Bird safe bakeware

[BirbLady]

We currently have a budgie who is upstairs and downstairs, even in the kitchen at times and have never had issues with using USA pan in the past 10 years, but now I'm seeing an issue with silicone and while they're PFOA AND PTFE free, they do contain a silicone "non-stick".

Are they safe? Are there any better options? I have all USA pan bakeware which was also safe for our green cheek for the years we had him as well. Our new baby, golden conure, will be coming home in February. I bake a lot so I need various pan sizes, baking sheets, pans etc.

 

[Sparkles99]

Nordic Ware has a huge line of aluminum baking equipment, made in the USA. I also like some of the glass US made bake ware available.

 

[thedogtor]

I love my Caraway cookware and bakeware.

 

[Aimsy]

Would these be safe? The muffin pan says it doesn’t have any coatings or chemicals on it, but then says there’s a matte finish.
And then the cookie sheets say again no coatings or chemicals, but then refer to the pans being nonstick. Am I splitting hairs over definitions that maybe don’t mean there’s chemical coatings? I’m preparing for my first bird and working on replacing my cooking ware and I’m so nervous lol.
also not sure if it makes a difference in cookware, but my apartment is really small with a kitchen/livingroom, bedroom, and bathroom so putting birdy on the other side of the house isn’t really an option when I’m cooking.

Muffin pan

https://a.co/d/3VXDV8s

Cookie sheets

https://a.co/d/8ft7Hbd

 

[Shezbug]

Would these be safe? The muffin pan says it doesn’t have any coatings or chemicals on it, but then says there’s a matte finish.
And then the cookie sheets say again no coatings or chemicals, but then refer to the pans being nonstick. Am I splitting hairs over definitions that maybe don’t mean there’s chemical coatings? I’m preparing for my first bird and working on replacing my cooking ware and I’m so nervous lol.
also not sure if it makes a difference in cookware, but my apartment is really small with a kitchen/livingroom, bedroom, and bathroom so putting birdy on the other side of the house isn’t really an option when I’m cooking.

Muffin pan

https://a.co/d/3VXDV8s

Cookie sheets

https://a.co/d/8ft7Hbd

First link tells you what you need to know in first sentence of description.

Your second link- same as first link:

 

[Jayced!!]

I love my glass Pyrex stuff!

 

[Aimsy]

I love my glass Pyrex stuff!

Do they make cookie sheets? Or can you use the casserole dishes the same as a baking sheet? I was raised on Pyrex and love my glass bakeware and feel a lot more comfortable with glass than metal cookware, but I’ve never tried baking cookies in a 9”x13” or heating up a pizza in one lol. Would it cook the same as on a baking sheet?

 

[Jayced!!]

Do they make cookie sheets? Or can you use the casserole dishes the same as a baking sheet? I was raised on Pyrex and love my glass bakeware and feel a lot more comfortable with glass than metal cookware, but I’ve never tried baking cookies in a 9”x13” or heating up a pizza in one lol. Would it cook the same as on a baking sheet?

They actually do make baking sheets! You just need to find them online. Though depending on what you're making, the large casserole dishes work too! I've made cookies in the large Pyrex casserole dishes before I finally got a glass baking sheet. Cooks the exact same!

 

[Aimsy]

They actually do make baking sheets! You just need to find them online. Though depending on what you're making, the large casserole dishes work too! I've made cookies in the large Pyrex casserole dishes before I finally got a glass baking sheet. Cooks the exact same!

Oh yay!! Cause I’ve got plenty of glassware so that saves one more thing I don’t have to get right away.I also just remembered that I have done pizzas in my cast iron skillet. It cooks a little different, but it does work.

 

[Jayced!!]

Oh yay!! Cause I’ve got plenty of glassware so that saves one more thing I don’t have to get right away.I also just remembered that I have done pizzas in my cast iron skillet. It cooks a little different, but it does work.

Pizza in a cast iron? Now that's interesting! I gotta try that!

 

[Aimsy]

Pizza in a cast iron? Now that's interesting! I gotta try that!

I haven’t been able to get it to come out the same as on a baking sheet, in the skillet the top will cook faster than the bottom and I haven’t been able to get it as crispy as a sheet would. I’m not sure if it’s the higher sides of the skillet or the actual cast iron. You can get flat ones for $15-$20 so I’m curious to try one of those, or maybe preheat the skillet and pizza on the stovetop first before putting in the oven. Or maybe put aluminum foil over the top so it cooks more evenly?

 

[Shannan]

I use stoneware and love it. Its cooks pizza wonderfully and cookies and the bread in the stoneware bread pan. I get mine from Pampered Chef but there are others out there equally as good.

 

[Shannan]

I haven’t been able to get it to come out the same as on a baking sheet, in the skillet the top will cook faster than the bottom and I haven’t been able to get it as crispy as a sheet would. I’m not sure if it’s the higher sides of the skillet or the actual cast iron. You can get flat ones for $15-$20 so I’m curious to try one of those, or maybe preheat the skillet and pizza on the stovetop first before putting in the oven. Or maybe put aluminum foil over the top so it cooks more evenly?

Have you tried preheating the cast iron. With Pizza the hotter the better. I crank mine up to 450 on the pellet grill (or in the oven) I have a flat Cast iron so I haven't tried it on a regular cast iron skillet. Stoneware is my favorite for pizza.

 

[Shezbug]

Be careful with the new Pyrex, it’s rubbish. It explodes and is not durable like the original stuff.

 

[Sparkles99]

Thanks for the warning! I’ll certainly not buy any more!!!

 

[greys4u]

I use Caraway

 

[Shezbug]

Thanks for the warning! I’ll certainly not buy any more!!!

Find the older stuff in op shops. You’re safe with stuff labelled PYREX but anything with Pyrex (note the lower case) is not the original quality glass and is well known to be less durable, it’s usually the newer stuff when you see pics of it exploded and shattered where the original PYREX is nearly bomb proof. Sad really, they used to be such an awesome brand.