The Best Pie Pans, According to Our Tests

Best Overall

Emile Henry French Ceramic Ruffled Pie Dish

4.8

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Our Ratings

• Design
  5/5
• Quality
  5/5
• Performance
  5/5
• Ease of Cleaning
  4/5
• Overall Value
  5/5

There’s no doubt about it: the ruffle makes a statement. It also makes decoration a little easier for you since your pie crust can be formed right on the ruffles. That's not what makes this pick the best pie pan, though. It’s also designed to do hard work. The ceramic provides great heat retention for a perfectly browned pie crust that’s evenly baked from center to edge. It’s also resistant to temperature changes and can be used in the oven up to 520 degrees and under the broiler if your crumb topping didn’t brown as much as you like. It can even go directly from your refrigerator to the oven and is dishwasher and microwave safe. And, of course, it’s just downright pretty and looks great on the buffet table.

While using the Emile Henry ruffled pie dish at home, our tester found that it was a perfect fit for almost any style of pie. Shallower custard pies can be made with a smaller pie shell without looking like they're being swallowed by the pan since there isn't a formal rim, and larger pies have plenty of room to grow. Our tester noted that the dish has a whopping 6-cup capacity, meaning you can comfortably load your next apple pie up with well over 4 pounds of sliced apples. The tall sides were also a huge benefit when baking an especially juicy blueberry pie during testing, keeping the syrup from boiling up and over the sides of the pan and making a sticky burnt mess on the sheet tray.

You can feel comfortable serving pie straight out of this dish because we found that the glaze didn't show any marks from cutting, nor did the inky blueberries stain the glaze. The dish was easy to wash by hand with just a few minutes of soaking to loosen any sticky bits. Our tester loved this dish so much that she says she'll break it out for casseroles, quiches, and anything else that could benefit from a little bit of flair.

Price at time of publish: $49

Dimensions: 10 x 10 x 2 inches | Weight: 2.4 pounds | Dishwasher Safe: Yes

Best Budget

Lindy's Stainless Steel 9-Inch Pie Pan

4.2

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Our Ratings

• Design
  3.5/5
• Quality
  3.5/5
• Performance
  4/5
• Ease of Cleaning
  4.5/5
• Overall Value
  4.5/5

The price is right, and the pan is practically indestructible. Made from stainless steel with a mirror finish, this won’t rust, crack, bend, shatter, or wear out. It can handle the heat of the oven and the chill of the freezer—and it can go directly from the freezer to the oven with no fear of thermal breakage. The mirror finish looks attractive for serving, and it helps the crust release easily from the pan for perfect slices every time. Not just for pie, this can also be used to roast a few vegetables or a small roast, and since it’s unbreakable, it’s great for transporting goodies to potlucks and parties. When the food is gone, this can go into the dishwasher for easy cleaning.

As part of our tests, our reviewer measured the diameter of the pans from the inner edge of the rim and found that the Lindy's pan isn't a true 9-inch pan, but comes close at 8 ½ inches. You'll want to keep that in mind when making pies, as you'll probably use slightly less filling than a recipe calls for. During the blind-baking portion of the test, the Lindy's pan performed fine, producing a perfectly par-baked shell in less than 25 minutes at 350 degrees Fahrenheit. The custard pie that our tester baked in this pan came out smooth and creamy without overcooking, scrambling, or uneven browning. Unfortunately, cutting slices of pie directly in the pan with a sharp knife leaves marks on the bottom of the pan, but it doesn't detract from the overall functionality of the pan.

Price at time of publish: $6

Dimensions: 9.75 x 9.75 x 1.5 inches | Weight: Unspecified | Dishwasher Safe: Yes

Best Ceramic

Great Jones Sweetie Pie Ceramic Pie Pan

4.8

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Our Ratings

• Design
  5/5
• Quality
  5/5
• Performance
  5/5
• Ease of Cleaning
  4/5
• Overall Value
  5/5

Who knew that a pie plate could be a super-effective baking tool and ultra-trendy at the same time? Designer kitchen tools are no longer relegated to popular chef series pieces or classic French collections. They now include up-and-comers, like Great Jones, that strive to design kitchen and bakeware for serious home cooks with equally serious style.

