The 3 Best Nonstick Pans of 2025

Top pick

With its classic flared-lip shape, slick nonstick coating, and comfortable handle, this quality pan will last for years.

This variant of the Tramontina Professional nonstick pan, made specifically for Walmart, functions identically to our pick, with minor aesthetic differences.

The Tramontina Professional 10-Inch Restaurant Fry Pan is superbly nonstick, excellent at evenly distributing heat, easily maneuverable, and affordable. The handle is comfortable to hold and comes with a removable silicone sheath. The 10-inch pan’s surface is the perfect size for cooking a three-egg omelet, and its flared sides are well angled, for easy flipping. We also like that this pan is available in four sizes (8, 10, 12, and 14 inches) to accommodate different cooking needs.

The nonstick coating is smooth and slick. We found that it easily released food through repeated tests. Pale-yellow omelets and fried eggs effortlessly slid out of the pan.

Nonstick pans are best when they’re brand new—age is the true test of value. I regularly used the first Tramontina 10-inch nonstick pan we tested for over four years at home. After all that time its nonstick coating had dulled a bit, but it still released eggs and fish fillets without resistance.

Tramontina uses PPG Eclipse nonstick coating on this skillet. PPG claims that Eclipse has “high abrasion resistance,” and if this chart is an indicator of durability, it’s the second sturdiest coating the company makes.

The Tramontina heats evenly. We were impressed with how it yielded evenly golden pancakes and fluffy yellow French omelets. The thick, cast-aluminum construction helps disperse consistent heat across the cooking surface, resulting in fewer hot spots and better heat control.

The pan’s wide-angle curves made flipping fried eggs and pancakes simple. Its comfortable-to-hold handle and good balance kept hand and arm fatigue at bay, and the bent lip allowed us to cleanly pour out excess oil without any rogue drips.

It’s oven-safe up to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. So go ahead and make frittatas and Spanish tortillas without worrying about damage. We also like that the silicone sheath on the handle is removable.

For what you get, this pan is a bargain. Because most nonstick cookware has a three- to five-year lifespan, $30 (give or take) is a reasonable price to pay. This pan also comes with a limited lifetime warranty that protects against manufacturer defects (like loose rivets, or coating that bubbles and flakes off) but not against general wear and tear, misuse, or abuse.

Some retailers carry slightly different versions of this pan that might be cheaper. A Tramontina representative informed us that other retailer-specific variants—such as the Tramontina Professional Aluminum 10″ Non-Stick Fry Pan sold at Walmart—have the same nonstick coating and perform essentially the same, differing only in small details (like the color of the handle and the number of rivets). We cooked flawless omelets in the version from Walmart, which has a slightly different handle and two rivets instead of three, and it performed identically to our pick.

How the Tramontina Professional pan has held up

Several Wirecutter staff members use the Tramontina Professional pan for their personal cooking, and they report that the pan has, for the most part, held up well. Senior staff writer Kimber Streams told us that the 8-inch Tramontina skillet they purchased in 2018 is still “the best egg pan” after five years of frequent use.

Senior engineering manager Polina Grinbaum has been using her Tramontina pan almost daily for two years. Polina said she likes that it’s well balanced, comfortable to hold, and oven-safe. She also reported that her husband (the primary dishwasher in their household) said, “It’s the easiest pan to clean that we have.”

Wirecutter editor Phil Ryan has been cooking in his Tramontina nonstick skillets almost daily for over three years and confirms that they’re still slick. Phil’s only minor complaint (one shared by senior editor Grant Clauser) is that he wished this skillet came with a lid. But even though there’s no corresponding lid for this pan, chances are good that many folks already have a lid—from another piece of cookware kicking around their kitchen cabinets—that would do the trick.

Flaws but not dealbreakers

This pan does have a couple of minor flaws. It’s not compatible with induction cooktops (though the Tramontina Tri-Ply, our pick for induction, is). Also, the rivets that secure the handle to the pan don’t have a nonstick coating. Although coated rivets make cleanup a little easier, we don’t think having to scrub a little egg off of some bare aluminum is a dealbreaker.