What should I do if the non-stick pan coating falls off?

In order to make more delicious food, many people choose to use non-stick pans for cooking. However, the coating may fall off during use. In this case, it is best to stop using it because its safety begins to decrease and serious sticking to the pan may occur. Experts say that when using a non-stick pan, you should not dry burn it, do not wash the pan with a hot pan and then a cold one, and the cleaning tools should not be too hard, otherwise it will cause great damage to the pan.

1. Can I still use the non-stick pan if the coating falls off?

It is recommended to stop using.

Reduced security

Most non-stick pan coatings are made of Teflon as raw material. When the non-stick pan coating falls off, the pan body will release about 6 toxic gases when heated, two of which contain carcinogenic factors, and it is easy to release colorless and odorless harmful gases even at low temperatures.

It will start to stick to the pan

The original intention of buying a non-stick pan is to make the dishes beautiful and neat when cooking, but once the non-stick coating falls off, the non-stick effect will be much worse and cleaning will become troublesome.

2. How to prevent the non-stick pan coating from falling off

1. Do not dry burn

A non-stick pan cannot be dried out without adding oil. Generally, when cooking, you add an appropriate amount of oil first. A non-stick pan cannot be dried out even more. If you do not add oil, the temperature inside the pan will suddenly rise, and the Teflon in the coating will become unstable or even decompose. This is the principle that high temperature will have a certain impact on non-stick pans and easily cause the coating to fall off.

2. Don’t wash a hot pot with a cold one

Many people are used to washing the pot after cooking, which is a good habit of cleanliness, but non-stick pots cannot be cleaned in this way. Because a non-stick pan has two parts, one is the pan body, the other is the coating. When it is heated and then cooled down, it is easy to cause the pan body and the coating to separate due to thermal expansion and contraction.

Recommendation: Wait until the pot has cooled down before cleaning with cold water, or clean with warm water before the pot cools down.

3. Cleaning tools should not be too hard

The material of a non-stick pan is more fragile than that of an ordinary metal pan, so you cannot use a steel wool to clean it like you would an iron pan. Cleaning tools that are too hard will damage the coating.

Recommended tools: When cleaning a non-stick pan, try to use a soft cloth to clean it. A loofah with slightly stronger cleaning power than a soft cloth can also be used.

4. Dry and store when not in use

Even when you are not cooking, you should still pay attention to keeping the cooking utensils clean and tidy. The service life of non-stick pans is not long, so in order to extend the service life of non-stick pans, you should pay more attention to cleaning on a daily basis to prevent additional damage.