7-Quart Cook and Carry Programmable Slow Cooker vs Stainless Clad Fry Pan: which is safer?
Made In Stainless Clad Fry Pan is the clear pick. 7-Quart Cook and Carry Programmable Slow Cooker carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
Crock-Pot
7-Quart Cook and Carry Programmable Slow Cooker
PFAS grade
Bad 15/100
Overall grade
Bad 7/100
Verdict
Skip
Hazard flags
⚑ 2
Material
stainless steel pot, nonstick-coated lid and interior
Confidence
35%
PossibleNonstick coating degradation and flaking
PossibleThermal off-gassing from undisclosed nonstick coating
Our pick
Made In
Stainless Clad Fry Pan
PFAS grade
Excellent 100/100
Overall grade
Excellent 96/100
Verdict
Buy
Hazard flags
⚑ 1
Material
Stainless steel clad construction, no nonstick coating
Confidence
90%
PossibleClad separation or delamination over time
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Nonstick coating degradation and flaking and Thermal off-gassing from undisclosed nonstick coating on the Crock-Pot and not on the Made In.
- We flag Clad separation or delamination over time on the Made In and not on the Crock-Pot.
- The Crock-Pot is stainless steel pot, nonstick-coated lid and interior where the Made In is Stainless steel clad construction, no nonstick coating, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
- The gap is 85 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the Made In is the one to buy.
- We are less certain about the Crock-Pot grade, at 35% confidence against 90%, because it discloses less.
Both products run through the same public rubric, which covers materials, coatings, brand disclosure, lab findings, and recalls, plus a beyond-PFAS hazard analysis. Grades are model-based estimates, not lab tests. How grades work →
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