are there any plastic bits on it that may melt? the plastic on my last OXO melted..
882945
No, there are no plastic parts. This is a lovely teapot. I love it and I get a ton of compliments on it. Enjoy!
882946
No. It is all stainless steel and the handle is cork. I have been using it for nearly 9 months on a gas stove, 3 to 6 times a day, and it's been great. I treated myself to this kettle thinking it would be worth getting a really good one for something I will use always all the time, and I don't regret it.
882947
No plastic at all. The kettle is pure stainless steel. I have to wear the oveglove whenever I use it, but I am used to it.
882948
YES, THERE IS PLASTIC! Just got this kettle, opened the filling lid and it has a plastic gasket that looks like it will come in contact with steam. My entire reason for going to this kettle and away from stand alone electric kettles was to get away from any type of water-contact plastic. Of course, steam is hotter than water, so if steam hits the gasket and drips back into the kettle as the design looks like it would, plasticizers go into your future beverage.
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It is made of plastic but I've had no issues with meltage (I have experienced meltage before with a Weber brand brush) and I've used it to clean between foods (after cheeseburgers before chicken breasts) while the grill has been around 450. Also no issue with the bristles that M. Kim described, I am using charcoal and not gas though.
501056
I don't know. I read somewhere thst one melted after numerous uses but mine is fine
1329506
Our fry daddy deformed our other plastic tabke...I would think it would melt this one..it's a great table ... .for cleaning fish or anything
1985805
It is a plastic, but seems to be very heat resistant and not brittle at all. I would be more worried about it somehow coming dislodged/unanchored from the maker than melting. It definitely won't melt, though. Mine has seen some pretty heavy usage and so far it has held up well.
548806
I'm looking into this set because my mom owns two. She just informed me that she has only ever had an issue with a plastic lid not snapping on one side anymore. She called Pyrex and they alway replace it (the entire unit-lid and glass bottom).
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I have a feeling the heat from the dishwasher might deform the plastic. Never tried it though.
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Sorry to hear about your misfortune with the grill pan. I've been using mine in our RV for months and its always performed well with no breakage. I've seen nylon screws at Lowes and Home Depot in their specialty bins which might help. The plastic screw would have to be removed to try another kind of screw. you might have some luck getting another cover at http://www.microhearth.com/contact.cfm . Have you thought about an adhesive such as Gorilla Glue or other commercial super glue types. I can't think of anything else and I checked my pan and the handle does move but I will try be careful with mine until it breaks. Sorry to hear about your misfortune with the grill pan. I've been using mine in our RV for months and its always performed well with no breakage. I've seen nylon screws at Lowes and Home Depot in their specialty bins which might help. The plastic screw would have to be removed to try another kind of screw. you might have some luck getting another cover at http://www.microhearth.com/contact.cfm . Have you thought about an adhesive such as Gorilla Glue or other commercial super glue types. I can't think of anything else and I checked my pan and the handle does move but I will try be careful... » Read More Sorry to hear about your misfortune with the grill pan. I've been using mine in our RV for months and its always performed well with no breakage. I've seen nylon screws at Lowes and Home Depot in their specialty bins which might help. The plastic screw would have to be removed to try another kind of screw. you might have some luck getting another cover at http://www.microhearth.com/contact.cfm . Have you thought about an adhesive such as Gorilla Glue or other commercial super glue types. I can't think of anything else and I checked my pan and the handle does move but I will try be careful with mine until it breaks. « Show Less
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I did have a plastic piece that broke off before we even used the set on the frying pan, but it's not the whole handle, just the the piece underneath where the screw goes into the pan.
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I don't have a dishwasher either, but I've never had an issue with a plastic taste on my food. Try soaking in hot water with lots of dish soap. Or Maybe contact OXO for a replacement?
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Hello, My experience with OXO is that the top doesn't stay sealed when it is put in the freezer. Hope this helps.
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I let mine soak in a sink of dishwater and didn't have a problem getting the stickers off. I know there are various things to take stickers off, but I'm not sure how they will react with plastic. One I have tried on various things is Goo Gone, but as I said, I don't know for sure how it would be for plastic. Perhaps you could Google it and get more information. Or, you could go to the Oxo site and send them an email. I often do that when I have questions about some product I've ordered and have always had good luck with the company responding to me.
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Any plastic, whether it is stated to be safe or not, is going to break down over time in extreme temperatures. With that said, I wouldn't trust any plastic in the microwave, freezer, and certainly not in the oven.
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I did not use it for plastic...it gets hot but ..I would assume it would melt the plastic not leaving a clean cut
1495903
I bought a small pyrex glass bowl for leftovers that i use with this and food cooks evenly. But i also just throw in boxed frozen meals and they cook fine and use microwave safe plastic dishes, so i would guess any microwaveable plastic would work.
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I just use the plastics that I already have. I love the pan and don't want chance it. If the plastics are in the dishwasher, I might carefully flip a grilled sandwich with a metal spatula, but wouldn't scrape a metal spoon in it
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I gave this as a gift so I don't use it myself. It is so inexpensive I would say try it with something and see what happens. The OXO plastics I have seem pretty hard to damage