Nonstick Ceramic Medium Baking Sheet vs Ware Stainless Steel Cooking Sheet: which is safer?
Caraway Nonstick Ceramic Medium Baking Sheet is our pick, better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.
Our pick
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
Revere
Ware Stainless Steel Cooking Sheet
PFAS grade
Excellent 75/100
Overall grade
Good 59/100
Verdict
Skip
Hazard flags
⚑ 1
Material
bare stainless steel, no coating
Confidence
85%
PossibleNickel leaching from stainless steel
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Ceramic coating degradation over time on the Caraway and not on the Revere.
- We flag Nickel leaching from stainless steel on the Revere and not on the Caraway.
- The Caraway is ceramic nonstick coating where the Revere is bare stainless steel, no coating, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
- The gap is 25 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the Caraway is the one to buy.
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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