Stainless Clad Fry Pan vs Always Pan 2.0: which is safer?
Made In Stainless Clad Fry Pan is our pick: better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.
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
Our Place
Always Pan 2.0
PFAS grade
Good 70/100
Overall grade
Good 52/100
Verdict
Skip
Hazard flags
⚑ 3
Material
Ceramic-titanium hybrid nonstick coating on stainless steel core
Confidence
45%
PossibleCeramic-titanium coating degradation over time
ReportedUnverified chemical composition of coating
PossibleThermal stability of coating at high heat
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Clad separation or delamination over time on the Made In and not on the Our Place.
- We flag Ceramic-titanium coating degradation over time, Unverified chemical composition of coating and Thermal stability of coating at high heat on the Our Place and not on the Made In.
- The Made In is Stainless steel clad construction, no nonstick coating where the Our Place is Ceramic-titanium hybrid nonstick coating on stainless steel core, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
- The gap is 30 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 Our Place grade, at 45% 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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