Anchor Hocking Cookware

Red lid on one cup bowl melted. I placed beans in microwave with lid just placed on top, not sealed, cooked for 2 minutes and the margin of lid is now misshapen. I thought these were microwave safe. Very dissatisfied!

I was cooking breaded chicken in the oven (which I have before) with my Anchor Hocking 9x13 pan. It had been cooking at 450 degrees for about 25 minutes and was almost done when it exploded. It sounded like a bomb and scared me. It freaked out our young autistic son. It took hours to console him. I have had the pan for seven years and I loved it but I am afraid to use any of their products again. It was an awful experience and took hours to clean up. And our dinner was ruined. The glass had shot some of the shards up into the chicken. I am only grateful it blew up in the oven or it would have seriously hurt all of us! I have plenty of photos as well if they are needed.

I purchased two clear glass bread pans and have used them fewer than five times. There were no visible cracks in either of them. Imagine my surprise when one the the pans of pumpkin bread exploded about three minutes after I put it into a 350 degree oven! It was a mess to clean up and while I was doing that, a small piece of glass exploded again in a cool oven. I have older AH glassware that I have used for 35 years without any problems. What's up with this?

I was baking swordfish steaks for Easter dinner at 400F. I opened the oven, reached in with a mitten and began to lift out the 9 x 12 casserole dish when it exploded. The hot glass cut my hand. Most ended up in the oven, but numerous pieces landed on the linoleum floor leaving burn marks all over it. It took nearly two hours to clean up the mess. Thankfully, my 8-year old son was not standing close by for it would have hit him in the face. I will never buy Anchor Hocking products again.

I'm making an Easter morning breakfast for company coming over. The dish was at room temp, baked for 1 hour and set on top of the stove. I came home from church. The dish had shattered and there was glass all over the kitchen and inside my burners. There went my breakfast and faith in this company. I will never use any Anchor products I own again. It is very dangerous. Thank God, my children's dogs were not here yesterday morning as they are during the week.

I was remodeling my kitchen and hadn't had a home-cooked meal in a month. I made a shepherd pie in one of the anchor casserole dishes with my 3 kids. We had it ready to put in the oven and we all turned away for something and it just exploded into a million pieces. Thank goodness that we were not looking that way, we could have had glass in our eyes. Needless to say, before I left for work that night, all my food and hard work were left in shambles with my kids having to eat junk for supper. It is hard enough being without a kitchen forever and then to have that happen.

My husband was baking a chicken and pulled it out of the oven, everything was fine. Then he tried to put hot water in the baking dish and it exploded on the kitchen counter, sinks and floor. The damage was quite extensive. In 30+ years of baking and cooking, neither of us have ever had this happen. It was quite a cleanup and we had to call the apartment maintenance to come and take apart the disposal drain, as it was filled with glass. I got cut twice on my hand and my husband cut his foot. What has happened to this product to cause such chaos?

I was making apple crisp. All of the ingredients were room temperature. Nothing was cold. It was put in a 375 oven. Shortly after putting it in, a loud explosion came from the oven. I thought one of the racks was not in the right position, but that is highly not possible. When I looked in the oven, there were all of the apples, the sugar and other components everywhere. Plus, I might add that glass was everywhere. It took my husband and I about 2 1/2 hours to clean up this horrible mess, plus the glass went under the fixed oven part that contains the burner and such.

We have to find out if the gas connection has the glass and such in it where we cannot possibly reach. Otherwise, we will have to take the oven out of the kitchen to have it completely taken apart. So the gas does not build up in there, and who knows what? What kind of product do you sell that this happens? I had used this 8x8 pan once before. It was brand new. Please get back to me as to why this would happen. And do I dare ever use your products again, which I once trusted?

Today, 3/15/2012, my daughter was checking some chicken we were baking and when she opened the oven, the dish exploded into pieces. Praise the Lord, she didn't get hurt. I have two of the same dishes. I want my money back. They are the loaf glass dishes used for oven. I've used them before and this isn't the only time I've heard of this product doing this and will never buy again.

I purchased these for storage and microwaving. I do not us the plastic lids in cooking or in dishwasher—still, they are ripping apart. Therefore, they are not reliable for storage in fridge.

Oven Baking Dish: I was roasting a Cornish game hen in my oven on an Anchor 9 x 12 baking dish. I opened the oven and added more liquid. I heard a crinkling sound and then an explosion. The glass exploded into many small chunks and blew all over the kitchen and of course the oven is full of glass. The meal was ruined. I have several of these dishes, but I am afraid to use them after this mess.

I had a chicken breast baking in the dish at 375, and some broccoli roasting on a small sheet pan next to the chicken. I was in the next room, and heard a very loud noise. It scared me at first. I didn't know what it was. I opened the oven, and there were glass fragments everywhere in the broccoli, the chicken, and all over the bottom of the oven. Obviously, I did not eat my meal, and still have it in the oven, cooling, afraid of it shattering again into my face or eyes. I am annoyed! I see a lot of complaints about this all over the internet. Why has someone not removed these from the market, and recalled the rest. I have one more of this exact dish. I will be throwing it away.

I was making banana bread preheated the oven to 350. Thirty five minutes into baking, my glass bread pan burst sending glass all over the bottom of my oven and making my bread have a distorted shape. I was bringing it to a tea party.

The blue lids for the Anchor bowls are faulty. I have not used the bowl lids in the microwave, and I have only washed them by hand. It is advertised that I could do both. So far both lids for the 2.5 qt. bowls have cracked the very first time I used them. I e-mailed "Anchor" to advise them of the problem and they have not contacted me. I am trying to 'live green" by purchasing bowls with lids, but I am back to using Saran wrap to act as a cover for the bowl.

It would have been proper public relations to at least get back to me. I would like replacements for their defective bowls--lids that do not crack. It seems that the Anchor people are aware of the problem as they have a website that makes it easier for the consumer to 'purchase' just the lids for all their bowls. It is poor customer relations to sell a faulty product and expect us to put more money out to their company when it is clearly their fault. I do not want a lawyer to contact me. I just want useable lids for my bowls. I would like someone from Anchor to contact me.

I was reheating leftovers and when I opened the microwave to remove my "microwavable" plate, the dish exploded. Thankfully my two children were nowhere around because glass went everywhere. I would like a refund but can't find any information on how to contact the manufacturer. Please give me some information.

I bought Anchor glass bowls with blue lids and the lids are all ripping and I have washed them by hand not in the dishwasher. I would like them replaced. Thank you.

My husband was heating leftovers in my Anchor Hocking Microwave safe bowl in the microwave. Two minutes into heating, the bowl exploded in my microwave. I am so glad that it didn't happen after he opened the door. My microwave is on eye-level! I want my money back! I don't want another bowl!

I cooked BBQ chicken in my 9x13 anchor bake dish. I took it out of the oven, set it on the table on pot holders as I have done before. We all four started eating, approximately 5 to 8 minutes later, the entire bake dish exploded on the table and I mean exploded. My first thought was the overhead light fell onto the table, however, it was the dish. We tried to salvage the meal that was left but glass was actually inside the chicken thighs, in the butter tub, in the potatoes all over the floor. I chewed on a piece of glass that was infused in the chicken, I thought it was clear but it wasn't. I guess I shouldn't have eaten anything else but we had dinner guests and tried to salvage the meal that my girlfriend worked 2 hours on.

The dish exploded so hard it scratched up the kitchen table around and under the dish. I still can't believe this happened. None of us has ever seen anything like this. Thankfully, the glass stayed low to the table and no one got hurt by the shattered glass. Hopefully, no one ate any either.

I got a three piece glass casserole set for Christmas. As I opened the plastic on the three-piece set, the bottom dish, which was the biggest, shattered. I have sent an email before to the company to see what I could do about replacing the dish and there was no reply. I had ended up stepping on one of the pieces of shattered glass. It took me forever to get it all cleaned up.

I was heating up a Knorr Pasta Sides in my microwave in one of my Anchor Hocking mixing bowls (which I received as a gift from my mother last Christmas 2010). I started eating and I felt something hard go down the back of my throat, the next bite I bit into something crunchy. I examined my food to find a shard of glass about an inch long in my pasta. I threw the rest away and called my doctor.

I'm sending pics of exploding bakeware. My 2-year-old grandson had 2 pieces in his foot, because when we opened the oven door to check, it shot out near the broiler door. I have the bakeware frozen in the basement freezer if you would like proof.

The baking pan exploded while cooking dinner! It exploded after 15 minutes in the oven. After reading all the comments on here, they should all be recalled. I called Anchor Hocking and they want me to send the glass dish back so they can test it. Well, there is nothing left but small chips and they are going to replace the dish. I'm not sure if I'll use their dishes again to cook!

My husband was melting butter in our microwave in an Anchor Hocking 4-cup glass measuring cup. It is 11 years old, used many times. When opening the door of the microwave, the glass measuring cup exploded and butter and shards of glass were everywhere, even shooting across the kitchen. It was microwaved only 10-15 seconds on high temp.

