Our Place vs Caraway: what's actually proven?

Last reviewed July 2026.

Reviews compare these two on sear marks and handle comfort. We compare them on the axis nobody photographs: whether the safety marketing is backed by anything published. On that axis: Our Place sits at “Verified — published third-party results”; Caraway sits at “Verified — published third-party results”.

Our Place — Always Pan (ceramic): Our Place says its own third-party results are proprietary and does not release them. The verification here comes from outside the brand: Consumer Reports (2022-10-26) tested the Always Pan for 96 PFAS compounds and detected none. Independent press testing, not brand transparency, is what earns this row its verdict.

Caraway — Ceramic-coated cookware (fry pans, Cookware Set): Caraway maintains a public third-party-testing page and, per multiple independent write-ups, commissions Light Labs testing covering 200+ PFAS analytes and 20+ heavy metals, and shares results. The brand page blocks automated readers, so our summary of its contents is corroborated via independent coverage; the linked page is authoritative.

How to read this comparison

“Verified” doesn't mean a better pan — it means the brand published the lab work behind its own claims, so you don't have to take marketing on faith. “Disclosed” brands mostly skip safety claims altogether, which needs no proof. The tier to treat with caution is claims with nothing published behind them. Method details: XRF vs leach testing.

The full claim-by-claim breakdowns: Is Our Place third-party tested? · Is Caraway third-party tested? · or the full table.

We do not test cookware — we index published third-party lab results and public legal records, with attribution, and make no health claims. A verdict describes the state of the published evidence for specific marketing claims, not whether a pan is safe or dangerous. An allegation is not a finding; a settlement is not an admission; a lab report speaks only for the samples tested. If a brand publishes new evidence, the page changes — the source always wins.