On 2005-10-23, Edwin Pawlowski > wrote:

> If the stuff is really stuck on that much, it is time for a new pan. Teflon
> does lose its slickness over time.

Not necessarily. Better Teflon coatings, like Excalibur, really last.
I cooked some TJ's crab cakes that left a really weird and almost
imposible to remove residue. Took me forever with a Scotchbrite pad
to get it off. It's also possible to burn stuff onto a Teflon
coating. I've done it more than once. It's not that Teflon loses its
slickness, it's that the stuff "stuck on" is not slick. A good Teflon
coating will hold up to the scrubbing required to get the "stuck on"
stuff off and restore the Teflon surface.

nb