Stainless steel is a popular metal known for its durable, versatile, and corrosion properties. While stainless steel is used in everything from automobile parts to medical tools, it is also commonly found in kitchens. Are you using stainless steel cookware to prepare meals for your family? If so, you’re making a good choice! Stainless steel is considered one of the safest materials to cook with for a variety of reasons. Tampa Steel & Supply is here to share more about what makes stainless steel a great alternative to riskier cookware materials.
What Makes Stainless Steel Cookware Safe?
Here are just a few qualities that make stainless steel a safe choice for your cookware.
1. Non-porous
The key to using stainless steel cookware is making sure it is high quality, so it’s non-porous. Lower grades of the metal, which are more porous, may expand when heated therefore allowing food to stick to the pan. The only downside of this is that it can make your cookware harder to clean. However, when your stainless steel is high quality, keeping it clean will be a breeze.
Even when lower grade, stainless steel is far less porous than other materials like cast iron. The pores in cast iron are so large that grease can become trapped in them and turn rancid! With stainless steel, however, you won’t run into such issues.
2. No Risky Coatings
Cookware made from aluminum, copper, and Teflon is coated with elements that can leach from pots and pans onto your food. Additionally, some materials actually undergo chemical reactions when heated to certain degrees that can end up making you sick. Typically the only thing you’ll find coated on stainless is chromium – the element that makes it so resistant to corrosion – which does not pose a significant threat to human health. Some people have raised concern about the leaching of nickel as well, but stainless steel is far less prone to leaching than many other cookware materials so the risk is low.
3. Even Heat Distribution
Some cooking materials, like glassware or anything enamel coated, have poor heat distribution. This can cause food to undercook or overcook and stick to the pan. With stainless steel, you won’t run into any of these problems.
Visit Tampa Steel & Supply for Stainless Steel Products
If you can trust it with the safety and quality of your food, you can certainly trust it with your next building project! At Tampa Steel & Supply, our stainless steel products are always high quality and affordable. Give us a call today to learn more about our products and how we can supply you with all the steel you need.
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