Nonstick Ceramic Medium Baking Sheet vs 4-Piece Baking Dish Set: which is safer?
Caraway Nonstick Ceramic Medium Baking Sheet is the clear pick. Staub 4-Piece Baking Dish Set carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
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
Staub
4-Piece Baking Dish Set
PFAS grade
Good 65/100
Overall grade
Good 51/100
Verdict
Buy
Hazard flags
⚑ 2
Material
enameled cast iron
Confidence
82%
PossibleEnamel degradation and iron leaching
ReportedThermal stress fracture of enamel
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Ceramic coating degradation over time on the Caraway and not on the Staub.
- We flag Enamel degradation and iron leaching and Thermal stress fracture of enamel on the Staub and not on the Caraway.
- The Caraway is ceramic nonstick coating where the Staub is enameled cast iron, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
- The gap is 35 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: 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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