Contemporary Stainless Steel Round Grill Pan vs Grill Pan: which is safer?
Calphalon Contemporary Stainless Steel Round Grill Pan is the clear pick. Cuisinart 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
Grill Pan
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleAluminum leaching (substrate)
LikelyNonstick coating degradation
PossibleTeflon-type coating fume inhalation (if coating contains Teflon-type coating)
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 Aluminum leaching (substrate), Nonstick coating degradation, PTFE fume inhalation (if coating contains PTFE) and Coating leachables from nonstick layer on the Cuisinart and not on the Calphalon.
- The Calphalon is stainless steel, non-nonstick where the Cuisinart is Hard-anodized aluminum with unspecified nonstick coating, 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 45% 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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