Made In ProCoat 8″ Non Stick Frying Pan

I have into the hype and decided to buy a good high quality pan and was severely disappointed.
It’s NOT non-stick. I’ve had cheap non stick pans that delivered better results than this.
It also scratched after frying a chicken breast in panko breadcrumbs. Not even the utensils, it scratched from BREADCRUMBS.

This is simply ridiculous.

Heavy duty and very smooth coating. Nothing sticks to it. I really like it.

Upgraded my review from 2 stars to 4 stars after Made In reached out to me in response to my original review. They have replaced the original 10″ pan that had domed in the center. Truly impressive customer service! Knowing now how well they back their products, I no longer have any cautions about this purchase.
Original review – Non-stick surface is great. Nice weight to the pan, easy to clean and durable surface, and works great on my induction cooktop. Unfortunately, this 10″ pan warped with 6 months of use, as the center has risen up. I have the 12″ and 8″ pans from this line as well, and have had no problem with warping in those. Not sure why this one is different, but we are very careful to avoid thermal shocks in use. Given the cost, I would caution about this purchase.

This pan is replacing a ceramic coated pan that now has areas that are no longer non-stick. Only recently did I see that ceramic has a life expectancy of 3-4 yrs and should only be used on medium heat. I have failed to convince my husband not to crank the heat on non-stick pans. I have this new one in the back of the cabinet and use it mainly for my own eggs. It heats evenly and is beautifully slick. This surface is supposed to be less sensitive to occasional higher heat and have a longer life expectancy than ceramic. Time will tell, but for now I’m very happy.

This frying pan is worth every cent. All my prior pans have been parts of cheap sets from
target or the like, claiming to be nonstick and good quality, but I didn’t know what I was missing out on until this frying pan. It heats up quickly and evenly. I actually can use a lower temperature to cook effectively because the pan conducts the heat so well. It was a bit of a learning curve at first! I also hadn’t experienced high-quality nonstick until this pan. Before buying this pan, I watched some review videos from America’s Test Kitchen, and a key test for a nonstick pan is to be able to fry and egg without oil. I hadn’t thought such a thing could be possible and any pan I’ve previously owned couldn’t manage such a feat, but this pan absolutely can do that no problem.

Other great features are a comfortable handle design and the ability to use the pan in the oven. It is also very easy to clean-unsurprisingly, since the nonstick coating works so well.

This pan is excellent and I love it, but there are a couple things you might want to consider before buying this particular pan. First, this pan doesn’t come with a lid, which maybe isn’t an issue for you, but I have found myself from time to time needing to use a lid from another pan and would have preferred a pan with a lid. Made In sells a universal lip separately so I might get that. Something you might consider, if a lid is essential to you. Second, this is a rather hefty pan. If you’re lifting the pan a lot (e.g., to toss a stir fry), the weight could end up being a frustration. I don’t lift and maneuver the pan too much, so this hasn’t been an issue, but I could see someone wanting something lighter. These are points of preference rather than quality, so I didn’t dock any stars for these two considerations.

Overall, I’m really impressed with the quality. It has raised the bar for all future pans and I would feel confident buying from Made In again.

I appreciate high quality cookware, having used All-Clad for my 34 years of being married. Like everyone else, I usually buy inexpensive nonstick pans because, well, they are a disposable item, but I do baby them with low-medium heat and nylon utensils. I decided to sample an 8” Made By nonstick frying pan, being drawn mostly by the 5-layer clad design similar to my All-Clad D3/D5 cookware that are now over 30 years old and still looking and functioning like new. This pan is incredibly built and precisely finished and feels perfect in the hand and appears to be a perfect complement to All-Clad pots. That is where it ends.

I washed it and seasoned it with olive oil. Then I cooked an egg. I like to fry eggs in my nonstick pan without utensils for turning. I preheated the pan and oil on low-medium heat. I dropped in my room temperature egg. Then I applied salt and pepper. After 2 minutes I oscillated the pan and got the egg spinning in the pan. The eggs swirled around the pan effortlessly, and quite impressively. Then I flipped it mid air and once again twirled it around the perimeter of the pan. When the egg was done I dumped the egg onto my plate. Perfection! Then I washed the pan. All normal egg cooking stuff. Upon inspection, I discovered many faint scratches in the nonstick surface. Turns out, the salt scratched the surface of the pan! Just ordinary table salt from a shaker. Unbelievable. See pictures. I have had this same exact experience with an All-Clad pan many years ago. I sent the pan back to Amazon – so grateful for Amazon Prime!

In contrast, we bought my daughter some Tramontina nonstick pans for her first apartment in college ($14 each at Costco – the ones with the red removable handle covers). Same exact process for cooking an egg and the pans are perfect after many uses. They are perfect, in fact, after cooking many things. So the Made In pans are a bunch of hype and do not deliver near the performance of a pan costing nearly 10 times less! I am still sampling some other pans to see if I can find a more upscale experience, but I will steer clear of Made In. Hope this helps.