Did something really daft

[Lunchcatastrophe]

Due to a series of unfortunate events and distractions I ended up putting one of the cooking baskets from my air fryer on to an induction hob I hadn’t switched off. Only realised when I noticed the horrible acrid chemically smell. I thought only the bottom had overheated and it was only whilst eating the bacon that came out of it (and most of it had been consumed by this point) that I realised it tasted weird. When I removed the rack from the basket I realised the non stick coating inside the basket had melted. I’m now very worried how much of it we may have consumed and what effect this is likely to have on us.

I feel really stupid so have changed username in an attempt to protect the guilty.

Any words of reassurance?

Sorry - not as much fun as chat supposed to be…

Oh that's weird. I thought inductions only work if something has a magnetic base?

Still, if the food was in the rack and not touching the coating, I'm sure you'll be fine.

I have an induction hob, and I know how easy it is to leave something metal on it to get red hot! It's anything ferrous - so iron or steel. The magnet bit is in the oven it just needs the pan to contain the right metals - so aluminium or copper pans don't work, unless they have a thin layer of steel built into the base.

In terms of the coating I'm not a chemist, but it's probably not immediately dangerous. I think consume a lot of it over a long time could build up a problem, but there should be some safety factors built into cookware that it's not poisonous the moment something goes wrong.

I learned about this recently. The non-stick coating is a “forever chemical” but the molecules used in non-stick are very large and not absorbed into the body and will pass through completely inert. You’ll be fine.

Thanks for taking the time to reply everyone. I can get very anxious around health matters, especially where DH is concerned as he has so many health issues already. The last thing he needs is me giving him Teflon poisoning!