Stainless Clad Fry Pan vs Nonstick Aluminum Frying Pan in Graphite Grey: which is safer?
Made In Stainless Clad Fry Pan is the clear pick. Oster Nonstick Aluminum Frying Pan in Graphite Grey carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
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
Oster
Nonstick Aluminum Frying Pan in Graphite Grey
PFAS grade
Bad 15/100
Overall grade
Bad 0/100
Verdict
Skip
Hazard flags
⚑ 3
Material
aluminum with nonstick coating, type unspecified
Confidence
35%
PossibleTeflon-type coating fume risk (thermal degradation)
PossibleAluminum leaching
ReportedCoating degradation over time
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), Aluminum leaching and Coating degradation over time on the Oster and not on the Made In.
- The Made In is Stainless steel clad construction, no nonstick coating where the Oster is aluminum with nonstick coating, type 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: 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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