The deciding specification is what each maker's nonstick actually is and what it costs, because two of these five have no coating at all and one of those publishes a ceiling of 572 degrees F.
By the Lush Editorial Team·Researched & Compared
I compared what each listing calls its nonstick surface, the substances each coating is stated to be free of, the metal underneath, the oven ceilings, the utensil and empty heating rules, sizes, capacities and weights, across five fluted tube pans using only each maker's own text.
A cast aluminum 12 cup pan published at 10.5 inches in diameter and 3.8 inches high, with a premium silicone nonstick stated to be made without PFAS and PTFE, cast for crisp fluted detail and even browning, made in America, at 1.8 lb.
A heavy duty aluminum pan published at 9.49 inches in diameter and 3.37 inches deep with a premium nonstick coating stated to be made without PFAS, scratch resistant and warp resistant, oven safe to 450 degrees F and dishwasher safe, with extended handles, at 0.71 lb.
A 9.5 inch carbon steel pan with a nonstick coating stated free of BPA, PTFE and PFOA, oven safe up to 450 degrees F and dishwasher safe, whose care bullet asks for a mild non abrasive detergent, wooden or plastic utensils, and that the pan is never heated empty, at 0.79 lb.
A two piece stainless steel tube pan with a removable bottom published at 10.87 by 5 inches, stated usable at temperatures up to 572 F, hand wash and dishwasher safe, with no coating of any kind to protect, making a 10 inch cake, at 1.4 lb.
A single piece food grade stainless steel tube pan published at 10 by 4 inches with a 16 cup capacity, mirror finished for release rather than coated, with a center cone an inch higher than the sides for cooling, oven safe to 450 degrees F, at 1.55 lb.
| Model | Brand | Size (Capacity) | Weight | Best For |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nordic Ware Original Bundt | Nordic Ware | 12-Cup | 1.8 lb | Best for a coating named after its material |
| Wilton Gold Non-Stick Fluted Tube Cake Pan | Wilton | 9.49 x 3.37 in. | 0.71 lb | Best for handles on a coated pan |
| Tuvonirzo 9.5" Carbon Steel Buntz Cake Pan Non Stick | Tuvonirzo | 9.5 Inches | 0.79 lb | Best for knowing how to keep the coating |
| Fox Run Angel Food Cake Pan | Fox Run | Stainless Steel, 10" x 5" | 1.4 lb | Best for the highest published ceiling |
| E-far 10-Inch Angel Food Cake Pan | E-far | 1 Piece | 1.55 lb | Best for a 16 cup pan with nothing on it |
A cast aluminum 12 cup pan published at 10.5 inches in diameter and 3.8 inches high, with a premium silicone nonstick stated to be made without PFAS and PTFE, cast for crisp fluted detail and even browning, made in America, at 1.8 lb.
A heavy duty aluminum pan published at 9.49 inches in diameter and 3.37 inches deep with a premium nonstick coating stated to be made without PFAS, scratch resistant and warp resistant, oven safe to 450 degrees F and dishwasher safe, with extended handles, at 0.71 lb.
A 9.5 inch carbon steel pan with a nonstick coating stated free of BPA, PTFE and PFOA, oven safe up to 450 degrees F and dishwasher safe, whose care bullet asks for a mild non abrasive detergent, wooden or plastic utensils, and that the pan is never heated empty, at 0.79 lb.
A two piece stainless steel tube pan with a removable bottom published at 10.87 by 5 inches, stated usable at temperatures up to 572 F, hand wash and dishwasher safe, with no coating of any kind to protect, making a 10 inch cake, at 1.4 lb.
A single piece food grade stainless steel tube pan published at 10 by 4 inches with a 16 cup capacity, mirror finished for release rather than coated, with a center cone an inch higher than the sides for cooling, oven safe to 450 degrees F, at 1.55 lb.
Nordic Ware publishes a silicone nonstick made without PFAS and PTFE on cast aluminum, and no oven temperature. Wilton publishes a coating made without PFAS at 450 degrees F. Tuvonirzo publishes a BPA, PTFE and PFOA free coating and the rules that protect it. Fox Run and E-far have no coating: bare stainless steel, one of them rated to 572 degrees F.
“The pan with no coating publishes the highest ceiling.”
