These Egg Pans Deliver Perfect Eggs Every Time, Say Our Kitchen Pros
These Egg Pans Deliver Perfect Eggs Every Time, Say Our Kitchen Pros
We updated this article in January 2023 based on extensive testing done by the Good Housekeeping Institute. We narrowed down our original top-rated picks selected by the Kitchen Appliances Lab to reflect the top 10-inch egg pans you can buy and added a splurge-worthy pick.
Stainless steel cookware is our go-to for most cooking tasks. They're good quality pieces that are highly versatile and can reach high temps while still being relatively lightweight – especially compared to cast iron skillets. And they're easy enough to clean. The one thing stainless steel cookware is not good at, however, is making eggs.
Eggs are notoriously prone to sticking, and there's not much worse than the smell of burnt eggs or having to scrub them off a pan. They require a good amount of grease and the perfect temperature in a stainless steel skillet, which is why even the best chefs will recommend a nonstick skillet for almost any type of egg recipe.
At the Good Housekeeping Institute, we've been testing cookware for decades, including more than 120 nonstick sets and stainless steel sets. We also put an additional 15 new nonstick skillets to the test to determine the best egg pans you can buy in 2023. Our list of top picks is made up of the nonstick skillets we tested that excelled at making two types of eggs. We especially considered how easy they were to clean and how easily the eggs slid off the pan.
Our top picks:
Read on to learn more about each of our recommendations as well as how we tested and what to look for when buying an egg pan.
The best pans for frying eggs are made with quality, non-toxic ingredients, including ceramic and affordable nonstick sauté pans, according to our experts.
