The Best Nonstick Skillets

non-stick cooking technology may have been around for almost 3000 years now it's said that the Mycenaean Greeks use ceramic riddles that featured one coarse side and one very smooth side to bake their bread well we've come a long way and Adams here to tell us about a more recent Advent the nonstick skillet I want to know how long the smooth side of the Mycenaean griddles lasted because we think that nonstick coatings are not worth a big investment because they are really susceptible to both wear and damage alright so for these seven skillets here we set a price cap of $60 that was the top $32 was the bottom we got the largest pan that we could from each manufacturer we prefer 12-inch pans you know however two key manufacturers just make eleven inch pan so these were a little bit smaller now the testing was extensive to evaluate their nonstick coatings testers used each pan to cook eggs over-easy with no fat one after the other at both the beginning and the end of testing stopping only when the eggs began to stick between the egg tests the testers used the pans to cook fish and frittatas they also used each skillet to toast a thin layer of flour just to see how evenly they heated there were also abuse tests testers intentionally broke every rule of good nonstick air they sliced frittatas right in the skillet with a metal knife and removed the wedges with metal spatulas they stacked the skillets without protection for the finish they repeatedly shocked them in cold water they washed them in the dishwasher and with abrasive sponges they also took them outside and bang them against a sharp concrete ledge to simulate years of bad treatment in the kitchen now in general nonstick coatings are not made by the cookware manufacturers themselves they're made by large chemical companies and the manufacturers will buy them from the chemical companies they offer basic coatings up to premium coatings and the cookware manufacturers will choose what version they want based on the price point of the cookware it's going on now also in general these things are applied in layers usually two to five so in terms of the cooking tests that show testers that the size the shape and the were really important the two small pans here bomb because they didn't have enough cooking surface area across the bottom fish fillets sort of wrote up on the sides if there was too much stuff sauteing in there it would all fall together and steam not really brown correctly that was a problem testers also didn't like skillets that weighed too much they found them a little harder to maneuver I want you to pick up that guy right there this is empty and it's really hard to maneuver very heavy the good news is you don't have to go to the gym way I'm gonna work on my delts there that one's more than three pounds some of them were significantly lighter tried this one very light you could flip things in it very easy looks like a feather isn't it they also like the shape of pants like this because the sides are flared they're nice and open promotes evaporation easy to get in there with utensils and move food around they also like the handle on this guy because it was soft it was grippy and it stayed cool which was not true of all of these handles in the end testers only wanted to recommend two pans but they really preferred this guy right here this has three layers of nonstick coating it released 50 eggs beautifully after weeks of testing one of these pans wouldn't even release one egg Wow it cooked the food beautifully it released beautifully this one is the Aqsa Good Grips nonstick 12 inch open fry pan it's $39.99 it's got a nice wide cooking surface flared sides excellent handle light weight so it's maneuverable and it's our new winner the only one that got the highly recommended rating well it's a clear winner it's the ox oh good grips nonstick 12 inch open fry pan for 39.99 thanks for watching cooks country from America's Test Kitchen so what'd you think leave a comment and let us know which recipes you're excited to make or just say I now you can find links to today's recipes and reviews in the video description and don't forget to subscribe to our Channel see you later alligator [Laughter]

Channel: America's Test Kitchen

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Id: nHaiJ61C5vY

Length: 4min 19sec (259 seconds)

Published: Thu Dec 19 2019