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Our Review Process

Our goal is to provide in-depth information about each product to help users make the best decision possible. Our team of professional writers takes an unbiased approach to rigorously researching and thoroughly evaluating all of the products and services included on the CookwareAuthority.org to develop our reviews, comparisons, guides, and articles. Our content is generated through rigorous research of each brand’s website, consumer resource sites, other reviews, research, data, and any relevant scientific studies. We often have our researchers personally test experience each item as well. Our experts determine product rankings by extensively comparing and analyzing each brand we review. We look at both the criteria consumers need to know, like pricing and product benefits, as well as criteria that are more subjective, like features and performance, to determine rankings. Subject matter experts often test the products and services included in our reviews and rankings, which helps them assess both the consumer experience as well as real-life performance. We use standard criteria for each category that help us evaluate each product or service, and we use these same criteria across all the brands we review. You’ll see several very similar tables, bulleted lists, and review sections across our content. We write our reviews based on the performance of each brand within the different criteria. Our writers are expert communicators and critical thinkers. They are completely independent, and while they are paid for their time, they do not receive any compensation from the companies they review. Ethics matter, and we want each of the reviews you read to be unbiased, fact-driven, and honest, so we keep our writing teams separate from all other parts of CookwareAuthority.org.

About Our Editorial Team

Our editoria team is comprised of professional writers and researchers who were selected for their roles based on their experience, skills and their dedication to transparency and ethics. The team is full of dog owners and animal lovers, which means they are all personally invested in this subject matter.

To ensure that every review is completely unbiased, we keep our editorial team isolated from every other aspect of the business. The staff is only compensated for the time they invest in the research and writing process—they are in no way incentivized, financially or otherwise, to write favorable reviews. The team serves only to provide you with the facts you need to make the smartest and most confident shopping decision.

BEHIND OUR RATINGS

The Cookware Authority Methodology

Here’s a look at how we approach every cookware review and ranking:

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It Begins with Research

It Begins with Research

Before we even look at specific cookware brands or products, we conduct extensive research to determine the criteria we should be using as we evaluate every pot and pan.

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Next, We Identify the Top Options

Next, We Identify the Top Options

Armed with our criteria, we compile a list of the products that most closely match up, and begin a review of each, noting details like materials, price, customer reviews and more.

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Then, We Get Cooking

Then, We Get Cooking

Our favorite part: The testing phase. We task our team of experts with trying out each product we review, assessing how it performs and how it compares to the others on our list.

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Finally, We Rank & Review

Finally, We Rank & Review

Then, we rank all our top picks and finalize our recommendations. We provide insight into the best overall products as well as the best non-stick and stainless steel options, and more.