Comments on: I have cookware made in China when over heated black stuff is in the bottom of pan. Is it safe to use? http://kitchenafair.com/uncategorized/i-have-cookware-made-in-china-when-over-heated-black-stuff-is-in-the-bottom-of-pan-is-it-safe-to-use.php Kitchen Supplies & Cookware Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:03:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: kokopelli http://kitchenafair.com/uncategorized/i-have-cookware-made-in-china-when-over-heated-black-stuff-is-in-the-bottom-of-pan-is-it-safe-to-use.php/comment-page-1#comment-164 kokopelli Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:43:35 +0000 http://kitchenafair.com/uncategorized/i-have-cookware-made-in-china-when-over-heated-black-stuff-is-in-the-bottom-of-pan-is-it-safe-to-use.php#comment-164 Anything made in China is suspect and most likely inferior and/or defective. The Chinese make crappy steel, and a good part of it comes from individual back yard smelters where the peasants melt down their old cooking pots and plow blades. As a result, Chinese steel is full of impurities. What you have is probably a very inferior grade of steel and personally, I would toss the stuff and get something decent. Cheap stuff from China is no good at all. Anything made in China is suspect and most likely inferior and/or defective. The Chinese make crappy steel, and a good part of it comes from individual back yard smelters where the peasants melt down their old cooking pots and plow blades. As a result, Chinese steel is full of impurities.

What you have is probably a very inferior grade of steel and personally, I would toss the stuff and get something decent. Cheap stuff from China is no good at all.

]]> By: Bare B http://kitchenafair.com/uncategorized/i-have-cookware-made-in-china-when-over-heated-black-stuff-is-in-the-bottom-of-pan-is-it-safe-to-use.php/comment-page-1#comment-165 Bare B Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:43:35 +0000 http://kitchenafair.com/uncategorized/i-have-cookware-made-in-china-when-over-heated-black-stuff-is-in-the-bottom-of-pan-is-it-safe-to-use.php#comment-165 The black stuff is probably food that has become carbon. I would say they are safe, but with the cheap stainless being so thin, you really have to cut your heat back when using them. You will have to scrub the black off the pot or it will just get worse everytime you use it. It would be better if you just invested in a quality set of cookware that will last you the rest of your life. Another option would be to cook with cast iron if you need high heat for cooking. The black stuff is probably food that has become carbon. I would say they are safe, but with the cheap stainless being so thin, you really have to cut your heat back when using them. You will have to scrub the black off the pot or it will just get worse everytime you use it.

It would be better if you just invested in a quality set of cookware that will last you the rest of your life.

Another option would be to cook with cast iron if you need high heat for cooking.

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