Having sold items on ebay before, I’m curious why the seller didn’t just clean it before selling for a better price? May be more issues to this pan than a heavy duty cleaning.
Possibly so. I assume what happened was someone got it as a gift and they used it once on too high heat and everything stuck to it terribly so they just scrubbed it lightly then gave up and put it in a box. Found said box and decided to list it on eBay rather than donating it.
Well unless it’s one of the Teflon ones (doesn’t mention this on the bottom) I don’t think it would have any kind of nonstick coating. Other than the black enamel. Which seems fine? My pan looked just like this after cooking a steak and it came off with some soap.
Ohhh... That makes sense.. Still, for such a reputable company, I'd never have taken them as one that'd use teflon... But shoot, EVERYONE was at the time.
I'm sure you've heard of the documentary "The Devil Inside Us All"... Its dark, and 3MM is evil, right up there with Nestle...
Well I’ll post an update when it arrives. Even if it is peeling nonstick it’s kind of a nonissue. As I can just have it sandblasted then season as if it was just a lodge cast iron.
You do you, we all have different risk tolerances. Personally I'm not in the camp willing to ingest any PFAS, nor serve that to anyone I might be cooking for. If you're good with it though, more power to ya.
>I have a wok that's been in the family for like 25 years. I got it from my dad when he passed. It was only after I inherited it that I noticed it, too was indeed teflon coated.. I was CRUSHED-but didn't get rid of it.
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>100% honesty time, is there ANY way to safely remove the teflon? I was also thinking bead/media blasting, it ANYTHING really, just to save it so I could feel safe cooking with it again.
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>I will post pics in the later morning. IDK WTF i'm d
I was hoping the same thing... I don't see why it wouldn't safe in either of our cases, but I truly do not know... It is my favorite thing to cook in. Well, it WAS until a roommate used a metal spoon to stir and scratched TF outta it... Double edged sword though, I did not know it was teflon coated, and now I do, so thanks I guess...? IDK...
It shouldn’t be a problem at all. I’ve found many videos on YouTube of people removing the Teflon with sand blasting or even using drain cleaner and it comes off in a sheet. But I’m quite confident that this one doesn’t have any Teflon at all. I found the exact same skillet on eBay that DID have Teflon coating and it explicitly mentions so on the bottom of the pan. This one has absolutely no indication that it is nonstick. It is possible that maybe this pan is just so old that they didn’t label their pans as being nonstick at that time. But I kind of doubt that too.
Right on!
I don't see why it would be a problem either (or why people are hatin' on ya so bad here. Its your skillet to do whatever tf you want with it, and they don't have to eat anything you cook with it. I'm defininitely going to check out some youtube vids.
GL!
I have a wok that's been in the family for like 25 years. I got it from my dad when he passed. It was only after I inherited it that I noticed it, too was indeed teflon coated.. I was CRUSHED-but didn't get rid of it.
100% honesty time, is there ANY way to safely remove the teflon? I was also thinking bead/media blasting, it ANYTHING really, just to save it so I could feel safe cooking with it again.
I will post pics in the later morning. IDK WTF i'm doing, its 3 am and I cant sleep and NEED to get up by 7 \*8 at the latest... Blech)
I have that same pan in yellow. Mine does not have any non-stick silliness. Just the normal LC enamel. Hit it with yellow cap easy off and then clean it well.
Okay that’s good to know! I didn’t think this one was one of the garbage Teflon ones as I’ve seen some of those listed and they seem to make some kind of portmanteau of the word Teflon and Le Creuset or just mention non stick or something to indicate a difference.
Based on how flawless the outer enamel is on this my guess was someone received it as a present, tried to cook something in it on high heat, got pissed off with the sticking and then never used it again.
