Kitchen

[chickenbutt]

I haven't had it happen either, but I can only imagine how unsettling that would be! Scary just to think about.

One thing that I've read a LOT with that is people taking it out of the oven and setting it on the stove or on a counter. We are all best served to have some silicone trivets. You don't ever want to set any HOT glass, stoneware, etc, on a hard or cool/cold surface. Silicone trivets are extremely helpful. I have several from Le Creuset - rectangular, round, and small round. They are very thick silicone that will last a lifetime.

I wish they hadn't changed to soda lime glass, either. I have some old Pyrex and some that is newer. I have a couple of purple glass pieces that I wish I could figure out how old they are and if they are borosilicate or soda lime. They are purple (see-through purple) glass. I've used them extensively in the oven with no problems, but I'm always still careful handling glass. It's good to follow the rules sometimes.

[gkelly]

On 3/29/2015 tigriss said:

My ex-roommate made mine explode. She decided that since the recipe called for melted butter, she would melt it in the oven while she was pre-heating it. Cold butter + hot glass =explosion. She just screamed and pointed at the oven. I walked in expecting blood, water, fire....nope. I opened the oven, turned it off, and told her to clean it up when it cooled. She was from New Jersey and thought because her mother was a great cook, that she would be as well, even though she "follows" a recipe by just lightly using it as a guide and wonders why her stuff never works. She never bothered to learn what makes a recipe a recipe before she would alter it. Well ma does it and it is always great....why can't I. IDIOT! She was like that with all her life and thought I and my sister were super brains because we just knew how to do things. We always told her that we learned by doing it all as kids before we just knew how to do it as adults from cutting grass, to planting trees, to cooking, everything really.

Glad your ex-roommate wasn't hurt when the dish exploded! I think most (or most should,IMO) people in this situation would react like you did...you let it cool & clean it up ( or told roommate to do it)...COMMON sense! A few posters go on & on about a dish breaking when taking it out of the oven and make it seemed like another world war or something!!!! They make it seem so tragic (life changing) instead of telling themselves..okay, that's it for me and never buy that product again!

[ROMARY]

Yes, many years ago. I don't recall which of the two manufacturers. I set a piping hot baking dish on a counter, and it exploded all across the room. Shards everywhere. When I called the company, they said that it happened because I set it on a cold counter. (Which it was cold tile). So, I'm always advising folks to set hot glass on top of oven mitts, thick folded towels, etc. Never on a cold counter or anything cold. Also, I don't advise baking with glass items in top ovens, just in case. Better to use the lower oven. Please be careful.

[lovesrecess]

My old Pyrex pieces that were my mothers are workhorses and I don't worry about them cracking. Several years ago I did have line break when I put a casserole from the fridge into a hot oven; .heard a noise and the pan had split into two pieces....food was still mostly frozen so not much mess, but lesson learned. Now I put the cold pan into the cold oven and let it warm up with the oven.

[Tigriss]

On 3/30/2015 gonnab said:

This happened to a friend of mine who was hosting a large family Thanksgiving dinner. Everything was ready including a pyrex casserole dish of extra dressing which she had just taken out of the oven. Not thinking, she placed it on the ceramic stovetop which had not been completely turned off while the family gathered to say prayers. The whole thing exploded, spreading stuffing all over the ceiling, walls, countertops, floor, and, of course, the diners and dining table where everyone was gathered! Dressing, glass - everywhere!!! Fortunately, no one got cut but they didn't dare eat anything for fear of glass contamination. They had to order pizza!!!! Funny now, but it wasn't so much so then.

It was probably the combination of the hot glass and the cold surface that caused the explosion. The same with the other person's post about taking it out and putting it on the stove. This is the same as when my roommate put the cold butter in the Pyrex to melt while she mixed the cake. A cold spot and hotter glass caused that explosion, so the same with the hot food and cold surface. I don't put hot dishes down on anything without a trivet or a pot holder underneath. I don't have fancy surfaces that claim you can do that without issue, but it is just one of those old fashioned things I got into as a kid cooking and kept up doing it.

[Tigriss]

On 3/30/2015 gkelly5744 said:

On 3/29/2015 tigriss said:

My ex-roommate made mine explode. She decided that since the recipe called for melted butter, she would melt it in the oven while she was pre-heating it. Cold butter + hot glass =explosion. She just screamed and pointed at the oven. I walked in expecting blood, water, fire....nope. I opened the oven, turned it off, and told her to clean it up when it cooled. She was from New Jersey and thought because her mother was a great cook, that she would be as well, even though she "follows" a recipe by just lightly using it as a guide and wonders why her stuff never works. She never bothered to learn what makes a recipe a recipe before she would alter it. Well ma does it and it is always great....why can't I. IDIOT! She was like that with all her life and thought I and my sister were super brains because we just knew how to do things. We always told her that we learned by doing it all as kids before we just knew how to do it as adults from cutting grass, to planting trees, to cooking, everything really.

Glad your ex-roommate wasn't hurt when the dish exploded! I think most (or most should,IMO) people in this situation would react like you did...you let it cool & clean it up ( or told roommate to do it)...COMMON sense! A few posters go on & on about a dish breaking when taking it out of the oven and make it seemed like another world war or something!!!! They make it seem so tragic (life changing) instead of telling themselves..okay, that's it for me and never buy that product again!

She really was a piece of work. She didn't seem to even know how grass got cut. She would just come home and it was done. I guess we were underprivileged compared to her family. Oh, we had people to do those things, but they were called us, the kids. It is scary to think that she has kids now. She couldn't handle the litter box, so I'm not sure what she did with the kids' messes. Once she called me all the way from her family's house in Orange Park, FL about what to do about a glass pitcher exploding on her mother's legs full of hot tea. I told her to go to the emergency room. She then called back about why the glass pitcher exploded. She failed to realize that there was a sticker that said not meant for food use. They all packed it in to Pier 1 to complain about it exploding. The sales girl pointed out the sticker......It was decorative, not for use for everyday things. I reckon it just runs in the family.

[Tigriss]

On 3/30/2015 chickenbutt said:

I haven't had it happen either, but I can only imagine how unsettling that would be! Scary just to think about.

One thing that I've read a LOT with that is people taking it out of the oven and setting it on the stove or on a counter. We are all best served to have some silicone trivets. You don't ever want to set any HOT glass, stoneware, etc, on a hard or cool/cold surface. Silicone trivets are extremely helpful. I have several from Le Creuset - rectangular, round, and small round. They are very thick silicone that will last a lifetime.

I wish they hadn't changed to soda lime glass, either. I have some old Pyrex and some that is newer. I have a couple of purple glass pieces that I wish I could figure out how old they are and if they are borosilicate or soda lime. They are purple (see-through purple) glass. I've used them extensively in the oven with no problems, but I'm always still careful handling glass. It's good to follow the rules sometimes.

I have some of the purple stuff. It was around 2005-2007 when I got mine. Mine is a dark plum type color. I also have some of the white with avocado flowers that I got a whole set, new from a flea market straight from the 60s. I love it!

[glorydays]

The Pyrex made today is not the Pryex of old that was made in USA

[debic]

Knocking on wood, no. I use old and new equally the same. I'm also a silicone trivet fan. If I put any kind of casserole into the fridge hot, I line it with the trivets so it doesn't touch the shelf. I do try and cool it down first.

[Winifred]

Maybe I have been fortunate in that ALL the pyrex I have and use is at least 30 plus years old. Probably closer to 50. LOL. Workhorses indeed!!!!!!