On 2019-01-09 4:04 a.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Tuesday, January 8, 2019 at 7:53:53 PM UTC-5, dsi1 wrote:
>> On Tuesday, January 8, 2019 at 7:46:46 AM UTC-10, graham wrote:
>>> On 2019-01-08 10:27 a.m., Nancy Young wrote:
>>>> On 1/8/2019 11:50 AM, Nancy2 wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Notbob, there is another way to clean the polished stainless steel,
>>>>> like the All-Clad frypan
>>>>> my DIL was going to throw out because she let a silicone scraper melt
>>>>> in the bottom.
>>>>>
>>>>> I went out to the Harley-Davidson dealer and got a small supply of a
>>>>> product that will take
>>>>> melted rubber or a synthetic rubber-like substance off an exhaust pipe
>>>>> (like if a rubber protective
>>>>> pad from a cycle suit got up against a hot exhaust pipe).
>>>>>
>>>>> It took a lot of elbow grease, but the scraper residue all came off.
>>>>> And the finish looked like new,
>>>>> and the pan is still as non-stick as it was originally.Â* Ta-dah!
>>>>> Magic!Â* ;-))
>>>>
>>>> An All Clad pan is worth fighting for.
>>>
>>> Certainly true as All Clad is still being made in the US and not China!
>>> All of my pans were made in Denmark, France or Italy. It's difficult to
>>> find good bakeware these days that's not made in China but I have some
>>> Chicago Metallic that is of superb quality.
>>
>> I'm not into brands but will look for beautiful design and execution and appropriate construction. My brother asked me if I wanted some of his pans. I chose a beautiful stainless steel saucepan with a lid. It's well made with a flared rim rather than a rolled one and has a solid steel slug bonded somehow to the bottom. I wanted to make some sauce last night and when I turned the heat on, I got a big fat zero. My induction range sensed that pan as not existing. That's the breaks.
>
> Probably a big aluminum slug bonded to the bottom, then. Maybe with a
> little stainless on the outside for appearance.
>
> Cindy Hamilton
>
There's "stainless" and "stainless". If a magnet will stick to it, then
induction will work. My older S/S pots wouldn't work with induction
whereas my newer ones will and have a symbol stamped on the base.