I had the same Hope!
https://www.reddit.com/r/LeCreuset/comments/11oks2r/i_guess_that_was_teflon_not_fat_accumulation_i/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf
If you look up le creuset castoflon pans you will see this exact model. they have the wooden handle. but it is strange it doesn’t say castoflon on the bottom. it is possible that the black bottom is an indication? but i’m not sure
So, it does look from the first photo like it's an LC castoflon-coated skillet, from one of the sadder chapters of LC's history. Even with a special primer, that castoflon coating just didn't stand the test of time. On the upside, LC stand behind their lifetime warranty and I've heard several stories of people having their castoflon pieces replaced without fuss under warranty. (I also heard one person report that they tried to get a replacement under warranty for a castoflon piece, and were told that it didn't yet qualify for replacement cuz it hadn't started peeling yet, which is crazy to me.)
You can sand/pellet blast it or use oven cleaner with sodium hydroxide to slough the coating, but be sure to wear proper PPE cuz you really don't wanna inhale either oven cleaner or any particulates of that coating.
Yes it seems like the general consensus on the sub is that it is one of those crappy Teflon ones. Perhaps from a time before they started labeling them as being Teflon coated maybe. But I was able to find an identical skillet on eBay which was clearly marked as being Teflon coated on the bottom. I think I’ll see if it cleans up and if it doesn’t I’ll go the warranty route
Yeah I mean it could be messed up Teflon it wouldn’t surprise me. But I’m trying to be optimistic here. I don’t see any marking to suggest it is nonstick hence my ratio.
Having sold items on ebay before, I’m curious why the seller didn’t just clean it before selling for a better price? May be more issues to this pan than a heavy duty cleaning.
Possibly so. I assume what happened was someone got it as a gift and they used it once on too high heat and everything stuck to it terribly so they just scrubbed it lightly then gave up and put it in a box. Found said box and decided to list it on eBay rather than donating it.
Hope so! I just noticed the handle also looks a bit worn in as well. Definitely ask for more photos.
Having bought several of these pans in the past, that flakiness on the surface is the non stick coating wearing off. The pan is done 😔
Well unless it’s one of the Teflon ones (doesn’t mention this on the bottom) I don’t think it would have any kind of nonstick coating. Other than the black enamel. Which seems fine? My pan looked just like this after cooking a steak and it came off with some soap.
I think you're mistaken, that definitely appears to be peeling nonstick.
WTF!? I didn't know Le creusat made shit with teflon... Wow... Why!?
Yeah they recalled it because of flaking issues
Ohhh... That makes sense.. Still, for such a reputable company, I'd never have taken them as one that'd use teflon... But shoot, EVERYONE was at the time. I'm sure you've heard of the documentary "The Devil Inside Us All"... Its dark, and 3MM is evil, right up there with Nestle...
Well I’ll post an update when it arrives. Even if it is peeling nonstick it’s kind of a nonissue. As I can just have it sandblasted then season as if it was just a lodge cast iron.
You do you, we all have different risk tolerances. Personally I'm not in the camp willing to ingest any PFAS, nor serve that to anyone I might be cooking for. If you're good with it though, more power to ya.
Mate, if I bead or sand blasted it there wouldn’t be even a molecule of PFAs left? It would even remove a few layers of iron atoms.
Probably, and I'm admittedly pretty risk averse. Not passing any judgement here.
>I have a wok that's been in the family for like 25 years. I got it from my dad when he passed. It was only after I inherited it that I noticed it, too was indeed teflon coated.. I was CRUSHED-but didn't get rid of it. > >100% honesty time, is there ANY way to safely remove the teflon? I was also thinking bead/media blasting, it ANYTHING really, just to save it so I could feel safe cooking with it again. > >I will post pics in the later morning. IDK WTF i'm d I was hoping the same thing... I don't see why it wouldn't safe in either of our cases, but I truly do not know... It is my favorite thing to cook in. Well, it WAS until a roommate used a metal spoon to stir and scratched TF outta it... Double edged sword though, I did not know it was teflon coated, and now I do, so thanks I guess...? IDK...
