Here in Spain we usually do eggs this way, even with teflon

. In the distant past, people even used clay, see this painting (Velázquez, 1618). In my opinion, this is the best recipe of frying eggs. The true and best "fry" is with a lot of olive oil. But of course, here the olive oil is of great quality and cheap. Much more healthy than frying with bacon grease

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edit: Take into account that you can reserve the oil to fry again if it is of good quality.

 

[luukas]

I've been happy with a 11" saute pan. Ludicrously expensive, yeah, but I can get away without using any oil/butter now. Just have to be careful... when food doesn't stick, you don't realize it's been burned to a crisp until it is too late.

http://www.scanpan.com/main/openstock.aspx?id=2

 

[grawk]

The only way to cook eggs is with bacon fat or butter. Using oil is sacrelige...

 

[VicAjax]

TEFLON IS A CARCINOGEN.

when teflon is heated to a certain temperature, it becomes exceedingly toxic. there have been quite a few reports about it lately, google it. i threw out my teflon pans, as it's just not worth the risk, imho. especially with a kid, now.

as for your cooking issue: get an aluminum pan (good, even heat conductor) and cook the eggs with a little olive oil over low to medium heat. the lower heat won't break down the oil, and eggs are better when cooked more slowly, anyway.

 

[twc5964]

I almost forgot the point of this thread due to that avatar.