decg6601 grill for 220-240 volt 50/60 hz vs Retro Indoor Grill & Panini Press CGH800 De'Longhi: which is safer?

Delonghi decg6601 grill for 220-240 volt 50/60 hz is our pick: better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.

Our pick

Delonghi decg6601 grill for 220-240 volt 50/60 hz

Delonghi

decg6601 grill for 220-240 volt 50/60 hz

PFAS grade

Poor 35/100

Overall grade

analysis pending

Verdict

pending

Hazard flags

none flagged

Material

stainless steel cooking plates

Confidence

72%
Retro Indoor Grill & Panini Press CGH800 De'Longhi

Delonghi

Retro Indoor Grill & Panini Press CGH800 De'Longhi

PFAS grade

Bad 15/100

Overall grade

Bad 0/100

Verdict

Skip

Hazard flags

⚑ 4

Material

Non-stick coated cooking plates (composition unspecified)

Confidence

35%

PossibleTeflon-type coating fume release (conditional on coating type)

ReportedNon-stick coating degradation and peeling

PossibleAluminum leaching (if housing or plate substrate contains aluminum)

Where these two actually differ

  • We flag PTFE fume release (conditional on coating type), Non-stick coating degradation and peeling, Aluminum leaching (if housing or plate substrate contains aluminum) and Thermal injury risk from uninsulated housing on the Delonghi and not on the Delonghi.
  • The Delonghi is stainless steel cooking plates where the Delonghi is Non-stick coated cooking plates (composition unspecified), which is most of the difference in these two grades.
  • We are less certain about the Delonghi grade, at 35% confidence against 72%, 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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