Philly Food Guide

Six of these ten combos state a dough blade or dough setting. The four budget kits ship a chopper bowl of 17 oz to 3 cups and never mention dough.

All ten titanium pans here claim no coating at all. Four name every metal beneath the titanium, two give only a ply count and four say nothing.

Five of these ten pans print a 600°F limit. The two glass lids that state their own limit stop at 300°F, and only All-Clad ships a steel lid.

All ten egg pans here are sold as 8 inches. None states the flat base the egg cooks on, and just one says how many eggs fit: 1 to 2.

Seven of ten sets print an oven limit, from 350°F to 900°F. Only two rate their glass lids, at 400°F and 425°F: half the pan figure or less.

All ten pans here say PFAS-free somewhere. Four also name PFOA, PTFE, lead and cadmium; three name PFAS alone, and one title stops at PFOA.

None of these ten frying pans promises a flat base. Four name glass or ceramic tops, two claim to resist warping, and two name no cooktop at all.

All ten deep pans here state 5 to 6 quarts, yet only HexClad states a wall height. At 12 inches, each quart needs about half an inch of wall.

Sold as 10 to 30 pieces, nine of these sets list 5 to 10 pans that go on a burner. On gas, the handles and the walls matter more than the count.

Ten ceramic frying pans, ten free-of lists: one names six substances, one names none, and two of the ten never mention PFAS at all.

All ten ceramic pans here claim induction. Four say what makes them magnetic: three a stainless shell, one an induction base. Six never explain.

The two 30,000 BTU tabletop gas grills here print no cooking area. Five of ten give both figures, and a 2-burner tops our heat-per-inch sums.

All ten smoker grill combos give cooking area to the square inch. Two say how much charcoal they hold: 1.5 lb in one offset box, 16 lb in one hopper.