We have an old pyrex bowl that I've used for thirty years. I just noticed a small chip from the side. I was heading to the recycling bin with it, and my husband grabbed it. "We can sand this and it will be as good as new!" says this normally smart man. He was not kidding and he agreed to abide by advice I find on the net, since I evidently have no credibility here.

He doesn't know it yet but the bowl is in the bin. Would you please set him straight on his wacko idea? I have no problem with the manufacturer of the bowl, of course. My problem is with my husband's ideas that he can fix anything in his workshop. Please help.

I heated some chili in a glass Anchor Hocking dish in the microwave. About five to ten minutes after I took it out of the microwave, I had it in my hand and it exploded. Glass shards went everywhere--in my hair, down my back, all over my hard woods (leaving divots) all over the room. Luckily, I was looking up at the time or it would have exploded right in my face. I walked away with only a tiny cut on my finger. Fortunately, no one was hurt. The glass left divots in my hardwood floors but other than that, just a huge mess.

I bought a set of two Anchor Hocking 9x13 baking dishes about a year and a half ago. I was baking some flounder last night (12/28/2011) when one of the dishes exploded violently: I set both dishes out on the counter top from the cupboard and turned on the oven to start pre-heating it to 350 (F). The dishes were room temperature at the time. I sprayed both dishes with cooking spray and then put in a layer of fish from the refrigerator and topped the fish with spices and lemon juice. I then put the dishes on the middle rack of the oven, which read 325 degrees at the time. The dishes were side by side, not touching each other and not touching the sides, back, or door of the oven.

At 9 minutes, I opened the oven a small amount to look at the fish. The lemon juice around the fish had just started boiling in the bottom of the dishes. I closed the door gently. 2 or 3 seconds after, I closed the door of the oven (enough time to cross the kitchen to the microwave stand). I heard a loud bang from the oven. When I looked in, one of the dishes had exploded violently, spraying the top, sides, back, bottom, and door of the oven with pulverized glass and fish. The other dish was unharmed, but filled with a thin layer of glass chunks.

I was using my Anchor baking dish to cook my Christmas eve ham. When I took it out of the oven and set it on the stove the pan exploded, ruining my entire dinner because the charred glass went everywhere and I still had the oven door open. If I would have bent down to shut the door, it would have got me in the face. So needless to say, our holiday was ruined. I received this baking set as a gift last Christmas and loved it, but I think it's time to throw the rest of the pans away to prevent a future accident. I'm surprised reading all the comments about this bake ware and its exploding. I think its time for a recall!

On 12/27/11, my wife took a 12"x 9" dish of meatloaf from our oven and set down to cool. After sitting in the open air for about 15 minutes, the dish exploded into a thousand pieces. Luckily, no one was hurt and just some food and time was lost. I'm concerned about the other Anchor items we have.

I preheated my 9x12 glass pan. Took it out of oven to put hot macrone (it was also cooked drained and hot). The pan blew up and out. Large pieces of glass on floor counters and top of stove. Part of small pieces of glass melted on rug in front of the sink. The oven was at 350.

I just discovered a second bowl that has exploded. This one contained coconut and don't think it had ever been used for cooking. It's never been a dishwasher. A couple months ago, I heard a loud bang in my kitchen then later found the biggest size of bowl (with lids) had shattered in the cupboard. I was sitting at the table at the time. I had no idea this could happen but this is scary now that I have read so many other accounts of these bowls exploding. This is so dangerous! I will be contacting the department store where I purchased them and let them know and will not be getting any others. Very, very scary.

I was making baked ziti. It was in the oven for approximately 40 minutes at 350 degrees when I heard a loud explosion in the kitchen. I opened the oven to find the Anchor Hocking bake ware exploded into hundreds of pieces. This baking dish has not been used more than ten times and had no chips or cracks. I took photos if needed. Thankfully, the explosion happened while the dish was still in the oven or I could have sustained severe burns from the sauce. My bake ware is destroyed and I will be throwing out all other Anchor Hocking products that I own. Cleaning the oven was a daunting task, taking over an hour to clean and ensure all the glass was gone. Now I am stuck going to Burger King for dinner tonight.

I was fixing chicken and took it out. I sat it on the counter and it exploded everywhere, come a hair hitting me in the eye. I will never buy or use your bake ware or anything you make ever again. You need to make it right and send me my money back for what I was out.

I received large set of cookware (2 large oblong casserole dishes, 3 small bowls with plastic lids). I received this as a wedding gift about 3 weeks ago. The largest of the two casserole dishes was chipped off on the side, as well as one of the small bowls with lid.

I was baking chicken in the Anchor glass baking pan for my husband. The temperature was on 375. While in the kitchen with my 5-month and year old, I heard an explosion in the oven. It cracked open the oven and glass came tumbling out. There is a big mess all over the kitchen—glass in the oven and all over the floor.

I had made a potato and ham casserole as a surprise for my husband. I put the anchor hocking glass baking dish in the oven at 375 degrees, set my timer for 30 minutes, turned and started to prepare a salad. Then an explosion in my oven. The baking dish had exploded and I had a mess to clean up. I am sick. I had just paid $27.38 for the ingredients needed to prepare this meal. I took my time to make sure it was just perfect and bang, everything is gone. I hate the thought of McDonald's for dinner tonight. My experience rate really is "0" unless "5" stars are the pits.

I baked a casserole in a 11x13 Anchor ovenware dish last night for 1 hour at 350 degrees. I took the dish out of the oven, and put it on top of the stove with no burners on, and it blew up everywhere, and it barely missed my face! I will never use these dishes again. I am throwing them all out! It was a very large mess to clean up, with glass slivers everywhere! I was very disappointed with the product! I sent the company an email, but I never heard back from them today!

I purchased an Anchor Hocking 8x8 IR 9x9 square pan at Wal-Mart over a year ago. I have used it quite a few times. This evening after dinner, I was making a dessert. After mixing the ingredients and putting them in the pan, I put it in the oven at 400 degrees. I was to cook it for 20 minutes. After about 15 minutes, we heard an explosion in the oven and went to look.

The pan had exploded and the oven was a mess with the cobbler and shards of glass all over the inside of the oven. After reading other stories, I guess I am the lucky one. No one was hurt. My grandsons were in the room playing and it could have been tragic. This shouldn't be allowed to happen. With all of our protective agencies in this country, something should be done. I am now needing a new pan, but wonder if what I can buy that will be safe.

This is my second cooking platter that has broken in less than a year and I had to throw my food away. I think this time I would like some other kind of cooking platter replacement or a refund.

I purchased a 13x9 (I think) Pyrex pan. I can't check the size because it is in a million pieces and is now all over my kitchen. I purchased Anchor Hocking because I heard about Pyrex shattering. I was cooking baked chicken in the pan at 350 degrees; when it was finished, I took the pan out of the oven and set it on the counter. The pan burst and shattered, sending glass and hot food everywhere.

I had a cut on my arm and have glass shards in my foot and near my eye. This was scary and I was afraid I had inhaled some of the glass because it happened so fast. I am lucky I was not seriously injured.

I bought an 11" x 15" Anchor baking dish today--along with two organic chickens, onions, etc. I baked chickens uncovered at 325 degrees for three hours. Just before I pulled out the dish, it exploded in the oven. Broth and glass went everywhere. I feel very blessed that we were not injured as some have been. It will be costly, but I am throwing out all glass cookware I have and replacing them with metal.

Wow, I thought I was the only one this happened to. I was making pumpkin bread in mine about a year ago. I baked the bread at 300 degrees and took it out of the oven and set it on a wire cooling rack. Thankfully, the kids and I had left the kitchen. We heard a large crack sound and went in to find glass shattered everywhere. I was finding glass everywhere for months. I talked to a friend and they said the same thing. I have been afraid to use any of my other Anchor Hocking cookware in the oven or freezer. I had a freezer safe dish crack in the freezer also.

I bought the 16-piece Linden glassware set. Over the course of about three months, they all started breaking from even the lightest touch. One day, as I was hand washing one of the tall glasses, the cup broke and cut me so badly I had to go to the ER and could not work for one day. Never buy from this company.

We bought a brand new Anchor baking dish and a cake. We followed all instructions and baked at the right temperature. When my wife took the dish out of the oven and set it on a potholder on top of the stove, the dish exploded like a grenade sending glass in her face and hair. We picked up pieces of glass as far as 11 feet away from the explosion. She didn't drop the dish, it simply exploded. I saved the dish because I feel I was ripped off and hopefully it can be inspected to prevent future explosions. We are out the price of the dish and our daughter's birthday cake. Other than that, we were just inconvenienced. Lucky that my wife was not seriously injured since the glass hit her face.

I bought a 16 piece glass set. They weren't even 6 months old. I have only had them about for 3 month. I was washing a glass and it broke when I was washing it. I was unaware that it broke. There was blood in the water. I lift up my hand with the glass in it, and saw it broke. My hand was very badly cut, with blood pouring out. Not good.

I had to go to the hospital on Halloween to get stitches on my left hand. I have arthritis in that same hand too. I got about eight stitches, plus at they had to straighten out two of my fingers on my left hand. I'm in a lot of pain. A lot.

