Contemporary Stainless Steel Round Grill Pan vs Ceramica XT Nonstick 11-Inch Grill Pan: which is safer?
Calphalon Contemporary Stainless Steel Round Grill Pan is the clear pick. Cuisinart Ceramica XT Nonstick 11-Inch Grill Pan carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
Our pick
Calphalon
Contemporary Stainless Steel Round Grill Pan
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleStainless steel nickel or chromium leaching under acidic conditions
Cuisinart
Ceramica XT Nonstick 11-Inch Grill Pan
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleTeflon-type coating or fluorinated nonstick compounds (proprietary coating)
PossibleAluminum leaching from substrate
LikelyCeramic coating degradation and flaking
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Stainless steel nickel or chromium leaching under acidic conditions on the Calphalon and not on the Cuisinart.
- We flag PTFE or fluorinated nonstick compounds (proprietary coating), Aluminum leaching from substrate, Ceramic coating degradation and flaking and Thermal fume inhalation from nonstick coating breakdown on the Cuisinart and not on the Calphalon.
- The Calphalon is stainless steel, non-nonstick where the Cuisinart is Ceramic XT nonstick coating (proprietary, unspecified), which is most of the difference in these two grades.
- The gap is 60 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the Calphalon is the one to buy.
- We are less certain about the Cuisinart grade, at 35% confidence against 82%, because it discloses less.
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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