Nonstick cooking spray is more nonstick than oil

I see a lot of RUclipsrs who recommend that you don't use standard cooking spray, and instead use plain oil. whether that's packaged in a spray bottle but without the lecithin and silicone additives, or just straight oil smeared on a pan. I disagree. Standard cooking spray works better than oil or butter to prevent sticking, hands down. And it's great for anyone who's trying to use less fat in their cooking for weight loss, since you use essentially a negligible amount of oil to prevent sticking.

[@runnerup15]

The gunk that people talk about is just burnt oil (since it's such small amounts it burns quickly)
My main disagreement with aerosolized spray is purely environmental. I just would prefer less aerosols in general.
I also personally haven't had dieting issues eating 2 tbsp oil with my eggs in the morning since I don't eat snacks which is truly where 90% of peoples excess calories are coming from in my experience. Just eat 3 meals if cutting 5 meals if bulking, 550 calories per meal

[@Jeremyschannel1]

2 tablespoons of canola oil is 250 calories though. I guess if you're frying your eggs in it you're probably leaving a fair amount of that oil in the pan but... But it's basically an unknown amount of oil that your consuming. So impossible to count while I'm counting calories. The spray from this thing is so little oil I don't bother counting it. It's insignificant. And the propellant is propane or butane, it's such a small amount I have trouble worrying about it. A can of spray lasts me for 6 months or so at least.

[@Jeremyschannel1]

Agree on the snacks though. Snacks are my weakness.

[@urbansteader6763]

Very interesting video, will have to try this. Soy Lecithin is an industrial lubricant. That may also help the spray. It's also only food safe in small amounts. They may be why people shy away from it. Thanks for showing this!

[@Jeremyschannel1]

Don't they put soy lecithin in chocolate bars also? Soy lecithin is an emulsifier made from plants - "industrial lubricant" sounds scarier than I think it needs to sound.

[@jordanbabcock9349]

People do funny things to justify things. It will never be believable that a manufacturer refining oil to sell me is healthier than naturally occurring and derived animal fats. Just is not possible. Nature is far better than what humans produce. That's why animal fat is food and soy oil is a food product.

[@JohnConboy1]

I use a SS pan to fry eggs. I preheat the pan using the mercury ball test and then let it cool down for 1 minute, then add the eggs. They don't stick but the bottoms are always brown and crispy (using oil not butter) I would prefer them soft and white. I will give your way a go and see how I get on. Cheers👍

[@Jeremyschannel1]

Let me know how it goes! I was surprised by my findings - always figured oil and cooking spray were equivalent, other than the packaging and convenience of the spray bottle.

[@Millirawk]

You didn't let the oil come up to temperature and it didn't dispurse evenly with wiping it, test is inaccurate, try again preheating the same pan for exactly X time, spray and try it, wash the pan let it cool down and repeat test, same heat, same preheat time, but let oil come up to temp too, put eggs in the same spot

[@Jeremyschannel1]

Yea I can see what you're saying about wiping the oil and preheating it. I'm not saying you *can't* cook an egg in stainless using oil without it sticking. Clearly you can -I've seen people do it. But cooking spray appears to work *better* and be pretty foolproof in my experience.