Exploding Bakeware

[WildBill]

I just ran across this story about a pyrex baking dish exploding in an oven:

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This is news to me, but apparently others have had the same experience.

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[74novaman]

The In laws neighbors in colorado had a similar experience. I'm not sure if it was pyrex, but some baking dish in the oven went kablooie on them.

[Keith B]

We were sitting in the living room and we heard this big kaboom,” said Clifton.

“The sound was more like a .45 caliber gunshot,” said Richard Clifton.

If this happened to me, the oven might end up with a pistol drawn down on it.

[pbwalker]

whoa...this just happened to a friend of mine 2 days ago.

[RPB]

Which BATFE form, and how much is the tax for exploding bakeware?
They need to regulate that stuff .. hi capacity bowls especially.

[suthdj]

I had this happen many years ago, we had made stuffing in a large Pyrex cake pan for thanksgiving. My mother decided to keep it warm so she placed it on the electric element on my cook top at a low setting so as not to burn it, a short time later we heard a loud crack/pop and the stuffing was a mess. I guess the stuffing is what kept anything from flying so nobody got hurt it was just a bit of a mess and a mother feeling embarrassed.

[WildBill]

The In laws neighbors in colorado had a similar experience. I'm not sure if it was pyrex, but some baking dish in the oven went kablooie on them.

I was doing some research and found that the Pyrex brand of cookware was sold by Corning Glass and it became World Kitchen.

I always thought that Pyrex was a borosilicate glass, but apparently the composition changed to a tempered soda-lime glass. Supposedly this was done to increase the mechanical strength to decrease breakage. Coincidentially, the raw materials and processing costs are cheaper for the soda-lime glass. Poor or uneven tempering can lead to internal stress which can cause fractures. I also read that the Pyrex cookware made in Europe doesn't have the same issues and the U.S product.

[WildBill]

I had this happen many years ago, we had made stuffing in a large Pyrex cake pan for thanksgiving. My mother decided to keep it warm so she placed it on the electric element on my cook top at a low setting so as not to burn it, a short time later we heard a loud crack/pop and the stuffing was a mess. I guess the stuffing is what kept anything from flying so nobody got hurt it was just a bit of a mess and a mother feeling embarrassed.

If you read the instructions that came with the cake pan, putting Pyrex or any glass on a stove burner is not a good. Many people have done that with their glass coffee pots with bad results.

[WildBill]

We were sitting in the living room and we heard this big kaboom,” said Clifton.

“The sound was more like a .45 caliber gunshot,” said Richard Clifton.

If this happened to me, the oven might end up with a pistol drawn down on it.

And a few .45 inch holes in the oven door!

Maybe we should start wearing our shooting glasses while in the kitchen.

[suthdj]

I had this happen many years ago, we had made stuffing in a large Pyrex cake pan for thanksgiving. My mother decided to keep it warm so she placed it on the electric element on my cook top at a low setting so as not to burn it, a short time later we heard a loud crack/pop and the stuffing was a mess. I guess the stuffing is what kept anything from flying so nobody got hurt it was just a bit of a mess and a mother feeling embarrassed.

If you read the instructions that came with the cake pan, putting Pyrex or any glass on a stove burner is not a good. Many people have done that with their glass coffee pots with bad results.

READ INSTRUCTIONS....ya who does that

No I didn't read instructions, but I also don't put things on the burner unless they are meant to go there, my mother on the other hand I won't comment on.