Equipment Review: Best 13 x 9 Metal Baking Pans (Cakes, Brownies, Sticky Buns) & Our Testing Winner

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Could it possibly make much difference which metal 13 by 9-inch pan you use? Several dozen rounds of baking later, the answer was an unequivocal yes.

We tested 8 metal 13 x 9 baking pans to find the best one:
Chicago Metallic Commercial II Traditional Uncoated Bake & Roast Pan
Chicago Metallic Non-Stick Bake & Roast Pan
Fat Daddio’s 9- by 13- by 2-Inch Sheet Cake Pan
Fat Daddio’s Anodized Aluminum Sheet Cheesecake Pan with Removable Bottom
Focus Foodservice Aluminum Sheet Pan Extender, Quarter Size
Parrish Magic Line 9- by 13- by 2-Inch Oblong Cake Pan
USA Pan Rectangular Cake Pan
Williams-Sonoma Goldtouch Nonstick Rectangular Cake Pan, 9″ x 13″

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38 Comments

  1. Fun fact, William Sonoma pans are made by US Pan who also make their gray version, but the gold touch is exclusively made for WS only. Whether you buy WS or US pan, the quality is superior.

  11. I've been experimenting with the Williams Sonoma GoodTouch(r) bakeware line over the past year. I have used them in my oven, BBQ and toaster oven air fryer with very good results. I like it so well that when a friend's grandson and his fiance picked another bakeware set, I asked them if I could upgrade them to the set that included the 9×13 GoldTouch baking pan. I feel great that they agreed and I could give them something of quality that might well be the only set they will need for their lifetime. The weight and quality, seems to me to be professional grade.

  19. These pans RUST under the rolled edge, and Williams-Sonoma will not stand by the product for you to be able to return them. For how much all of these Gold Touch products cost, you can purchase an entire set of a different product, and one which the company will stand by.
    Do not waste your money on these.

  25. USA pan is my favorite. As far as the alleged squished look, seems a bit sensational for TV. Made plenty of types Buns in that pan and it doesn't looked squashed. But they are so so easy to clean! The Muffin pans are a the best if you've ever over filled them. You know how awful it is to clean, with USA muffin pan it slides off easily.

  30. Ok so as a pastrychef, I need to comment on this one. I do watch the show frequently. So the Fat Daddies with the removable bottom and the frames that sit inside sheet pans, are specifically for cakes and nothing else. So I really feel like some of these tests weren't fair because that isn't what they are meant for. They are professional pans. The frames cut down on kitchen cost, so any sheet pan can be turned into a cake pan. Fat Daddios is meant to help remove the cake, although I wouldn't choose that type personally. I also don't understand why you would use tin foil in the tests. Parchment paper is more practical and very commonplace for these uses. Kitchen professionals use hotel pans for sticky buns and cornbread. At home I personally would use either my Pyrex casserole dish or my le cruset small casserole for those tasks.

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