Ideal Bite

wow, I'm glad I looked here before buying GreenPans.

I made the shift away from Teflon a while back. I am using non-stick pans from a company called "ScanPan". They are a Scandanavian company and their non-stick pans are incredible!!!! They are a bit pricey but they are well worth the investment. I give high kudos to them!

I second for Scanpan. I'm in love with my ceramic titanium nonstick wok and griddle. No grease required!

Rather than using non-stick pans, use non-stick cooking sprays, or a bit of olive oil, instead. Kevin, I checked out Lodge Mfg.'s website, and you're right. For cast iron, their prices are quite reasonable, and cast iron lasts forever!

Thanks for the tip, but let's say we all run out and replace our cookware with non-teflon products?? Then what? What do we do with the stuff we don't want anymore? I appreciate the intent, but at times the tips here are completely unrealistic. Most people these days don't have hundreds of dollars to spend on new cookware. If you're buying new, then yes - avoid teflon. Otherwise, it's probably more prudent to wait 'til your existing set has run its course. But for God's sake don't use the excuse of non-eco-friendly just to laden your foods with butter...any good you do for the environment is offset by the fact that you're burdening the health care industry...

I stopped using Teflon years ago - after one day having baked some potato fries on a teflon oven pan, i took them out on a picnic and when the sun beat down on the fries i saw glittered teflon stuck to every single one where it touched the pan. I could never have seen the flakes without the direct light h=shining and had been eating teflon for months! GROSS! It totally comes off in your food- and you can't always see it.

Almost any pan can be non stick if you know what you're doing. Stainless steel and cast iron are both great non stick surfaces if you preheat the pan. Don't add any oil or butter or whatever until you're ready to cook, or you'll burn it. The secret is that when the pan heats it expands and fills up the invisible crevices that every pan surface has. Even scrambled eggs won't stick if you heat the pan before you add the butter and eggs. I'd stay away from the Le Cruset, I have lots of it and I prefer the much more affordable Lodge style cast iron or any good quality stainless steel. The fancy french stuff ends up in the back of the cabinet and the stainless and cast iron are always handy favorites. If you do use teflon, DON'T overheat it. It releases more noxious fumes when it's heated to high temperatures. There is even a "teflon flu" that can result from breathing the fumes of overheated teflon. Manufacturers have known about it for years but decided it was harmless because they didn't know of any long term effects.

When the warning against teflon came out, I gave my hardly used deep fry pot, griddle, brand new griddle.,fry pans, I guess about $300.00 worth of teflon to my neighbor, who had no fear of using them..I have been looking for a griddle to make pancakes that isn't teflon...for at least 2 -3 years...no such thing. Years ago I had an aluminum one, that supposedly got into food...I'm 70 years old now, and still do not want to succumb to teflon, I bought a new electric fry pan teflon and it's still in the box, Glad I found this website, cause its going back to the store..Nothing happened after the teflon disclosure, its still out there, although I see more stainless being sold along with it..thats what I use now, and have been using all along..( with the teflon).Thanks Katie for your cooking instructions with the stainless...

While I agree with the philosophy behind Ideal Bite, I also believe that information needs to be reported accurately. Some of the information you printed is simply not true. For example, you state that “The EPA's Science Advisory Board considers PFOA (aka Teflon) a likely carcinogen”. The EPA clearly states that “Teflon® and other trademarked products are not PFOA.” They also say “EPA does not have any indication that the public is being exposed to PFOA through the use of Teflon®-coated or other trademarked nonstick cookware.” “At the present time, EPA does not believe there is any reason for consumers to stop using any products because of concerns about PFOA.” This (and more) information is available at the EPA’s website (http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/pfoa/index.htm) Even though the information is reported with the best of intentions, if it is incorrect, it doesn’t help anyone.

Please stick to "tips" and not science. The information you've given is incorrect. *PFOA is not also known as Teflon. *Other coatings contain PFOA in their liquid form, not just Teflon, and this includes ScanPan products. *The toxins killing birds are more likely PTFE, also found in pizza boxes, Microwave popcorn wrappers and Gore-Tex. *Heating fat and cooking oil to over 500 degrees or burning food can also release toxic fumes that will kill your birds. Please check your facts.