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A class action lawsuit claims that E. Mishan & Sons Inc.’s Gotham Steel cooking pans are not non-stick, despite advertising to the contrary.
Carl Mack and Alec Gable say they each purchased pans made by the company specifically because they saw advertisements that the pans were non-stick.
Mack claims he relied on the packaging of the product and the TV advertisements to make his purchase, which both marketed the product as non-stick.
Allegedly, the commercials for the pan advertised that no butter or oil was required.
Mack says that he used the pans without oil or butter, consistent with advertisements for the product. However, food allegedly began sticking “severely” to the pan within a month of Mack’s purchase of it and he stopped using the pan.
Gable says he purchased two pans from the Gotham Steel website in 2018. Allegedly, he decided to purchase the pans because, like Mack, he saw advertisements showing that they were non-stick.
Gable claims that after two uses, he began cooking with butter and oil, but even the use of butter and oil did not prevent the food from sticking. Allegedly, the pans were “often caked with black burn marks” and Gable got rid of the pans after about a month of use.
The Gotham Steel non-stick pans class action lawsuit says that Gable and Mack’s experiences are common to many customers even though they used the pans as directed.
The Gotham Steel non-stick pan false advertising class action lawsuit says that E. Mishan & Sons Inc. knew or should have known that the pans were not non-stick as claimed, citing numbers customer complaints about the issue.
Allegedly, E. Mishan & Sons Inc. violated the New York General Business Law, which prohibits “deceptive acts or practices in the conduct of any business, trade, or commerce or in the furnishing of any service” in the state, and also prohibits false advertising.
The customers say that they were financially injured by E. Mishan & Sons Inc.’s misrepresentations of the Gotham Steel pans because had they been aware that the pans were not actually non-stick, they would not have purchased the pans or would not have paid as much as they did for them.
The non-stick pan class action lawsuit aims to hold the company liable for breach of express warranty, among other claims.
Did you buy a Gotham Steel non-stick pan? Let us know in the comment section below if you had a similar experience to these plaintiffs.
Mack and Gable are represented by Jason P. Sultzer, Joseph Lipari, and Adam Gonnelli of The Sultzer Law Group PC and by Bonner Walsh of Walsh PLLC.
The Gotham Steel Non-Stick Cooking Pans Class Action Lawsuit is Carl Mack, et al. v. E. Mishan & Sons Inc., Case No. 1:19-cv-08233, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
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1,408 thoughts onGotham Steel Class Action Says Everything Sticks To Non-Stick Pans
I bought a set for my son and a set for me in 2021 and have been disgusted as well. They never worked like the ads showed. We always used low heat and no cooking spray. Even with a little oil or butter everything sticks. I found out they have 10 year warranty so I just emailed them before seeing your info. I even have my receipts from both purchases.
I bought the 12in. frying pan and after using it a few times everything sticks. I can’t even fry hamburgers.
My husband purchased the set for me an they are terrible! Everything is sticking to
them!
Purchased set in 2022. Have had food stick when cooking and non stick coating is coming off one of my pots.
I bought the set 18 months ago and was super excited about the claims they made. Now, I am so disappointed. I made sure to follow all of the rules for the cookware as well as drill my family members too. This cookware totally sucks! Everything sticks, some pans are warped, and the finish is coming off. I wish I could show pictures.
Both my Gotham fry pans have warped in the middle and food is sticking. The food residue turns black and thick even on medium heat.
I’ve had the same problem with my pans too. I bought them in November 2023 and I’ve regretted spending the money on them. Everything sticks with or without using oil or butter. Very very disappointing 😞
My pans are leaving chards of aluminum in the pans. At the top of the pans as well.
HI yes I think they are fake I am a chef and these are the worse set of pans I ever bought if there was a way to use them for false advertisment I would, these pans scratch very easy so don’t use metal on them they say they are safe to use metal but it will scratch them and then were ever there is a scratch it will stick.
I bought the whole set for $219.00. All my pans stick, the color is chipping off the outside, I hate these pans, but for that much money I’ll continue to just use butter when frying things. False advertisement as far as I’m concerned. If adding names to the law suit, I’d like to be considered..thank you Nancy Pump
I have the identical thing happen with my pans