Oil Less Fryer Air Fryer 16 Quart Replacement Clear Glass vs Easy Fry FW5018 Air Fryer: which is safer?
Big Boss Oil Less Fryer Air Fryer 16 Quart Replacement Clear Glass is the clear pick. Tefal Easy Fry FW5018 Air Fryer carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
Our pick
Big Boss
Oil Less Fryer Air Fryer 16 Quart Replacement Clear Glass
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleThermal shock and fracture
PossibleEdge chipping and glass fragments
Tefal
Easy Fry FW5018 Air Fryer
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleTeflon-type coating (Teflon) fume release
ReportedCoating degradation and migration
PossiblePFAS migration into food or cooking residues
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Thermal shock and fracture and Edge chipping and glass fragments on the Big Boss and not on the Tefal.
- We flag PTFE (Teflon) fume release, Coating degradation and migration, PFAS migration into food or cooking residues and Thermal decomposition products from high heat on the Tefal and not on the Big Boss.
- The Big Boss is borosilicate glass, bare uncoated where the Tefal is PTFE (Teflon) nonstick coating on aluminum basket/pan, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
- The gap is 70 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the Big Boss is the one to buy.
Both products run through the same public rubric, which covers 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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