The deciding specification is the published empty weight, because a bundt pan is lifted full and turned upside down, and these five run from 0.71 lb to 1.06 lb.
By the Lush Editorial Team·Researched & Compared
I compared the published weight, the material behind it, the maker's own size sentences against the dimension fields, the capacity where one exists, the oven limits and the washing instructions across five fluted tube pans, using only each listing's own text.
Publishes 0.71 lb of heavy duty aluminum with both figures a baker needs stated in words, 9.49 inches in diameter and 3.37 inches deep, oven safe to 450 F, dishwasher safe, made without PFAS, and extended handles; its dimension fields read 10.14 by 1.16 by 10.14 inches and the 1.16 is contradicted by its own bullet.
Publishes 0.79 lb of carbon steel at a stated 9.5 inches, with a gray non-stick coating stated free of BPA, PTFE and PFOA, oven safe to 450 F and dishwasher safe; alone among these five it publishes two care limits, wood or plastic utensils only and never heat the pan empty, and its fields read 9.37 by 9.37 by 2.6 inches.
Publishes 0.79 lb of food grade silicone with a metal reinforced rim, and the only capacity figure on this page, 9.6 cups or 77.16 fl oz; it states a 9.6 inch outer diameter, a 3 inch height and a 2 inch center tube, a range from minus 40 F to 446 F, and that it holds its shape with no baking sheet underneath.
Publishes 0.99 lb of silicone inside a heavy grade steel frame with handles, stated safe in the oven, the freezer and the dishwasher, with a 90 day warranty; its size bullet gives 9 inches long by 9 wide by 4.6 deep and says in brackets that this is the internal size, while its dimension fields publish the same three numbers.
Publishes 1.06 lb of carbon steel and the only listing here to give an inner diameter as well as an outer one, 9.5 inches outside, 9 inches inside and 3 inches high, with the size attribute repeating all three; the coating is called non-stick and scratch resistant with no chemistry named, and no oven limit or washing route is published.
| Model | Brand | Size (Capacity) | Weight | Best For |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilton Gold Non-Stick Fluted Tube Cake Pan | Wilton | 9.49 x 3.37 in. | 0.71 lb | Best for a pan you can turn over one handed |
| Tuvonirzo 9.5" Carbon Steel Buntz Cake Pan Non Stick | Tuvonirzo | 9.5 Inches | 0.79 lb | Best for a listing that prints its own limits |
| Vinino 9.5 Inch Fluted Tube Cake Pan with Metal Fram... | Vinino | 9.5 Inch Classic | 0.79 lb | Best for knowing how much batter it takes |
| Boxiki Kitchen Premium Non-Stick Silicone Pound Cake... | Boxiki Kitchen | 4.6"D x 9"W x 9"H | 0.99 lb | Best for a deep basin that will not sag |
| Novery 9.5" Non-Stick Carbon Steel Fluted Tube Cake ... | Novery | 9.5 inches x 9.5 inches x 3 inches | 1.06 lb | Best for both diameters stated in one bullet |
Publishes 0.71 lb of heavy duty aluminum with both figures a baker needs stated in words, 9.49 inches in diameter and 3.37 inches deep, oven safe to 450 F, dishwasher safe, made without PFAS, and extended handles; its dimension fields read 10.14 by 1.16 by 10.14 inches and the 1.16 is contradicted by its own bullet.
Publishes 0.79 lb of carbon steel at a stated 9.5 inches, with a gray non-stick coating stated free of BPA, PTFE and PFOA, oven safe to 450 F and dishwasher safe; alone among these five it publishes two care limits, wood or plastic utensils only and never heat the pan empty, and its fields read 9.37 by 9.37 by 2.6 inches.
Publishes 0.79 lb of food grade silicone with a metal reinforced rim, and the only capacity figure on this page, 9.6 cups or 77.16 fl oz; it states a 9.6 inch outer diameter, a 3 inch height and a 2 inch center tube, a range from minus 40 F to 446 F, and that it holds its shape with no baking sheet underneath.
Publishes 0.99 lb of silicone inside a heavy grade steel frame with handles, stated safe in the oven, the freezer and the dishwasher, with a 90 day warranty; its size bullet gives 9 inches long by 9 wide by 4.6 deep and says in brackets that this is the internal size, while its dimension fields publish the same three numbers.
Publishes 1.06 lb of carbon steel and the only listing here to give an inner diameter as well as an outer one, 9.5 inches outside, 9 inches inside and 3 inches high, with the size attribute repeating all three; the coating is called non-stick and scratch resistant with no chemistry named, and no oven limit or washing route is published.
Wilton publishes 0.71 lb of aluminum with 9.49 inches of diameter and 3.37 inches of depth stated in words. Tuvonirzo publishes 0.79 lb of carbon steel and 450 F. Vinino publishes 0.79 lb of silicone with a metal rim and the only capacity figure here, 9.6 cups. Boxiki Kitchen publishes 0.99 lb in a steel frame. Novery publishes 1.06 lb with both diameters stated.