On May 20, 2011, I purchased two piece oven basics Value Pack set (item # 82761) from Blain's Farm and Fleet. With summer on the way and no immediate baking plans in the works, I just put it away on a wooden shelf in my pantry for future use. Yesterday, October 31, 2011, I planned to use them for the first time. I was shocked to see the large dish sitting on the shelf, untouched, still covered in its original shrink wrap, and it was shattered in a 1,000 pieces (like a shattered automobile tempered glass window)! I am a retired instrument maker from the Department of Energy and have extensive knowledge of material science and thermal expansion of types of liquid and solids. This has me completely baffled. The temperature in my pantry may at most varied from 70 to 90 degree F this summer. Could it be a material composition defect?

I was very happy with my baking dish until I opened my oven door to check to see if my pumpkin was done and saw that the dish had blown up. Good thing I didn't have the door open all the way or it would have ended up in my face.

We were ready to sit down for our dinner of corn beef and cabbage that had cooked all day. The table had the corn beef, garlic bread, horse radish, butter, the dishes, napkins, all the fixings except the baked acorn squash. The girls took out the anchor hocking dish with the squash and set it on the stove top, then proceeded to put the dish on the table on some holders to protect the table top.

As they set the dish down and took their hands away, there was a very loud noise and everyone rushed to see that the dish had exploded. There was glass all over the table and in every dish of food that had to be put in the garbage. I have felt so bad and went into the internet to replace my niece's dish when I found this list of complaints. Needless to say, I am not replacing with Anchor Hocking. Even after the expense of the dinner, we all decided that we would go out to eat.

My Anchor Hocking glass loaf pan exploded in my kitchen, sending chunks and very sharp sherds of glass all over the kitchen. My banana nut bread was ruined as was the other loaf that I was baking. There was a glass 15 feet from where the pan was cooling. It was a pretty big blast. It ruined my baking, wasted the ingredients and made me very wary of glass which I have used for years. I'm still finding pieces of glass of all sizes. This was a fairly new pan. If I had been anywhere near, or my dog or kid had, they could have lost their eyes or been severely injured. This wasn't a little pop, it was literally a blast. I'm stunned that this could happen. I'm telling you this because this is a safety issue. I still have the pieces if you want them. I offered them to Anchor Hocking.

I was baking a Homestyle Bakes that was about 15 minutes into baking and the 8x11 casserole pan shattered in the oven. This pan was used last week for lasagna and had no defects. This was bought in a two pack with a 9x12 pan at a local Kroger two months ago.

Our large, blue glass Anchor Hocking pan exploded in the oven while baking an acorn squash. The oven was at 350 degrees. The meal was ruined and there was shattered glass inside my oven.

I purchased a set of Anchor glass bakeware. The second time I used one of them, it exploded not once, but twice. The first time, I raced to the oven and opened it to see what happened and it exploded again sending glass out of the oven itself. I was only cooking a half pan of potatoes at 350 degrees. Going to their website to get the contact info, one of their FAQ's is "Why did my glassware explode?" If this is a known problem, why are they allowed to continue selling them? I could have been seriously injured!

I was cooking chicken in the dish at 375 degrees. When I took the dish out and set it on a pot holder, the glass made a big popping sound and exploded all over! Someone could have been seriously hurt! I think that someone needs to be investigating this, and I would like to be refunded for the glass wear.

Last year 2010, I had baked a meat loaf in a 13x9 Anchor Hocking dish. The oven was 350 degrees, and I had cooked the meatloaf for about half an hour. Then I heard something explode in the oven. I opened the oven, and there was a big mess; glass debris was everywhere, and it had ruined our supper. Then recently, on Monday of September 26, 2011, I had baked some cheesy potatoes in the oven, in a 8x8 square Anchor dish. The oven was 350 degrees. I had cooked it for about less than an hour and all of a sudden I heard a loud boom in the oven. I opened the oven, and there was a huge mess. Glass debris was found everywhere, and it ruined my supper. I am unemployed with money, and I want to know, if I can get a refund for it. I do have a receipt for the one fifteen pieces bake ware set, which was back in December 19, 2009. The other anchor bake ware set was a Christmas gift last year, December 25, 2010. I want to know what could be done about this.

I had my empty pan in my oven when I realized that I had turned the oven on to preheat and it was in there. I opened the oven to take the pan out and sat it on top of my stove when it blew up all over the kitchen and into the living room. It was a good thing that I had turned to walk to the other side of the kitchen.

Why on earth are the pans being sold? There have been so many complaints about them blowing up and injuring people.

I was cooking a birthday cake for my six year old. I was absolutely shocked when my Anchor Hocking glass baking dish exploded as soon as I removed it from the oven. Shards of glass went everywhere, ruining the cake and cupcakes that were on the counter and causing a huge and dangerous mess in my sink, my counters, and on the floors. My poor dogs heard me scream and came running into the kitchen. I'm waiting to see if their feet will bleed. I will never use Anchor Hocking again, and in fact, I am throwing out all of my Anchor Hocking and replacing them with Metal Bakeware. Be aware!

I was broiling fish in the oven for supper. I heard a crack from the oven and when I opened the door, I found the Anchor Hocking pan had split into three pieces. I've never heard of this happening to anyone until I went online and found this site.

My experience was a lot better than some of the other people. Anybody gotten any satisfaction from the Anchor Hocking Corporation for these problems?

I was baking vegetables in a blue glass Anchor Hocking lasagna style baking dish. The oven was at 450 degrees and the food had been cooking for about 20 minutes when we heard a loud boom from the oven and found that the baking dish had shattered completely while inside the oven. Some pieces were very sharp and the entire dish blew into a million pieces and tiny fragments.

Consumers need to be aware that their glass baking pans do explode. I was using an 8 x 8 pan to bake brownies. I took it out of the oven to check and see if the brownies were done by placing it on my stovetop, which had not been used. I determined by using a toothpick that the brownies needed a few more minutes to cook and immediately placed them back into the oven. Approximately 3 minutes later, the pan had exploded inside the oven. The glass was shattered in a thousand sharp pieces and my oven was a mess. Thankfully neither I, nor any family members were injured. I will never use an Anchor glass pan again, it was terrifying! Someone is going to be seriously injured or blinded from these pans.

Me, Amanda **, and Matthew ** were cooking chicken pot pies in a glass anchor cooking ware. We were cooking them for my son, nieces and nephews. When we pulled out the glass cooking pan and put it on our safe stove top, the anchor cooking pan exploded when we put it down. The glass flew everywhere. I got some glass in my foot but thank God, no one was seriously injured and the children were in the living room. These glass pans from anchor cookware are not safe.

I was baking pork chops in my oven. My husband opened the door to check on the chops when the baking pan exploded in his face. Glass flew through out my kitchen, into his face, stomach, leg and a shard of glass scratched his eye.

I bought a measuring cup and have only used it 7 or 8 times. I was sitting on the couch eating mashed potatoes out of it (just because I wanted to) and I noticed my jeans had turned bright red. I thought I was bleeding.

As it turned out, the measuring red dye on the outside was bleeding off all over everything. It ruined my sofa, my jeans and favorite shirt.

This makes my 3rd bad experience within a 1 year time. 1st time had company,made a huge pan of lasagna,looked and smelled great,but never got to taste it . The dish blew up in the oven,what a mess . Had to send out for pizza to feed the company we had, ONLY COST ME AND EXTRA $45.00 to feed everyone. the 2nd dish blew up as I taken it out of the oven.And the third was my large deep dish, It busted after it had gotten cold and my husband put it in the sink to wash it and when it touched the hot water it exploded.

I put a small glass container in the refrigerator and then used it for a vinegar dipping sauce. When I was dining with my family, and the container warmed up to room temperature, the container completely exploded into many small pieces on our dining room table. It was an unbelievable experience. I told my wife this was a poltergeist, but she said it was simply quality defect on behalf of Anchor.

I was cooking pork tenderloin inside the oven at 425 degrees Fahrenheit for 20 minutes when I heard a loud bang in the kitchen. Upon investigation, I discovered that the Anchor Hocking glassware, in which I was baking the pork, exploded/shattered inside the oven.

I can't believe the amount of complaints, I have already read about this seriously defective product and am angry that consumers are not being made aware of this. On June 14, 2011, I made chicken enchiladas and used an Anchor Hocking baking dish. The dish was in the oven, set at $375 for only 20 minutes when I heard a loud boom. I opened the oven door and the dish had exploded into pieces. I was only minutes away from opening the oven door to remove the dish. I will never use this product again and will make sure my family and friends avoid using this hazardous product too.

I just heard a loud pop in my microwave and it continues to pop. I was warming up some water in my measuring glass and it just popped. I've done this before and it never happened. My microwave has so much glass chafes in the crevices and in the holes where the vent is.

My baking dish of one year exploded as I was opening the oven. There were hundreds of glass shards embedded in the hot oven and on the floor. The exploding shards barely missed my eyes. Today May 25th, 2011, I happened to see a spot on the news that this has happened to many others and glass chemistry analysis shows that it is regular glass not suitable for oven temperatures. Class action.

