Frying pan with non-stick coating: features of protective compositions, varieties of the material of the base, the rules of operation of the dishes. Market Review.
Matador frying pan with wear-resistant Ceratec coating
In deep frying pan, you can quickly cook vegetables, meat, stewed fish, noodles in deep fryer
Frying pan with a "diamond neo" coated, combining the positive properties of two metal and stainless steel metals and stainless steel
Square grill frying pan (2020cm) of the Archetun series
Blades and other plastic devices
Matador models (diameter 26 and 28cm) are made of stainless steel, have a thick "induction" bottom and suitable for all types of plates. Cost - from 1550 rub.
Deep frying pan with a diameter of 28cm with a wooden handle from the cuocitutto series. Includes a glass cover with a tree handle
Frying pan PROTECTAL ALUX COMFORT (1750руб.)
When cooking in dishes with a "diamond neo" coating, you can use metal devices
ISOTTA series with CARNEVALE handles
Models of the Lady Plus series. External coating - enamel of blue
Symbols on the label (from top to bottom): for gas, electrical, ceramic, halogen plate, washing in the dishwasher IDR.
Design of Luxury Products Carefully thought out
Grilled frying pan (4228cm) with ports 6cm height for making large fish
The bottom of the bottom with the outside of the Prestige series products ensure the uniformity of heating
The grille allows you to cook for a couple
Cookware with Protectal Plus, characterized by special resistance to mechanical influences
Ergonomic handles Touch pan TOUCH very convenient in operation
Model VS-1481 (Bridget) cast aluminum diameter 28cm, removable knob
Laspezia series pancructure frying pan with non-stick coating Dicotech, which allows the use of metal blades and forks when cooking products
Pinnitsy differ from other frying pan height of the side (it is 1-1.5 cm)
In the Spesials Spesials with a non-stick coating Teflon Classic, you can not only stew vegetables and meat, but even cook french fries thanks to the included metal basket, which is fixed in slots on the wall
Frying pancakes and round fry
Patented bottom Cook Star, consisting of a layer of aluminum, a boat-bath between two stainless steel layers, improves heat transfer
Archetun Grill Frying
Oval frying frying frying
Frying pan deep, diameter- 28cm
Frying pan with burnt omelet tragedy for the hostess. That is why the ability to use this utensils has always been considered the subtlety of culinary art. Today it is not at all necessary to comprehend such secrets, it is enough to purchase high-quality dishes with non-stick coating.
Do not feed illusions about the fact that any such frying pan will reliably protect food from the burning, because the coating of the coating is retail. One material - durable and lasts for a long time, and on the other after six months there are scratches, through which fat and acids are accessed to a metal basis. As a result, the coating and the frying pan loses the non-stick properties. Therefore, when choosing dishes, first of all, it is necessary to ask the characteristics of the protective composition.
Thick and thin
Now there are several varieties of non-stick coatings. All of them are based on polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), better known as Teflon. This is a fluoropolymer with unique chemical properties close to the characteristics of noble metals. It is not soluble in alkalis and acids, thermosetics and is environmentally friendly. Invented him in 1938. Scientist-Chemist Roy Plankett from Dupont (USA). Freezing under strong pressure tetraftor-ethylene, it received a very smooth substance, resistant to any chemical impact, not destroyed by the influence of sun rays and withstanding large temperature differences. Initially, PTFE was used in medicine, military and aerospace industry, and in 1956. Tefal (France) introduced the first frying pan with a non-stick coating on the market.The word "anti-stick" word is quite often replaced by allegedly synonymous "Teflon". But it's not right. The TEFLON brand uses only companies that have been licensed by DuPont. The rest are produced by kitchenware with other types of protective coatings: Diamond Best (Woll, Germany), Hostaflon (Akzo Nobel, Netherlands), Keravis (Ballarini, Italy), Protectal Plus (Fissler, Germany), Titan (TVS, Italy), " Adgelast, "Stalaflon" (both- Russia), Tefal (Tefal). The thicker the non-stick coating (according to Russian standards, at least 20 microns), the longer the pan will last. Famous manufacturers are applied in several layers. For example, Tefal recently developed a new expert-"pie" from five layers (know-how of the company), each of which performs its function: one stimulates the heat transfer intensity to the dishes, the other provides protection against abrasive wear, the third increases the adhesion to the founding of IT ..
