Contemporary Stainless Steel Round Grill Pan vs Simply Cook Nonstick Square Grill Pan: which is safer?
Calphalon Contemporary Stainless Steel Round Grill Pan is the clear pick. T-Fal Simply Cook Nonstick Square 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
T-fal
Simply Cook Nonstick Square Grill Pan
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
LikelyTeflon-type coating thermal decomposition (fume inhalation risk)
ReportedCoating degradation and peeling over time
PossibleAluminum leaching (from base material)
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Stainless steel nickel or chromium leaching under acidic conditions on the Calphalon and not on the T-fal.
- We flag PTFE thermal decomposition (fume inhalation risk), Coating degradation and peeling over time and Aluminum leaching (from base material) on the T-fal and not on the Calphalon.
- The Calphalon is stainless steel, non-nonstick where the T-fal is PTFE non-stick coating, as disclosed by T-fal for this range, 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 Calphalon is the one to buy.
- We are less certain about the T-fal 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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