“Two different pans, both published at exactly the same weight.”
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Nothing in this pool answers that, because no listing publishes a wall thickness or a gauge. A pan can be light because it is shallow or because the metal is thin, and only the first of those is visible in the published figures. Wilton states 3.37 inches of depth at 0.71 lb, which rules out shallowness as the explanation there. On the other four the question stays open.
One. Vinino publishes 9.6 cups, restated as 77.16 fl oz, alongside a 9.6 inch outer diameter, a 3 inch height and a 2 inch center tube. The other four publish no capacity at all, so the volume has to be inferred from a diameter and a depth, and one of them does not state a depth in words either.
Not once it is braced. Vinino publishes 0.79 lb of silicone with a metal reinforced rim, which is exactly what the carbon steel pick publishes, and Boxiki publishes 0.99 lb for silicone in a steel frame. The aluminum pan is lighter than both at 0.71 lb. The frame is what makes silicone usable and it is also what makes it weigh the same as steel.
Because the maker contradicts it. The first bullet states 9.49 inches in diameter and 3.37 inches deep. The fields publish 10.14, 1.16 and 10.14 inches. A fluted tube pan 1.16 inches deep would not hold a cake, and the house rule here is that a maker's own sentence beats an unlabeled field. The 10.14 figures are plausible as the rim.
Tuvonirzo. It publishes two limits nobody else does, wood or plastic utensils only and never heat the pan empty, alongside a dishwasher line and a wash before first use. Boxiki Kitchen states oven, freezer and dishwasher safety in one sentence and a 90 day warranty. Wilton states dishwasher safe. Vinino says rinse with water or put it in the dishwasher. Novery says only that its coating makes cleaning easy, with no method attached.
Two touch it. Vinino publishes a range from minus 40 F to 446 F, which is the only lower bound on this page, and Boxiki Kitchen states that its pan is safe in the oven, the freezer and the dishwasher without putting a figure on any of them. Tuvonirzo and Wilton publish 450 F as an upper limit and say nothing about cold. Novery publishes no oven limit at all, only that the pan suits most ovens.
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A bundt pan gets lifted full, turned over and held there, so the empty weight is the part of the job a buyer feels every time. All five of these listings publish one, which is unusual on this pool, and they run from 0.71 lb to 1.06 lb: 0.71, 0.79, 0.79, 0.99 and 1.06 lb, across aluminum, carbon steel and two silicone pans braced with metal.
Weight here tracks material almost exactly. The lightest is formed aluminum, the two at 0.79 lb are a carbon steel pan and a silicone pan braced with a metal rim, and the two around a pound are silicone in a steel frame and carbon steel. None of these five publishes a wall thickness, so the metal gauge behind those figures is not documented anywhere.
| Specification | Wilton | Tuvonirzo | Vinino | Boxiki Kitchen | Novery |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight published | 0.71 lb | 0.79 lb | 0.79 lb | 0.99 lb | 1.06 lb |
| Material published | Heavy duty aluminum | Carbon steel | Food grade silicone, metal reinforced rim | Silicone in a heavy grade steel frame | Carbon steel |
| Size in the maker’s words | 9.49 in diameter, 3.37 in deep | 9.5 in fluted pan | 9.6 in outer diameter, 3 in high, 2 in center tube | 9 in long, 9 in wide, 4.6 in deep, stated as internal | 9.5 in outer, 9 in inner, 3 in high |
| Dimension fields published | 10.14 x 1.16 x 10.14 in | 9.37 x 9.37 x 2.6 in | 9.61 x 9.61 x 3.06 in | 9.0 x 9.0 x 4.6 in | 9.5 x 9.5 x 3.0 in |
| Capacity published | not published | not published | 9.6 cups, 77.16 fl oz | not published | not published |
| Oven limit published | 450 F | 450 F | 446 F, and down to minus 40 F | not published | not published |
| Dishwasher stated | Dishwasher safe | Dishwasher safe | Dishwasher safe, plus microwave and freezer | Dishwasher, oven and freezer safe | not published |
| Coating chemistry named | Made without PFAS | BPA, PTFE and PFOA free | BPA free silicone, no coating | BPA and PFOA free silicone | Not named, only non-stick |
| Handles stated | Extended handles | not published | not published | Handles on the steel frame | not published |
| Utensil restriction stated | not published | Wood or plastic only, avoid metal | not published | not published | not published |
| Never heat empty stated | not published | Stated | not published | not published | not published |
| Warranty stated | not published | not published | not published | 90 days | not published |
What the table cannot settle is how thin the metal is on any of these five. A pan can be light because it is small or because it is thin, and thin is the version that scorches a cake edge. None of these five publishes a gauge, a wall thickness or a weight per inch of diameter, so there is no way to separate the two from published text alone.
Wilton publishes 0.71 lb, the lightest of these five, and it is the only aluminum pan in the group. The listing says heavy duty aluminum and resists warping in the same bullet, which is a claim about stiffness rather than mass, and it publishes both figures a baker needs in words: 9.49 inches in diameter and 3.37 inches deep. It also names extended handles, which nothing else light here does.
