Bye-Bye Teflon? This Slick New Material Could Change Cookware Forever

Scitech Daily ^ | August 11, 2025 | University of Toronto

[Red Badger]

A WELL SEASONED CAST IRON FRYING PAN, DUTCH OVEN OR COOKING POT IS THE BEST NON-STICK SURFACE AND HAS BEEN FOR CENTURIES..........................

[Red Badger]

Forever chemicals Ping!..............

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

Yet, still... it is a \\polymerized hydrocarbon\\, non-porous surface.
Plant oil, rock oil.
To a chemist, there is little difference.

[bert]

Testimony from the field.......

Having recently taken over some of the cooking from my debilitated wife, I can testify to the contrary.

She has two second generation, well seasoned cast iron skillets that produce sticking.

She has new and rather expensive lined cook ware by two different manufacturers that allows no sticking, even with little or no oil.

The new stuff is in fact non stick and is far superior to the old two generations old and totally seasoned cast iron

[Red Badger]

Never put cooking oil into cold cast iron to cook with. Always put it in hot, so that the polymerization will happen before you crack the first egg.............

[Red Badger]

Never put cooking oil into cold cast iron to cook with. Always put it in hot, so that the polymerization will happen before you crack the first egg.............

[9YearLurker]

Absolutely!

How long did it take to recognize Teflon’s harms?

Cast iron is the way to go for pans, stainless steel for pots.

[UnwashedPeasant]

”By bonding silicone-based bristles with the tiniest PFAS molecule possible”

So instead of the dangerous forever chemical PFAS, it uses PFAS.

[9YearLurker]

What are you, washing her cast iron in the dishwasher?

[bk1000]

Yep. Carbon steel and even stainless is pretty much non stick at the proper temperature. (Leidenfrost effect)

[Red Badger]

If the cast iron is washed with soap, it removes the seasoning of the polymerized cooking oils.

Just let the pans cool then wipe surfaces some with salt.

I made a mistake as a teenager working in a restaurant by ‘cleaning’ the head cook’s egg frying pan with soap and water. I thought he was gonna kill me! ......................

[logi_cal869]

Per article, key word:

“Safer.,” not ‘safe.’

Translated: No different than media reports of “DC lower crime.”

I own no fluorine based nonstick, including Hellas crap.

All cast iron, and a few ceramic coated (the latter of which are disposable).

[bert]

Of course not.

[jerod]

So... What you're saying is... Out days of eating Teflon are over??? And it tasted so good all these years. Iron is much better for you... As in using an Iron Skillet.

[bert]

There are no Teflon harms.

Teflon is inert

[Ex-Con777]

Why worry? We only have 5 years left until the erf ignites.

How well does cast iron do on electric stoves? I never tried.

EC

[Red Badger]

Perzackley!................

[C210N]

The absolute bestest non-stick frying surface is bacon grease.

And, under that grease, a cast-iron or stainless-steel pan.

With the added feature of getting to eat all the bacon to “manufacture” the bacon grease.

[Red Badger]

Tiny PFAS............... 😁

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

For some things. Some foods strip it off.