Posted: 12/27/2012 5:16:01 PM EDT
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Corning sold the Pyrex brand a few years ago. The new company changed the glass, and now the products are exploding... http://todayhealth.today.com/_news/2012/12/21/16049242-kitchen-calamity-reports-of-shattering-cookware-on-the-rise |
| Pyrex has always been that way to some extent, IIRC. If you create too much of a difference in heat across the dish (i.e. heat one side and not the other), it will explode. I had it happen at least 5-6yrs ago with a dish that was several years old at the time. I took it out of the oven and set it on the stovetop to cool, forgetting that the left rear burner connected to / vented from the oven (electric stove). One corner of the dish was over the vent, and it blew the hell up. |
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Quoted: It's not borosilicate glass anymore. I don't buy new pyrex anymore either. Yep, it hasn't been for some time. There's a company in Brazil called Marinex that still makes glass cookware from borosilicate glass. I bought a baking dish from them a couple of yars ago. |
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Wikipedia - Pyrex
The differences between Pyrex products depending on manufacturer has also led to safety issues—in 2010, the Consumer Product Safety Commission received several complaints by users reporting that their Pyrex glassware had shattered at high temperatures. The consumer affairs magazine Consumer Reports investigated the matter after obtaining copies of the complaints, determining that the complainants had in fact been using World Kitchen-produced Pyrex products, and had incorrectly assumed that they would have the same characteristics and strength as their borosilicate counterparts.
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Sometimes even the real old, good stuff had issues. Back in 1993 my wife was given a set that my grandmother had, from like back when Pyrex first came out. Really good stuff. Had seen a ton of years being used.
I came home from work one evening, the wife was cooking supper. She took the Pyrex out of the oven, and BOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!. Chicken grenade. Chicken and glass when 20 feet, I got slathered with chicken, and had glass all over me way over on the couch. |
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Sometimes even the real old, good stuff had issues. Back in 1993 my wife was given a set that my grandmother had, from like back when Pyrex first came out. Really good stuff. Had seen a ton of years being used. I came home from work one evening, the wife was cooking supper. She took the Pyrex out of the oven, and BOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!. Chicken grenade. Chicken and glass when 20 feet, I got slathered with chicken, and had glass all over me way over on the couch. This has happened to my wife and I twice in the last couple months. Her Pyrex baking dishes were well over 10 yrs old. It happened with a casserole and once with my favorite peach cobbler ! No more Pyrex now especially with the new formula. Metal bake ware. Thanks GD ! |
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HOLY FUCKING SHITBALLS... did you actually read that report??? talk about sensationalism. Almost 1 BILLION pieces of pyrex in existence and 1600 have "exploded". And the guy that needed stitches from the "Shrapnel"??? Yeah, he got it when he fell down on the glass from the spilled water.... WTF.... from NBC news.  |
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HOLY FUCKING SHITBALLS... did you actually read that report??? talk about sensationalism. Almost 1 BILLION pieces of pyrex in existence and 1600 have "exploded". And the guy that needed stitches from the "Shrapnel"??? Yeah, he got it when he fell down on the glass from the spilled water.... WTF.... from NBC news. Very believable. Ever have it happen to you? I'm certain it has happened more than 1600 times. That stuff is SHARP and explodes. It would be easy to be cut by flying glass, especially if it exploded in your hands. We had a chicken dinner (Chicken is what causes it!) explode on us after it was taken out of the oven. I found glass shards in the living room 20' away. |
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QUICK! Who has preban pyrex in without gouging prices?!!! I didn't know I needed any till now, but now I gots to have it at any cost!!!!!!!  Who can I order some from who won't charge my card till it's in????? You can still get it at semi-normal prices. You just have to buy the French stuff. Even Pyrex's owners on the web site store have some models of baking dishes that are "made in France". That's the good stuff. The rest is on ebay, new. |
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Sometimes even the real old, good stuff had issues. Back in 1993 my wife was given a set that my grandmother had, from like back when Pyrex first came out. Really good stuff. Had seen a ton of years being used. I came home from work one evening, the wife was cooking supper. She took the Pyrex out of the oven, and BOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!. Chicken grenade. Chicken and glass when 20 feet, I got slathered with chicken, and had glass all over me way over on the couch. It doesn't last forever. Over time, the physical properties of all glass change, especially after its been scratched, repeated heat-cycled, or pitted by abrasion. |
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OK then. I have a full set of mostly 50s era vintage Pre Ban Pyrex cookware. The good stuff, with lids and the whole works.
To be in full disclosure I must mention that one piece was involved in a slight mishap. But get it now kids, before the Democrats ban this so called " assault " cookware. |
