I've bought three of these granite-coated non-stick skillets

[MrProtocol]

FWIW I just had to buy a new pan, and got one by Green Pan. Consumer Reports like them, and they torture test with high heat and metal utensils – Green Pan scored high on both. Now, I avoid both, but it means the coating’s tough.

[d_r]

But people often do take them for granite.

[orenwolf]

@PurpleFlower

I did recently learn that using an aerosol cooking spray (like Pam) will ruin the nonstick coating on some pans, I didn’t even know this until I got my air fryer and it specified not to use those sprays on the trays. They make cooking sprays with just the oil and no propellent or anything else in the can (they have a different kind of sprayer) and those are ok. I recently got some new pans with one of those newer non-teflon coatings, so I’m going to see if not using the spray makes them last longer.

I switched over to a condiment-style bottle with some oil in it so I could squirt a bit in and swish it around the pan specifically to avoid that sort of issue.