Brands & Head-to-Head
Demeyere vs Made In
Two five-ply pans with almost nothing else in common. Demeyere is a Belgian commercial-spec pan with a 500F ceiling and a surface treatment nobody else has. Made In is an Italian-made 2.7mm pan rated to 800F at direct-to-consumer prices.
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Quick picks
The short answer. Tap any row for the full write-up.
| # | Product | Best for | Score | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Made In Stainless Clad Frying Pan2.7mm of five-ply rated to 800F, 300F above the Demeyere, at a direct-to-consumer price that undercuts it heavily. Made in Italy, lifetime warranty, flared pouring rim. | A cook who wants five plies, a high oven ceiling and change left over | 8.8 | $129.99 · View on Amazon $149.00 · 13% off |
| 2 |  Demeyere Industry 5 Fry PanThe heaviest pan on this site, five-ply rim to rim, dishwasher safe, with the Silvinox treatment that keeps it looking new. The 500F ceiling is the catch and it is a significant one. | Hob-first cooking, heavy gauge, and a finish that survives decades | 8.6 | |
| 3 |  Misen 5-Ply Stainless Skillet3.0mm is thicker than the Made In, the rating is also 800F, and it is dishwasher safe - but it is manufactured in China and the brand is the youngest here. | Someone who wants heavy five-ply and is not buying American or European | 8.4 |
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The short answer
For most kitchens, Made In. It is five-ply like the Demeyere, it is rated 300F higher, it is made in Italy rather than Asia, and it costs substantially less. Buy the Demeyere instead if you cook almost entirely on the hob, want the heaviest gauge available, and care that the pan still looks composed in fifteen years — Silvinox is a real advantage that nothing else offers, and it only shows up over a long horizon.
Published specifications, side by side
| Spec | Demeyere Industry 5 | Made In Stainless Clad |
|---|---|---|
| Plies | 5, rim to rim | 5 |
| Published thickness | Not published | 2.7mm |
| Oven rating | 500F | 800F / 430C |
| Dishwasher | Yes | Handwash preferred |
| Surface treatment | Silvinox | None |
| Made in | Belgium | Italy (frying pans) |
| Warranty | Lifetime | Lifetime on stainless |
Five plies does not mean one thing
Both pans are five-ply, and that is where the similarity stops. Ply count tells you how many layers were bonded; it tells you nothing about how thick they are, what alloys they are, or how far up the wall the cladding runs. Demeyere runs five plies rim to rim and does not publish a thickness. Made In publishes 2.7mm. Misen publishes 3.0mm. All three are honestly described as five-ply and all three cook differently.
What ply count does predict is responsiveness. More layers means more mass, which means the pan takes longer to heat and longer to stop cooking when you pull it off the burner. That is good for a steak and bad for a pan sauce you are trying to catch at the right moment. We work through the trade-off properly in tri-ply vs 5-ply, and the gauge question specifically in stainless steel pan thickness and gauge.
The 300F gap
Demeyere publishes 500F. Made In publishes 800F. At a practical level that is the difference between a pan you keep on the hob and a pan you can treat as oven equipment. Roasting at 450F is fine for both. Finishing a steak under a broiler element, blasting a frittata, or running a hard 500F oven roast is in spec for one and outside it for the other.
It is worth being clear about what "outside spec" means: not that the pan disintegrates, but that the manufacturer will not stand behind what happens, and the usual thing that happens is handle damage or a warped base. Since both of these pans carry lifetime warranties you might one day want to use, the published ceiling is the number to respect.
Where the money goes
Made In sells direct, which removes a retail margin layer, and its pricing reflects that. Demeyere sells through Zwilling and specialist retail at a premium that buys you Belgian manufacture, the heaviest gauge in the category, Silvinox, and a company that has been making cookware since long before direct-to-consumer existed.
Neither is the value answer. If price is the main constraint, a Tramontina tri-ply cooks close enough to either of these that most people could not pick them apart blind — the argument is laid out in best budget stainless steel cookware, and we also compare value against premium directly in is expensive stainless steel cookware worth it.
