Best nonstick pan for eggs (non-teflon) recommendation

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Dishwasher safe would be great.

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Lost me there. I don't put pans in the dishwasher. I guess if you want dishwasher safe, stainless is your best option, but if you want it to be good for eggs, you'll need to use lots of butter/oil.

I've turned to pretty much only cast iron and carbon steel, which are great if seasoned properly but you wouldn't wash them in the dishwasher. That said, a quick wipe out is easier than prepping for the dishwasher.

Calphalon Signature™ Hard-Anodized Nonstick 10-Inch Omelette Pan

use oil and or butter. easy peasy. wipe out with paper towel. water if you must.

It's probably teflon, but treat it right (i.e. no metal utensils) and it's GTG

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Why is that?

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Ruins the surface on traditional non-stick and ruins the seasoning on cast iron and carbon steel. I'll occasionally put a stainless pot/pan in, but usually just wash by hand because pots/pans take up too much room in the dishwasher and I'm one of those people who washes all the stuff off before putting it in the dishwasher anyway. I would actually be fine not having a dishwasher, but it's there so we use it.

I also don't put my knives in the dishwasher.

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Never had an issue.

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There's a difference between having issues and maintaining things you care about in their optimal condition. My parents always put everything in the dishwasher and it all still worked, but not optimally. Nothing wrong with that...just not how I prefer to do it. I go to my parents' house now and I definitely notice the difference in the performance of their cookware vs my own.

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Melt a good bit of butter in pan and coat bottom good. Drop in eggs and cook on medium low until firm enough to flip.

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With enough butter, I can cook a pretty good egg on asphalt.

That works too.

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What kind of eggs? I saw a social media post about cooking eggs in a stainless steel pan so I tried it yesterday. The point of the post was that the pan needs to be in a proper temperature range, fairly easy to do. Hot but not too hot, to the point water beads off. It’s easy to find online.

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I make an omlette every morning using a stainless skillet. If handled correctly, eggs don’t stick.

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Btw - you said no knives in the dishwasher. Why? Are you saying all kinds of knives like basic butter knives or just special cutting knives with wooden handles?

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Any knives that I want to keep a sharp edge on. Dishwashers bang stuff around. Even the prongs on forks get bent eventually using a dishwasher. I'd rather take care of the edge on my knives rather than constantly resharpening. If you wash by had and hone occasionally, you rarely have to sharpen knives. You mentioned wooden handles. I also try to avoid running anything with a wooden handle through the dishwasher.

Based on the questions and comments, perhaps I'm too cautious, but it really only takes a few seconds to was something by hand.

ETA: I also don't like microwaving food, so I guess I would have thrived in a 1950s kitchen.

I just use a non stick spray on any pan and I'm fine.