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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1,444 thoughts onGotham Steel Class Action Says Everything Sticks To Non-Stick Pans
Food sticks all the time to my pans, especially poached eggs, no matter how much you swirl the pan. Also they are scratched, even through I have never used metal objects on them.
Not happy
Same here Loved it at first but now it sticks worse that a regular pan.
Totally mislead by advertising
Yes they are garbage. Threw them away after a month of use.
I have same issue with non stick claims…. + I notice the coating wearing off/ thinning out and see dark flecked spots!
I am concerned of toxicity of this?!
Please advise
I have also purchased these pans. Small and big but sad to say it was good only for a couple of cooking without oil and then egg just stick terribly even with oil.
Yes I purchased these very pans in within a month or so the big pans began to stick into this day they almost have zero non-stick qualities and I’m just about ready to throw them in the garbage false advertising. I have use these pans according to instructions and still to no prevail.
Same thing here, bought the pans and they worked fine for the first few months, but now everything sticks unless you fill the pan with my butter or oil.
Bought the 2 pack from Costco earlier this year… Worked great the first few times but then EVERYTHING started to stick to it.
Thought it was a one off issue, so I returned it to Costco and got another set… Nope! Same thing happened.
Definitely disappointed!
I also bought the 2 pack from Costco. They worked ok for a little while but soon everything sticks. Tried all tricks, but these are so bad that its impossible to cook eggs on them.
I too purchased the pan thinking it was non stick, now everything sticks to it and I have to use oil or margarine for cooking. Very disappointed. In order to receive a replacement under the warranty, I have to send it back to New York, from Canada, would cost around $30, also send a $9.95usd fee along with it. Ridiculous, about $50, for a “free” replacement. Won’t be caught like that again.