Lush Food & Drink
Three of the five. Nordic Ware publishes a premium silicone nonstick made without PFAS and PTFE. Wilton publishes a premium nonstick coating made without PFAS. Tuvonirzo publishes a nonstick coating free of BPA, PTFE and PFOA. Fox Run and E-far have no coating at all: both are stainless steel, and E-far states outright that it is unlike aluminum and Teflon coated pans.
Neither uncoated listing says, which is the gap in both. E-far publishes a mirror finished surface for easy and clean release and a single piece construction with no seam for batter to leak through. Fox Run publishes a two piece design with a removable bottom, so the base separates from the walls. Buttering and flouring is implied by both and stated by neither.
Because a coating is usually what sets the limit. Fox Run publishes that it can be used at temperatures up to 572 F on bare stainless steel. The three coated picks publish 450 degrees F where they publish anything, which is the usual ceiling for a nonstick surface. Nordic Ware, whose coating is silicone based, publishes no figure at all.
Tuvonirzo, and it is the only one. Its care bullet asks you to wash the pan with warm water and a mild non abrasive detergent before first use, never to heat the pan when empty, and to use wooden or plastic utensils to extend the life of the coating. Wilton and Nordic Ware publish no utensil rule and no empty heating warning at all.
Two of the five publish a volume. Nordic Ware states 12 cups alongside a 10.5 inch diameter and a 3.8 inch height. E-far states 16 cups with 10 by 4 inches, which is the largest capacity on this page and enough for a standard angel food cake recipe. Wilton, Tuvonirzo and Fox Run publish diameters and no capacity, so the recipe has to be matched by eye.
It depends on the batter. Fox Run's removable bottom makes lifting a delicate cake out far easier, which is why angel food pans are built that way. E-far takes the opposite position and publishes single piece construction with no worries about batter leaking through the bottom. Neither is wrong, and a thin batter is the case where the seam matters.
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A fluted tube pan has more surface touching the cake than anything else in a kitchen, so release is the specification and everything else follows from it. Three of these five answer with a coating. Two answer with bare stainless steel, and one of those two publishes the highest oven ceiling on the page.
The coated picks each name what their coating leaves out, and the three lists differ: PFAS and PTFE, PFAS alone, and BPA with PTFE and PFOA. None of the three publishes a thickness or a number of coats, so the only guide to how long a coating lasts is the care instruction printed beside it, and only one listing prints one.
| Specification | Nordic Ware | Wilton | Tuvonirzo | Fox Run | E-far |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonstick stated | A premium silicone nonstick | A premium nonstick coating | A gray nonstick coating | None, bare steel | None, mirror finished steel |
| Free from list published | PFAS and PTFE | PFAS | BPA, PTFE and PFOA | not applicable | No toxic materials, unnamed |
| Metal underneath | Cast aluminum | Heavy duty aluminum | Carbon steel | Stainless steel | Food grade stainless steel |
| Oven ceiling published | not published | 450 degrees F | 450 degrees F | 572 F | 450 degrees F |
| Utensil rule published | not published | not published | Wooden or plastic only | not applicable | not applicable |
| Empty heating addressed | not published | not published | Never heat it empty | not published | not published |
| Washing stated | not published | Dishwasher safe | Dishwasher safe, no abrasives | Hand wash and dishwasher safe | Dishwasher safe |
| Size in the maker’s words | 10.5 in diameter, 3.8 in high | 9.49 in diameter, 3.37 in deep | 9.5 in | 10.87 x 5 in | 10 x 4 in |
| Dimension fields | 10.2 x 10.2 x 3.75 in | 10.14 x 10.14 x 1.16 in | 9.37 x 9.37 x 2.6 in | 10.88 x 10.88 x 5.0 in | 5.6 x 10.8 x 10.4 in |
| Capacity published | 12 cups | not published | not published | Makes a 10 in cake | 16 cup |
| Construction | Cast, one piece | One piece, extended handles | One piece | Two piece, removable bottom | Single piece, no seam |
| Weight published | 1.8 lb | 0.71 lb | 0.79 lb | 1.4 lb | 1.55 lb |
What the table cannot settle is how a cake leaves a pan with no coating on it. Both stainless picks describe a finish, a seam or a removable base, and neither states that the pan should be buttered and floured. That is the one instruction a first time buyer of an uncoated tube pan actually needs.
Nordic Ware is the only listing here to say what its nonstick is made of rather than what it is not: a premium silicone nonstick, stated to be made without PFAS and PTFE, over cast aluminum. It argues the casting matters as much as the coating, since cast aluminum takes the crisp, intricate detail a fluted pan is bought for and conducts heat evenly for controlled browning.
