Which Non-stick Frying Pan Brand Wins?
We compared 14 non-stick frying pan options head to head. Granitestone Diamond Pro came out on top. See the measured results, the runner-up, the budget pick, and a link to the full test video.
Granitestone Diamond Pro
Price shown in test: $17
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OXO Hard Anodized Non-Stick
Price shown in test: $30
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The measured results
Every number below is read straight from the test. Scroll sideways to see all measurements. Products are listed in the order they finished.
| Product | Weight | Heat evenness (hot plate delta) | Pancake test | Pancake evenness rating (narrator's 1-2 scale) | Egg test | Thermal efficiency (5 gal water, 5 min) | Cheesemallow test | Scratch resistance (numbered picks) | Final grade (narrator's A-F scale) | Country of manufacture | Final scratch verdict | Scratch resistance |
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| 1Granitestone Diamond Pro$17 | 776 g | about 60 degrees F between coolest and hottest spot, much better than the Blue Diamond's 130+ degree spread | cooked evenly, pancake did not stick | 1.5, tied for best | no sticking when flipped, fell away from the pan onto the plate with minimal effort | 151 degrees F, about 20 degrees cooler than the Blue Diamond | performed very well, cheese did not stick | pick 3 caused damage but held up well overall, pick 4 only minor scratches, pick 5 caused major damage; called out as one of the toughest coatings tested along with the Oxo | earned A's in just about every category including scratch resistance | not tested | not tested | not tested |
| 2OXO Hard Anodized Non-Stick (three-layer German-engineered coating)$30 | 838 g | 85 degrees F, moved into third place for temperature spread at that point in the sequence | center came out a little darker than the outer area, no stickiness on either flip | not tested | egg mostly stayed together in the middle, egg white moved toward the outer area; lifted with minimal stickiness at 2 minutes, detached when the skillet was flipped after 3 minutes | performed nearly the same as the Blue Diamond, reported around 171 to 177 degrees F depending on the exact sentence in the transcript (garbled figure, see videoNotes) | small amount of stickiness, held the cheese in place just long enough for the spatula, described as the best looking cheesemallow up to that point in the video | pick 3 barely caused harm, pick 4 slightly deeper scratches, pick 5 caused major damage; called out with the Granitestone as the toughest so far at pick 5 | performed very well in most categories, second only to the Granitestone for non-stick performance and pancake evenness | not tested | not tested | not tested |
| 3Caraway$86 | 1,266 g | 44 degrees F, the best (most even) of all 14 pans tested | cooked evenly, flipped at about 1 minute 50 seconds, no sticking | not tested | lifted very easily at 2 minutes, similar to the Anolon; required a little back and forth shaking to fully release after 3 minutes | 132.0 degrees F, described as very close to 40 degrees cooler than the Cuisinart | takes a while to warm up but distributes heat the most evenly of any pan tested; no stickiness issues | held up very well to pick 3, but pick 4 did a lot of damage | performed fairly well, had the least temperature variation of any pan but takes the longest to warm up, and its non-stick coating is a little softer than the Granitestone's or Oxo's | not tested | not tested | not tested |
| 4Tramontina Professional Aluminum Non-Stick Restaurant Fry Pan$25 | 990 g, by far the heaviest at that point in the sequence | just over 100 degrees F | performed almost as well as the Granitestone, pretty even finish, too slick for the pancake to stick | not tested | egg white stayed together well, lifted without sticking at 2 minutes, shaken loose easily after 3 minutes; called a very good job | 147.4 degrees F, less thermally efficient than the Granitestone | performed well throughout the showdown; no sticking, good looking result after a couple of attempts | the softest non-stick coating found up to that point, pick 3 cut all the way down to the metal | not tested | Brazil | not tested | not tested |
| 5Ninja Ceramic Plasma Non-Stick$50 | 1,036 g, the heaviest yet at that point in the sequence | 70 degrees F, same as the Sensarte | cooked to about 2 minutes, evenly with no visible hot spots, no sticking | 1.5, tied for best | egg mostly stayed together but moved to the outer area; lifted very easily at 2 minutes and shaken loose easily after 3 minutes, called very slick | reported as trailing the GreenPan by almost 40 degrees F, transcript figure garbled (see videoNotes) | performed well throughout the showdown, called possibly the best looking cheesemallow yet | as soft as the Tramontina, Sensarte, and Carote, pick 3 caused major damage | not tested | not tested | not tested | not tested |
