Is it safe to cook in a clean Teflon pot if the inside bottom has blistered and peeled from exposure to high heat?

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Is it safe to cook in a Teflon pot that has blistered and peeled and produced fumes from previously being heated too high? This is what the bottom of the pot looks like

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Best Answer

We toss them out when they start doing this. They'll just keep peeling from here on out and we try to be healthy with our cooking. No way do we want to eat teflon. We actually replaced all of our pots and pans for ceramic coated. Hope to see if they last a little longer.



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Is flaking Teflon safe?

Teflon on its own is safe and can't harm you when you ingest it. Particles of flaked or chipped pans that find themselves in food pass through your digestive system don't pose any health risks.

Is Teflon safe after overheating?

Dangers of overheating Generally speaking, Teflon is a safe and stable compound. However, at temperatures above 500\xb0F (260\xb0C), Teflon coatings on nonstick cookware start to break down, releasing toxic chemicals into the air ( 13 ). Inhaling these fumes may lead to polymer fume fever, also known as the Teflon flu.

Is it safe to use scratched non-stick pans?

If you see scratches, that means the nonstick Teflon surface has been compromised and the chemicals could be flaking off into your food. Not good! To be safe, once a pan is scratched it's gotta go.

At what temp does Teflon burn?

Polymer fume fever or fluoropolymer fever, also informally called Teflon flu, is an inhalation fever caused by the fumes released when polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE, known under the trade name Teflon) reaches temperatures of 300 \xb0C (572 \xb0F) to 450 \xb0C (842 \xb0F).


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Answer 2

You can just treat it as a regular metal pan now, and season it with oil and high heat

Though, first you have to remove all the flaked coating with a hard metal scourer. This may prove difficult!

Have done this to a few pans, and they work well as plain metal pans. Somewhat easier to use that plain steel, as they are aluminium and therefore lighter on the hand

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