The Great Jones “Sweetie Pie” pie plate is a 10-inch round and 2-inch deep ceramic pie plate that can be used in the oven or broiler. It is also safe to refrigerate, freeze, microwave, and even run through the dishwasher. The heavy-duty ceramic pan evenly distributes heat across the base of your pie to avoid soggy bottoms. At the same time, the smooth and glossy finish on the inside of the pan will keep your crust from sticking. 

During testing, our reviewer baked both a delicate coconut cream pie and a hearty apple pie in this plate and was impressed with the results of both pies. The coconut cream pie released cleanly and evenly from the plate in perfect slices, while both the top and bottom crusts of the apple pie cooked all the way through. The only flaw she noticed was that the unglazed bottom of the plate made it tougher to slide across her oven rack or turn it while baking. But the fluted rim and tall sides made it easy enough to handle with side towels.

This is available in four colors with coordinating food-themed names. These pie plates are decorated with a retro design that plays up the nostalgic feeling of a fresh-baked pie straight out of your grandma’s oven—which is really half the point of a comforting homemade pie in the first place.

Price at time of publish: $50

Dimensions: 10 x 10 x 2 inches | Weight: 2 pounds | Dishwasher Safe: Yes

Best with Lid

Oxo Good Grips Glass Pie Plate with Lid

4.8

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Our Ratings

• Design
  4/5
• Quality
  5/5
• Performance
  5/5
• Ease of Cleaning
  5/5
• Overall Value
  5/5

Pie is a wonderful thing, but storing the leftovers can be a bit of a challenge, particularly if you’ve made a pie with a tall and fluffy meringue top. This pie plate solves the storage problem neatly with a plastic snap-on lid that will keep the pie safe until the last crumb is gone. The lid has vent holes to release heat in case you have to cover your pie while it's still warm—they'll reduce moisture that could make the crust soggy.

The pie plate itself is made from borosilicate glass that’s resistant to thermal shock and lets you monitor the crust’s browning as it bakes. It’s microwave safe if you want to reheat leftovers, and it’s dishwasher safe when the last bite of pie has been eaten (although it's also extremely easy to clean by hand).

As far as size goes, our tester noted that this particular pie dish is one of the largest in our lineup. The inside diameter of the pan is closer to 9.5 inches, and at 2 inches deep, it can hold a substantial amount of pie. When blind-baking a pie shell, she was thrilled to see that the pie shell didn't stick to the plate, making it a breeze to cut and serve perfect slices of pecan pie directly out of the pan. The whole setup is a little large, but if storage space is an issue she found that the lid also snaps onto the bottom of the pie dish cutting the storage space needed in half. Although, we also think it's a great place to store your pie weights between bakes to keep your essential pie tools all in one place.

Price at time of publish: $15

Dimensions: 9 x 9 x 2 inches | Weight: 2.5 pounds | Dishwasher Safe: Yes

Best Deep Dish

Farberware Baker's Advantage Ceramic Pie Dish

4.7

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Our Ratings

• Design
  4.5/5
• Quality
  5/5
• Performance
  5/5
• Ease of Cleaning
  4.5/5
• Overall Value
  4.5/5

Deep-dish pie means you can have more filling in your fruit pie and more meat in your shepherd’s pie with enough room left for a generous topping of mashed potatoes. This pretty deep-dish pie plate has a cheery blue exterior with creamy white on the inside of the pan and on top of the rim.

To test out just how much filling could fit in this pie plate, our tester loaded it up with 4.5 pounds of apples, which is on the large side even for an apple pie. She was impressed to see that the apples baked perfectly and evenly all the way through the pie without turning into applesauce, and the crust cooked nicely on the bottom without being soggy. When comparing this plate side by side with the Great Jones pie plate, we thought the plates were nearly identical with only a few minor cosmetic differences. This one is slightly deeper, though.