Operating Rules Skin with non-stick coating
For the service life, a non-stick coating pan is largely affected by how you appeal with them. Here are some simple, but very important rules. The first thing is to rinse the product with warm water and wipe dry. Then slightly lubricate the non-stick surface with any oil or fat. After that, the dishes are ready for use.
Be sure to use wooden or made of high-temperature plastic with spatulas, so as not to scratch the dishes. Only some models have a non-stick coating, which allows the use of metal devices when cooking.
It is recommended to cook on medium and small fire, so you will significantly extend the life of the frying pan. Do not overheat dishes without products. Put the frying pan in the center of the heat source so that its entire area has bent uniformly. In no case do not substitute immediately at the end of cooking a hot frying pan under the cold or even warm water - the anti-rigorous layer will lose properties, and the bottom can be born. Be sure to cool the dishes. The inner surface should be washed very carefully: a soft sponge with liquid detergents. It is impossible to use metal washcloths or any abrasive substances. After each wash, the inner surface of the frying pan need to wipe dry.
Large companies are constantly improving the quality of PTFE to make it more resistant to mechanical damage. So, Fissler applies an anchor attachment of a non-stick coating Protectal Plus. Technology is as follows: the pan is placed in an electrolysis bath (salt plus water). The curve of the chemical reaction on the surface of the dishes is formed aluminum oxide - it is applied by anti-field composition. This method provides sufficiently high coating protection, which makes it possible to mix the preparing food not only with wooden, but also metal blades. Some manufacturers are included in PTFE strengthening materials - particles of solid metals or minerals. For example, special solid minerals are added to Teflon Infinity (DuPont), clearly visible on the surface. Special strength is distinguished by a non-stick titanium-ceramic coating. Values of trademarks in such cases are present "Titan": "Titan +" (Woll), "Titanapk" ("Nevva-Metal Dishes", Russia), "Titan Al" ("Biol", Ukraine) IDR. Titanium and ceramic materials are applied to aluminum by plasma spraying. The inner surface of the bottom of the frying pan can be both smooth and embossed, like bee honeycombs. Cells increase the area and make heating more uniform.
Harmful or not?
Some doctors warn consumers that cooking in frying pan with a non-stick coating at high temperatures is extremely harmful to health. Indeed, polytetrafluoroethylene, which is part of the coating, begins to distinguish the fluoride compounds, harmful to the bronchi and lungs, but ... only at temperatures above 450 s. Achillic hardware is warmed up to a maximum of 350 s.
Due to rigid competition, some companies producing products from aluminum seek to make it as low as possible to earn more. Military is saved on metal. According to Eurostandards in the dish, aluminum content is allowed at least 96%. The cheap "rootless" frying pan sometimes contains only 82% aluminum and 18% impurities (iron, silicon, nickel, copper), negatively affecting human health.
Not so long ago, the US Federal Agency for Environmental Protection (EPA) declared the need to reduce until 2010. PFOA acid production is included in the composition of non-stick coatings by 95%, and then until 2015. It is planned to stop it. The agency researchers in the course of laboratory experiments found that as a result of the use of a non-stick fiber coating, a variety of diseases of the liver and suppression of the immune system should be reduced to a decrease in the weight of newborns and their development delays. How accurate is this information, it is difficult to judge. For example, the research conducted by DuPont specialists and some independent scientists show that TEFLON coating frying pan is quite reliable, and information about the destructive effect of PFOA on people's health is not received. Asuor, the main thing is not possible to find a worthy replacement of PFOA. Coatings made without this component, unfortunately, are not non-stick.
Non-stick coatings on the basis of dishes are applied in two ways: spraying and rolling. The first is as follows: Teflon or other coating is applied to the generated body of the industrial sprayer. After that, drying and sintering polymer occur. The rolling method (it is also called roller) - more productive and economical. In this case, the anti-reception composition is fed to special rollers, between which the workpiece is passing several times. Which method is better (from the point of view of the operational characteristics of the dishes), it is difficult to say. Specialists disagree in opinions, although most believe that the routing method is still worse, since during the stamping of the disk-covered disk occur and the redistribution of metal. Thus, violations of the homogeneity of the coating are possible and as a result of this, a premature way out of order. By the way, on cast frying pan, which are much better stamped, the non-stick coating can only be applied by the method of spraying, here is another argument in defense of this technology.
