Comments on: I use Pyrex every day, but have not heard of this. Have you?

By: " Alice got to me..."

" Alice got to me..." — Sat, 15 May 2010 17:13:59 +0000

First of all, the story is inconsistent. It first says "Sylvia opened the oven door" and then it says "…but this time Sylvia wasn’t near the oven"…. So, i don’t trust the story. However, without some precautions all dishwares can and do explode. So handle everything with care. And while opening the oven door, stay as far as possible, cause the heat can harm your eyes, and i take out the baked goods at least 30 second after I open the oven door.
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By: Jo M

Jo M — Sat, 15 May 2010 16:38:59 +0000

True. I haven’t had any glass dishes explode in the oven, but I have lost one or two over the years by setting the hot dish on a wet or cold surface.
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http://www.snopes.com/food/warnings/pyrex.asp

Snopes.com is a good place to check out urban myths before you clog up others’ inboxes with ridiculous stories.

By: reginald b

reginald b — Sat, 15 May 2010 15:51:59 +0000

Very long story to relay a common occurrence. There is no safe cookware, so I’ll continue to use my pyrex and corningware. Been doing that for 20 years with old and new stuff. Teflon and aluminum will kill you. Glassware breaks and explodes. Don’t know what that new silicone stuff does. Here’s a website that further discusses cookware and tells you about something new that is SOOOO much better for you?!
http://cookware.mercola.com/cookware.aspx
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By: Antonia James

Antonia James — Sat, 15 May 2010 15:39:59 +0000

I use Pyrex baking/storage/microwave dishes all the time -- including ones that were bought in the past few years. The key is to make sure that the glass is not of a much different temperature than the place where you are putting it. I learned the hard way, though not as dramatically as the story you tell, that extreme changes in temperature do cause it to break. (I put a hot pie dish into a sink that had cold water in it and it broke into a few pieces.) I could not live without my Pyrex measuring cups, pie plates and storage/reheat boxes. The convenience is worth a little extra effort. If you have a cold or room temperature dish, just put it in some warm water for a few minutes and that is sufficient to prevent breakage. Good luck!
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By: Prof L

Prof L — Sat, 15 May 2010 14:49:59 +0000

Yes, I do know that you have to use pyrex properly or it will shatter or explode. You can't use it on direct heat and you shouldn't subject it to sudden changes in temperature. Myself, like you have not had to deal with this problem.
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By: mikewonaus

mikewonaus — Sat, 15 May 2010 14:11:59 +0000

Wow! We have now!
Seems like an awful lotta cryin o’r some spilt milk [soda speak]!
Good to have a shop vac, a Walmart close by to find a replacement foda bakin dish, a food store to find a replacement roast, & no one got injured but we’d never have a frozen pizza in our freezer. Oh well.
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By: wolsch

wolsch — Sat, 15 May 2010 13:51:59 +0000

wow im never using my pyrex baking dish or measureing cup again
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By: Janice

Janice — Sat, 15 May 2010 13:03:59 +0000

I’ve not seen this, but find it scary.

I don’t know what I’ll do with all my Pyrex
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