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Cooking competitions have become as ubiquitous on television as nonstick skillets in home kitchens.

The new nonstick cookware — including many of the millennial-chic options marketed aggressively on Instagram — is made with a variety of coatings.

The compounds shed both water and grease and are used in coatings in nonstick cookware, stain-resistant fabrics, and jet engines.

What you need for this open-faced spiral omelet is the perfect nonstick, stainless steel pan, which I just received from HexClad.

This is the family of about 15,000 chemicals used for their water repellent and oil repellent properties, such as in nonstick pans or fast food packaging.