Ceramic Baking Sheet vs Vintage Mirro 13"x9"x2" Non-stick Bake Pan: which is safer?

Caraway Ceramic Baking Sheet is the clear pick. Vintage Mirro 13"x9"x2" Non-stick Bake Pan carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.

Our pick

Caraway Ceramic Baking Sheet

Caraway

Ceramic Baking Sheet

PFAS grade

Excellent 100/100

Overall grade

Excellent 88/100

Verdict

Buy

Hazard flags

⚑ 3

Material

not stated

Confidence

80%

PossibleCoating degradation and metal substrate exposure

PossibleAluminum substrate leaching (if aluminum core)

PossibleThermal shock and coating fracturing

Vintage Mirro 13"x9"x2" Non-stick Bake Pan

Mirro

Vintage Mirro 13"x9"x2" Non-stick Bake Pan

PFAS grade

Bad 15/100

Overall grade

Bad 0/100

Verdict

Skip

Hazard flags

⚑ 4

Material

Aluminum with non-stick coating (unspecified type)

Confidence

35%

PossibleTeflon-type coating fume risk (thermal degradation)

PossibleAluminum leaching

LikelyCoating degradation over time

Where these two actually differ

  • We flag Coating degradation and metal substrate exposure, Aluminum substrate leaching (if aluminum core) and Thermal shock and coating fracturing on the Caraway and not on the Mirro.
  • We flag PTFE fume risk (thermal degradation), Aluminum leaching, Coating degradation over time and Microplastics from coating breakdown on the Mirro and not on the Caraway.
  • The gap is 85 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the Caraway is the one to buy.
  • We are less certain about the Mirro grade, at 35% confidence against 80%, because it discloses less.

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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