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Boring grown up purchase....a few years ago I bought what I thought was nice pans, not cheap.
However the edges have corroded and are now sharp. My guess is it's the dishwasher.
I would really like to keep using the dishwasher, so can anyone recommend induction pans that can handle dishwasher use? It's a minefield! 
Look at all those lovely non stick particles you have been ingesting
I bought a full set of pro cook stainless pans earlier this year and they are great. You can get the ceramic coated ones if you want full non stick.
Get rid of those ones asap
Stella stainless steel pans have some me good now for about 15 years.
Ikea do some nice PFA free pans suitable for induction hobs.
Yes I was concerned that I might have been eating some nastiness....!! Thanks for the suggestions
If I were to buy new pans tomorrow it'd be Scoville (Internet only or exclusive to ASDA). I have one of their frying pans and it is superb.
Agree with Cougar, they are really good. Dishwasher broke 3 years ago and I've not missed it so no idea how they do in one
Agree with Cougar, they are really good. Dishwasher broke 3 years ago and I've not missed it so no idea how they do in one
Le crueset stainless steel if you can. Check out or wait for sales and the outlet. They’re beautiful and I’d say may well last forever.
I wouldn't be putting nice pans in the dishwasher!
I'm on my second set of Circulon pans. Changed them as needed induction compatible ones. However we cook from scratch most nights and I don't feel the hard anodising is coping that well (and handwashing only too).
Having done a cooking experience day I have realised that I should have gone for steel, and just pre-heat them properly so the food doesn't stick. Seems to be a fine line between overheating the non-stick ones and not getting them hot enough for searing meat etc.
In general I find Pro Cook stuff is a really good middle ground for all sorts of kitchen stuff. Really well made, good weight, backed by a decent warranty all for an affordable price.
As my current 14 year John Lewis stuff wears out, I've been replacing with Pro Cook stainless steel stuff and been happy so far.
Nearly 30 years ago I bought a Stellar stainless steel pan set in Debenhams sale. They've been used most days since.
This last year a couple of the pan handles started wobbling. Stellar posted new pans and lids under the lifetime warranty.
So Stellar stainless.
We got a set of stainless steel pans as wedding presents, 25.5 years ago. Made by Meyer. Also came from Debenhams - in the days it was a proper department store, not the current sham facade of a cAshley dive. They are constantly dish-washer'd. Theyre and 18/8 austenitic steel so work fine on the induction hob (we have had an induction hob for probably 20 years now). Pans still look fine ! Maybe the black plastic handles are showing a touch of greying (not as much as my flowing locks are after 25.5 years !! And no signs of the pan receding around the edges either, unlike me!) But are still fully intact.
The handle core is spot welded to the pan, not riveted.
(What erodes the aluminium pans with the Teflon coating is indeed the dish washer - particularly its salt for softening the water I suspect. We've had several non-stick pans give up in the same time, some from Aluminium rivets just eroding away to nothing through washing).
IKEA365 saucepans here. Still going OK after probably 25+ years for most of them.
today’s 365 pans look to have more robust attachment of lid handles to lid. I have a couple of mid-sized lids that have star and moon wardrobe handles (IKEA also) instead of the originals. The original tack welds gave up.
le Creuset traditional pot still going well after 40 years.
If you're looking at non-stick pans I think Ninja's Zerostick stuff is hard to beat, they also do decent stainless steel pans.
Stainless steel pots and saucepans, zero need for non stick in them.
Castiron frying pan. And or a high carbon steel frying pan.
Non stick, wipe clean... Once seasoned. If a real scrubbing is needed get a chainmail scourer.
Get one of them anyway.
We've got Circulon pans which are steel bottom bonded to aluminium & hard anodised I think.
They have never gone in the dishwasher, are 13 or so years old & the anodising is definitely coming off around the sharper edges; anodising doesn't like sharp corners so I was not surprised that is where it started to fail & I suppose the sharp edges are required so liquids pour cleanly.
The instructions for the Circulon pans say they can be put in the dishwasher but they recommend hand washing.
Aluminium doesn't really do well in the dishwasher, so I would go for stainless pans with no coating on them if you are going to put the new pans in the dishwasher.
Nearly 30 years ago I bought a Stellar stainless steel pan set in Debenhams sale. They've been used most days since.
This last year a couple of the pan handles started wobbling. Stellar posted new pans and lids under the lifetime warranty.
Alright, that's impressive.
If you want to stick with non-stick, the Tefal Ingenio are worth a look. We've had a set for over 10 years which get put in the dishwasher and they still like new. Bonus points that they stack.
An of course, never use metal utensils with them.
We're using John Lewis stainless ones that I got for a wedding present 23 years ago. My mum's still using the Ikea starter-kit pans I had before I got the John Lewis ones. All of it gets dishwashered
There's no need for non stick except on frying pans.
Samuel Groves stainless steel. Expensive but bloody good.
Another vote for Stellar. We use them every day and put them in the dishwasher - they are supposed to be dishwasher safe. We also had two replaced under warranty when the aluminium rivets holding the handles on loosened after eight years or so. I then managed to repair the old ones with some stainless bolts/blind nuts which I did feel a little guilty about. If the new ones go the same way I won’t bother with the warranty just fix them myself. Original on the left
Non-stick - I've found Ninja have lasted longer than any others I've had.
IKEA 356.
If you want to stick with non-stick, the Tefal Ingenio are worth a look.
Are they better than regular Tefal? Because I've had a couple of those and they were both garbage. The Teflon coating might well be - or at least, might well have been in its day before anything better came along - the best in its class, but the pans they paint it onto are shit.
I was recommended one of these
on LFGSS, and have since bought 2 more, a small one and the dutch oven style, to replace scratched non-stick ones as they have been so good.
What are folks suggesting for frying pans ?
Thanks all. I've just ordered some stainless stellar ones. Didn't go non-stick. I had never heard of them so thanks all Price seems good and a quick Google seems that our sister site Mumsnet also seems to love stellar pans!