decg6601 grill for 220-240 volt 50/60 hz vs Panini Press Gourmet Sandwich Maker 25460A: which is safer?

Delonghi decg6601 grill for 220-240 volt 50/60 hz is the clear pick. Hamilton Beach Panini Press Gourmet Sandwich Maker 25460A 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 Gourmet Sandwich Maker 25460A

Hamilton Beach

Panini Press Gourmet Sandwich Maker 25460A

PFAS grade

Bad 15/100

Overall grade

Bad 0/100

Verdict

Skip

Hazard flags

⚑ 3

Material

nonstick-coated cooking plates (coating type unspecified)

Confidence

35%

PossibleTeflon-type coating fume inhalation risk

ReportedCoating degradation and flaking

PossiblePFAS migration from nonstick coating into food

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 PTFE fume inhalation risk, Coating degradation and flaking and PFAS migration from nonstick coating into food on the Hamilton Beach and not on the Delonghi.
  • The Delonghi is stainless steel cooking plates where the Hamilton Beach is nonstick-coated cooking plates (coating type unspecified), 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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