Non-stick (PTFE)
- The coating is a wear item, not a surface
- Metal utensils cut through to the base metal
- Most households replace them every two to three years
The Prep Board
Sale price
€79,99
Regular price €199,00
304 stainless steel, 39 by 28cm, which is 15.3 by 11 inches.
Room enough to break down a chicken without pushing trimmings onto the counter. Both faces work, so raw meat stays on one side. Steel is non porous: garlic and fish leave nothing behind in it, and it goes in the dishwasher.
Specification
- 39 x 28cm, 15.3 x 11in
- 304 stainless steel
- Double sided, non slip feet
- Dishwasher safe
The trade-off, plainly: steel is harder than wood and takes an edge off a knife faster. If you never sharpen, buy wood.
The Prep Board
€149,99
€459,99
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$49Tempered glass lid, 28cm
$49Tempered glass lid, 28cmFree
$19The bare metal recipe book
$19The bare metal recipe bookFree90 days to send it back, used
Solid titanium, no coating
Free tempered glass lid
Free US shipping
Lifetime warranty
90 day money back
No PTFE, PFOA or PFAS
Metal utensil safe
What the alternatives ask of you
Every other pan asks for something back
Not one of these is a bad pan. Each one just carries a maintenance cost, and it is worth knowing which one you are signing up for.
Ceramic
- Sold as the safe coating, but still a coating
- Chips at the rim with ordinary handling
- Usually loses its release sooner than PTFE
Stainless steel
- Food sticks unless you preheat and use fat
- Roughly twice the weight of titanium
- Salt and acid can pit and stain the surface
Cast iron
- Rusts if the seasoning is not maintained
- Roughly three times the mass to lift
- Acidic food strips the seasoning back
The word doing the lying
Most "titanium" pans are aluminium in disguise
Read the listing and the word doing the work is infused, reinforced or coated. A pinch of titanium dust goes into an ordinary non-stick layer, and that layer is still the only thing your food ever touches. Underneath is the same cheap aluminium as a supermarket pan.
Inside a coated titanium pan
Top to bottom
1
The coating
PTFE or ceramic with a little titanium stirred in. This is what your food touches, and it scratches, chips and starts breaking down above roughly 500F.
2
The bond layer
Adhesive. It holds the coating down until heat and metal utensils stop it doing that.
3
The pan
Aluminium. Light and cheap, which is why it hides under almost every pan marketed as titanium.
Ours has no coating. Not a better coating, not a titanium-enriched coating. None. There is nothing between the metal and your food, which is why there is nothing to scratch off into it.
Solid titanium against the alternatives
Including the two rows where non-stick still wins. A table where one column sweeps every line is an advertisement, not a comparison.
| Criterion |
 OursSolid titanium
|
 PTFE nonstick
|
 Bare stainless
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Body | Solid titanium | Aluminium | Stainless steel |
| Cooking surface | Bare titanium | PTFE plastic film | Bare steel |
| Coating | None at all | The whole product | None |
| PTFE, PFOA, PFAS | None | Present | None |
| Replace every | Never | 2 to 3 years | Never |
| Weight vs stainless | About half | Light | Heavy |
| Metal utensils | Yes | No | Yes |
| Food release | Good, with a little oil | Best, needs none | Hardest |
| Needs preheating | Yes | No | Yes |
| Reacts with acid | Never, inert | No | Can pit |
| Metallic taste | None | None | Possible |
| Flakes into food | Nothing to flake | Once worn, yes | No |
Replacement intervals are typical manufacturer guidance for coated pans and vary with use.
Watch it work
No edits that hide the technique. Preheated pan, thin film of oil, then the food.
In use
What it looks like on a working stove
Our own pan, our own kitchen, no stock photography and no styling that hides the technique.
Why solid titanium
0
Coatings, layers, binders
Nothing sits between the metal and your food. No film to scratch through, so no point at which the pan is used up.
50%
Lighter than stainless
Titanium carries comparable strength at roughly half the mass. You feel it the first time you lift it one handed.
1
Pan, not a subscription
Non-stick is a consumable you re-buy every few years. Bare metal has no equivalent failure point.
