Waterless Cookware Blog

If you’ve taken the time to research and make an investment in a quality set of Maxam cookware, it makes sense to take steps to ensure you’re caring for your pots and pans properly.

Consider washing your cookware by hand.  Stainless Steel cookware is dishwasher- safe (including vented and thermo lids) and doing so does no harm, but use a de-spotter in the cycle or hand dry.  Spots won’t harm stainless steel, but spots interfere with the look of the outer finish.  The hard mirror shine, after all, is part of the beauty of these quality utensils.

Stainless, plastic or wood cooking utensils are appropriate to use on stainless steel cookware.  Wood is perhaps best as wood fiber won’t scratch the cooking surface.  Remember scratches heal themselves on stainless steel by inert oxidation (normal air in contact with T304 chromium/nickle stainless steel performs this healing oxidation naturally) so scratches have no effect on cooking surface performance.  Nonetheless, year upon year of small scratches dull the finish over time, interfering with the look but not the function.

Finally, you may encounter a cloudiness on the cooking surface over time.   This cloudiness is easily removed with a stainless steel paste cleaner.  Bon Ami is a good brand to have on hand, but most non-abrasive stainless cleaners work.  Rinse cookware thoroughly after applying stainless cleaner.  Avoid using coarse pads of any kind.  Sponge, plastic (non-wire) brush or wash cloth is all that’s needed.

Stainless steel waterless cookware keeps its outer brilliance and inner beauty for a lifetime with just normal care (no ‘seasoning’ required).  That’s the ease of Quality shining forth year after year after year.