I bought an Anchor Hocking, I believe, an 8" round-class mold. I used it several times without any problems, mainly to do a dessert (flan). On Friday, May 21, 2011, I was doing another flan and caramelizing the sugar, when the mold exploded sending pieces everywhere.

Several pieces burned my face, fingers, and, worst of all, hot pieces burned my lips. I have been trying to cure the burns myself, but after 5 days, I think I have an infection and am going to the doctor tomorrow. I also went to Walmart and spoke with the general manager to alert him of the poor quality of this product. He said that they cannot remove it from the store, unless it comes from the corporate office.

I was baking brownies to take to our monthly social group in an 8 x 8 Anchor oven-proof pan. I had the pan at room temperature before putting it in a 350F oven. It was in the oven for 25 minutes and I checked the brownies and they were done so I took the pan out and set it on a cork hot mat. About one minute later, I was standing beside the pan and heard a big bang. The pan exploded and the whole area was covered in glass shards.

My brownies were ruined! I am so thankful that I did not get any glass lodged in me as I was standing right beside the explosion. It took us over half an hour to clean up and our food was all ruined! I thought that this was an isolated incident but apparently, it is not.

It could have been a serious injury and the food was ruined.

I was baking eggplant lasagna at 350 degrees for 20 minutes in my Anchor Cookware, when I heard a loud boom. I ran over to the oven, opened the door, and saw that the dish had exploded, leaving glass everywhere in the oven including all over the food. I had to throw the entire meal away, including all the food that had fallen in the oven due to the bottom of the dish blowing out. I had just checked the food and sat down when this happened. I could have been seriously injured if it had blown when the oven door was open. I ended up with glass in my foot and finger and was out approximately $10 to $15 of food.

I was roasting a nice whole chicken dinner that I splurged on for the first time in months. I always use my Anchor big rectangular glass baking pan. I had two glass pans in the oven, one had my chicken and the other had my roasted potatoes. I was making stuffing for my son when I heard a large bang and the house filled with smoke. I opened the oven to find out what happened and discovered that my large baking dish had exploded throwing glass into my chicken and potatoes . I had to toss out my whole dinner. I was very upset that I had to throw out about $10.00 worth of food that we really could not afford to waste. I was very upset that my baking dish that was less than a year old exploded. I demand my money back as these pans are not cheap! It took us two hours to clean up the mess this caused inside our gas oven.

My Anchor Hocking 1 quart measuring cup exploded in the dishwasher. I never used the hot dry cycle on my dishwasher and the cup was in room temperature when it went in to the dishwasher. There should have been no reason for this.

I was cooking dinner for family, had casserole in microwave. After the time was up, I removed my glass casserole bowl. About the time I sat it down, it blew up in front of me and other food. I had not thought anymore about the previous time. The same thing happened. My mom got glass in her foot this morning as it was like a bomb that went off. I was glad my kids were not in the room. This was a dangerous situation.

I was baking with an 8x8 Anchor Hocking dish and had the dish at room temp before putting it in the oven. I put my chicken into the dish and placed it into the preheated oven (375 degrees). Once the chicken was done cooking I placed the dish on a pot holder on the counter (which was not wet, to say the least). I went to go take the chicken out of the dish and it exploded. Glass went flying everywhere, nearly missing my eyes, and I have cuts on my feet because I instinctively backed up when the dish exploded.

I was at the computer in the kitchen about a week ago and suddenly heard the sound of breaking glass. I searched all over the house and couldn't figure out where the sound was coming from.

I went back to the kitchen and started opening cupboards only to find that my 2 qt. Anchor hocking batter bowl had exploded in the cupboard! The cupboard wasn't abnormally hot or cold and I haven't used the bowl in several days. It was just sitting there. The bowl says "freezer, refrigerator, microwave...safe" so it has never been used on the stove or in the oven before.

I have no idea why it spontaneously combusted but I am so very thankful that our kids (ages 1 and 3) didn't happen to be playing in/near that cupboard when the bowl shattered. What a disaster that could have been! As it was, it took a long time to clean up and a week later, I'm still finding glass shards in the cupboard. Thankfully the greatest damage is what could have been. The girls weren't in the kitchen at the time and the cupboard door was closed.

I was using the large square glass dish to bake barbecue pork chops. The chops were done and I picked it up with my oven glove. I also felt something peculiar in the solidity of what I was holding immediately. Then, it suddenly exploded! Glass shards, boiling barbecue sauce and grease shot everywhere. I turned my head to the left and the hot grease and shards of glass went up from my neck bone, up to the center of my throat to under my chin--and a spot on top of my chin on my face. I hadn't even had time to set it down. It exploded while holding it with my left hand (gloved). Thank goodness I was wearing a long sleeve, long pants and socks--and that I threw my face to the left so quickly that only my neck up and under my chin to a spot on my chin got burned.

I have some minor scratches on my throat area from the smallest of shards which singed into my clothes and my area carpet of the kitchen. I have heard of these explosions of glassware if put from heat to cold. I had never thought that that glass would have exploded in my oven mitt. I had to throw out my area rug, and my clothes were singed with large pieces of glass. There were also some small shards in my hair as I showered immediately because my neck was instantly burning as the glass exploded. I didn't know whether my throat was cut or burnt.

Fear surged me immediately. I dare not move as I hollered for my 9-year old daughter. She came into the room. I had her stop immediately, but look towards my neck to tell me if I was bleeding or just burnt. The pain was intense momentarily. I have other pieces of the glassware set and no intention of using this cookware again! Thank goodness I was quick enough to close my eyes and throw my head away from the exploding glass. As a few minor burns, singed clothing, and small cuts to my hands is all I suffered. Someone really should follow up on these complaints as I am sure that I will not hear anything to my complaint.

My glass baking dish exploded on me due to a mistake of placing it on my stove top that I forgot to turn off. I have shards of glass everywhere in my house and I am still finding them after 10 days. The dish exploded in my face, hands, and I now have a huge gash in my left foot on the ball joint. I have been out of work now for 10 days, my linoleum and carpet are burned and melted. I have a hefty E.R. bill to pay since I am uninsured and I do not have paid time off. I lost over a week's pay totaling more than $1,000.00. Plus, my wound is huge, deep and it hurts very bad. Also, all my Super Bowl food was ruined since the glass exploded in it. Now, I am half afraid to use glassware. I also have a picture of my sliced foot.

I was making dinner last night with our 9x11" glass casserole dish made by Anchor. I pulled the dish out of the oven, set it on the stove-top to cool off for a few minutes before cutting the casserole to serve for dinner. About five minutes later, we heard the knife fall to the floor and a loud "Boom" sound. We look up to find that our casserole dish had exploded all over the stove, counters, and floor! There was glass everywhere. It took over an hour to clean up all of the tiny shards of glass and even the large pieces were still shattering when we moved them off the counters. We have small kids. We were so thankful that they were sitting at the table and not near the stove.

I was washing my 10.5 x 14.75 x 2.25 inch Anchor ovenware baking dish today. It was at room temp and I had cleaned most of the food out of it the night before. I was using warm water but it was not too hot as it did not burn my hands. I went to set the dish on a towel on the counter and it exploded. There was not much change in temperature. I can't explain why. I don't think I will use my other Anchor brand dishes. I had cuts on my hands from the flying glass but it was not hot so I did not get burned.

I was given, as a gift this past Christmas, an Anchor bake pan with a red cover. Today, as I was hand washing it, and lifted out of water to rinse with hot water, it literally shattered in my hand and sent shards and slivers of glass everywhere.

I had glass embedded in three places on my hand that was holding the pan. I bled for about half an hour and couldn't use my hand till an hour later.

Earlier today, I went shopping at local Wal-Mart. I bought 2 Anchor glass measuring cups (1-cup, code number 7644055175). I bought this after buying the three piece set back in November of 2010. Since then, I used the 1 cup almost daily. At this time, the high temp red paint that is used to mark out the measurements has washed completely. So, I replaced it today. The clerk wrapped each cup with double plastic. At getting home and putting everything else away, I unwrapped the cups and put one in dishwasher. I had only room for one. I sat the other in our stainless steel sink. There was another glass and a plastic lid in the sink. Everything was fine. My husband was watching TV in living room. There was no wall between the kitchen/living room. The couch sets' back were facing the kitchen.

Anyway, I was tending the stove and dicing up an onion for hotdogs. Then all of a sudden, no warning, nothing, the explosion of glass just shattered in the sink, peppering the counter and floor. It shattered into thousands of pieces. The handle is the only solid piece left. My husband came running into the kitchen to see what was going on, to see if I was okay. There are big enough pieces that look just like spider cracks, just like a damaged windshield that cracks. I bagged up the pieces. I have not contacted anyone yet. I have googled Anchor glass. I found that they have pages of complaints. And I found about change of hands and bankruptcy.

The cardboard between the layers of new glasses I bought says embalming fluid with Enthrone! I have called and left messages with the company with no response. I don't know if this is their policy, to reuse embalming fluid boxes. However, we, as consumers, would like to feel safe. This sure doesn't make me feel comfortable. Just the lack of trust in this company. Wondering what kind of chemicals they are exposing us to.

