Pizza Crisper 13 vs Pizza Stone Set: which is safer?
Nordic Ware Pizza Stone Set is the clear pick. Farberware Pizza Crisper 13 carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
Farberware
Pizza Crisper 13
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleTeflon-type coating thermal decomposition (fume risk)
PossibleAluminum substrate leaching
ReportedNonstick coating degradation and microflaking
Our pick
Nordic Ware
Pizza Stone Set
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleLead or cadmium in ceramic glaze
PossibleCeramic coating degradation and particle release
ReportedThermal shock and structural failure
Where these two actually differ
- We flag PTFE thermal decomposition (fume risk), Aluminum substrate leaching, Nonstick coating degradation and microflaking and PFAS in nonstick formulation on the Farberware and not on the Nordic Ware.
- We flag Lead or cadmium in ceramic glaze, Ceramic coating degradation and particle release and Thermal shock and structural failure on the Nordic Ware and not on the Farberware.
- The Farberware is Nonstick-coated steel or ceramic, unspecified where the Nordic Ware is ceramic-coated stoneware pizza stone, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
- The gap is 75 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the Nordic Ware is the one to buy.
- We are less certain about the Farberware grade, at 35% confidence against 82%, 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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