Stainless Clad Fry Pan vs Always Pan 2.0 Nonstick: 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 Nonstick
PFAS grade
Good 70/100
Overall grade
Poor 34/100
Verdict
Skip
Hazard flags
⚑ 4
Material
Proprietary nonstick coating (unspecified)
Confidence
35%
PossibleNonstick coating degradation and particle release
PossibleAluminum leaching (if substrate)
LikelyUnverified PFAS-free claim
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 Nonstick coating degradation and particle release, Aluminum leaching (if substrate), Unverified PFAS-free claim and Coating durability and replacement cost 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 Proprietary nonstick coating (unspecified), 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 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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