Recently, I purchased a new two-cup Pyrex measuring cup. The first time I used it, I was heating two cups of water in the microwave. It exploded, blowing the microwave door open, and glass and water flew everywhere. Much of the water ran into the working parts of the microwave and ruined the motor of the turntable. My husband was sitting close by and saw the whole episode. We are so thankful that neither of us was injured.

Cleaning up the glass and water was a big job. My husband was able to remove the motor and ordered a new one. He successfully replaced it, but the cost was over $50. It is disgusting to think that a new $3.77 measuring cup could end up with such a mess and expense. We feel that Anchor Hocking should reimburse us for this accident involving their product.

I tossed diced carrots in olive oil and put them in an Anchor Hocking 8x8 baking dish. I had the oven on bake and 500 deg. The oven may have gotten into the 300's when I put the dish in. Within minutes, it exploded.

I bought a 4-quart Anchor Hocking bowl. I washed it out and put it in the cupboard. A few hours later, I went to use it in the microwave (it was microwave-and-oven-safe). I put in margarine, sugar and evaporated milk to start my fudge recipe and I set the microwave for 3 minutes. Around 45 seconds into the cycle, I heard a loud explosion from inside the microwave. The bowl had exploded. There were hundreds of pieces of glass in the microwave, along with the ingredients. I opened up the microwave and stood there in shock. The biggest piece was around an inch square. Most of the pieces were tiny shards. I had to get several store bags to wrap my hands in so I could get this glass out of the microwave, and mop up the glass shards with paper towels, as well as clean up the mess. As careful as I was, I ended up with glass shards in my fingers and was picking them out with tweezers.

How can this company continue to sell these products if they are so bad? If it had exploded as I was taking it out of the microwave, I could have been seriously hurt! These products are a menace!

I have read many complaints about the glass cooking pans exploding. The same thing happened to me with the glass 9 by 12 hot and cold baking dish. It is very dangerous because it didn't just break, it sent glass shards everywhere. This needs to be recalled and people compensated for the cost of their dishes. I bought a set but am afraid to use the others.

I had a 9 x 13 Anchor Hocking glass baking dish blow in my oven. The oven was set at 400 degrees. I placed the dish in the oven and shut the door to bake the meat. The dish was in the oven 15 minute when I heard the explosion/cracking/boom (no kidding). I immediately shut the oven off. The mess was insurmountable!

The house filled with smoke. I had to wait until the smoke cleared and the oven cooled to begin the clean-up. I had to take the oven apart to remove all the glass. I am not sure if I was able to retrieve all glass pieces. I lost a dish, expensive pork chops, potatoes, a throw rug, two oven mitts, four kitchen towels, 4 kitchen cloths, a roll of paper towels, a pair of work gloves, a vacuum cleaner bag (to clean around the oven to make sure all glass shards were removed), cost of eating dinner out, time, energy, frustration, and who knows what else!

I am not sure if the oven is in proper working order. I am a bit fearful to go near it for the now. I contacted Anchor Hocking. I am still awaiting a return phone call. The product was bought at my local Walmart. I spoke to a manager at Walmart. He was not helpful except to say he was not aware of any problems with the dish and I could return the dish for a refund. I thought ok - I returned the glass balls, pieces, and slithers. They gave me back my money. There obviously is something wrong with the product from Anchor Hocking and the public should be warned.

I bought a 4 quart bowl that is microwaveable and I had mixed up Chex Mix and had it in the microwave under 400 degrees. Not even 2 minutes went by and it exploded. I wasn't gonna eat the Chex Mix with all that glass pieces in it. I had called Walmart and talked to the manager about it. If there was a recall on this, why was it still on the shelf? I had to throw away about 4 quarts of Chex Mix. Try picking up glass through the mess without cutting yourself. It's not easy. I did get a little prick out of it.

I was cooking a roaster chicken. As I was basting it the Anchor Hocking 13x9 glass pan exploded, spraying shards of glass in the oven and out of it. I was lucky not to get any glass in my face. I will not be using my other pan.

I received an Anchor Hocking glass baking dish with an insulated tote. I used it for the first time and made a broccoli casserole in it at 350 oven. I removed the baking dish and put it in the tote. I heard a loud pop inside the tote. I opened the tote and the glass dish had shattered. There was a million pieces of glass. Thank God it didn't shatter 5 minutes before that as I would have been holding it. Or it could have shattered in the oven, causing a huge mess. I am worried about using any glass baking dish because of this incident. It is important you find what is wrong with these baking dishes as I have heard on the news of this happening to many people.

I was cooking in oven last night, Dec. 8, 2010, in the baking glass dish. I opened the oven and within not a minute the glass shattered all over, big small pieces all over. I did get some scratches, but thank God it's not worse and had my glasses on! This is extremely unacceptable. I read other similar complaints. Please look into this before someone gets really hurt.

When we went to remove the casserole dish from the cupboard, it exploded into a million pieces. I've never seen anything like this with cookware and it scared me because my grandson was in the kitchen at the time. There was not so much as a piece even an inch big.

I had a heavy piece of Anchor Hocking bakeware that I had used for about 2 years. I put it in the dishwasher last night and ran the cycle. Today, I opened the washer and started unloading the dishes. As soon as I touched it, it exploded. It did not fall apart. It exploded into a million pieces. Glass was all over my dishwasher, went out of my dishwasher 8 or 9 feet across the room on the floor and counters! I couldn't believe I wasn't cut. My hand hurt for about an hour from the force of the impact and it shook me up pretty good. I called my dad to come see it and we videotaped and took photos. Took forever to get my dishwasher cleaned out. Do not buy this product!

I was making turkey pot pie in a 375 degree oven (Thanksgiving leftovers), in an 8" square baking dish. 17 minutes later, we were startled to hear a gunshot like sound from the kitchen. I opened the oven door and was shocked to find the glass dish had totally shattered.

Thank you Anchor Hocking for using tempered glass so there are no sharp shards to cut myself on when I go to clean up the mess in my oven - that is after I let everything cool so I can clean the heating elements, oven racks, oven walls and glass door. I'm shocked and appalled to find this is not a first situation. Rather, there are hundreds of others out there who have encountered similar situations. I'll be in touch with A.H. come a business day, and will be sure to post my status on various review boards.

I purchased two Anchor Hocking 3-piece 2-quart Oven Basics casserole dishes to use today, Thanksgiving, to take my casseroles to my sister's for dinner. Boy, how I wish I had read the complaints here before using. I had them both in a 350 degree oven for 30 minutes. I went to grab the pot holders to remove from the oven when I heard a loud pop and the oven started shaking and rattling. Needless to say, I had the same experience as many others have noted here. Thank goodness, I didn't open the oven. One of the bowls exploded! Glass pieces everywhere. These need to be taken off the market before someone gets seriously injured!

I put a half of a ham in my anchor hocking casserole dish in the oven at 350 for 3 hours. After basting on the second hour, I went back to watching some TV and I heard a strange sound. Opened the oven and the glass dish had exploded into a thousand pieces in my oven.

I cooked an apple pie at 400 degrees in an Anchor glass pie plate, which was labeled as oven and microwave safe. It exploded about 20 minutes into baking, and fortunately, it happened in the oven so there were no injuries. It's very disappointing.

About six weeks ago my husband and I were awakened by a loud bang. The loud bang caused us so much concern we got up and looked all over the house but didn't find anything out of order. However, the next morning when I opened the cupboard door to put away a clean glass dish, pieces of glass fell to the countertop. I had found the source of the "loud bang"! Two days ago, an Anchor Hocking bowl went to pieces in the cupboard. I couldn't believe it-2 pieces of glassware exploding while in the cupboard! Why? This is dangerous! I have told family and friends about this. Be assured I will never buy another Anchor product. Consumers need to be warned.

I purchased the 3-piece set of Anchor Hocking baking dishes a couple of weeks ago along with one 10X13 baking dish. I took it out of the cupboard to use last week and baked chicken breast at 3500. I opened up the oven to take it out and the whole baking dish had exploded in a million pieces. Needless to say, the dinner was ruined and my oven was a complete mess. Last night, I was baking stuffed shells and the same thing happened. Again, another ruined dinner and another mess. Please take it off the market. I want to be reimbursed. It's a wonder that no one got hurt. I have used Anchor Hocking many many years ago and had no problems. What did the company do to change their formula? I will, from now on, buy Pyrex. I have had one dish for 20 years and no problem. For your information, I also purchased it at WalMart.

Now, I know that you have read on this site about this company's glass pans blowing up after they take them out of the oven, when they put it in or while it was in there. But believe it or not, my story has nothing to do with an oven. I am in college and bought Anchor's three piece set. We made a cake at 9 o'clock in the evening. We let the cake cool, iced it, and ate it.

