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Lars(wi) 
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 Topic: Anybody use Cuisinarte………
Posted: 21 Jan 2026 at 10:09pm |
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Cookware? We(the Wifey) insisted that we have some. So this spring bought a set, fry pans, pots, glass lids etc. These supposedly as close to ‘non-stick’ as possible without being Teflon, or some other gawd-awful deadly concoction. These fry pans are a bitch to clean, unless whatever your cooking swiming in lard, or butter, the food sticks. Anybody else have this challenge?
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Hubert (Ga)engine7
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Posted: 22 Jan 2026 at 6:06am |
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Well seasoned cast iron does the job for me. I have never used any Cuisinarte but other “nonstick” cookware has not lasted long. Stainless steel pots with thick bottoms work well. Clean them with Barkeepers Friend and hot soapy water.
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Posted: 22 Jan 2026 at 6:38am |
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No experience with Cuisinart. Got the wife some carbon steel pans for Christmas a couple years ago. Same properties as cast iron, but without the weight. Approximately 14 ga steel, with good sized replaceable wood handles. Biggest one came with spare handle, Allen head bolt and Allen wrench. About $50 each on Amazon, but well worth it.
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DMiller
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Posted: 22 Jan 2026 at 7:09am |
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We stopped with the Non Stick stuff long ago, non stick never lasted more than a few years. Cast here is far better yet wife prefers her SS pans.
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DanWi
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Posted: 23 Jan 2026 at 9:35am |
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Have a couple copper pans. The nonstick lasts a few years and then they wear out and eggs stick. Have eggs almost everyday for breakfast.
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Dave H
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Posted: Yesterday at 10:38am |
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Sounds like some pam would be a good investment?
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Greg (Hillsboro, OH)
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Posted: 6 hours 53 minutes ago at 7:37am |
I don't want to hijack the thread, but does anyone use cast iron on their ceramic top stoves? I've heard both ok to use, and don't do it. I think one of the issues is that they are heavy and if dropped, can break the stove surface. Let me know your experiences please.
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Posted: 6 hours 27 minutes ago at 8:03am |
wife tossed out my really nice, well seasoned cast iron 12" pan a long time ago so 'we' have gone through 15-20 'non-stick' replacements. she REFUSES to use 'plastic' tools and scratches the teflon off them in very short order. I gave up trying to explain what she was doing wrong....
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Lars(wi)
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Posted: 3 hours 30 minutes ago at 11:00am |
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We very seldom these days use any kind of ‘spray on’. It’s either butter, lard, or beef fat.
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Hubert (Ga)engine7
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Posted: 1 hour 16 minutes ago at 1:14pm |
Greg, I would not use cast iron on a smooth top range because of the risks of damaging the top but I don’t have and don’t want a smooth top.
Lars, l prefer lard, butter and beef fat also. Too many chemicals in a lot of the cooking sprays and vegetable oils.
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Posted: 24 minutes ago at 2:06pm |
Use cast iron on glass top with no problem with good quality cast iron - bought a couple cheaper frying pans and ended up taking grinder to bottom top get them to set flat on stove as never surfaced flat from new . Wife use to use a electric fry pan for many things and then soak them to get clean , lasted about 2 years and costing came lose . I have one I use every once in a while but cooking for self , make something clean up right after use and no problems
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