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Darrellh
Member
07-21-2004
| Wednesday, May 17, 2006 - 4:28 am
Mine cracked and fell apart while baking, but according to this article, much worse has happened. http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2006/03/pyrex_panic.html
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Wednesday, May 17, 2006 - 4:42 am
OMIGAWD Darrell, PLEASE say you are OKAY!!!!!!!!!!!
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Darrellh
Member
07-21-2004
| Wednesday, May 17, 2006 - 4:47 am
I'm fine, but I had to throw out my food. Thankfully I had a large pan in the lower shelf. Nothing went down to the coils.
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Wednesday, May 17, 2006 - 4:55 am
i'm famous for exploding pyrex. unles the food is all the way to the edges (like meatloaf or scalloped potatoes) don't use it in the oven. i used to do the foods where you add water in the bottom so it won't get dry and then the water would all evaporate out, if you add more water.. KABOOM! cracking and falling apart is good. i've had the them really go BOOM!
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Wednesday, May 17, 2006 - 6:06 am
I don't think I am EVER going to use my pyrex again. Too risky! I'm paranoid enough about getting scalded taking liquid out of the microwave... I don't need something else to worry about.
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Wednesday, May 17, 2006 - 7:05 pm
I had a pyrex dish explode on me in much the same matter as described in the article. I was broiling fish, and took it out of the oven and placed it on top of the stove (like I had done dozens of times before). The second it touched the stove it blew up. I figured it was the sudden change of temperature, assuming the burner on top of the stove was cold (the stove is vented out to the garage, so the top of the stove can get pretty cold in the winter). So, now I always use a cookie sheet to set my pyrex dishes on. I figure that evens out the temp of the surface the dish is sitting on, and the cookie sheet is what takes any difference in temperature when the finished meal is placed on top of the stove for cooling. I also no longer broil fish in pyrex!
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-20-2003
| Wednesday, May 17, 2006 - 11:55 pm
Thanks, D, for posting that. I just sent it to my dd and my sis, both of whom own Pyrex bakeware. Since I have a glass-top stove, I follow the guidelines and never place anything hot (including pyrex dishes) on the cool stovetop. I have a formica kitchen countertop, so I use these flat, filmed glass things (called The Surface Protector) that my dh bought me to set all hot dishes on when I remove them from either the stove or oven. (Made esp for that purpose.) Wondering if that is why (so far, anyway) I've not had a problem. (But to have one break in the dishwater is pretty scary!!!) Anyway, thanks again, Darrell. This is really good to know.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Thursday, May 18, 2006 - 11:41 am
Yep, thanks, Darrell. I sent the article to lots of people I know, and sure enough, some of them have had Pyrex explode.
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Darrellh
Member
07-21-2004
| Thursday, May 18, 2006 - 12:33 pm
This is much more common than I thought, I guess. Glad I could help get the word out.
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Sadiesmom
Member
03-13-2002
| Friday, May 19, 2006 - 6:13 pm
Wow, that is weird. I wonder, I have old Pyrex that I have been using for years, I have never had a problem. I don't use them on stove top, but in the oven and mycrowave. ut nothing is younger than 20 years old. Perhaps they ar being made thinner now? My stuff is thick and clunky.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Friday, June 02, 2006 - 5:19 am
Herck, thanks for the tip about the glasstop stoves. I'm going to be getting one. I have electric coil burners now. Now when I take things out of the oven, I set those hot things on the stove top / burners. I would guess I could put wire cooling racks or upside down cookie sheet on glasstop on which to cool hot things from oven as my counter space is limited.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Friday, June 02, 2006 - 3:20 pm
How weird. I've never had pyrex explode on me. Thank goodness all you lost was the food!
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-20-2003
| Friday, June 02, 2006 - 5:00 pm
Hey, Color! Well, you're welcome! Yes, I used to place my cold roaster pan (with grill-type top) on top of the stove and then placed the hot pot/pan on it. But it just got too crowded and unwieldy if I used 2 or more burners. So now I carry any hot pots to the counter across from my stove and set it on the 'Surface Protectors' there. I just feel more secure with hot things safely on flat on a surface away from the stove.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Sunday, October 22, 2006 - 7:49 pm
There is a link on the Pyrex page to a page about problems consumers have had with GE microwave ovens. I got a GE in September. The article positively scares me. Mine did do something peculiar recently?!
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