About half an hour later, I took the rest of the cake out and put it in some Tupperware. Now, mind you, it is 74 degrees in this room. It is about 19 ft by 15 ft. After I took the cake out, we sat around for about an hour or so. We went to bed and the next morning, my roommate had class at noon. She woke up and got ready. She heated up a microwave dinner to lukewarm! You could hold this dinner in your hand because it was so cool! She set it in the pan for about nine seconds, took it out, and sat down on the floor eating it for about 10 minutes. She left for class.

Twenty minutes later, I was asleep in my bed, and I woke up to a noise that sounded like somebody pushed our microwave and all the stuff on top of it off of our refrigerator. It was that loud. I looked around and the microwave was still there. My roommate wasn't in the room. There was nobody else in there. I looked down and there was glass all over my room. I was shaking because I was so scared. I took the other two pans home and I am terrified to use them. I had to ride with them in my truck and was scared to turn the a/c on. I was that scared. I could have gotten seriously hurt. And if my roommate had been there 15 more minutes sitting in the floor right next to it, she could have gotten hurt even worse.

Thank God my kids were not in the room when it happened. How do I contact this company to make a formal complaint? I will not be using the other pan anymore. I'm terrified.

My daughters, daughter-in-law and I were preparing a holiday meal for our family. We used an Anchor Hocking 13 x 9 glass pan in the preparation. When the food was baked, we took it out of the oven and were planning to set in on some straw hot pads to cool a little before serving it. While carrying it to the hot pads a crack/popping noise was heard. There was a crack near the bottom corner (where the 13 dimension meets the 9 dimension. We set it down quickly! Needless to say we did not eat the contents.

The dangerous situation we encountered was that the pan could have cracked and the contents could have dropped out burning someone. Someone could have been cut, glass could have shattered and people and pets could have been injured. We used the correct temperature and cooking time. I feel we should be compensated with a new replacement glass pan at no charge. I would be happy to send the pan to you if you so desire. It still has dried food on it. I will not wash it as further cracking may occur. Thank you for your cooperation.

I bought the largest bake dish Anchor makes as I wanted to double the recipe for baked macaroni. I made it and took it out of the oven and set it on the stove top. That's when it exploded! There was glass everywhere. I was still finding glass behind things a week later. I am so lucky I did not get cut to pieces. Needless to say, not only did I lose the dish, but also that night's family dinner. I cannot describe the shock my daughter and I had when the dish exploded. What is the company doing about this problem?

I was making overnight French toast. I went out and bought brand new Anchor-Hocking cookware. I made the toast at night and refrigerated it. I placed the 2, 3 and 5-quart cookware and food in the oven and started the oven. I came back 35 minutes later and when I opened the oven door, the 5-quart exploded, sending pieces of glass and caramelized sugar all over the oven and on all the food.

It sounded like a gun had went off! I had to get the lasagna out of the stove because the glass would just fall everywhere and there was no stability in it at all. It took awhile to get the stove cleaned out, and lost out on my dish and money. I threw the rest of the set in the garbage. I won't ever use that brand again!

I was cooking up a nice meal for the family which took me almost two hours to prepare. I pulled the fish out of the oven. I had it still in my hand ready to place down on my stove top when it exploded, showering glass shards all over my food and the open containers of food that was used to prepare dinner. I just spent a lot of money replacing my entire kitchen to have. Now hot glass rain down all over new floors, counter tops and a new stove.

This cookware has to be outlawed! Someone is going to get serious injuries from using it. After reading all the complaints, I see that this is not a isolated issue. What are our politicians and government agencies doing about this obvious product that is unsafe. How did they get it passed to sell to us! Why is it still being sold!

I would love to send you the pictures I just took of my Anchor bakeware that exploded as I removed it from the oven. I was just sitting it on my cooktop when it popped like a gun going off and blew all over my kitchen, including my new rugs I just put down today, and melted spots in them! A miracle it didn't hit me in the eyes and thankful I had on pants!

Glass bake ware 9x9 size pan, exploded in the oven. It had been in the cupboard, so it was not cold. The explosion was like a gunshot. Thank God, I was not opening the oven!

It was my first time cooking Thanksgiving dinner for my family. All was going well until I took the stuffing out of the oven and placed it on the stove top. Two seconds later, there was a big pop. The Anchor Hocking dish had exploded sending glass about seven feet. None of us could believe it until my sister asked, was that an Anchor Hocking dish? She said this same thing had happened to a friend of hers.

The oven was also full of glass so when it cooled, we vacuumed it out. We are very lucky that nobody was hurt. Someone should get this bakeware off the market.

I purchased the 4 pack back-ware a few years ago. I have used both the 10 x 13 and the 8 x 8 bake-ware with no problems. Last night, my family was sitting at the kitchen table waiting to start dinner. I removed the 8 x 8 baking dish from the oven when suddenly the dish exploded all over the kitchen and into the adjacent family room. I worked quickly to sweep up the hot glass from my laminate kitchen floor.

While doing so, I noticed a piece of glass that was on my rug in front of the sink. It had melted to my rug, it was then that I thought of my carpet in the family room. I quickly looked in that area and found a large piece of glass laying on the carpet, I flipped the hot glass onto the laminate floor and found the carpet had melted. We are so lucky that non of the glass hit anyone in the eye, or did any bodily damage. I highly recommend caution if using these dishes.

Last year, I bought a set of three Anchor Hocking measuring cups. I used the largest cup in the set a month ago to measure some cold water. That is the only time it was used. Two weeks ago. I was microwaving something in the microwave which sits about two feet under the shelf where the measuring cups were stored. The cups were stored on the middle shelf in the cupboard. When I took the food out of the microwave and closed the door, I heard a loud bang like a gun shot blast. I could see a large amount of shattered glass lying on the top of the microwave and on the floor. I opened the cupboard door and saw that the bottom cup in the set had exploded with such force that the cupboard door had opened allowing the glass to drop outside the cupboard and then closed. The two other glass measuring cups in the set were not damaged. I have taken a picture of the broken glass as it sat after the explosion.

I had recently bought an Anchor glass baking pan from Meijer's and put some chicken in the oven in this pan and set the over at 375 degrees. It looked like the chicken was done so I removed it from the oven but the over door was still open. I set the pan on top of the stove and the whole pan blew up into pieces. I had pieces fly in my oven, all over the kitchen floor, in my sink and etc. I am so lucky that none of those pieces hit me. This baking ware needs to have a warning label on it before someone gets seriously hurt.

My husband baked an apple cobbler in our 8x8 Anchor Ovenware dish. When he removed it from the oven and set on top of the stove it exploded and send glass spraying out into the kitchen. Thankfully, neither of us was injured. We have used this item many times and have several more pieces that will be replaced with metal pans. The only damage was the loss of the dish and dessert.

Last night I placed a casserole in the oven at 350 degrees and I used an Anchor Hocking 9 x 13 inch baking dish. The bake ware was in excellent condition and it had no chips, cracks, etc. After the casserole was in the oven for about an hour, we heard a loud sound and then the sound of glass shattering. We could not believe what we saw. The largest piece of glass that was remaining was not over 1" in size as the glass shattered in 100s of pieces.

The malfunction of this product is "extremely" dangerous! Pictures were taken and they will accompany a letter to Anchor Hocking to document what occurred. "Every" piece of Anchor Hocking that I owned is now in the trash as I am concerned about another hazardous performance. And, I "will never" purchase or recommend any Anchor Hocking products to anyone. The process used by Anchor Hocking to manufacturer their glassware/bake ware products needs to be seriously reviewed and changed as someone could be seriously injured.

I had purchased a 10-piece Anchor cookware set on September 29, 2010. Yesterday around dinnertime, I was opening the package and once I removed the plastic, the larger of the dishes exploded into a million pieces for no reason at all.

I am writing because this product is not safe in any means. I was cooking a simple popcorn chicken meal in my electric stove, at 400 degrees, which the pan is suppose to be able to be in 425 degrees with baking in the oven right looks like people even had problems in the 300 degrees settings. Well my food was done I took it out of the oven and set it on my hot pads my house temp was at 72 degrees so not freezing or anything to make such an explosion sending glass and popcorn chicken everywhere in the kitchen, glass went into my dining room and living room too! We were all hit with glass luckily no one is hurt but got small pieces of glass in my feet to ensure my husband (Diabetic) and kids would be safe.

I do not think these should be allowed to be sold anymore or something else needs to be done because this is extremely dangerous. The glass is hot even after it explodes. It took me over 4 hours to clean up all the glass and food dinner was wrecked and had to go and buy something to eat because I sure couldn't make a new meal with glass all over the place. You can call the company they send you to person to person until you get to talk to their complaint people, then sit and blame you for using their product wrong and I have done my fair share of investigating with this deal and there has been over 300 complaints now. I hope someday this can be put to a stop because all the care is about making their money not peoples safety on making a better product.

I just bought a set of Anchor Hocking Mixing Bowls. I used one of them to hold potato pancakes when they were done being cooked. I cooked the potato pancakes in a separate pan and placed the cooked ones in one of the Anchor Mixing Bowls that sat on my counter. The bowl was room temperature and the counter was dry and clean. Well, I had filled the bowl half way when out of the blue the bowl exploded. We had glass every where. It was like a bomb went off. Thank God I was not hurt. I was getting ready to place another pancake on the pile. We took pictures and I have five very good pictures to show you. These should not even be sold. I was not even cooking in it when it happened. Now I am too afraid to use them at all. I still have the rest of the bowls put aside if you need them back to study them. Some one is going to get hurt bad sooner or later if it has not already happened.