The buy-it-for-life reading
This site is written for people who hate rebuying, so it is worth scoring these two on that basis specifically rather than on cooking performance.
Demeyere wins on cosmetic longevity and gauge. A Silvinox-treated pan at fifteen years looks better than any polished pan at five, and heavy gauge resists the warping that actually kills clad cookware. It loses on parts availability — a pan you cannot buy a replacement lid for is a pan with a hidden expiry date.
Made In wins on oven ceiling, which is a durability argument as much as a cooking one: a pan rated 300F above the way you use it is a pan you are not stressing. It loses on service history, because a lifetime warranty from a company younger than the warranty period is a promise rather than a record. Our broader take on that is in what cookware lasts the longest.
The bottom line
Made In for most people: same ply count, far higher oven ceiling, Italian manufacture, meaningfully less money. Demeyere if you are buying a pan for the next thirty years, cook on the hob rather than in the oven, and want the one surface treatment in clad cookware that actually slows aging. Do not buy either because it is five-ply — buy it for the specific number on its spec sheet that matches how you cook.
The picks in full
1. Better for most kitchens
Made In Stainless Clad Frying Pan
Made In
2.7mm of five-ply rated to 800F, 300F above the Demeyere, at a direct-to-consumer price that undercuts it heavily. Made in Italy, lifetime warranty, flared pouring rim.
- Build
- 8.8
- Oven ceiling
- 9.6
- Finish
- 7.4
- Value
- 8.8
- Five-ply construction, 2.7mm thick (Made In published spec)
- Heat safe to 800F / 430C, 200F above All-Clad's rating
- Gas, electric and induction; handwash preferred
- Lifetime warranty on stainless; the frying pans are made in Italy
- Flared rim pours cleanly, which sounds trivial until you deglaze
What it gets right
- The 800F rating puts broiler work and hard oven finishes in spec rather than in hope
- Longer, flatter handle is more comfortable than All-Clad's stick handle
- Direct-to-consumer pricing undercuts All-Clad at an equivalent ply count
Who should skip it
- No decades-long warranty service record yet; the company is young
- Five plies make it slower to respond than a tri-ply of the same size
- Warranty excludes warping from thermal shock, same as everyone else's
Made In publishes the two numbers that matter and they are both good: five plies at 2.7mm, and heat safe to 800F. That 800F figure is 300F above Demeyere's Industry 5 and 200F above All-Clad, and it turns broiler finishing and hard oven work from a calculated risk into something inside the published spec.
The handle is better than All-Clad's and the flared rim pours without dribbling down the outside of the pan, which sounds trivial until you deglaze and tip the result into a jug. Direct-to-consumer pricing is what makes the pan interesting: you are paying for five plies and an Italian factory without the margin a department-store brand adds.
Against it: the company is young, so the lifetime warranty has no long service record behind it, where Demeyere and All-Clad have decades. Five plies are slower to respond than tri-ply when you pull heat. And the warranty excludes warping from thermal shock, which is the failure mode that actually retires clad pans — the same exclusion everyone else writes.
2. Better if you are buying once, for life
Demeyere Industry 5 Fry Pan
Demeyere
The heaviest pan on this site, five-ply rim to rim, dishwasher safe, with the Silvinox treatment that keeps it looking new. The 500F ceiling is the catch and it is a significant one.
- Build
- 9.6
- Oven ceiling
- 5.0
- Finish
- 9.6
- Value
- 6.0
- Five-ply construction from rim to rim
- Oven safe to 500F (Zwilling published spec)
- Dishwasher safe; induction compatible
- Patented Silvinox surface treatment resists fingerprints and acidic foods
- Lifetime warranty; made in Belgium
What it gets right
- Silvinox is the only surface treatment here that measurably slows cosmetic aging
- Built to a commercial-kitchen spec, and the gauge shows it
- Dishwasher safe despite the price bracket
Who should skip it
- A 500F ceiling is low for the money
- Heaviest pan on this site; genuinely tiring in the larger sizes
- Rare enough in US retail that replacing one piece takes effort
Industry 5 is built to a restaurant specification and the gauge is where the money went. Heavier walls hold heat, which means the pan temperature does not collapse when cold food goes in — the single most useful property a searing pan can have. Zwilling publishes it dishwasher safe, which at this price is not a given.
