It's time to update my nonstick frypans, and I was wondering if anyone
has experience with the durability of Ceramiguard II, as opposed to
say teflon.

Here's an example of the pans.
http://www.restockit.com/Ceramiguard-Fry-Pans.html

Abe wrote:
> It's time to update my nonstick frypans, and I was wondering if anyone
> has experience with the durability of Ceramiguard II, as opposed to
> say teflon.
>
> Here's an example of the pans.
> http://www.restockit.com/Ceramiguard-Fry-Pans.html


I don't know this product per se, but I have bought the later miracle
surface non-sticks, primarily for grilling cheese which is a local
thing. No matter that I paid a fortune for stuff that was to last a
lifetime, it appears to be the lifetime of a flea. Even using silicon
or wood only, eventually the stuff starts to wear off. I'm not buying
it anymore. Well-seasoned cast iron will be my permanent choice.

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Abe wrote:
>
> It's time to update my nonstick frypans, and I was wondering if anyone
> has experience with the durability of Ceramiguard II, as opposed to
> say teflon.

I've been thinking about trying the quasicrystal pan.
Quasicrystals are unusual materials which are not
amorphous (like glasses) or polycrystalline (like
most metals).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quasicrystal

In theory, this should provide non-stick properties
to the surface. In addition, such a surface should be
very hard. Apparently, the second part is true, but
the first part is not quite true. It's been panned
in these reviews:

http://www10.epinions.com/hmgd-Cookw...splay_~reviews

Too bad. A very hard nonstick coating would be
a good thing.

On 2007-06-20, Abe > wrote:
> It's time to update my nonstick frypans, and I was wondering if anyone
> has experience with the durability of Ceramiguard II, as opposed to
> say teflon.

Supposedly, Ceramiguard is a new DuPont non-stick coating. I've no
doubt it's PTFE (Teflon) based. But, the pan is a Lincoln/Wearever
product. These are excellent quality and whatever DuPont is calling
it's non-stick coating this week, I'm sure Wearever wouldn't use it if
it was crap. I have an older Wearever commercial grade pan
(Silverstone) and can vouch for its quality. These are excellent and
probably the best buy in cookware today. Forget the high end
Faber/Calph/Al-Con crap and buy some good quality commercial cookware.

nb

On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 07:25:57 -0700, Mark Thorson >
wrote:

>Abe wrote:
>>
>> It's time to update my nonstick frypans, and I was wondering if anyone
>> has experience with the durability of Ceramiguard II, as opposed to
>> say teflon.
>
>I've been thinking about trying the quasicrystal pan.
>Quasicrystals are unusual materials which are not
>amorphous (like glasses) or polycrystalline (like
>most metals).
>
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quasicrystal
>
>In theory, this should provide non-stick properties
>to the surface. In addition, such a surface should be
>very hard. Apparently, the second part is true, but
>the first part is not quite true. It's been panned
>in these reviews:
>
>http://www10.epinions.com/hmgd-Cookw...splay_~reviews
>
>Too bad. A very hard nonstick coating would be
>a good thing.
Thanks. That was really informative. Sounds like I'll stick to my
strategy of simply replacing my nonstick pans every few years.

On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 11:02:01 -0500, notbob > wrote:

>On 2007-06-20, Abe > wrote:
>> It's time to update my nonstick frypans, and I was wondering if anyone
>> has experience with the durability of Ceramiguard II, as opposed to
>> say teflon.
>
>Supposedly, Ceramiguard is a new DuPont non-stick coating. I've no
>doubt it's PTFE (Teflon) based. But, the pan is a Lincoln/Wearever
>product. These are excellent quality and whatever DuPont is calling
>it's non-stick coating this week, I'm sure Wearever wouldn't use it if
>it was crap. I have an older Wearever commercial grade pan
>(Silverstone) and can vouch for its quality. These are excellent and
>probably the best buy in cookware today. Forget the high end
>Faber/Calph/Al-Con crap and buy some good quality commercial cookware.
>
>nb
Thanks for that.

In article >,
says...
> It's time to update my nonstick frypans, and I was wondering if anyone
> has experience with the durability of Ceramiguard II, as opposed to
> say teflon.
>
> Here's an example of the pans.
> http://www.restockit.com/Ceramiguard-Fry-Pans.html
>

I have the Lincoln-Wearever 12" Ceramiguard. Love it to death and it's
VERY robust. Even though I promised death to anyone who used a metal
utensil in the pan, the SO took metal to it and it barely scratched. The
coating doesn't peel up like Teflon, etc.

Be forewarned though, the 12" is a heavy pan. But it distributes heat
very evenly and I love mine. I paid $48 for it about a year ago.