Made from ceramic, this heats evenly so the crust browns all around. It’s oven-safe for baking pies as well as savory foods like meatloaf or scalloped potatoes. It’s freezer safe for prepping ahead, and it’s microwave safe for reheating leftovers. Hand washing is recommended, but the ceramic glaze releases food easily for simple cleanup. We noticed a few light marks on the surface of the ceramic from cutting pie slices (and eating a few forkfuls straight out of the pan), but all of the marks washed off with soap and water.

Price at time of publish: $16

Dimensions: 10.24 x 10.24 x 2.17 inches (9.5-inch pie diameter) | Weight: 2.94 pounds | Dishwasher Safe: No

Best Glass

Pyrex Easy Grab Pie Plate

4.8

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Our Ratings

• Design
  4/5
• Quality
  5/5
• Performance
  5/5
• Ease of Cleaning
  5/5
• Overall Value
  5/5

The biggest perk of a glass pie plate is being able to see what’s going on with your crust while it’s baking. Even when the top crust seems nicely golden brown, the bottom crust may need a few more minutes to fully cook, especially with liquidy fruit filling in an insulated dish. A glass plate like the Pyrex Easy Grab Pie Plate takes the guesswork out of knowing if your crust is fully cooked. 

Our tester found that the clear view of the crust while cooking was incredibly helpful and was also pleased when both pies baked in the Pyrex pie plate came out cleanly without any crust sticking to the plate. The first pumpkin pie was baked without cooking spray, only a light dusting of flour, and was able to be removed from the plate whole after it had been completely chilled. The second pie was an apple pie, and while some of the juices boiled up and over the crust while baking, the crust still released cleanly from the pan after cooling. The glass plate smoothly slid across the oven rack while going in and out of the oven, and was as easy to handle as advertised with both potholders and side towels.

Not only is this pie plate relatively easy to find, but it also comes at a price that won’t leave a hole in your wallet. It all comes with the reliability of Pyrex’s signature tempered glass, used in their entire line of kitchen and bakeware—from measuring cups and casserole dishes to storage containers and dinnerware.

Price at time of publish: $6

Dimensions: 9.75 x 9.75 x 1.5 inches (9.5-inch pie diameter) | Weight: 2.9 pounds | Dishwasher Safe: Yes

Best with Removable Bottom

HOMOW Nonstick Heavy-Duty Tart Pan With Removable Bottom

4.6

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Our Ratings

• Design
  5/5
• Quality
  5/5
• Performance
  5/5
• Ease of Cleaning
  3/5
• Overall Value
  5/5

While pies are normally served directly from the pan, tarts are often removed from their pans before they're plated. Flipping a pie or tart out of a traditional pie pan would be nearly impossible, but tart pans are made of two parts to make the process go more smoothly. Just a push up from the bottom pops the tart out of the pan's ring, so you can slide it onto a plate to be admired from all angles. This pick is made from steel with a nonstick coating so your pastries slide out easily, and it’s dishwasher safe so you don't have to think about cleanup when there's tart to be eaten.

Available in several different sizes, we tested the 11-inch tart pan to judge how it would bake a similar amount of filling as a typical 9-inch pie, which is pretty close as this pan holds about 6 cups of filling. Our tester also found that the nonstick coating on the pan lives up to its name, as both of the tarts that we baked in this pan released smoothly with a swipe of an offset spatula underneath the crust. Our tester also really liked the rolled edges on both the top and bottom of the tart pan ring, which protects hands from slices while fitting the dough into place and washing the ring after use.

It took a little bit of effort to clean the fluting of the tart ring by hand, but there were no large pieces of crust stuck to the pan. Our tester also noted while testing that if the tart is cut while still in the pan, the knife will slice into the nonstick coating, so we highly recommend completely removing the tart from the pan before cutting.

Price at time of publish: $11

Dimensions: 11 x 11 x 1 inches | Weight: 15.3 ounces | Dishwasher Safe: No

Best Mini

Sweese 521.003 Porcelain Mini Pie Pan Set of 6

4.8

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Our Ratings

• Design
  5/5
• Quality
  5/5
• Performance
  5/5
• Ease of Cleaning
  5/5
• Overall Value
  4/5

These mini pie plates are ideal for making various pies to suit everyone's tastes or baking smaller pies to hand out as individual treats. They're appropriate for classic sweet pies and fitting for savory pies like quiche and chicken pot pie. You can store these pie plates in both the refrigerator and the freezer to extend the life of your baked goods directly in the pie dish they're baked in. 

