Baking Pan 14" vs 15-Inch Ceramic Pizza Stone for Perfect Crispy Crusts: which is safer?

15-Inch Ceramic Pizza Stone for Perfect Crispy Crusts edges it on pure PFAS risk, but Lodge Cast Iron Baking Pan 14" wins overall once other hazards are counted.

Our pick

Lodge Cast Iron Baking Pan 14"

Lodge Cast Iron

Baking Pan 14"

PFAS grade

Excellent 75/100

Overall grade

Good 67/100

Verdict

Buy

Hazard flags

⚑ 2

Material

cast iron (bare or seasoned with oil)

Confidence

92%

PossibleOil rancidity in seasoning layer

PossibleThermal stress and structural failure

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15-Inch Ceramic Pizza Stone for Perfect Crispy Crusts

15-Inch Ceramic Pizza Stone for Perfect Crispy Crusts

PFAS grade

Excellent 90/100

Overall grade

Good 64/100

Verdict

Buy with care

Hazard flags

⚑ 3

Material

Ceramic (clay-based baking stone)

Confidence

82%

PossibleGlaze degradation and surface leaching

LikelyThermal stress fracture

PossibleMicroporosity and microbial retention

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Where these two actually differ

  • We flag Oil rancidity in seasoning layer and Thermal stress and structural failure on the Lodge Cast Iron and not on the .
  • We flag Glaze degradation and surface leaching, Thermal stress fracture and Microporosity and microbial retention on the and not on the Lodge Cast Iron.
  • The Lodge Cast Iron is cast iron (bare or seasoned with oil) where the is Ceramic (clay-based baking stone), which is most of the difference in these two grades.

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