Stainless Clad Fry Pan vs Primaware 2-Piece Nonstick Fry Pan Set: which is safer?
Made In Stainless Clad Fry Pan is the clear pick. Tramontina Primaware 2-Piece Nonstick Fry Pan Set 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
Tramontina
Primaware 2-Piece Nonstick Fry Pan Set
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleTeflon-type coating thermal decomposition and fume risk
PossibleAluminum leaching from base metal
ReportedCoating degradation and microparticle ingestion
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Clad separation or delamination over time on the Made In and not on the Tramontina.
- We flag PTFE thermal decomposition and fume risk, Aluminum leaching from base metal, Coating degradation and microparticle ingestion and Lack of manufacturer transparency on chemistry on the Tramontina and not on the Made In.
- The Made In is Stainless steel clad construction, no nonstick coating where the Tramontina is 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 Tramontina 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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