Stainless Clad Fry Pan vs Get A Grip Saute Pan: which is safer?

Made In Stainless Clad Fry Pan is the clear pick. Mirro Get A Grip Saute Pan carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.

Our pick

Made In Stainless Clad Fry Pan

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

Mirro Get A Grip Saute Pan

Mirro

Get A Grip Saute Pan

PFAS grade

Bad 15/100

Overall grade

Bad 0/100

Verdict

Skip

Hazard flags

⚑ 4

Material

aluminum saute pan with unspecified nonstick coating

Confidence

35%

PossibleAluminum leaching

PossibleTeflon-type coating fume risk (if Teflon-type coating-based coating)

LikelyCoating degradation and microflaking

Where these two actually differ

  • We flag Clad separation or delamination over time on the Made In and not on the Mirro.
  • We flag Aluminum leaching, PTFE fume risk (if PTFE-based coating), Coating degradation and microflaking and Nonstick coating composition undisclosed (PFAS-adjacent risk) on the Mirro and not on the Made In.
  • The Made In is Stainless steel clad construction, no nonstick coating where the Mirro is aluminum saute pan with unspecified 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 Mirro 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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