Here is the response I got back. But I want to point out that nothing is really being done. The response: Thank you for taking the time to contact Anchor Hocking regarding the problem you experienced with your mixing bowl. Providing a high quality product to our valued customer is very important to us. Therefore, please return the glass (as much as possible, unclean) to us for product analysis at the address listed below. Unfortunately, without having the failed product we are unable to determine the cause of the incident. We will also reimburse your postage expense. You may include your receipts for the requested expenses.

We would like you to know the material used in glass ovenware in the market place today is known as soda lime glass, which has been subjected to a manufacturing process known as tempering. It is the same process used to produce tempered safety glass found in many windows or glass shower doors, etc. A characteristic common to this glass is the manner in which it breaks. It will generally break into many smaller rounded pieces (some larger), which are less likely to cause serious injury. Although this method of failure can sometimes be unsettling to you, it is specifically made this way to protect the consumer. A warning on our Care/Use/Warranty and ovenware packaging describes this mode of failure.

Additional information regarding tempered bakeware products is found under About Us, "Bakeware Facts" on our website. Because we would like you to continue to use Anchor Hocking products if you will email the capacity size of the bowl we will send a replacement baking dish with our compliments.

I baked a double recipe of a beef casserole for a family birthday dinner last Sat. On Sunday, I took the dish out and sat it on the cabinet for one hour to warm up. Then I put it in a cold gas oven and let it warm up with the oven to 300 degrees. In thirty minutes, I increased the temperature to 350. As I was washing dishes, I heard a strange sound from the oven.

The dish and food was everywhere in the oven, and spilled out onto the floor as I opened the door. The cost, time spent, and the disappointment of my guests, and the enormous clean-up was terrible.

I used the 9x5 baking dish to make beer bread in 350 degrees oven. I removed it after 50 minutes and sat it on a warm stove top for 15 minutes. The baking dish was not exposed to extreme temperatures, no water made contact with the dish, and nothing hit the dish. I went downstairs and heard an explosion with the sound of marbles hitting my floor. Glass flew 10 feet across the room in all directions! I lost an expensive bread mix and dish. It caused one hour of clean-up!

Their 13.5 X 9.5 3 qt. baking dish exploded, sending glass slivers 20 ft. in all directions after siting on the kitchen counter some 15 minutes after it had been removed from a 350 degree oven after baking a large hen. The hen had been removed about five minutes before the explosion. The explosion sent about a quart of hot grease and glass over three rooms. The largest piece of glass was about a penny size, most of it was slivers. It ruined a wholly prepared meal and took over four hours to clean the mess and we are still finding glass! It did not crack, it exploded!

I only write this down because this is obviously a very unsafe product! My experience was much like the rest of these. I was baking a casserole at 350, checked on it after 15 minutes, and as I was shutting the oven door (gently--the baby was asleep), it exploded. Never mind the cost in time and money of the dish--my face and hands were in the oven not one minute earlier! Now I'm afraid to use the other two dishes! Luckily, the damage was minimal--we have a really nice oven.

I lost the casserole (which was expensive, actually, and took me forever to make! ) and the dish, obviously, but I got most of it out of the oven okay. I'm sure there are still glass shards in there, but hopefully that won't be an issue for future baking.

I was cooking pork steaks in the oven at 350 degrees. After 30 minutes, I went in to turn them. I opened the oven. As soon as I touched the pan with the potholder, it exploded in my hand! To make matters worse, this is the second of the set that has done that. I thought the first time was a fluke, of sorts, and didn't think too much about it. The first time it exploded, glass had gotten down in my garbage disposal as it flew across the kitchen. We didn't know it and it burned up the motor in the garbage disposal! These pans are dangerous and much more costly than the price you pay for them, in terms of medical bills and home repairs from their use!

I was baking a pie (to keep it from dripping on the oven) and had put it in my new AnchorHocking 11"x15" baking pan. I opened the oven to check on the pie and the entire pan exploded. There was glass everywhere, it even blew across the room. Thank heaven, I only had cuts on my fingers. The glass could have put an eye out. When the oven finally cooled, I waited a few days. I was able to clean out the mess but it took several hours, a plastic drop cloth on the floor and lots of oven cleaner, playtex gloves on my hands, sponges and paper towels.

In October of last year, my husband had been cooking pork chops in an Anchor Hocking 9 x 13 dish for about an hour. He was just getting ready to take out the butterfly pork chops when he called me into the kitchen. I was in the back of the house at the time, and he asked me if I heard an explosion. He opened the oven door and the dish had exploded. We could not believe it! Glass was everywhere on my top convection oven. We got out as much as we could, held it over the sink and glass went into my disposal, and we put what we could in a plastic grocery bag. The bag was dropped on the garage floor because the glass with some of the gravy and pork chop pieces were still very hot. We left it out there, and notified Anchor Hocking.

My oven still has glass in the back that I cannot get to. The oven flashes a code F1 and cannot be left on for beeping. My disposal was also filled with little pieces of glass. Anchor Hocking sent someone with Specialty Risk Services to come out and look at the damages. He took the back with part of the dish and wrote up the disposal and oven. Tiffany ** said they would investigate the pieces I saved. She came back and said it was no fault of Anchor Hocking, that the dish had a nick or something in it causing the explosion. Please! This dish we used was one of my newest and nicest ones. It did not have anything at all wrong with it, all the edges and the whole dish was in perfect condition. I have been married almost 37 years, and if a dish has a chip or anything like that, I throw them out. This is just not right when we know we are not at fault. Thanks for your help !

I lost my job last year and we have had to eat out more because of the oven. This is a nice double oven that does not work now. Also, the disposal was ruined and it's stressful when you have something nice that works, and this happens and they don't want to take responsibility. All they did was send me another 9 x 13 dish.

My Anchor Hocking 9 x 13 dish exploded in my hand while taking it from the cupboard. There was no previous damage to the glassware. I have only used it on a few occasions. I did store one of the smaller glassware dishes inside. This dish landed on the ground and did not break. There was no extreme heat or cold involved, unless you count my air conditioned room and the difference between the cupboard and air temperature,

I had cooked a pork tenderloin for 1 hour and 30 minutes at 325 degrees. I took the ovenware and placed it on the stove top (not in use). I heard a pop and the baking dish exploded into a million shards of glass everywhere.

I had just told my 4-year-old child to leave the kitchen, that it was not safe to be in the kitchen when I am cooking. Thank God for the warning, he had just made it out of the kitchen when this happened. My 2-year-old child was already at the table ready to eat. Thank God again, that my kitchen counter/bar area is tall enough because the glass was all around the table he was sitting at. It took us forever to clean this horrible mess up. The glass with the splinters of glass, I kept removing from my fingers, better for me than my small children. Glass was everywhere and even though we took the kitchen apart, I am sure I will still find more in the days to come. This is ridiculous and should be addressed.

The very first time I used the 9x13in baking dish it exploded after 5 minutes in my oven. I took it out of the box, washed it in lukewarm water, dried it, poured in my brownie batter and put it in the oven at 325. Next thing I know, there's a loud crash and there is brownie batter all over the place.

I was on my way home from visiting a neighbor at 1:00 am when I found my wife, Lois, awake with all the lights on in the kitchen. She said she was settled in bed with the TV on and heard heavy glass breaking, but didn't know what it could be, since we have a few house cats and do not keep breakables around. She went to investigate, saw the cats startled and staring into the kitchen, afraid to go in. She searched for a while, then wondered if on the outside chance something was misplaced in a cabinet and had fallen over.

She looked in a lower cabinet and was shocked to find the new quart glass measuring cup I had bought just a few weeks ago shattered into a thousand splinters, right in the spot is has been kept since I bought it. I walked in just then to see her startled, and saw the bulk of the cup shattered in its usual storage place, next to plastic and metal mixing bowls, with tiny sprinkles of glass in all the bowls. It was easy to see it just "popped" where it sat.

She said she was grateful it didn't happen when the measuring cup was in the dish drainer, as it might have sprayed all over the kitchen and our pets, and in our pets' food dishes. As we check this morning online for info on this phenomenon, we are reading that, on many occasions, these cups have exploded right in peoples' hands, severing digits and other emergency problems. It is very frightening to think one of us, one of our pets or a child could be near one of these active "hand grenades" when it explodes! We wonder if any of these could explode on a Wal-Mart shelf as a parent with a baby in a stroller is browsing the shelves.

I was warming up meat in dish in oven at 350 degrees. The bake ware exploded without warning. Cost of bake ware is $11.00 and cost of meat is approximately $10.00.

I had an Anchor glass dish to blow up in my oven which was on 350 degrees for 15 or 20 min. Glass was everywhere. What can be done?

