nezbleu glad to hear your wife is home and recovering. Hospitals are necessary but the sooner you can be out of there the better.
Looked forever for it, there are some from NZ and Europe. If your up for it there is a two burner 4KW commercial drop in that can use a residential hook up goes for $700 though. Most other commercial ovens I found use 440 three phase connections.
OK SY, I need your help. I was always under the impression Tefal was Teflon. That's what the Tef part is. I have googled for the last 30 minutes trying to find a site that says it's not Teflon, they all say it is, including the T-Fal site. Help me out here.
Surely. I guess meat is more of a "special occasion"-ish thing for me, so I take that for granted.
Cal - some sort of al/ti/si- oxide or nitride. It's a ceramic coating, no Teflon, but also low surface energy (nonstick) and as long as the adhesion is good to the substrate, very durable.
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Hi Daniel,
I have T-Fal pans. They're Teflon. I also have a ceramic pan. Nothing similar.
The T-Fal site says it's PTFE, every other site says it's PTFE. You can read that TEF is for Teflon and AL is for aluminum. You can read about DuPont's patent and the Tefal (T-Fal) use of it and why there are two different spellings... it goes on.
What I would like to see is something that says it's not PTFE. The only difference I can see is that there is no PFOA used in the manufacturing. So? Many are made that way nowadays I believe.
Just curious.
I have T-Fal pans. They're Teflon. I also have a ceramic pan. Nothing similar.
The T-Fal site says it's PTFE, every other site says it's PTFE. You can read that TEF is for Teflon and AL is for aluminum. You can read about DuPont's patent and the Tefal (T-Fal) use of it and why there are two different spellings... it goes on.
What I would like to see is something that says it's not PTFE. The only difference I can see is that there is no PFOA used in the manufacturing. So? Many are made that way nowadays I believe.
Just curious.
Sorry, Cal, didn't do due diligence. Other manufacturers that make nonstick non-Teflon (or, generally, PTFE) use ceramics as I described. Also, could be something about how they prepare the surface to take the Teflon coating.
We'll have to consult the expert on this one. 🙂
We'll have to consult the expert on this one. 🙂
as far as I know Tefal started out making teflon-coated aluminium pots and pans hence TEflon ALuminium.
Since then (must have been a bit since I remember Tefal from my childhood) they changed from teflon to what appears to be a titanium-based ceramic coating.
Since then (must have been a bit since I remember Tefal from my childhood) they changed from teflon to what appears to be a titanium-based ceramic coating.
I can think of no one other than that chemical guy to answer this one. I am stumped. My expertise in chemicals was of a different nature and many years ago. 😉
ok, found something,
Have to go but will look at this later.
Tefal Ceramic Control Induction - Ceramic Cookware
Have to go but will look at this later.
Tefal Ceramic Control Induction - Ceramic Cookware
benchtop+hotplate
The portable ones here are 240V and 2400W...very handy for cooking/warming next to the bbq.
It might be worth a look to see if these are suitable as parts donors to your kitchen cooktop ?.
Yes, nothing beats heavy cast iron pans...the ones with integral cast iron handle are the best, kitchen and bbq.
Dan.
You can have an electrician wire an outlet that takes this in the US (L1, L2 and cap the neutral (NOT the safety ground)). You then just need to replace the plug with the one that has the prongs at 90 degrees (>1800W).
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The only thing that sticks a little to my cast iron pans is cod fillet, have no idea why. That's when I still use the teflon pan. Eggs don't stick at all to my cast iron.
The range I have has the so-called "euro-style" burners that I believe are only replaceable as the entire set at a time. I'm told that parts are no longer available. They are really nice because stuff never leaks down inside like on a coil unit or a gas stove. It also doesn't get scratched or look dirty all the time like the glass tops can. Before I spent big bucks on importing/rigging something I would probably just go for an induction range or cooktop.
I really prefer gas but I don't really want to pipe gas to my kitchen. I'll have to run some numbers to see what size pipe etc...and whether my supply line is big enough. I have a big tankless water heater, the incoming water is quite cold in the winter ere in MN 😉 Maybe I can have a plumber rough in something (maybe a "T" for the laundry while he is at it) when doing something else.
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