Cookware oven-safe temperatures and lid limits

A pan can take far more heat than its glass lid. HexClad lists 900°F for its 3-quart saucepan and 400°F for the lid. All-Clad's NS Pro Ceramic fry pan is rated to 450°F and its glass lid to 350°F.

So neither can go in a 425°F oven with the lid on. Without the lid, only the pan's limit applies. The care check assumes you use a set's lid whenever you give it an oven temperature.

Some product pages give an oven limit for the pan and say nothing about the lid. If you ask the finder for covered oven cooking, it leaves those out. Choose a pan and lid that both have a stated limit at or above your oven setting.

A lid, knob or handle that looks like metal doesn't tell you its limit. Check the manual for your exact set. Replacement lids and swapped knobs can have different limits from the originals.

An oven temperature doesn't mean the pan can go under the broiler. A broiler heats hard from close above, and some makers rule it out even for oven-safe pans. Our comparison shows broiler permission separately.

Go by the maker's limits and your oven's instructions. The care check compares what makers state; it can't see damage, a replacement part or an oven that runs hot. Note anything you still need to ask in My kitchen before you buy.