- Hi, I'm Parris,
and I'm back with the Gotham Steel Pan six month update.
I bought this six months ago and did a video review
the very first day that I tried it out.
I tried scrambling eggs in it, baking chicken in it
and melting peppermint still in the wrapper in it
and saw how nonstick it was.
I think it's been used once or twice every single week,
so the question is after six months of use
is it still nonstick?
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Still looks pretty good.
Gotham Steel Pan, this size goes for about $20,
and I'll put a link to it down below this video.
I wish we had gotten the larger size pan,
we would probably use it more often.
And for Christmas they're selling it in sets
with a variety of pan, shape and sizes.
Would this make a good Christmas present?
Are you better off spending your money on nonstick spray?
I'm going to repeat the three test that I did
the first day that I got this pan.
If you like to see that video,
there's a link right down below.
Let's head out to the kitchen.
First test is the scrambled egg.
I'm going to turn the heat on high for the flat burner here.
Let that heat up for a minute.
This is exactly what I did in the first video,
then I'll break an egg directly into it
and scramble it with a metal fork.
The pan is nice and hot, there's no oil, no spray in this.
I'm turning the heat down to medium,
just like I did in other video.
Finish scrambling it.
I think that is done.
Let's see how it cleans up.
The pan is back to room temperature.
I'm going to try to wipe it out with a dry paper towel.
Oops.
Okay.
And then a damp paper towel to get the rest of it.
Back to pretty much where we started.
Not bad.
Time for the big chicken test.
So have the oven preheated to 360 degrees,
just like in the other video.
And I'm going to fill this up with chicken,
it still has the skin on it.
Cover it with a little bit of aluminum foil
to keep the juiciness in and bake it for one hour.
Then we'll see whether it sticks.
After an hour of baking at 360 degrees,
let's see what we have.
I don't see anything sticking.
This looks like it went just as well as the last test.
Nothing there but the makings
of a nice bowl of chicken soup.
I pour the excess grease off and let the pan cool down,
now I'll clean it up with dry paper towels.
After several go rounds with paper towels
it's much better but not completely clean.
If I scrub those paper towels I might be able
to get some of that off of there but really
at this point this does need to be washed in the dishwasher
or in the sink with a sponge and soap.
30 seconds with soap, water and a sponge,
and it cleaned up nicely.
Now this is not quite as nonstick as it was six months ago,
but it is still very easy to clean
even after baking chicken in it
without putting down any oil or spray beforehand.
The final test is to throw a couple of mints
still in the plastic packaging into this pan
when it's good and hot and see if I clean them out
without any problem.
Let's heat it up.
Here we go.
Alright, it's turning into a black slag.
Lot's of smoke coming out.
Before that sets off the smoke detector,
I'm going to turn it off.
We'll let this cool down a little
and see if I can actually clean that out of this pan.
I know from my previous test
that once this cools down completely
it adheres to the pan like a rock
and there's no removing it.
But while it's still warm and liquidy,
let me see if I can clean it out now
which just a paper towel.
And it's very hot.
And messy and goopy,
but as you can see it will just wipe right out.
So the verdict on the As Seen on TV Gotham Steel Pan
is six months later it still mostly nonstick.
It's not quite as in good of shape as when we started out.
Some of the finish I think,
has worn off that titanium finish
or whatever magical thing it is that keeps it nonstick.
It slowly wearing out with use,
with being in the dishwasher and so forth.
So it's not going to stay nonstick forever.
It's already less nonstick than it was, not by too much.
Another six months it will probably be even less nonstick.
So is it worth buying?
I would say mostly yes.
If you keep your pans 20 years
and you expect them to be in just as good
of condition at the end of that time
as it were at the start, maybe not so much.
But if you buy inexpensive pans,
they get scratched, they get dented, they get burnt,
things happen and you throw them away
every couple of years and buy new pans,
then this one might be a good deal for you.
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