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, which covers 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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