Nonstick Ceramic Medium Baking Sheet vs Vintage Ekco Baker's Secret Non-stick Cookie Sheet 15¼ X 10¼ X ¾: which is safer?

Caraway Nonstick Ceramic Medium Baking Sheet is the clear pick. Vintage Ekco Baker's Secret Non-stick Cookie Sheet 15¼ X 10¼ X ¾ carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.

Our pick

Caraway Nonstick Ceramic Medium Baking Sheet

Caraway

Nonstick Ceramic Medium Baking Sheet

PFAS grade

Excellent 100/100

Overall grade

Excellent 96/100

Verdict

Buy

Hazard flags

⚑ 1

Material

ceramic nonstick coating

Confidence

92%

PossibleCeramic coating degradation over time

Vintage Ekco Baker's Secret Non-stick Cookie Sheet 15¼ X 10¼ X ¾

Ekco

Vintage Ekco Baker's Secret Non-stick Cookie Sheet 15¼ X 10¼ X ¾

PFAS grade

Bad 15/100

Overall grade

Bad 0/100

Verdict

Skip

Hazard flags

⚑ 4

Material

Non-stick coating, type unspecified; steel substrate

Confidence

35%

PossibleTeflon-type coating thermal decomposition and fume release

LikelyCoating degradation and microparticle shedding

PossibleMetal leaching from substrate or substrate exposure

Where these two actually differ

  • We flag Ceramic coating degradation over time on the Caraway and not on the Ekco.
  • We flag PTFE thermal decomposition and fume release, Coating degradation and microparticle shedding, Metal leaching from substrate or substrate exposure and Uncertainty in coating formulation and PFAS content on the Ekco and not on the Caraway.
  • The Caraway is ceramic nonstick coating where the Ekco is Non-stick coating, type unspecified; steel substrate, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
  • 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 Ekco grade, at 35% confidence against 92%, 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 →

More bakeware: see the full ranking