Non Stick Skillet?

Pampered Chef.

Deep fryer, at deer camp we call them McFloats

if you gotta use the no stick pans...use plastic or wood utensils in them when cooking. i do use those when i cook on the grill, but only to carry some food items into the house in. all that is needed is a wipe out with a paper towel and sometimes a little water when done. treat them same as cast pans. if you see any scratches or small chunks out of them...pitch them or you'll get some of that coating in your food. i use cast when needed for my cooking. but mostly all cooking is done on the grill. as said above...keep them out of the dishwasher and away from soap. if you find they have quit holding the non sticking, it's time to pitch them too. i do have a few stainless steel pans i use when doing small batches of soups/stews, and if cheese is used i do spray them with pam, easier clean up on them. i also use pam in the aluminum foil pans i do ribs in, keeps them from sticking to the pan.

DMiller you are spot on about the cast iron. No better cookware to be found if cared for according to your recommendations. How many "nonstick" pans are still in use after 25 years but 50 plus year old cast is still going strong. Just be sure to get USA made cast. I have pans that belonged to my grandmother that are probably 100 years old.

Have two skillets from Grandma and a Dutch Oven from my Mom, all are at least 75 years aged, likely bought for or Presented being well used to them so may be over 100.

the OGreenic  pan lasted the longest for me. even longer than the pampered chef. but i treated it just like my cast iron.  wipe it out still hot and only hand wash if needed. once my wife starter washing it in the dish washer it became just another pan. currently have a gotham steel it works great if I can keep my wife from dishwasher it should last a long while. I use cast iron for every thing unless it contains tomato sauce. scrap with a stainless spatula and wipe out when still hot. one drop bacon grease and wipe with paper towel. 

Watch commercial chefs, Pans NEVER go into sink or dishwasher, cook with it until done, wipe it out between and after cooking, leave at side of stove repeat at next meal.  Grandmothers Skillet NEVER left the stove except when Grand DILs came over and cooked for her, pans surfaces were ruined nearly EVERY time.  Grandma Banned them using HER skillet!!

You and everyone else lucky enough to have tried it. Plus the white cream gravy that goes with it. When the warden asks what you want for you last supper, that would be high on the list.

Kinda reminds me of the story of the bear and the rabbit.  Bear and rabbit, out in the woods, taking a dump, side by side.  Brer bear asks brer rabbit, "Brer rabbit, does sh!t stick to your fur?  Brer rabbit replies" Why, no"  So the bear wipes with the rabbit!