Contemporary Stainless Steel Round Grill Pan vs Valencia Pro Ceramic Nonstick 11" Round Grill Pan: which is safer?
GreenPan Valencia Pro Ceramic Nonstick 11" Round Grill Pan is the clear pick. Calphalon Contemporary Stainless Steel Round Grill Pan carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
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
Our pick
GreenPan
Valencia Pro Ceramic Nonstick 11" Round Grill Pan
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleAluminum leaching from base material
LikelyCeramic coating degradation and mechanical wear
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Stainless steel nickel or chromium leaching under acidic conditions on the Calphalon and not on the GreenPan.
- We flag Aluminum leaching from base material and Ceramic coating degradation and mechanical wear on the GreenPan and not on the Calphalon.
- The Calphalon is stainless steel, non-nonstick where the GreenPan is Ceramic nonstick coating (PTFE-free proprietary formulation), which is most of the difference in these two grades.
- The gap is 65 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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