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
Same thing… bought my grill pan on Groupon to grill thin pork chops. What a mess! Actually more work to clean than a regular pan. Food sticks so bad and you can’t use anything abrasive on it to help clean it.. costs money to ship It to New York for a warranty replacement per the lifetime guarantee from Washington State and then you have to send a check for $9.95 for the return shipping…why bother if I will only be able to have anything not stick after two uses anyway right? A total rip off!
All my pans stick and now have to be scrubbed just to clean basic food Residue off
I have a full set of gotham pans. The wok and all the frying pans now stick! I do not cook on high heat so that is not what has caused this.
My husband also bought a set for our son and he is having the same problems.
Very disappointed…can’t cook an egg without being stuck to pan
We bought our fry pan from Costco, upon seeing how non-stick they were in various commercials. At first they were terrific. We only use them to fry eggs on an induction cooktop. Then as others have said they no longer were non-stick. I’m fact they were so sticky that we could no longer make sunny side up eggs without breaking them to get them out. We found this site while browsing online to see if we were doing something wrong.
These pans are non-stick for only a few uses, after that, everything sticks to them. Everything. They’re nearly worthless.
Food doesn’t stick after one or two uses. After that it sticks worse than if you used your regular stainless steel. Pan became an expensive dog dish.
I bought serveral pans, based on the non-stick claim. After a month or so everything sticks…..
I was so excited to try these pans and waited a long time to get them because of COVID delaying everything. They worked well the first couple times and now everything sticks. So disappointed. Do not buy these pans!!
I also purchased a 9.5 square pan which I got with no cover it worked ok the first couple of times and now everything sticks I purchased it just for Eggs only,the Eggs stick os bad I cant even make a nice sunny side up egg where do I get a refund 19.99 is not alot of money but I am really pissed off what a waste the movie star makes it look so nice what a big lie imagine putting it in the oven s they claim,I want my money back where do I file a claim for refund,………………………………………………..Jerry Trujillo Lancaster ca 93536
Same issue, I purchased my first pan and loved it! I told my daughter about it and she bought me a set for my birthday. I bought her a set for Christmas. I got rid of my old pans and wished I hadn’t. I pan fried chicken the other day and it took two days to get it clean. After soaking it, I had to heat some soapy water and scrap it clean with a spatula. I’m very disappointed!