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How we picked nonstick skillet?

930 Published by gdxinyuan 8 月 09,2019

A good nonstick skillet has the traits of a traditional skillet—even heating, classic flared sides, good balance between body and handle—but adds a slick coating to make cooking delicate foods like eggs and fish easier. We narrowed our search mostly to open-stock, 10-inch pans, but we also included one set. We believe 10 inches is best size to get if you want just one pan for omelets or two fried eggs. But if you do want something larger to cook more than eggs or a couple of fish fillets, most of our picks come in multiple sizes. Beyond that, we made our picks by looking for the following features:

Even heat distribution
A nonstick skillet that distributes heat evenly across the cooking surface will not only keep your food from scorching but will also last longer. Nonstick coating breaks down faster at high temperatures, so hot spots can shorten the lifespan of a pan. We prefer skillets made from cast or anodized aluminum because it’s an inexpensive material, an excellent heat conductor, and durable.

Stainless steel tri-ply (aluminum sandwiched by two layers of stainless steel) is also an excellent material for even heat distribution, and unlike aluminum, tri-ply works on induction cooktops. But tri-ply nonstick pans are much more expensive than their aluminum counterparts, and it’s generally not worth paying that much for a pan that will last only a few years. Now you can find aluminum pans with bonded steel plates on the bottom that perform very well and work on induction, at a fraction of the price.

Price and longevity
The surface on a brand-new nonstick skillet is the slickest it’ll ever be before it makes the slow march toward ineffectiveness through use and wear. Even with proper care, any nonstick skillet has a shorter lifespan than other cookware, because the nonstick coating will inevitably wear off. We think $20 to $60 is plenty to spend on a piece of cookware that will give you three to five years of use.

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