Restoring yucky Teflon frying pans

I agree that they never last as they are supposed to, I clean mine by wiping with kitchen roll, of course the non stick element eventually start to wane when a sponge and soap is required but as soon as I think the surface is starting to actually come off i chuck it and replace. They usually last 2 or 3 years but i tend to grill a lot of items so they are not used heavily. The guarantees arent worth the cardboard they are printed on it seems.

I don't use any pans with a non stick surface apart from frying pans. I don't pay a lot for them as I know they won't last. The best I have found are Tefal with a red hot spot. I put them in the dishwasher.

My cooking does sometimes lean to the too well done side of chargrilled. When this happens I leave the pan to soak for a while before washing.

Thank you both.8 think I will look for an uncoated one, at least I can Brillo pad it.

Green pans, expensive but last. You don’t need to cook on high heat all the time, for any pan, damages the coating, just bring it to heat, then lower the heat for rest of cooking. Taught this years ago.

I have two tefal non stick pans with a removable handle that go from my gas hob to oven.
I have used them heavily for about 10 years, they are still going strong.
If you never use any metal implements or scourers they should stay looking good, try a plastic scraper.

I’m done with all kinds of non stick, I use a stainless steel frying pan now, and stainless steel baking trays. I scrape them if anything burnt is on them, then they all go in the dishwasher, and if there is still any residue after that I soak them in washing powder and stick them back in the dishwasher. They last forever, I’m still using Prestige pans I had when I first got married.

Tesco send me a frying pan substitute which cost £1. It goes in the dishwasher and now after nearly three years it is looking a bit worse for wear. Glad I didn’t send it back.

Casdon, I bought a Le Creuset stainless steel frying pan after I got fed up having to throw away perfectly good pans just because the coating was flaking after 2-3 years of use. I watched several YouTube videos first to learn how to cook in them and now I only use a small Tefal non stick if I want a fried egg. Everything else I fry in the stainless steel pan and then it is put in the dishwasher. My baking sheets are 35+ years old and also get washed in the dishwasher.

Not a frying pan, but I have had a Bergfoff non stick saucepan for a long while which is absolutely brilliant. They do lots of different saucepans and frying pans. They are expensive but they have sales. I also have two Rick Stein fish frying pans which I bought from John Lewis which are very good but last time I looked they had been discontinued.
I've often been tempted to chuck out my old pots and pans and splash out on some from Berghoff in the sale but just hate throwing anything away which is serviceable.

I mean Berghoff not Bergfoff!