Initially there were disks ...
The service life of the frying pan largely depends not only on the characteristics of the protective layer, but also on the base material, that is, from the metal from which the dishes are made. Frying pancakes with non-stick coating are aluminum, steel and cast-iron. Most often, aluminum is chosen for the base, as it is perfectly carried out heat: 4 times better cast iron and 13 times better than stainless steel. It saves time and electricity, especially if there is an electric stove.
Aluminum pans are divided into stamped and cast. When stamping, the starting materials, the sheets obtained by rolling aluminum bars. Usually, discs, which, then, turn into a blank on the presses ones. The service life of the stamped frying pan largely depends on the thickness of the metal sheet, from which they are made. The bottom of high-quality stamped products should have a thickness of at least 2.7-3mm. Frying frying pan thinner 2.5mm although they are inexpensive, but also serve at all for a long time - 1.5-2 years. They quickly fail due to the deformation of the bottom and overheating of the coating.
Limited frying pan produce, pouring molten aluminum into a special, most often metallic shape. This allows you to get dishes with a thickened bottom and a side of the edge and increase its strength. Such products are distinguished by massiveness. Limited frying pan with a thickness of at least 6mm, with the walls of the alternating section of the minimum thickness of 3.5 mm, with a multi-layer anti-stick coating on the inner surface can be stopped for 5-7 years.
For the manufacture of a frying pan with a non-stick coating is used and stainless steel. The most popular imported stainless steel utensils has a marking of 18/10. The numbers 18 and 10 denote the percentage in the chromium and nickel alloy.
Cast-iron pans cover with anti-stick composition, but extremely rare. According to statistics, frying pan with a non-stick coating today produce mostly from aluminum and food aluminum alloys. According to professionals, this metal is most suitable for a pan.
Opinion of a specialist
If you take care of your health, buy frying pan in specialized stores. With the slightest suspicion, require a hygienic quality certificate - it should be from the seller.
Typically, the frying pan of the average price category serves 2-3 years. The goods of the class "Lux" give a guarantee for at least 5 years. Do not chase at low price. You can buy a pan for 150-300rub., But you need to understand that it is "disposable" products. If you use it all the time, the non-stick coating will be spoiled soon. When impaired integrity, it starts to bubble, and small particles fall into the food prepared.
Olga Romashkova,
Head of the Company's Advertising Department of the Company of Fissler's Ramo-Official Representative
High attention
The frying pan is notabled. Therefore, this piece of kitchen utensils, like a lid for him, you need to choose with a special care: if you make a mistake and buy what it turns out to be inconvenient or not suitable for you for any reason, return the goods to the store will not be able to use the fibroids and the lid to them According to the Law on the Protection of Consumer Rights, the exchange and return are not subject to, because these items are included in the group in contact with food.
Hospital, neither the thickness of the non-stick coating, nor the number of applied layers to the eye cannot be determined. Of course, you can learn about this from the seller, but if you want to get absolutely accurate information, do not hesitate to ask for a hygienic conclusion on the products.
However, something can be clarified and visual. Continuing to disassemble a frying pan with a non-stick coating, pay attention to those moments that, when buying, will help make the right choice. So, first of all, a fabricated product must be "weighing" in hand. Lightly light models (regardless of the basics material) it is better to leave without attention. Such utensils are made of rather thin metal, because it is cheap. It is absolutely unreliable, since very quick heating of the walls occurs extremely unevenly. Vitoga, after some time, the dishes can be skewed either the bottom will drive. A similar model not only does not tolerate the change of cold and heat, but also "suffers", even if there are several eggs taken from the refrigerator at its hot surface.
Rare Beast - Induction Plate
Induction plates are still inconsistent in the kitchens of our compatriots. These devices are heated almost instantly and cooled as quickly. They support the desired temperature with an accuracy of degrees, save electricity, have many modes and cooking programs. By purchasing such a cooking panel or stove, it is necessary to remember that both the dishes will have to buy a special. Some companies offer a large selection of such utensils.