Inert
Reacts with nothing
No rust, no corrosion, no metallic taste. Tomato, wine, lemon and salt do not touch it.
The specification, in full
The full specification
Published in full, because in this category the specification is the product. Ask any brand selling a titanium pan for these six lines and watch what happens.
Body material
Solid titanium
Commercially pure titanium throughout. Not an alloy, not a plating, not a coating over something cheaper.
Cooking surface
Bare metal
The same titanium as the body, hammered into a honeycomb texture that aids release. Nothing is applied on top.
PTFE, PFOA, PFAS
None
There is no coating in which such chemicals could exist. This is a structural fact about the pan, not a treatment choice.
Diameter
28 cm
Roughly 11 inches. Four eggs or two large steaks without crowding.
Compatible hobs
All four
Gas, electric, ceramic and induction.
Care
Dishwasher safe
Metal utensils are fine. Heat discolouration is an oxide layer and is harmless.
Mill certification and independent laboratory results are held on file and published here rather than summarised.
Before you buy
It needs oil, and it needs a minute
Bare titanium releases food when it is hot and lightly oiled. It behaves like the best stainless you have used, not like a plastic coating. Hot pan, thin film of oil, then the food.
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Heat it first, medium Two minutes. Flick in a drop of water: it should skitter and roll, not sit and hiss. -
Then the oil A thin film, into a hot pan, never a cold one. It should shimmer within a few seconds. -
Then the food It grips for a moment, then releases on its own. If it resists the spatula, give it twenty more seconds.
We could leave this out and sell a few more pans this week, then see them come back next month. If you want food to release from a cold dry pan with no technique, buy a coated one and replace it in two years. That is a real trade and some people should take it.
90Days
Ninety days to prove us wrong
Cook on it properly for three months. If it has not become the pan you reach for first, send it back and we refund you, including what it costs to return it. Used pans are fine. A pan you kept in the box is not a test.
- 90 day money back
- Lifetime warranty
- Used pans accepted
- Return postage covered
- No restocking fee
One pan, or the next four
A coated pan is replaced every two to three years. Price this against the four you would otherwise buy, not against the one on the supermarket shelf.
What arrives
The pan28cm, solid titanium- Free
The lidTempered glass, 28cm - The warrantyLimited lifetime cover
- The Titanium Pan, solid titanium, 28cm $149.99
- Matching tempered glass lid Free
- Free US shipping Free
- Lifetime warranty Included
- 90 day money back guarantee Included
- Care and technique guide Included
Four coated pans over eight years
€240,00
One Titanium Pan
€149,99
€149,99€459,99
Get The Titanium PanFree shipping in the United States. Ninety day guarantee, used pans accepted, return postage covered.
Questions
The questions that actually matter
Is it actually solid titanium?
Yes. Body and cooking surface are the same solid titanium, with nothing applied over it. Ask any other brand selling a titanium pan whether the pan is titanium or the coating is. The answer is usually the coating.
Is it non-stick?
It releases food cleanly with a thin film of oil in a properly heated pan. It is not a plastic coating pretending to be metal, so it does ask for a hot pan and a little fat. Three steps are above.
Does it contain PTFE, PFOA or PFAS?
No. There is no coating on this pan, so there is nothing those chemicals could be in. That is a fact about how it is made rather than a promise about what was left out.
Will it work on induction?
Gas, electric, ceramic and induction. Check the specification above for the induction base detail before ordering.
Can I use metal utensils?
Yes. There is no coating to cut through, which is the whole point. Scratches are cosmetic and change nothing about how it cooks.
Dishwasher safe?
Yes. Titanium does not corrode, so detergent does nothing to it.
It has gone bronze in places. Is it ruined?
No. Titanium develops a bronze or blue tint where it has been heated. It is an oxide layer, it is inert, and most owners come to like it.
Why does it cost more than a non-stick pan?
Compare it to the right thing. One coated pan is cheaper. The four you would buy over the next eight years are not.
What if I do not get on with it?
Ninety days. Cook on it properly and send it back if it does not become the pan you reach for. We pay the return postage and we accept used pans. The lifetime warranty covers defects for as long as you own it.
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