TexasCHLforum.com

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

http://www.khou.com/home/Pearland-coupl ... 14534.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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

http://www.consumeraffairs.com/homeowne ... ng_p3.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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.

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.

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

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

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.

74novaman wrote: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.

suthdj wrote: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.

Keith B wrote:

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.

WildBill wrote:

suthdj wrote: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.