Anolon cookware in the dishwasher?
I just bought an Anolon 12" Ultimate Pan. It is hard-anodized aluminum, but has a non-stick coating. According to the Anolon website, you can wash non-stick coatings in the dishwasher, but you can't wash hard-anodized aluminum cookware in the dishwasher. They say the dishwasher detergent will damage the surface. I figure I'm safe, because the surface is the dishwasher-safe non-stick coating, but I want to be sure. Does anybody have any personal experience washing this kind of thing in the dishwasher? Has doing so caused any damage?
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3 Comments:
Putting your non stick in the dishwasher just accelerates the wearing off of the coating. I threw my circulon, analon and tfal out in (total of 4 pans) 2001. When you heat them up high or in a dishwasher the coating starts to wear and it also releases some horrific thing into the food. Every non stick pan I ever had lost it's coating usually in less than 2 years and I only use non stick for breakfast.
I recently bought a Scanpan which is a baked on surface and not coated and it is "green". I will never own another coated pan because this pan is the shizz. Nothing sticks to it, it goes to 500 degrees in the oven, dishwasher and you can use any utensils on it and no worries.
I never had non stick like this.
JerzeeTomato at 4:21PM on 03/27/09
Thanks, Jerzee!
I agree - I don't like non-stick pans myself, and I don't use them. I bought this one for my roomie, who doesn't cook. He needs something to heat up his Bertolli frozen meals in, and Bertolli recommends a non-stick skillet with a lid. He's happy now; I just wanted to warn him about the dishwasher just in case he tried it.
minstrel at 5:09PM on 03/27/09
When I bought my All-Clad cookware at the factory sale about a billion years ago, I was told that officially, they didn't recomment putting the anodized aluminum in the dishwasher, but unofficially, it didn't damage anything, it just bleached it and made it ugly. And it might void any warranty.
Before, I used to wash some of my pots in the dishwasher. Now, I don't. mostly because they don't fit, or if they do they fit weird and then I can't get everything else in. Nonstick is easy to wash by hand and it will last a bit longer as @Jerzee said.
Hey, @Jerzee, which version of the scanpan did you get? I know they've got a couple different lines. I saw some on sale, and was tempted, but didn't get it. But I could go back, with the proper motivation.
dbcurrie at 9:50PM on 03/27/09