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Post by treatmaker on May 22, 2011 7:33:15 GMT -5
I wondering if anyone else has ever experienced this? I was roasting a chicken the other nite in a pyrex dish and it shattered into a thousand pieces. My oven thermostate is fine, temp is right on the button so high heat wasn't the issue. It killed me to have to throw out a whole dinner
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Post by tclizard on May 22, 2011 7:37:57 GMT -5
Was it an older dish or a newer one? I have heard of the newer ones shattering...
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Post by 58limited on May 22, 2011 9:41:54 GMT -5
I too have heard that the new ones can shatter. New ones are not made of the same glass as the old Pyrex. I have used the old stuff without incident all of my life. Old Pyrex is plentiful. Based on what I've heard about the new stuff, I will only buy the old stuff. I see it all the time at estate sales and on ebay, often for very cheap prices.
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Post by treatmaker on May 24, 2011 9:34:52 GMT -5
It was new and now that I think about it, it wasn't pyrex it was an anchor hocking glass dish. All I can say is "What a Mess" not to mention I thought my oven had blown up!
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Post by tclizard on May 24, 2011 13:48:54 GMT -5
I have the cobalt blue ones and have been told not to use my stainless steel scrubbers on them, that it ruins the integrity of the glass and that it could shatter.
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Post by lwagne on May 24, 2011 17:22:51 GMT -5
You can't ever put the glass in a pre-heated oven. The thermal shock will almost always shatter them. the hot wire of the racks is just too much for them. I have had luck putting pyrex on a baking sheet and then in to the oven. But, I trust it more in to a cold oven. Same with any "oven-proof" pottery
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Post by Chuckie on May 24, 2011 20:17:24 GMT -5
Au contraire, madam---don't you remember the TV ad from the late 60's early 70's--♫ "from the freezer, to the oven, to the table!! ♪"
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Post by lwagne on May 24, 2011 21:15:23 GMT -5
They neglected to say that was a cold oven. They sold a lot of Pyrex that way!!
Actually, I don't know, maybe Pyrex can take it. I know stoneware pottery won't. I have a stoneware pizza stone that I put on the wire element - wasn't thinking. Cracked that baby in the exact shape of the element!!
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Post by eidos on Jul 31, 2011 20:17:52 GMT -5
the new pyrex i bought a couple days ago says it can go into a preheated oven from room temperature, not to put it from freezer into a hot oven(duh pyrex guys) From what i hear, the pyrex has been soda glass since like th 50's, before that it was borosilic glass. But anything with color should be soda, which begs the question, why does the new stuff have a reputation for exploding, i think it might be dishwasher wear, etching etc, and also scrubbers as mentioned earlier, scraping up the glass causes weak spots and causes them to boom. Just my 2 cents
Eidos
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Post by 58limited on Jul 31, 2011 21:43:10 GMT -5
From another forum (I hope this is accurate, interesting nonetheless): World Kitchen aquired Corningware/Pyrex.and discontinued pyroceram (in the US, not in Europe or Asia)....and changed Pyrex as well. Most of what people think is pyroceram is really a type of stoneware and is not as forgiving as pyroceram. Due to consumer feedback, World Kitchen is reintroducing pyroceram (made in France) to their American market, but it is expensive.
The original pyroceram and pyrex could go from freezer to oven with no problems.
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Post by karitx on Jul 31, 2011 22:00:46 GMT -5
I knew Pyrex had changed, but I didn't realize Anchor Hocking had as well. Grrrr. I wish they would raise the prices instead of making a lesser product.
I grab the old Corningware when I see it because I was very peevish when I was given a new set several years ago and realized they were just stoneware (which isn't supposed to be used in a water bath). Now I guess I need to watch for vintage glass bakeware, too, since all the new stuff is suspect.
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Post by eidos on Jul 31, 2011 23:04:21 GMT -5
Actually they still sell pyroceram, (http://www.shopworldkitchen.com/search-results?q=pyroceram&x=0&y=0&customerId=worldkitchen&code=www2) they just went with cheaper stoneware for the common stuff, they sell pyroceram but its pricy They say they didnt change the formula when they aquired pyrex, www.pyrexware.com/index.asp?pageId=30also stats.org/stories/2009/exploding_pyrex_oct14_09.htmli still love the older pyrex, but rumors seem to be just that, plus the new stuff i have hasnt exploded
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Post by lwagne on Jul 31, 2011 23:45:34 GMT -5
That's pretty amazing that a "glass" could take that kind of thermal shock
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Post by eidos on Aug 1, 2011 21:32:23 GMT -5
just to note, the visions, pots and dutch ovens they make are made to go directly over flame, but then again they arnt a true glass they are a glass/ceramic basically a clear version of the pyroceram, which is pretty cool if you ask me, sometime ill take a picture of the visions i have collected.
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