Stainless Clad Fry Pan vs Signature 1 Qt Quart Non-stick Sauce Pan Red Speckled With: which is safer?
Made In Stainless Clad Fry Pan is the clear pick. Paula Deen Signature 1 Qt Quart Non-stick Sauce Pan Red Speckled With 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
Paula Deen
Signature 1 Qt Quart Non-stick Sauce Pan Red Speckled With
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleTeflon-type coating fume inhalation risk (unspecified coating type)
ReportedCoating degradation and microflaking
PossibleAluminum leaching
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Clad separation or delamination over time on the Made In and not on the Paula Deen.
- We flag PTFE fume inhalation risk (unspecified coating type), Coating degradation and microflaking, Aluminum leaching and Coating adhesion failure under thermal stress on the Paula Deen and not on the Made In.
- The Made In is Stainless steel clad construction, no nonstick coating where the Paula Deen is Non-stick 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 Paula Deen 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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