| 6GreenPan Ceramic Non-Stick$35 | 838 g | 148 degrees F, about the same as the Cuisinart | center a little darker than other areas like the Cuisinart, too slick for the pancake to stick | not tested | bowl-shaped pan, eggs stayed together nicely, lifted very easily with very little sticking at 2 minutes; after 3 minutes could not be fully shaken loose and the pan held onto part of the egg, described as not quite as slick as some other pans | transcript figure for this pan is internally inconsistent/garbled (a stated 102.6 degrees F conflicts with being called 'even more efficient'); not confidently resolvable, see videoNotes | small amount of stickiness, cheese stuck a little on the first turnover with some leftover residue after more turns | unfazed by pick 3, pick 4 made no progress, pick 5 began to cause harm, pick 6 finally caused catastrophic damage | not tested | not tested | declared the toughest coating in the entire lineup, the only pan not defeated until pick 6 | not tested |
| 7Sensarte Swiss Non-Stick$26 | 948 g | 70 degrees F | no sticking at all, center slightly darker than the outer perimeter, second flip went very smoothly | 2, described as performing very well | egg stayed together pretty nicely, lifted without sticking at 2 minutes; after 3 minutes could not be fully shaken loose but broke away when the skillet was flipped | no individually attributable figure found in the transcript for this sub-test; see videoNotes | small amount of stickiness, described as performing very well | very soft, pick 3 caused catastrophic damage | not tested | China | not tested | not tested |
| 8Carote$30 | 870 g | about 125 degrees F, more spread than most of the previously tested brands | part of the pancake cooked noticeably faster than the rest due to the temperature spread, but did not stick | not tested | egg mostly stayed together but the egg white drifted toward the side since the pan's center is higher than its perimeter; lifted freely at 2 minutes, took some effort to shake loose after 3 minutes, called a very good job | 138.5 degrees F, described as struggling with efficiency | performed well, no stickiness issues | pick 3 cut all the way through the coating, consistent with the previous few soft-coated brands | not tested | China | not tested | not tested |
| 9Anolon$50 | likely 1,172 g; transcript states '1,72 G,' almost certainly a dropped digit given every other pan in this video is stated in the 664 to 1,480 g range | about 107 degrees F, roughly 30 to 40 degrees more spread than the top four brands at that point in the video | cooked to about 2 minutes; did not cook quite as evenly as some other brands, no sticking | not tested | egg spread out since the pan's center is a little taller than its perimeter; little to no sticking at 2 minutes, shaken loose very easily after 3 minutes, called a pretty slick pan | performed almost the same as the GreenPan, reported around 147 degrees F | performed very well despite poor cheese-flipping technique by the presenter himself | as soft as the Ninja, destroyed by pick 3 | not tested | Thailand | not tested | not tested |
| 10Cuisinart Chef's Classic Hard Anodized (Quantanium surface)$31 | 890 g | 144 degrees F, described as really struggling with temperature spread | middle more thoroughly cooked than the outer areas due to the temperature difference, but did not stick | not tested | egg white spread out to cover a large area since the pan is not perfectly flat or bowl shaped; lifted off easily at about 2 minutes, became stuck to the pan after 3 minutes | no cleanly attributable figure found in the transcript; one sentence implies a value around 172 to 177 degrees F relative to the Caraway and Oxo, but it could not be confidently isolated, see videoNotes | a little more stickiness than some other brands but just enough grip to hold the cheese in place for the spatula; two good looking cheesemallows in a row, called a great job | pick 3 caused scratches, pick 4 caused catastrophic damage | not tested | China | not tested | not tested |
| 11Imarku Non-Stick Cast Iron Skillet (honeycomb non-stick technology)$120 | 1,366 g | about 101 degrees F, quite a bit better than the Made In carbon steel pan but not as good as many other brands | did not stick to the skillet | not tested | egg spread out, lifted away easily at 2 minutes, broke free with a little back and forth shaking after 3 minutes, called a pretty slick pan | 159.5 degrees F, described as trailing the leader (Made In, at 186.1) by almost 26 degrees | cheese did not stick, presenter made a mess but the pan performed fine | held up well to pick 3, pick 4 cut deep into the coating | not tested | designed in California, made in China | not tested | not tested |