It publishes the fullest set of sizes too: 10.5 inches in diameter, 3.8 inches high, and a 12 cup capacity, at 1.8 lb, made in America of domestic and imported materials. What it never publishes is an oven temperature, or a washing instruction, or anything about utensils, which on the heaviest and most coated pan here is a strange set of omissions.
Tuvonirzo names three substances its coating is free of, BPA, PTFE and PFOA, and then does the thing the other two coated picks do not: it tells you how to keep the coating. Wash with warm water and a mild, non abrasive detergent before first use. Never heat the pan when empty. Use wooden or plastic utensils.
Those three sentences are worth more than any free from list, because they describe the ways a coating actually dies. The pan itself is 9.5 inch carbon steel, oven safe to 450 degrees F, dishwasher safe, at 0.79 lb, with a coating the maker calls an elegant gray. It publishes no capacity and no depth in words.
Wilton publishes 9.49 inches in diameter and 3.37 inches deep, a premium nonstick coating made without PFAS, heavy duty aluminum described as scratch resistant and warp resistant, oven safety to 450 degrees F, a dishwasher rating and extended handles. At 0.71 lb it is the lightest pan on this page.
Its dimension fields read 10.14 by 10.14 by 1.16 inches. The first two figures are plausible as an outside diameter. The third cannot be a pan its own bullet calls 3.37 inches deep, so this page uses the sentence and reports the field. Extended handles are the feature the other coated picks lack and the reason a full pan comes out of an oven safely.
All three publish a free from list and none publishes a coating thickness, a number of coats or a scratch test. Two publish a 450 degrees F ceiling and one publishes none. Two publish a dishwasher rating and one of those also bans abrasive cleaners. Between them they cover the coating question from three angles and leave the same hole in the middle.
For a baker the practical consequence is that a coated bundt pan is a consumable. The listing that admits it, by publishing utensil and empty heating rules, is telling you more than the listing that calls its coating scratch resistant and leaves it there.
Fox Run is stainless steel with no coating, and it publishes the highest oven figure in this pool: usable at temperatures up to 572 F. With nothing to peel or scorch, that ceiling is a property of the metal. It is a two piece pan at 10.87 by 5 inches with a removable bottom, stated to make a 10 inch cake, hand wash and dishwasher safe, at 1.4 lb.
The removable bottom is the release mechanism. Instead of relying on a surface, the base separates from the walls so a delicate cake can be lifted rather than turned out. The cost is a seam, which a thin batter can find, and the listing never mentions greasing the pan.
E-far takes the opposite position on the seam: single piece design with no worries about batter leaking through the bottom, in premium food grade stainless steel, mirror finished for release. It states plainly that it is unlike aluminum and Teflon coated pans and will not oxidize. Oven safe to 450 degrees F, dishwasher safe, 1.55 lb.
It publishes the largest volume here, 16 cups, at 10 by 4 inches, and one detail nobody else offers: the center cone stands 1 inch higher than the sides, so the pan can be inverted on the cone to cool an angel food cake. Its dimension fields, 5.6 by 10.8 by 10.4 inches, put the height figure first and are reported rather than used.
The crispest fluted detail. Nordic Ware, cast aluminum at 10.5 inches in diameter and 3.8 inches high with a 12 cup capacity, under a premium silicone nonstick made without PFAS and PTFE, at 1.8 lb, with no oven figure published.
Lifting a full pan safely. Wilton, heavy duty aluminum at 9.49 inches in diameter and 3.37 inches deep with a nonstick coating made without PFAS, extended handles, oven safe to 450 degrees F and dishwasher safe, at 0.71 lb.
Keeping a coating for years. Tuvonirzo, a 9.5 inch carbon steel pan with a coating free of BPA, PTFE and PFOA, oven safe to 450 degrees F, and the only listing here that publishes a utensil rule and an empty heating warning.
An oven hotter than a coating allows. Fox Run, a two piece stainless pan at 10.87 by 5 inches with a removable bottom, stated usable to 572 F, hand wash and dishwasher safe, making a 10 inch cake, at 1.4 lb.
The biggest cake with no coating at all. E-far, single piece food grade stainless steel at 10 by 4 inches with a 16 cup capacity, mirror finished, with a center cone 1 inch higher than the sides, oven safe to 450 degrees F, at 1.55 lb.
Every figure above comes from the maker’s own listing text. These are the things we went looking for and could not source in any of them.