As is known, the dignity of the induction plate is heating directly dishes, and not the surface of the slab itself. The principle of its action is: inductors placed under the glass-ceramic panel generate an electromagnetic field above the burner. It, in turn, suggests vortex currents in the dishes from magnetically conductive metals, which warm it up. Capacities made of copper, aluminum, heat-resistant glass and other non-magnetic materials are not suitable.
For induction plates, frying pan packs made of magnetic stainless steel, aluminum or cast iron with airborne disks mounted in the bottom with ferromagnetic properties. The vortex stream flows in a circle and warm up the bottom, and with it and food.
A non-stick frying pan, intended for induction plates, is in Castey collections (Spain), Tefal, Vitesse (France), Fissler, "Nevva-Metal Cookware" IDR. Pictogram on packaging such a product depicts an induction coil in a simplified form.
After the "weighing", take care of the close inspection. Start with the "reverse side of the coin" - the outside of the bottom of the frying pan. To prevent deformation of the bottom of high-quality products, either make more massive than walls, or supplied with so-called anti-informational discs made of stainless steel. Skin bottoms are different. This is largely determined by the type of plate on which the frying pan is calculated. Therefore, it is necessary to select dishes not only on the basis of your own taste and the contents of the wallet, but also under your heat source. So, if the bottom reminiscent of the vinyl recorder is solved with concentric grooves, this product is ideal for a gas stove (however, almost all frying pan are suitable for it). The grooves contribute to the uniform heating of the entire bottom area, and this creates optimal conditions for frying. Avot with an electric or glass-ceramic slab "Friends" only models with perfectly smooth or concave smooth bottom. It can be aluminum, steel, with a non-stick coating or without it. Owners of induction slabs should be particularly attentive - in this case, exclusively frying pan, the bottom of which is made of steel with ferromagnetic properties. Ot, for which slab is a pan, you will always inform pictograms on the label, so here the help of the seller will not need.
I am a single important point: you need to find out what kind of frying pan is a pen. It can be removable (this will allow the frying pan not only for cooking on the stove, but also for baking the dishes in the oven) or non-removable. In the second case, it is preferable to the model with a handle that is attached from the outside. It is better that there were no screws or rivet heads inside the frying pan. Often they are not covered with non-stick composition, and therefore these parts will very soon overgrow fat. It will not be possible to wash off its soft sponge with soap solution, and the use of abrasive substances can damage the non-stick layer.
Pans with folding handles are very comfortable. For example, in pancakes and skewers from Ingenio (Tefal) sets, it is enough to press it to attach or, on the contrary, remove the handle from the dishes. Thanks to such a design, frying pan can be attached to each other as matryoshek, which significantly saves the place to store them. Both handles are removed by the NEVA-Metal Cookware. AU Skin Fissler Pen when you press the button folds.
Opinion of a specialist
Of course, if all the kitchen utensils you have from a fashionable stainless steel now, it is worth staying in the first version. But we should not forget that the stainless steel is slightly yellow and covered with small scratches. With the active operation of such a frying pan, it gradually loses its original beautiful shine. So the outer steel coating is suitable rather for the aesthetes that are not prepared too often.
Enameled with the outside of the dishes of special care does not require. The most practical for the outer walls is a non-stick coating. Fat is easily clenched with it, and washing the frying pan does not represent difficulties. However, products with an external non-stick coating are much harder that enamel covered.
Elena Dianova,
GROUPE SEB PR specialist
official representative of TEFAL in Russia and the CIS countries
The precipitory of well-known manufacturers of the handle are made from a bakelite-specific type of plastics. Food preparation origin. Bakelite handles are heated slightly (even with long use) and also withstand temperatures up to 150 s, so the kitchen tags will not be needed for them.
One or more?
