On 22 Jan 2011 01:09:46 GMT, "Gareth Fimlinson" >
wrote:

> sf wrote:
>
> > On 21 Jan 2011 16:05:14 GMT, "Gareth Fimlinson" >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > is anybody familiar with the discoloring of stainless steel pots
> > > from overheating?
> > >
> > > I saw a manual for one that said "damage from overheating is
> > > instantly recognizable as the stainless steel surface may change
> > > color producing a golden/brown/blue appearance. This is not
> > > reversable and cannot be cleaned off. However it will not affect
> > > performance in any way".
> > >
> > > Does this sound familiar to people?
> >
> > Yes. That's one of the reasons why I didn't get the mirror finish
> > when I spent what I consider "real money" on cookware.
>
>
> Any idea what the mirror finish is made of?

Polished stainless steel, I think.
>
> What the discoloring is.

I'm not a chemist.
>
> Are there any leakage or health issues with using it after it has
> discolored?

It's on the outside and your food doesn't come into contact with it.
>
> If it can be removed then why does it bother you?

..I don't put my pots and pans into the dishwasher and I don't do high
maintenance scrubbing.
>
> What makes make stainless steel pots without the mirror finish?
>
Lots of them, high end and low end. I have Teflon pans from Macy's
that are a discolored outside mirror finish and it's ugly. I'll be
glad when I throw them away.

> I do want it to be metal inside.
>
I hadn't used a stainless steel interior pan since I moved out of my
mother's house (she had Revereware which I hated and turned me off to
considering any stainless steel cookware until recently). Then I
bought two All Clad saucepans and one skillet
;, which it turns out I love.

> Looking at this pot,
>
> http://www.lecreuset.co.uk/Product-R...-and-Lid-20cm/
>
> the upper side and bottom side of the lid of the pot is very mirror
> like. I've seen it.. But i'm not sure whether you'd say that of the
> inside.

My All Clad has mirror finished lids on the outside surface. I was
uncertain about the saucepan/skillet themselves having a mirror
finish, mainly because I don't have the shelf space to store them so
they're out on a pot rack.
>
> Has anybody seen discoloring on pots that don't have a mirror like
> finish? Were people that have seen discoloring on their pots, able to
> see their face on the surface where the discoloring was?
> (that would help determine if pots without the mirror finish
> wouldn't/couldn't ever get discolored from I suppose, the accident of
> overheating dry).


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