Nonstick Ceramic Medium Baking Sheet vs Vintage EKCO Bakers Secret Non-Stick Cookie Sheet: which is safer?
Caraway Nonstick Ceramic Medium Baking Sheet is the clear pick. Vintage EKCO Bakers Secret Non-Stick Cookie Sheet carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
Our pick
Caraway
Nonstick Ceramic Medium Baking Sheet
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleCeramic coating degradation over time
Ekco
Vintage EKCO Bakers Secret Non-Stick Cookie Sheet
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleTeflon-type coating fume risk (coating degradation)
LikelyCoating degradation and microparticle release
ReportedUnknown coating chemistry (PFAS or alternatives)
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Ceramic coating degradation over time on the Caraway and not on the Ekco.
- We flag PTFE fume risk (coating degradation), Coating degradation and microparticle release and Unknown coating chemistry (PFAS or alternatives) on the Ekco and not on the Caraway.
- The Caraway is ceramic nonstick coating where the Ekco is Steel with non-stick coating (type unspecified), 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 42% 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 →
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