Valencia Pro Ceramic Nonstick 11" Round Grill Pan vs Simply Cook Nonstick Square Grill Pan: which is safer?
GreenPan Valencia Pro Ceramic Nonstick 11" Round Grill Pan is the clear pick. T-Fal Simply Cook Nonstick Square Grill Pan carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
Our pick
GreenPan
Valencia Pro Ceramic Nonstick 11" Round Grill Pan
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleAluminum leaching from base material
LikelyCeramic coating degradation and mechanical wear
T-fal
Simply Cook Nonstick Square Grill Pan
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleTeflon-type coating thermal degradation and fume inhalation
ReportedCoating degradation and microflaking
PossibleAluminum leaching under acidic conditions
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Aluminum leaching from base material and Ceramic coating degradation and mechanical wear on the GreenPan and not on the T-fal.
- We flag PTFE thermal degradation and fume inhalation, Coating degradation and microflaking, Aluminum leaching under acidic conditions and Lack of third-party verification for PFAS-free status on the T-fal and not on the GreenPan.
- The GreenPan is Ceramic nonstick coating (PTFE-free proprietary formulation) where the T-fal is Nonstick coating (type unspecified), 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 GreenPan is the one to buy.
- We are less certain about the T-fal 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 →
More grill pans: see the full ranking