Toughened Non-Stick Stir-fry Pan with Handles vs Carbon Steel Wok: which is safer?
Our Place Carbon Steel Wok is the clear pick. Le Creuset Toughened Non-Stick Stir-fry Pan with Handles carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
Le Creuset
Toughened Non-Stick Stir-fry Pan with Handles
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleTeflon-type coating fume inhalation risk
PossibleCoating degradation and particulate shedding
PossibleChemical off-gassing during first use or storage
Our pick
Our Place
Carbon Steel Wok
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleIron leaching from bare metal surface
LikelyRust formation from improper storage or care
Where these two actually differ
- We flag PTFE fume inhalation risk, Coating degradation and particulate shedding and Chemical off-gassing during first use or storage on the Le Creuset and not on the Our Place.
- We flag Iron leaching from bare metal surface and Rust formation from improper storage or care on the Our Place and not on the Le Creuset.
- The Le Creuset is Non-stick coating (composition unspecified) where the Our Place is carbon steel (bare metal, no 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 Our Place is the one to buy.
- We are less certain about the Le Creuset grade, at 35% confidence against 85%, because it discloses less.
Both products run through the same public rubric: 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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