Stainless Clad Fry Pan vs Signature Red Speckled Non-stick 1 Qt Sauce Pan W/ Lid: which is safer?

Made In Stainless Clad Fry Pan is the clear pick. Paula Deen Signature Red Speckled Non-stick 1 Qt Sauce Pan W/ Lid carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.

Our pick

Made In Stainless Clad Fry Pan

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

Paula Deen Signature Red Speckled Non-stick 1 Qt Sauce Pan W/ Lid

Paula Deen

Signature Red Speckled Non-stick 1 Qt Sauce Pan W/ Lid

PFAS grade

Bad 15/100

Overall grade

Bad 0/100

Verdict

Skip

Hazard flags

⚑ 4

Material

non-stick coating, composition undisclosed

Confidence

35%

PossibleTeflon-type coating/non-stick coating degradation and fume release

PossibleAluminum leaching from substrate

ReportedCoating flaking and microparticles

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/non-stick coating degradation and fume release, Aluminum leaching from substrate, Coating flaking and microparticles and Lid seal integrity and steam risk 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, composition undisclosed, 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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