NSF Nonstick Fry Pan Handle vs Stainless Clad Fry Pan: which is safer?
Made In Stainless Clad Fry Pan is the clear pick. Gotham Steel NSF Nonstick Fry Pan Handle carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
Gotham Steel
NSF Nonstick Fry Pan Handle
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
LikelyTeflon-type coating fume risk (if fluorinated coating)
ReportedCoating degradation and flaking
PossibleAluminum leaching (if aluminum core)
Our pick
Made In
Stainless Clad Fry Pan
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleClad separation or delamination over time
Where these two actually differ
- We flag PTFE fume risk (if fluorinated coating), Coating degradation and flaking, Aluminum leaching (if aluminum core) and Silicone or phenolic handle degradation on the Gotham Steel and not on the Made In.
- We flag Clad separation or delamination over time on the Made In and not on the Gotham Steel.
- The Gotham Steel is nonstick coating, type unspecified 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 Gotham Steel 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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