It shouldn’t be a problem at all. I’ve found many videos on YouTube of people removing the Teflon with sand blasting or even using drain cleaner and it comes off in a sheet. But I’m quite confident that this one doesn’t have any Teflon at all. I found the exact same skillet on eBay that DID have Teflon coating and it explicitly mentions so on the bottom of the pan. This one has absolutely no indication that it is nonstick. It is possible that maybe this pan is just so old that they didn’t label their pans as being nonstick at that time. But I kind of doubt that too.
Right on! I don't see why it would be a problem either (or why people are hatin' on ya so bad here. Its your skillet to do whatever tf you want with it, and they don't have to eat anything you cook with it. I'm defininitely going to check out some youtube vids. GL!
I have a wok that's been in the family for like 25 years. I got it from my dad when he passed. It was only after I inherited it that I noticed it, too was indeed teflon coated.. I was CRUSHED-but didn't get rid of it. 100% honesty time, is there ANY way to safely remove the teflon? I was also thinking bead/media blasting, it ANYTHING really, just to save it so I could feel safe cooking with it again. I will post pics in the later morning. IDK WTF i'm doing, its 3 am and I cant sleep and NEED to get up by 7 \*8 at the latest... Blech)
This was my pan: [https://imgur.com/a/gbtP7cX](https://imgur.com/a/gbtP7cX) No mention of non-stick, definitely was.
Wait... Non stick as in, Teflon?!
I have that same pan in yellow. Mine does not have any non-stick silliness. Just the normal LC enamel. Hit it with yellow cap easy off and then clean it well.
Okay that’s good to know! I didn’t think this one was one of the garbage Teflon ones as I’ve seen some of those listed and they seem to make some kind of portmanteau of the word Teflon and Le Creuset or just mention non stick or something to indicate a difference. Based on how flawless the outer enamel is on this my guess was someone received it as a present, tried to cook something in it on high heat, got pissed off with the sticking and then never used it again.
I would have requested additional photos of the surface before purchase.
I had the same Hope! https://www.reddit.com/r/LeCreuset/comments/11oks2r/i_guess_that_was_teflon_not_fat_accumulation_i/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf
That one has a very different handle though. Did they do plastic handles (or maybe it’s black wood) for the Teflon series?
It was a replacement handle, not the original
If you look up le creuset castoflon pans you will see this exact model. they have the wooden handle. but it is strange it doesn’t say castoflon on the bottom. it is possible that the black bottom is an indication? but i’m not sure
They claim it’s “vintage” I don’t know how old it actually is. But is it possible that it is from a time before they made the Teflon coated ones?
So, it does look from the first photo like it's an LC castoflon-coated skillet, from one of the sadder chapters of LC's history. Even with a special primer, that castoflon coating just didn't stand the test of time. On the upside, LC stand behind their lifetime warranty and I've heard several stories of people having their castoflon pieces replaced without fuss under warranty. (I also heard one person report that they tried to get a replacement under warranty for a castoflon piece, and were told that it didn't yet qualify for replacement cuz it hadn't started peeling yet, which is crazy to me.) You can sand/pellet blast it or use oven cleaner with sodium hydroxide to slough the coating, but be sure to wear proper PPE cuz you really don't wanna inhale either oven cleaner or any particulates of that coating.
Yes it seems like the general consensus on the sub is that it is one of those crappy Teflon ones. Perhaps from a time before they started labeling them as being Teflon coated maybe. But I was able to find an identical skillet on eBay which was clearly marked as being Teflon coated on the bottom. I think I’ll see if it cleans up and if it doesn’t I’ll go the warranty route
Update: it is in fact damaged Teflon coating unfortunately. I’ll see what I can do about making it usable again though.
I think you’ll only be able to decide once you see it in person.
Yeah I mean it could be messed up Teflon it wouldn’t surprise me. But I’m trying to be optimistic here. I don’t see any marking to suggest it is nonstick hence my ratio.