Xtrema Pure Ceramic Skillet (Versa Pan)
Xtrema
Pure Ceramic Skillet (Versa Pan)
A one-piece ceramic pan with no coating to wear and nothing plastic anywhere. As inert as cookware gets.
One piece of fired ceramic with no coating and no metal core. Nothing to scratch off and nothing to leach, which makes it the most inert pan we score.
How this score breaks down
Strengths
- One-piece ceramic with no coating to wear off
- Inert surface, leaches nothing under high heat
- Passed California Prop 65 lead and cadmium leaching tests through the third-party lab SGS for 15 years running, with reports published
- Stovetop, oven, and broiler safe
Trade-offs
- Heats slowly and wants lower settings than metal
- Solid ceramic can crack if dropped or thermal-shocked
- Not naturally nonstick, so use a little oil
- Heavy for its size
Scored on our durable-goods method (durables-v1, 2026-08-24). How we rank →
What's inside
Xtrema states its cookware is made of 100% natural minerals, clay, and water, fired in a kiln at 2,500F, with no metals, glues, or polymers. The glaze is mostly silica (sand and quartz) with other minerals and oxides, permanently bonded to the body through firing. Body, cooking surface, and handle are one piece of ceramic.
| Part | Material |
|---|---|
| Body | 100% ceramic (clay, minerals, water), one piece |
| Cooking surface | Silica-based ceramic glaze fired into the body, no coating |
| Handle | Integral ceramic |
| Core | None (no metal core) |
Free of PTFE, PFAS, PFOA, polymers, glues, metals
- Packaging
- Not stated
- Microplastics
- None expected. Fired ceramic sheds no plastic and the glaze is fused into the body.
Attributes
What this product is, at a glance.
Certifications
None listed. We only show independent third-party certifications we can verify with the issuing body, and this product does not currently hold any.
About Xtrema
Xtrema is a family-owned and operated American cookware company founded by Rich Bergstrom, a ceramics veteran with over forty years in the industry, who set out to make cookware from a single material with nothing to flake, chip, or leach. Every piece is 100% ceramic: clay, water, and natural minerals fired at 2,500F, with no metal core, no glaze additives, and no nonstick layer.
The brand publishes its third-party lead and cadmium leaching results from SGS against California Prop 65 on its own site, going back more than a decade, which is rarer than it should be in cookware. The trade is technique and weight: pure ceramic heats slowly, holds heat hard, and is heavier than aluminum, so it rewards low, patient cooking rather than fast high-heat searing.
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