The dishes are made of pro-grade porcelain and are safe for use in the oven, as well as the microwave, dishwasher, and broiler. Glazed in six different cool tones and finished with attractive fluted edges, the pie plates retain heat for even baking.

When testing these miniature pie plates, we baked both pumpkin pie and apple pie in the plates. It took just as long to par-bake shells in these plates as it does in regular-sized pie plates, but it took slightly less time to bake the filled pies. The pumpkin pie filling took around 7 minutes less than the full-sized pumpkin pies, and about 10 minutes less than the full-sized apple pies, which typically bake for over an hour. Three pie plates use about the same amount of filling as one full-sized pie, so all six pie plates would equal about two full-sized pies. Each mini pie served two people who really like pie, but we imagine it could also serve three to four people who just want a bite of pie.

Price at time of publish: $32

Dimensions: 6.5 x 6.5 x 1.7 inches | Weight: 15 ounces each | Dishwasher Safe: Yes

Best Disposable

MontoPack Heavy-Duty Disposable Aluminum Foil Pie Plates

4.2

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Our Ratings

• Design
  2.5/5
• Quality
  3/5
• Performance
  4/5
• Ease of Cleaning
  5/5
• Overall Value
  5/5

When you’re baking for a bake sale or a potluck, you definitely don’t want to give away your favorite pie plate with your pie. Sure, a stack of 50 pie pans seems like a lot, but they'll never go bad, so you can keep them in your kitchen and skip the last-minute panic before Thanksgiving when you can't find disposable pie plates anywhere.

If you bake a lot, these pans can also be used for freezing stacks of unbaked pie crusts so you’ll have them on hand when you need them. They are made from aluminum in the standard 9-inch pie pan size, so they’re great for all your regular pie recipes. Re-use isn’t recommended, but they’re recyclable when you're finished with them.

During testing, the aluminum pie pans blind-baked just as evenly and quickly as the other metal pie pans we tested, but these particular pans need to be baked on a sheet tray. Unfortunately, they aren't as stable when filled with pie weights, and far too delicate to move in and out of the oven when filled with a liquid custard filling. Two aluminum pie pans will comfortably fit on a half sheet pan, so you can still bake several pies at once. Also, use care when cutting your pie, as a sharp knife will slice through both the pie and foil pan.

Price at time of publish: $20

Dimensions: 9 x 9 x 1.5 inches | Weight: 0.46 ounces each

Best Nonstick

Williams Sonoma Goldtouch Pro Nonstick Pie Dish

4.2

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Our Ratings

• Design
  4/5
• Quality
  3/5
• Performance
  4.5/5
• Ease of Cleaning
  4.5/5
• Overall Value
  4/5

One of the biggest struggles bakers have is baking a beautiful pie, only to have the slices stick to the bottom of the pan when it's time to serve them, destroying all of the delicate work that was done to make the pie. The nonstick coating of this pan helps put your mind at ease when you set out to bake. It's constructed with a strong, gold-colored aluminized steel that conducts heat to the crust while baking evenly and quickly. During tests, this pie pan par-baked pie crusts faster than the other metal pie pans we tested and kept them from sticking without using any additional cooking spray.

The custard pie that our tester baked in this pan was evenly cooked without scrambling or overbaking on any particular side. Unfortunately, the gold coating did show signs of wear when cutting slices with a sharp knife, so it's suggested that you use wood, silicone, or plastic pie cutters when serving your pie. While Williams-Sonoma says this pan is dishwasher safe, it's easy to wash by hand, which will also extend the life of the nonstick coating. This pan is oven safe up to 450 degrees Fahrenheit and can also be stored in the refrigerator and freezer if you don't manage to finish your whole pie in one sitting.

Price at time of publish: $23

Dimensions: 9 x 9 x 1.5 inches | Weight: 1 pound | Dishwasher Safe: Yes