non stick pan vs cast iron
PTFE / Teflon Coating reports food sticking at 2.0× the rate of Cast Iron (0.29% vs 0.14% of reviews, n=17,735 vs 6,212).
PTFE / Teflon Coating reports food sticking at 2.0× the rate of Cast Iron (0.29% vs 0.14% of reviews, n=17,735 vs 6,212).
Metric
| a | 0.0029 |
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| b | 0.0014 |
| higher | PTFE / Teflon Coating |
| name | food-sticking_mention_rate |
| ratio | 2.02 |
Sample
| min group n | 6212 |
|---|---|
| n a | 17735 |
| n b | 6212 |
Across 23,947 sampled reviews, the two materials fail differently. PTFE / Teflon Coating mentions of food sticking are 2.0× the rate of Cast Iron. That is a difference in what owners report — not a lab measurement — so use it to choose what you can live with, not as a guarantee.
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The chain from the question to the conclusion. Every number below is aggregated from the review corpus and product data (2023 vintage); no number is generated by AI.
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1 Origin — where the question comes from
non stick pan vs cast iron
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2 Signals — what we searched for
query:nonstick-pan-vs-cast-iron
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3 Evidence — what the data shows
Metric Value Sample Conf. Food Sticking share 0.3% n = 17735 0.8 Food Sticking share 0.1% n = 6212 0.8 -
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5 Claim — the conclusion, tied to the evidence
PTFE / Teflon Coating reports food sticking at 2.0× the rate of Cast Iron (0.29% vs 0.14% of reviews, n=17,735 vs 6,212).
PTFE-coated pans report food sticking in 0.29% of reviews vs 0.14% for cast iron — 2.0×, but only 0.15 percentage points in absolute terms (n=17,735 vs 6,212). They are different tools: nonstick for eggs, cast iron for heat. See Frying pans .
- Use the nonstick pan for delicate food; use cast iron for searing.
- Do not compare a coating's lifespan with a bare-metal pan's.
Answer derived from aggregated Amazon review data (2023 vintage): the metric and sample above are the evidence, and it is an association, not a lab measurement. See Data Sources & Limitations.