Silvinox is the feature that justifies the price over a fifteen-year horizon rather than a five-year one. It changes the surface composition so the steel resists the dull cast and fingerprint shadowing that polished pans develop. If you care that the pan looks right in a decade — and on a buy-it-for-life purchase, you probably do — nothing else on this site offers it.
Against it: 500F. That is 300F below the Made In and it rules out broiler finishing entirely. It is also heavy enough to be genuinely tiring in the larger sizes, and thin enough on the ground in US retail that replacing a lid takes real effort.
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3. The cheaper five-ply, if price is the question
Misen 5-Ply Stainless Skillet
Misen
3.0mm is thicker than the Made In, the rating is also 800F, and it is dishwasher safe - but it is manufactured in China and the brand is the youngest here.
- Build
- 8.6
- Oven ceiling
- 9.6
- Finish
- 7.0
- Value
- 9.0
- Five-ply, 3.0mm construction (Misen published spec)
- Oven safe to 800F / 426C
- Dishwasher safe and induction compatible
- Lifetime warranty against defects
- Manufactured in China
What it gets right
- Thickest pan in its price band; 3.0mm is genuinely heavy gauge
- Dishwasher safe, which almost nothing else in this class claims
- Sloped sides make it more useful for tossing than a straight-walled skillet
Who should skip it
- Overseas manufacturing is a deal-breaker if made-in-USA is the point
- The warranty is defect-only, and the company is younger than the pans it warranties
- 3.0mm is heavy enough to be tiring in a 12-inch
Worth putting on this page because it exposes what you are actually paying for. Misen publishes 3.0mm — thicker than Made In's 2.7mm — the same 800F oven rating, dishwasher safe, and a lifetime warranty against defects, at a price below both pans above it. On paper it is the best value five-ply sold.
What the price reflects is manufacturing location and company age. Misen's pans are made in China; Made In's frying pans are made in Italy and Demeyere's in Belgium. If country of manufacture is part of why you are buying clad in the first place, that settles it. If it is not, the Misen is hard to argue with.
Two real caveats. The warranty is defect-only rather than the broader language Demeyere uses, and the company has not existed long enough to have a service record. And 3.0mm is heavy — in a 12-inch it is tiring in a way the spec sheet does not convey.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Demeyere better than Made In?
Demeyere Industry 5 is heavier gauge, five-ply rim to rim, dishwasher safe and carries the Silvinox surface treatment that keeps it looking new for decades. Made In's Stainless Clad is also five-ply, publishes 2.7mm thickness, is rated to 800F against Demeyere's 500F, is made in Italy and costs considerably less. For most kitchens Made In is the better buy; Demeyere wins if you cook on the hob and want the finish to survive decades.
Which has the higher oven rating, Demeyere or Made In?
Made In, by 300F. Made In publishes 800F / 430C for its Stainless Clad line. Zwilling publishes 500F for Demeyere Industry 5. That gap decides whether broiler finishing is inside the published specification.
Is Made In cookware actually made in Italy?
Made In's stainless clad frying pans are made in Italy, per the company's own published specification. The brand sources different pieces from different factories, so check the specific item you are buying rather than assuming it applies across the whole catalog.
Is five-ply better than tri-ply?
Not automatically. More plies means more thermal mass, so the pan heats more slowly, holds temperature better under cold food, and takes longer to stop cooking when you pull it off the heat. That suits searing and braising and works against a delicate pan sauce. Ply count also says nothing about thickness or alloy, so a 2.7mm five-ply and an unspecified five-ply are not comparable products.