Carbon Steel Wok vs Large Always Pan: which is safer?
Our Place Carbon Steel Wok is our pick: better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.
Our pick
Our Place
Carbon Steel Wok
PFAS grade
Excellent 100/100
Overall grade
Excellent 78/100
Verdict
Buy with care
Hazard flags
⚑ 2
Material
carbon steel (bare metal, no coating)
Confidence
85%
PossibleIron leaching from bare metal surface
LikelyRust formation from improper storage or care
Our Place
Large Always Pan
PFAS grade
Good 70/100
Overall grade
Good 58/100
Verdict
Buy
Hazard flags
⚑ 3
Material
Ceramic nonstick coating (composition unspecified)
Confidence
45%
PossibleCeramic coating degradation and aluminum leaching
PossibleCoating adhesion and thermal stress
PossibleProprietary coating composition opacity
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Iron leaching from bare metal surface and Rust formation from improper storage or care on the Our Place and not on the Our Place.
- We flag Ceramic coating degradation and aluminum leaching, Coating adhesion and thermal stress and Proprietary coating composition opacity on the Our Place and not on the Our Place.
- The Our Place is carbon steel (bare metal, no coating) where the Our Place is Ceramic nonstick coating (composition 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 Our Place is the one to buy.
- We are less certain about the Our Place grade, at 45% confidence against 85%, 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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