A1 Select Series 10-Piece Cookware Set vs Utensil Essentials 6-Piece Silicone Utensil Set: which is safer?
Our Place Utensil Essentials 6-Piece Silicone Utensil Set is the clear pick. Circulon A1 Select Series 10-Piece Cookware Set carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
Circulon
A1 Select Series 10-Piece Cookware Set
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleTeflon-type coating fume inhalation (thermal decomposition)
ReportedCoating degradation and microflaking
LikelyPFAS (PFOA and other perfluorinated compounds)
Our pick
Our Place
Utensil Essentials 6-Piece Silicone Utensil Set
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleMicroplastic generation
PossibleBacterial colonization
Where these two actually differ
- We flag PTFE fume inhalation (thermal decomposition), Coating degradation and microflaking and PFAS (PFOA and other perfluorinated compounds) on the Circulon and not on the Our Place.
- We flag Microplastic generation and Bacterial colonization on the Our Place and not on the Circulon.
- The Circulon is Hard-anodized aluminum with PTFE nonstick coating where the Our Place is Silicone utensils, no coating, 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 Our Place 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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