| 12HexClad Hybrid Tri-Ply Construction$185 | 1,136 g | about 167 degrees F, described as really struggling | did not cook quite as evenly as some other skillets, but did not stick | not tested | bowl shaped with noticeable surface texture, eggs stayed together very nicely, lifted very easily at 2 minutes; after 3 minutes could be shaken free but took noticeably more effort than the Imarku | no exact individual figure isolated in the transcript, but grouped with the GreenPan as performing very well at over 180 degrees F | quite a bit of stickiness compared to most other pans, though the cheese was not welded on and could be scraped away | coating described as 'buttery soft,' major damage occurred with pick 3 | not tested | China | not tested | not tested |
| 13Blue Diamond Diamond Infused Ceramic Non-Stick$16 | 664 g | about 132 degrees F, worst (least even) heat distribution of the first several pans tested | hot spot caused a dark, almost burned area in the middle; pancake stuck slightly to the pan | not tested | small amount of stickiness at 2 minutes; after 3 minutes the egg became essentially glued to the pan | 171 degrees F, a great result attributed to the pan being very thin | cheese became welded to the pan, ruining the attempt | pick 3 caused minor scratches, pick 4 caused very deep scratches all the way to the metal | not tested | China | not tested | not tested |
| 14Made In Blue Carbon Steel Frying Panaround $90 | likely 1,480 g; transcript states '1,48 G,' almost certainly a dropped digit given every other pan in this video is stated in the 664 to 1,366 g range | 268 degrees F, by far the worst spread of any pan tested | the large temperature difference caused the pancake to burn badly and stick to the pan | not tested | carbon steel really struggled with hot spots; the egg became stuck badly enough that the test had to be ended early | 186.1 degrees F, the best (hottest) result of any pan in the video | struggled throughout the showdown; cheese became welded to the skillet and the test had to be ended early | not tested | not tested | France | not tested | not included in the scratch resistance test since it is a carbon steel pan rather than a coated non-stick pan |
How it was tested
- even heat distribution measured as the temperature delta between the hottest and coolest spot on a 1500 W hot plate
- cooking pancakes (stick/no-stick and evenness of browning)
- frying eggs (stick/no-stick, ease of lifting at 2 and 3 minutes)
- thermal efficiency: time/temperature to heat 5 gallons of water over 5 minutes on a 1500 W hot plate
- cooking a cheese quesadilla ('cheesemallow') for stick resistance and flip performance
- scratch resistance using a Mohs hardness pick set, picks numbered 3 through 6
“If it's all about value, the Granitestone earns A's in just about every category including scratch resistance. The Oxo also performed very well in most categories, however the Granitestone performed a little bit better for non-stick performance and frying the pancake evenly.”
Data notes and caveats
This is a large 14-product showdown; brand names are heavily mangled by auto-captions throughout (Tramontina as 'troa'/'traa,' Sensarte as 'sart'/'sense art'/'S start,' Carote as 'carrot,' Cuisinart as 'queen art'/'quinart'/'que in art,' Caraway as 'carway,' Made In as 'maiden,' Imarku as 'Imark'/'eye Mark'/'IM Mark'); all resolved against the description's 14-brand Products Tested list and the strict price/testing-order sequence, which lines up cleanly with 14 distinct prices from $16 to $185. The thermal efficiency (5-gallon water boil) sub-test has several results that are internally inconsistent or ambiguous in the transcript: GreenPan's stated 102.6 degree figure directly contradicts being described as 'even more efficient,' Sensarte has no individually attributable figure at all, and Cuisinart's and HexClad's figures could only be estimated relative to neighboring brands rather than cleanly isolated; these are flagged per-product above rather than guessed. Two weights (Anolon '1,72 G' and Made In '1,48 G') are almost certainly dropped-digit caption errors versus the 664 to 1,480 g range seen elsewhere in the video; likely corrected values are noted but not asserted as fact. No separate budget pick is named distinct from the winner; the Granitestone (second cheapest at $17) is explicitly framed as both the best performer and the best value, so budgetPick is left null rather than duplicating the winner field. The Made In pan is carbon steel, not a coated non-stick pan, and was excluded from the scratch resistance test and evaluated by the narrator with an explicit fairness caveat rather than being penalized on non-stick terms; it is retained in products[] since it was fully tested head to head on every other metric (pancake, egg, thermal efficiency, cheesemallow). Meta chapters are generic phase labels (Intro, Blue Diamond, NonStick Properties, Frying, Heat, Fry, Scratch Resistance, Coating, Conclusion) that do not map product by product beyond Blue Diamond, so chapterMap is false. Products list is ordered: the two explicitly declared top finishers (Granitestone, Oxo), then Caraway (explicitly discussed third in the closing wrap-up), then the remaining ten by a composite of their sub-test performance since the video does not state one single full ranking beyond the top three.