PFAS in Electric Kettles, Stainless Steel Inside and Out

We graded 15 kettles from KitchenAid, Secura and Siroca. 13 of them grade 75 out of 100, stainless steel kettles with no coating on record where the water sits. One enamel on steel stovetop kettle from KitchenAid grades 65, and one Siroca kettle whose interior is not described grades 15.

Kettles are one of the easier categories on this site. The inside of most electric kettles is plain stainless steel, and a kettle has no reason to need a non-stick surface. What to check is the interior, not the outside finish or the color.

Summary comparison table

Product	PFAS grade	Water contact surface as recorded
Secura Stainless Steel Double Wall Kettle SWK-1001DW	Excellent, 75/100	Stainless steel, no coating
Secura Original Double Wall Kettle, 1.8 Quart	Excellent, 75/100	Stainless steel, no coating
KitchenAid Pro Line Electric Kettle	Excellent, 75/100	Stainless steel
KitchenAid Precision Gooseneck Digital Kettle	Excellent, 75/100	Stainless steel
KitchenAid 1.7 Liter Electric Kettle KEK1701	Excellent, 75/100	Stainless steel
OVALWARE Electric Pour Over Coffee Kettle	Excellent, 75/100	Stainless steel
KitchenAid 2.0-Quart Stovetop Kettle KTEN20CB	Good, 65/100	Enamel on steel
Siroca SK-A151 Electric Kettle	Bad, 15/100	Interior coating not described

How we graded these

Every grade here is a model-based estimate built from publicly available product information and manufacturer disclosures, not a lab test performed by our team. A high score means lower concern based on reviewed sources, never PFAS-free and never safe. Across the 15 kettles the spread is 13 at 75, one at 65 and one at 15. None of these brands has a PFAS statement on record, which is why the stainless kettles stop at 75 rather than going higher. Look up any kettle in our PFAS product finder.

Why stainless kettles grade 75

A stainless steel kettle with no coating inside has nothing on the surface the water touches for our model to question. That earns the largest material credit we give, and it is why seven KitchenAid kettles, including the Pro Line and Precision Gooseneck, and six Secura kettles, including its double wall models, all grade 75. The 25 points they do not get come from the brands saying nothing about PFAS, not from anything in the kettles.

Handles, lids, bases and switches are usually plastic, and they are not where the water sits. We grade the surface that holds and heats the water.

The enamel kettle and the one at 15

KitchenAid's 2.0-Quart KTEN20CB is a stovetop kettle in enamel on steel. Enamel is glass fused to the metal, not a non-stick coating and not a fluorinated material, but because it is an applied layer our model gives it a smaller credit than bare stainless steel, so it grades 65.

The Siroca SK-A151 grades 15 because its record describes a stainless body with an interior coating that is not identified. Some electric kettles do use a non-stick coating inside, and when a maker does not say what it is, our model treats it like any unnamed non-stick. That is not a finding that it contains PFAS.

A correction to this guide

An earlier version of this guide put KitchenAid kettles at 65 and at 15, with some Secura kettles at 55, and described the lower grades as disclosure gaps. Most of that came from our records. Six KitchenAid kettles and a Secura pour over kettle were recorded with an unspecified non-stick interior that none of those listings describes, so the same KitchenAid KEK1701 model graded 75 in one listing and 15 in another. On 17 September 2026 we removed those invented coatings and gave every uncoated stainless kettle the same credit, which moved them to 75.

What to avoid

• Kettles whose interior is described as coated without saying what the coating is.
• Assuming a stainless exterior means a stainless interior. Check the listing for the inside.
• Reading 75 as proof of anything beyond the record. No kettle maker here has a PFAS statement on record.

For water itself, see our water filters guide, and for other stainless kitchenware, our cookware guide.

Our pick

Based on available materials and data, we would choose the Secura Stainless Steel Double Wall Kettle SWK-1001DW at 75 out of 100, stainless steel inside and out with no coating on record. If you pour over coffee, the KitchenAid Precision Gooseneck grades the same. These grades are estimates built from disclosed materials, not laboratory proof, and nothing here is being called PFAS-free or safe by us.

FAQ

Do electric kettles contain PFAS?

Most kettles we graded are stainless steel inside with no coating on record, and grade 75. One kettle whose interior coating is not identified grades 15. Our data does not confirm the chemistry of that coating either way.

Is a KitchenAid kettle PFAS-free?

Seven KitchenAid electric kettles in our data are recorded as stainless steel with no coating and grade 75, and its enamel on steel stovetop kettle grades 65. KitchenAid has no PFAS statement on record for them, and we do not call any product PFAS-free ourselves.

Is a stainless steel kettle better than a plastic one?

For PFAS, a stainless interior with no coating is the simplest thing to judge, because there is nothing on the surface to name. Plastic kettles are outside the products we have graded here.

Is an enamel kettle a PFAS concern?

Enamel is glass fused to metal, not a fluorinated material. The enamel on steel kettle in our data grades 65, ten points under stainless, only because our model gives an applied layer a smaller material credit.