"Fred" > wrote in message
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>
> "Eric McNew" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I'm investigating new cookware and would like to find a quality
> > nonstick surface that is dishwasher safe. I love caph. but would
> > probably never use it if I had to handwash.
> >
> > Thanks
>
> My sincere advice is to never put cookware in the dishwasher - any
cookware,
> ever. Dishwashers are for dishes (and stainless flatware) and not for
> cookware, cutlery, or gadgets or even glassware, in my opinion. I
handwash
> all my cookware and always have since I bought cookware I expected to last
> more than a couple of years.
>
> I think manufacturers who tout their cookware as dishwasher safe are doing
a
> disservice to the consumer. I feel the same way about the old
> never-need-sharpening knives. Take care.

Why would stainless flatware be fine for the dishwasher and not stainless
cookware?