Cookware & Bakeware

A sauté pan has straight sides and a lid; a frying pan's sides slope. When each one wins, what size to buy, and 5 sauté pans checked against the makers' own specs.

What the stove makers actually allow on glass tops, the cast-iron split between brands, and four pans and pots that fit the rules.

We read the California chemical disclosure pages of 40 well-known cookware brands. Here is what each one says about PFAS and the other chemicals it lists, with a link to every source.

Bare, hard-anodized, clad or nonstick: what touches your food, what acidic sauces do to bare aluminum, the FDA lead warning on imported pots, and the pans we would buy.

Which parchment papers name their coating, what the PFAS tests did and did not cover, how hot each brand can go, and the three unbleached papers we'd buy.

The four woks we would buy for a home stove, which bottom fits gas, electric or induction, and how to tell a bare carbon steel wok from a coated one.

The 4-step stovetop method for seasoning a carbon steel pan or wok, which oils the makers recommend, how to clean it without stripping the seasoning, and how to fix rust or sticky spots.

The three carbon steel pans we would buy, what each one arrives coated with, and a straight answer on whether carbon steel is non-toxic.

Carote sells some of Amazon's best-selling pans. We read its website, its IPO filing and 20+ Amazon listings: what the coating is, dishwasher and oven rules, and which set to buy.

Three budget enameled Dutch ovens compared on oven limits, dishwasher rules and what each maker publishes about its enamel, plus the Lodge color we'd skip.

Was „Titan“ auf einer Pfanne wirklich bedeutet, warum der Magnet haftet und welche Marken ihren Aufbau offenlegen.

HexClad was sued over its non-toxic marketing, settled, and quietly moved to a new coating called TerraBond. We read the settlement record and the current listings, and put together a 30-second check so you can tell which version is in the box.