Tuvonirzo publishes 0.79 lb of carbon steel at the same stated 9.5 inch size. Its coating bullets go further than the rest: BPA, PTFE and PFOA free, oven safe to 450 F, dishwasher safe, and then two care instructions no other pick prints. Use wood or plastic utensils and never heat the pan empty. Those are limits, and a listing that publishes limits is telling you where the coating ends.
Vinino publishes 0.79 lb as well, and it is silicone rather than steel. The listing explains the weight as a metal reinforced rim and says the pan holds its shape from countertop to oven with no baking sheet underneath. It publishes the widest usable range on this page, from minus 40 F to 446 F, and it is the only pick that publishes a capacity: 9.6 cups, or 77.16 fl oz.
Boxiki Kitchen publishes 0.99 lb for silicone inside a heavy grade steel frame with handles, and its case is the same one Vinino makes: the frame stops the silicone bending and sagging. It states oven, freezer and dishwasher safety in one line, and it publishes a 90 day warranty, which is the only warranty figure in this group. No oven limit is published anywhere in it.
Wilton’s first bullet gives the pan as 9.49 inches in diameter and 3.37 inches deep. Its dimension fields read 10.14, 1.16 and 10.14 inches. Two of those three are plausible for a pan with a rim wider than its baking diameter. The 1.16 is not: a fluted tube pan 1.16 inches deep would not hold a cake, and the maker’s own sentence says 3.37.
So the bullet wins and the field is discarded, which is the house rule and in this case also the obvious reading. It matters on a weight page because depth is what makes a light pan feel flimsy or not: 0.71 lb spread over 3.37 inches of wall is a different pan from the same mass in a shallow tray, and only the bullet tells you which one this is.
Boxiki’s size bullet gives 9 inches long by 9 inches wide by 4.6 inches deep and then adds, in brackets, that this is the internal size. Its dimension fields publish the same three numbers. One of the two is therefore wrong, because a pan with a steel frame and handles cannot have the same outside and inside measurements, and nothing in the listing says which figure was measured.
The safe reading is that 9 by 9 by 4.6 inches is the inside, as the maker says, and the outside is larger by an unpublished amount. The stated basin here is 4.6 inches against 3, 3.06 and 3.37 inches elsewhere on the page, which is consistent with it also being the heavier of the two silicone picks.
Tuvonirzo and Vinino publish the same weight, 0.79 lb, and nothing else about them matches. Tuvonirzo is carbon steel with a gray non-stick coating, oven safe to 450 F, and its size is given once as 9.5 inches. Vinino is food grade silicone with a metal reinforced rim, rated from minus 40 F to 446 F, and it publishes an outer diameter of 9.6 inches, a 3 inch height and a 2 inch center tube.
That is the useful comparison on a weight page, because it shows weight is not the whole specification. The silicone pan is the better documented of the two, with the only capacity figure here at 9.6 cups or 77.16 fl oz and a dishwasher line of its own. The steel pan answers a different question, publishing the only two care limits on the page: wooden or plastic utensils only, and never heat it empty.
Weight tells you what you lift and the coating tells you what the cake comes out of, and these five name it with very different precision. Tuvonirzo publishes a coating free of BPA, PTFE and PFOA. Wilton says made without PFAS and never says what the coating is instead. Novery calls its coating premium non-stick and scratch resistant with no chemistry attached at all.
The two silicone picks sit at opposite ends of that. Vinino publishes BPA free food grade silicone and a temperature range to go with it. Boxiki Kitchen publishes high quality non-stick silicone in a heavy grade steel frame, states it is safe in the oven, the freezer and the dishwasher, and then publishes no temperature at all, which on silicone is the figure that decides whether a bake survives.
The lightest pan that still states its depth. Wilton publishes 0.71 lb of aluminum, 9.49 inches in diameter and 3.37 inches deep, oven safe to 450 F, dishwasher safe, with extended handles. Ignore the 1.16 inch dimension field, which its own bullet contradicts.
A baker who wants the coating limits in writing. Tuvonirzo publishes 0.79 lb of carbon steel, 450 F, dishwasher safe, and coating free of BPA, PTFE and PFOA. It is also the only pick that says to avoid metal utensils and never to heat the pan empty.
Someone who wants a capacity figure. Vinino publishes 9.6 cups and 77.16 fl oz at 0.79 lb, in silicone with a metal reinforced rim, rated from minus 40 F to 446 F. It publishes no dishwasher line, only a rinse.
A deeper basin that will not sag. Boxiki Kitchen publishes 0.99 lb, silicone in a steel frame with handles, and an internal 9 by 9 by 4.6 inches. It publishes no oven limit, which on silicone is the figure you most want.
A carbon steel pan with both diameters stated. Novery publishes 1.06 lb, a 9.5 inch outer and 9 inch inner diameter and a 3 inch height, in carbon steel with a scratch resistant coating. It publishes no oven limit and no washing instruction at all.
Everything above comes from each maker’s own published text. These are the things that text does not contain.
