Pro-Release Bakeware Rectangular Baking Pan vs Nonstick Ceramic Medium Baking Sheet: which is safer?
Caraway Nonstick Ceramic Medium Baking Sheet is the clear pick. All-Clad Pro-Release Bakeware Rectangular Baking Pan carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
All-Clad
Pro-Release Bakeware Rectangular Baking Pan
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleTeflon-type coating fume risk (decomposition products)
ReportedCoating degradation and substrate exposure
LikelyManufacturing-related PFAS in coating and environment
Our pick
Caraway
Nonstick Ceramic Medium Baking Sheet
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleCeramic coating degradation over time
Where these two actually differ
- We flag PTFE fume risk (decomposition products), Coating degradation and substrate exposure, Manufacturing-related PFAS in coating and environment and Improper temperature use and overcooking risk on the All-Clad and not on the Caraway.
- We flag Ceramic coating degradation over time on the Caraway and not on the All-Clad.
- The All-Clad is PTFE non-stick coating, as disclosed by All-Clad where the Caraway is ceramic nonstick coating, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
- The gap is 95 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the Caraway is the one to buy.
- We are less certain about the All-Clad grade, at 35% confidence against 92%, because it discloses less.
Both products run through the same public rubric: materials, coatings, brand disclosure, lab findings, and recalls, plus a beyond-PFAS hazard analysis. Grades are model-based estimates, not lab tests. How grades work →
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