Teflon cooking is dangerous 7671

Allan Matthews

You can't read. That's an application, not a metallurgical grade... *all* grades of stainless steel can be used for surgical applications and are, the particular application is what dictates which grades to consider, and there are many surgical applications... often tensile strength is more important than corrosiveness... by your own rationale there is no surgical stainless grade because ALL stainless is surgical grade. The term 'surgical stainless steel' is 100% hype... these days particularly popular with the body piercing crowd. Btw, typical surgical usage dictates grades at the *lowest* end of the spectrum, as is cookware grades... the food industry does not require the most corrosive resistant stainless steels, nor does the human body, in fact in most cases the least resistant are very satisfactory. The more corrosive resistant grades are progressively more difficult to form-machine... if used for cookware folks would not be able to afford stainless steel in their kitchens. The stainless used for appliances is the very lowest grade stainless, right down there with el cheapo kitchen sinks... can be made shiny but is not very corrosion resistant, nor very strong.

The higher grades of stainless steel are reserved for industrial applications, and especially marine applications... the highest grades for super heated steam tubing, pumps, and turbines in conjunction with nuclear reactors.

Anyone thinks the stainless used for kitchenware is anything special hasn't a clue... in the scheme of things it's essentially crap... won't even hold up well to typical home kitchen pickling... shouldn't be using your expensive designer pots for boiling salted pasta water either, won't be long before it's pitted.

Guess what, the grade of stainless used for urinals is a higher grade than any cookware... so don't pee in your All-CRAP.

Sheldon