If you’ve got a social media account, the chances are that you’ve heard of Our Place. Co-founded by Shiza Shahid, the company is putting sustainability and the joy of bringing people together through cooking at the heart of what they do. The product you’ve likely seen is the Always Pan, a 10-in-1 toxin free ceramic non-stick pan that replaces a number of other kitchen items. The Always Pan has been heavily advertised across social media and Selena Gomez is a celebrity partner for the company with her own range of products.
For its latest release Our Place has levelled-up the Always Pan for the Titanium Always Pan Pro. Modelled on the original Always Pan, the Titanium Always Pan Pro features ground-breaking NoCo technology. What is that I hear you ask? It’s the first-ever nonstick technology that’s coating free and made without PFAS (aka forever chemicals). The nonstick is created by a lotus pan that covers the inside of the pan and it’s activated by using a teaspoon of oil, warmed up in the pan for 90 seconds.
Like the Always Pan, the Titanium Always Pan Pro comes with a Nesting Beechwood Spatula, which sits on the pan handle, avoiding any mess while cooking. The product is able to be used in the oven up to 300 degrees centigrade and you can clean it in your dishwasher. Perhaps most impressively is that the pan is incredibly lightweight at only 1.5kg. The Titanium Always Pro Pan features a tri-ply construction with a stainless-steel exterior, an aluminium core and titanium interior.
But what is it like to cook with? I tested the Titanium Always Pan Pro over the course of a week to see how it coped with a variety of different foods. Following the instructions, I added oil and heated the pan for 90 seconds, before lowering the temperature before adding any food. For my first test I made scrambled eggs, keen to see if the pan is as easy to clean as it claims. I have to say I was very impressed. Unlike other pans I’ve used, there were no spots that heated hotter than others, which meant that I got a very even cook across the eggs. Once I removed them from the pan, I noticed that remnants had stuck inside the lotus pattern and I thought it was going to be hard work to scrub clean. It wasn’t at all. Using the spatula much of the remnants lifted out with ease and adding warm water cleared out the rest.
For my second test, I decided to fry hamburgers. Surely this would make the pan impossible (or at least harder) to clean? My hamburgers, like the scrambled eggs, cooked very evenly with a nice crisp on the outside. The insides were cooked perfectly and the pan didn’t dry them out. I didn’t clean the pan right away, instead leaving it for an hour while I ate. As before though, it proved very easy to clean with the grease and remnants lifting out easily with a bit of soapy warm water.
My final test was with tofu. I’ve cooked tofu many times in the Always Pan but it’s never crisped up as well as it did in my previous frying pan (in part due to the advice not to use high heat). The Titanium Always Pro Pan is a totally different beast, and it crisped up the tofu quickly on a medium heat. It also nicely simmered the sauce once added and cooked the vegetables through without burning them. I was really impressed.
Having put the Titanium Always Pan Pro through its paces, I have to say that I’m impressed. While the design is the same, pretty much, as the Always Pan, I would say that the cooking experience is superior. The pan is able to withstand much hotter temperatures than the original Always Pan and I found it particularly good for frying foods whether that be meat, tofu or vegetables. Perhaps what the Always Pan has over it, is the basket that comes inside allowing you to cook noodles, but honestly you don’t really need that. The Titanium Always Pan Pro comes with a lifetime guarantee and honestly, it’s the best pan I’ve used in the kitchen.
Manufacturer: Our Place R.R.P: £175 (Chrome) Find out more
