NS Pro Nonstick Cookware Square Griddle vs Rio Advanced Ceramic Nonstick Griddle: which is safer?

GreenPan Rio Advanced Ceramic Nonstick Griddle is the clear pick. NS Pro Nonstick Cookware Square Griddle carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.

NS Pro Nonstick Cookware Square Griddle

All-Clad

NS Pro Nonstick Cookware Square Griddle

PFAS grade

Bad 5/100

Overall grade

Bad 0/100

Verdict

Skip

Hazard flags

⚑ 5

Material

Teflon-type coating-based nonstick coating (Teflon-family coating)

Confidence

75%

ReportedTeflon-type coating thermal decomposition and fume release

PossibleCoating degradation and flaking

PossibleAluminum leaching from substrate

Our pick

GreenPan Rio Advanced Ceramic Nonstick Griddle

GreenPan

Rio Advanced Ceramic Nonstick Griddle

PFAS grade

Excellent 90/100

Overall grade

Excellent 82/100

Verdict

Buy

Hazard flags

⚑ 2

Material

Ceramic-based nonstick coating

Confidence

72%

PossibleCeramic coating degradation and flaking

PossibleAluminum leaching

Where these two actually differ

  • We flag PTFE thermal decomposition and fume release, Coating degradation and flaking, Aluminum leaching from substrate and Off-gassing and odor during early use on the All-Clad and not on the GreenPan.
  • We flag Ceramic coating degradation and flaking and Aluminum leaching on the GreenPan and not on the All-Clad.
  • The All-Clad is PTFE-based nonstick coating (fluoropolymer) where the GreenPan is Ceramic-based nonstick coating, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
  • The gap is 85 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the GreenPan is the one to buy.

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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