It is impossible to do with one frying pan in a modern kitchen, especially if you like to cook, it is impossible for each specific species of dishes. So, for soup roasted or scrambled eggs, it is desirable to purchase a frying pan with a diameter of 18-20 cm (refers to the diameter of the upper edge of the product). To fry potatoes, you will need more dishes (28-40cm), and stew vegetables or meat is better in a casheater with a wide bottom and high walls. To obtain an appetizing crust on meat, a non-stick grill is perfect for meat, such as Vitafit Round-shaped (Tefal), a grill model ("biol") or a square grill frying pan (Fissler). Thanks to the deep grill inside the meat frying pan, you can fry on the minimum amount of oil or fat. TVS grilled frying pan is "Nose" - it is much more convenient to drain the released fat, and the product of Bohmann (Germany) from opposite sides are two excavations to remove fat.
In addition to the frying pan for meat, there should be a frying pan for fish, since over time, the smells of food are eaten into the coating and get rid of them problematic. Do you need lamb ribs with a crucian aroma? For frying fish manufacturers offer special oval frying pan, such as the Vitafit model (Tefal). The grill grill on the inner surface of the frying pan leaves prints on the fish, and the carcasses get a beautiful striped "tan". Apologies of sides facilitate the extraction of a finished dish.
Today numerous companies produce popular Voki frying pan. They are intended for gourmets wishing to experience pleasure from special dishes of oriental cuisine preparing in rapid roasting mode.
Well, finally, another frying pan, which is necessary to acquire, is "passenger". The pancroxtes of different manufacturers differ mainly only by the height of the side: in some it is 1-1,5cm, other onboard are so low that they are practically not visible, for example, at Fissler's pancructure. On such products it is easy to throw damn, quickly turning it over with the other side.
So, we dealt with the basic criteria of choice and assortment with a non-stick coating. It is time to move from the theory to practice and go for the purchase of the store.
| Some models frying pan with non-stick coating | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | Model | Coating Brand / Basic Material | Distinctive features | price, rub. |
| Tefal. | Privilege. | Prometal / Aluminum | Diameter- 28cm, outer anti-stick color coating "Gray Anthracite", Thermospot, stainless steel anti-informational disc into the entire diameter of the bottom. For plates of all kinds, including induction | 1200. |
| Vitesse. | VS-1481 (Bridget) | TEFLON SELECT / Aluminum | Diameter- 28cm, heat-resistant glass cover, steaming, removable handle, outer non-stick coating. Can be washed in the dishwasher. For all types of plates but induction | 2400. |
| Fissler. | Protectal | Protectal / Aluminum | Diameter- 28cm, external coating - non-stick, folding handle | 2810. |
| Woll | Grill pan | "Titan +" / Aluminum | Dimensions - 2828cm, external coating, black non-stick, internal bottom. Removable bakelite handle with plastic button. For any heat sources, except induction plates | From 3400. |
| Bohmann. | BH 8011. | Teflon Classic / Steel | Diameter- 24cm, external coating, glass-ceramic color enamel, rim made of stainless steel, metal handle. For all types of plates, including induction | 830. |
| TVS. | Platino. | Teflon Platinum / Aluminum | Skovorod-Wok diameter 34cm, external coating - matte heat and wear-resistant enamel, two handles with satin silver finish. The kit includes a grille and a metal cover. | 2400. |
| Ballarini. | IL RAME. | Teflon Platinum / Aluminum | Schill diameter 28cm, thickness of the bottom - 6mm, the external coating - polished copper, two non-removable brass handles. For any heat sources, except induction plates. Use in the oven only to a temperature of 250 s | 3070. |
| Castey. | IYC30 | Teflon Platinum / Aluminum | Diameter- 30cm, external coating - non-stick, thickness of the bottom - 5mm, removable handle, made of mahogany. For any heat sources, except induction plates | 2286. |
| SMS (Turkey) | Specials. | Teflon Classic / Aluminum | Diameter- 24cm, external coating - non-stick, is used as a skeleton and like a frying pan. Can be washed in the dishwasher. For all types of plates, including induction | 620. |
| "Neva-Metal Dishes" | Blinnitsa | "Titan PC" / Aluminum | Diameter-22cm, thickness of the bottom - 6mm, coating applied by spraying by spraying, external coating - anti-stick, removable handle, fittings of the Italian company LAMP | 1050. |
The editors thanks Groupe SEB, AMG Company, Vitesse, Ramo, Tav-Torg, Nevva-Metal Dishes, "Domostroy" for help in the preparation of material.