Our Place Always Pan Pro Titanium Review: Non-Stick, No Chemicals, But Does it Live Up to the Hype?

I couldn’t spend five minutes on the internet before being pushed an advertisement for these aesthetic non-stick pans from Our Place. Originally, I assumed they were another flash in the pan (mind the pun) brand that was attempting to reinvent the wheel with a clever design and marketing team. However, through the years, these pans became more and more popular. I noticed them in my friend’s kitchens, and when I finally heard they were coming to Australia, I thought it was about time I put them to the test.

Now, I’m an absolute sucker for a cast iron pan. I’ve exclusively bought and used LODE-branded pans since I started cooking more than 10 years ago. Like a watch, they’ve become a part of my existence, a trusty companion that ages with me over time, and something that’s become part of my weekly routine next to my Gozney Dome. It felt quite awkward then, to unbox these fancy new Titanium Always Pan Pro from Our Place in front of my cast iron mates.

Hesitant and apprehensive that these pans would even work, I started testing the Titanium Always Pan Pro three weeks ago. During my testing period, I’ve used the pan to cook everything from Cheese toasties to 30-day Dry-aged rib-eye steaks worth nearly as much as the pan. While still early, it’s proven itself as a perfect choice for after work pasta and seafood dinners, and I’ll continue to update this review as I use it, adding in any failures or facts that need to be addressed. Now, let’s take a closer look at the pan and my experience using it.

Price

The Our Place Titanium Always Pan Pro is priced from AUD$250 for the Mini 21.6 cm version. Like us, you’ll want to step-up to the Large 31.8 cm version for AUD$375 if you’re planning on cooking steaks, pieces of fish, and pasta.

Here’s a list of pricing for the pan in Australia:

• Our Place Titanium Always Pan Pro Mini (21.6 cm) – AUD$250
• Our Place Titanium Always Pan Pro Standard (26.9 cm) – AUD$295
• Our Place Titanium Always Pan Pro Large (31.8 cm) – AUD$375

It’s available in two colours, Chrome and Chrome/Gold, and you can package your pot with the Titanium Pro Cookware Duo (6 Piece) for AUD$520 or the Titanium Pro Cookware Set (10 Piece) for AUD$725. Today, we’re going to focus solely on the pan as it’s the most popular item, and you will have the same success using any of the brands other pieces.

There’s a pan, steam-release lid, and spatula included in the box.

If you were considering other high-end pans, we’d recommend the following options:

• HexClad Hybrid Pan 30cm – AUD$249
• Le Creuset 3-Ply Non Stick Frypan 28cm – AUD$320
• Scanpan HaptIQ Stainless Steel Frypan 32cm – AUD$629

Importantly, while the entry price to the Our Place pan isn’t cheap, they come with a lifetime durability guarantee and remain the first-ever nocoating, toxin-free nonstick pans. You’ll also get peace of mind with a 100 day trial period, free shipping, and free returns if it doesn’t work for you.

Materials and Durability

The original Our Place Always Pan is made from a ceramic nonstick coated cast aluminum. However, this new Our Place Titanium Always Pan Pro is made from a 3mm fully-clad tri-ply construction consisting of a stainless steel exterior for a high-shine, an aluminum core for conduction, and a titanium interior that’s significantly more durable than ceramic.

With the titanium interior claimed to be 300% harder than stainless steel, you’re never worried about scratches or scrapes, and it’s the closest we’ve found to working with a cast iron pan in the kitchen. While we wouldn’t recommend using this pan if you’re working with open flames (use a cast iron pan) it’s suitable for the oven with a high heat safe rating of 535°C.

Most importantly, the pan brings all of this hardness and heat resistance without chemicals (PFAS), and that’s the main reason we wanted to get some of these into our kitchen.

Traditional non-stick pans are coated in polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) otherwise known as “Teflon,” and this can sometimes contain PFAS (forever chemicals) which have the potential to leak into food if the pans aren’t treated correctly. While we’re pretty careful with the our pans, others aren’t, and if you’re ever used a metal spatula, cut anything in your pan, or overheated it by accident, we recommend replacing it.

There’s also some other factors to consider with the Titanium Always Pan Pro compared to the ceramic Our Place Always Pan. The ceramic pan is only suitable for use with wood and silicone utensils (which can be tough to lift steaks) and it must be handwashed. Meanwhile, the Titanium Always Pan Pro can be used with metal spatulas, and is also dishwasher-safe, which makes it easy to clean.

It feels solid in the hand, weighing in at 2kg combined with the pan and lid on top, and the build quality is top-notch. I’ve always had issues with handles and lids detaching themselves from pots, but these have either been welded or screwed-down so tightly that I never get that feeling they’ll fall apart.

Cooking

I’ve used the Our Place Titanium Always Pan Pro to cook everything from cheese toasties to rib-eye steaks, but the biggest test is not searing a steak (any pan can do that). No, it’s making a caramel.

Cooking caramel requires skill from you as a baker, but also a top-notch pan that can distribute heat throughout the cooking surface perfectly. You don’t want one side of the cooking surface to be too hot, otherwise the sugar will crystalise and you’ll have to start again.

You can see from the picture above that I had no issues with the heat distribution in the pan. While the burner that I chose certainly focused the heat into the middle of the pan, it was distributed evenly in an outward direction. Once I’d tested how well the pan could distribute heat, I intentionally crystalised the sugar to see how easily the pan could be cleaned. Well, it blew me away because absolutely nothing stuck to the surface. It all fell off in one large mass! No scraping, no soaking.

I’ve also been testing the Titanium Perfect Pot Pro, which uses the same technology found in the Our Place Titanium Always Pan Pro, and have observed much of the same results.

The non-stick surface travels all the way up the size of the pot, which prevents things like onion from sticking to the top.

It also highlights another one of my favourite features from the pot, and that’s the spatula. It features ribs on the back to stop it from falling into the pan (or the pot) and I never realised how badly I needed this until now. Sadly, my spoon tray is now lost to history as I can simply let the spatula sit in the pot while I cook. Overall, very impressed by the Our Place Titanium Always Pan Pro!

Verdict

It’s been three weeks since the Our Place Always Pan Pro Titanium turned up at my door, and I haven’t been able to put it down.

While I’m a lover of cast iron, there’s a time and place for it, and sometimes it’s simply easier to pick a non-stick, no chemical pan out of the draw and cook with it. The time it takes to clean, season, and look after cast iron makes it painful to use, and while more rewarding (and better) for steaks, the Always Pan Pro has become my go-to for everything else.

It excels at cooking egg and bacon rolls in the morning, pancakes, etc. and toasties at lunch, and then pasta or seafood for dinner. If you’re after a one size fits all pan, then I highly recommend the Our Place Always Pan Pro Titanium. If my opinion changes, I will update this article to let you know, but in the meantime, you can shop the full collection at the brands website, linked below.