Stainless Clad Fry Pan vs Modessa Nonstick Stainless Steel Frying Pan: which is safer?
Made In Stainless Clad Fry Pan is the clear pick. Oster Modessa Nonstick Stainless Steel Frying Pan carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
Our pick
Made In
Stainless Clad Fry Pan
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleClad separation or delamination over time
Oster
Modessa Nonstick Stainless Steel Frying Pan
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleTeflon-type coating fume risk (thermal degradation)
LikelyCoating degradation and particle shedding
ReportedLack of transparency on coating composition
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Clad separation or delamination over time on the Made In and not on the Oster.
- We flag PTFE fume risk (thermal degradation), Coating degradation and particle shedding and Lack of transparency on coating composition on the Oster and not on the Made In.
- The Made In is Stainless steel clad construction, no nonstick coating where the Oster is Stainless steel base, nonstick coating unspecified, 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 Oster 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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