decg6601 grill for 220-240 volt 50/60 hz vs Panini Press Electric Grill: which is safer?

Delonghi decg6601 grill for 220-240 volt 50/60 hz is the clear pick. Hamilton Beach Panini Press Electric Grill carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.

Our pick

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

Delonghi

decg6601 grill for 220-240 volt 50/60 hz

PFAS grade

Excellent 75/100

Overall grade

Poor 49/100

Verdict

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Hazard flags

⚑ 3

Material

stainless steel cooking plates

Confidence

72%

LikelyThermal burn hazard (housing and handles)

PossibleCoating degradation (if present)

PossibleElectrical hazard from cord damage

Hamilton Beach Panini Press Electric Grill

Hamilton Beach

Panini Press Electric Grill

PFAS grade

Bad 15/100

Overall grade

Bad 0/100

Verdict

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Hazard flags

⚑ 4

Material

Nonstick coating on cooking surfaces; material unspecified by brand

Confidence

35%

PossibleNonstick coating degradation and fume release

PossibleAluminum leaching from substrate

ReportedBurn hazard and thermal runaway

Where these two actually differ

  • We flag Thermal burn hazard (housing and handles), Coating degradation (if present) and Electrical hazard from cord damage on the Delonghi and not on the Hamilton Beach.
  • We flag Nonstick coating degradation and fume release, Aluminum leaching from substrate, Burn hazard and thermal runaway and Microplastic shedding from nonstick wear on the Hamilton Beach and not on the Delonghi.
  • The Delonghi is stainless steel cooking plates where the Hamilton Beach is Nonstick coating on cooking surfaces; material unspecified by brand, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
  • The gap is 60 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the Delonghi is the one to buy.
  • We are less certain about the Hamilton Beach grade, at 35% confidence against 72%, because it discloses less.

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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