On April 22, 2010, I wanted to make some tea and since the Anchor baking dish was still in the sink from the night before dinner, I opened the water (regular temperature) to clean the dish and put it away so that I could use the sink. As soon as I touched the Anchor dish, it exploded in my hands. I felt an excruciating pain in my left hand and when I had the courage to look, I saw my pinky finger hanging and I could see the bone. I rushed to the ER.

When I got to the ER, they did some stitches and then asked me to follow up the next day with a hand surgeon, which I did. The surgeon scheduled a surgery because he said that the tendons were ruptured and if I wanted to recover my finger, I had to go through the surgery. On April 27, 2010, I had the surgery under general anesthesia and when I woke up and the days following my surgery, I was in so much pain that I used to hide into the bathroom and cry my heart out because I didn't want my fiance to know how painful it was. I was not able to work for weeks, couldn't drive or do anything on my own. I started physical therapy about a week after the surgery and I am still going to therapy to try to recover full usage of my finger.

During memorial day, my finger got infected and I again went in a lot of pain. I haven't contacted the company yet but I will since I don't want to see what happened to me happen to other people. Now, I am so afraid to wash anything and put everything in the dishwasher. I will never use glass dishes for the oven anymore and have been spreading the word among friends and family. These dishes are really dangerous and it is a shame that the manufacturer is still allowed to have them on the market. My finger is not straight. It is crooked. I can not use my left hand to lift anything since it is weak. I have pain in the joint and can't bend my finger. It impacts my driving, my typing, everything that I was used to doing with my 10 fingers and that I know have to handle with nine.

After having a brand new Anchor Hocking large glass pan explode in my oven on 6/3/2010, I emailed Anchor Hocking's customer service to report the incident. The response I received from customer service sounded like the only reason the pan might have exploded was because it must have been chipped or damaged during shipping or in handling. I assure everyone that the pan was in 100% perfect condition (visually), and brand new (never used) so I don't agree with their assumptions. I also don't want a replacement pan as I would be afraid it too would explode. Here was their email to me:

"Thank you for taking the time to contact Anchor Hocking regarding the problem you have experienced with your ovenware. Providing a high quality product to our valued customer is very important to us. Therefore, if the damaged dish is still available, please return it to us for product analysis at the address listed below. Unfortunately, without having the failed product, we are unable to determine the cause of the incident. We will also reimburse your postage expense.

"We would like you to know the material used in glass ovenware in the market place today is known as soda lime glass, which has been subjected to a manufacturing process known as tempering. It is the same process used to produce tempered safety glass found in many windows or glass shower doors, etc. A characteristic common to this glass is the manner in which it breaks. It will generally break into many smaller rounded pieces (some larger), which are less likely to cause serious injury. It is possible that something beyond our control or a small crack, chip or bruise to the glass which may have occurred during shipping, handling or storage might not lead to immediate breakage but to failure during normal use at a later time. A warning on our care/use/warranty and ovenware packaging describes this mode of failure.

"Because we would like you to continue to use Anchor Hocking products, if you will email your address (no PO Box) along with the shape and capacity size of the dish, we will ship a replacement baking dish without compliments. Again, please accept our apology for the inconvenience this matter may have caused."

I purchased two very large rectangular Anchor Hocking baking dishes with plastic lids two days ago (June 1, 2010) at Publix and they were rather expensive, about $11 each. Last night (June 3) I prepared two batches of meatloaf in the pans and placed them in the center of the oven that was set on 350 degrees. Five minutes later while I was still in the kitchen I heard a giant "bang" like an explosion and the oven shook slightly. I opened the oven door and one of the two pans had exploded. I immediately turned off the oven and took digital photos of the mess before attempting to clean it up. I had to wait for the oven to cool and there was meatloaf everywhere inside the oven.

I washed off and saved as many of the glass shards as I could and have them in a Ziploc bag. My husband works with a company that designs and builds commercial kitchens for restaurants and he said the glass was obviously not tempered because of the shape of the broken glass. He said there must have been a quality control problem with the manufacturing of the pans. I will obviously not use the other glass pan for fear that it will explode in the same manner. Loss in costs about $20 in food and the pans with plastic covers were each about $11, so $41 plus two rolls of paper towels and the time and effort to clean it all up.

I bought 2 sets of Anchor Hocking measuring cups 1-4 cups, tickled that they were so much more affordable than Corning. Used the one cup to melt butter in microwave, no more than 30 seconds. Poured the butter into batter, set aside. Then all of a sudden, it just spontaneously shattered all over my counter, floor, sink. I looked around to see what had fallen on it, but the cupboards were all shut; nothing could have fallen on it. Took both sets back to Walmart for full refund, including the one that shattered, but here I come to this site and there are all kinds of repeat situations by other consumers. I agree, should be pulled off shelves. I often have my grandchildren over. They easily could have been under foot or I, just as easily, could have been hurt by flying glass.

I was cooking meatballs for dinner. 15 minutes after I placed the Anchor Hocking pan in my oven at 350, it exploded! It scared the living daylights out of myself and my son. We wound up eating pizza for dinner. So much for yummy spaghetti and meatballs. I couldn't finish cooking after that. Then I get on here and read all these other reports and I'm wondering why on earth does anyone still sell this product. One lady had her explode on her stove top. What if that happened here with my 3 year old in the kitchen? Someone could have been seriously injured! Does this company not care about the consumers? I am contacting the news crews here in Vegas. I hope the rest of you that have this problem do the same. This is dangerous and can be fixed!

Anchor Hocking custard cup exploded in the microwave.

I'm on my 3rd measuring cup from Anchor Hocking within one year. The red printed measurements completely wash off the cups within a short period of time. Since I use the cup each day, it's put in the dishwasher every evening. Hence, the fading of the graduations. Now, what good is a measuring cup without the measurements? The graduations used to be embossed in the glass itself and they need to be again. Perhaps it's cheaper to use the red paint but it's unsatisfactory and needlessly costly to your customers. Please reimburse me for the last cup or send me a new version. Thank you.

I was cooking roasted potatoes in the oven (set at 350*). All of a sudden, we heard a loud bang. We couldn't figure out where the noise came from (although, we were in the kitchen). But, I thought to look in the oven. The entire 9 x 13" glass Anchor pan exploded!!! There was glass, food, and grease everywhere! Due to the grease leaking down onto the broiler below, it started to smoke and ignite!

Thank goodness nobody had the oven open at the time! However, my husband did get cut as he was trying to remove some of the mess for me. And... we were unable to use our oven/broiler because of this for several days!

I purchased the 3 pk of anchor hocking pans at Wal-Mart late last year. On May 21,my daughter was preparing two boxes of scalloped potatoes according to the directions, and she placed it in a 13x9 pan and into a 400-degree preheated oven. After about 10 minutes, she saw smoke, and we heard a crackling sound and then a huge pop/explosion!

Upon opening the oven door, we had glass and food everywhere! Not just tiny shards, but some pieces were 6 inches long! I'm beyond angry, as now my oven is unsafe to use. My husband is disabled, and I'm temporarily in a wheelchair because I broke both my legs in an accident back in March.I cannot crawl around my oven to clean it nor should I have to! I would expect that at least this company would offer a free cleaning/checkup of my stove because it's unusable. What a terrible and dangerous product this is. And I am informing everyone I know never to buy from this company again.

I was making an Easter dinner for the family (12 people). My brand new casserole (a Christmas gift and never used before) was in the oven with scalloped potatoes. I was near the stove talking to one of my guests when we heard a terrible pop. I looked in the oven and the entire 9X12 casserole dish was shattered into millions of pieces. I contacted the company and just received a free replacement, but I don't know whether to use it after reading about all the similar experiences of others. I just lost my food. There were no injuries since the oven was still closed thankfully.

I was baking chicken tonight in glass Anchor cookware. I got the pan out of the oven and sit it on top on the stove and the pan exploded, glass went in a million pieces all over my countertop and stove. It so happen I had shoes on or I would have had to step all in it. It actually made me mad too because I had to start all over with supper. After working 10 hours and coming home and cook and this happens, needless to say, I am not happy. I do not recommend this type of product. This is dangerous. I will throw away my other dish and inform all my friends and family to do the same.

I bought an Anchor 32 ounce measuring cup approximately two months ago from Walmart. I was cooking chicken and rice and I was measuring the broth to see how much rice I would need to put in. I poured the broth in the measuring cup twice with no problems, but when I poured it in the third time the measuring cup exploded. All that was left was the handle that was in my hand. Fortunately, I was not injured badly, but wow, was that scary. I have 11-month-old twins that could have been under my feet like always and been severely hurt. We had to go out for dinner because there was glass in everything. I don't want this to happen to anyone else. Do not buy these products!

I just finished cleaning up a huge mess in my kitchen. My supper had just come out of the oven and I heard a large pop. Right in front of where I was standing was a baking dish exploded into a million pieces. My kids, husband and dog were all within a couple of feet, nobody had shoes on. Fortunately, all that anybody got was hot sauce on them and small scrapes from the shards of glass. I am afraid my dog may have ingested glass as he tried to lick the food from the floor.

I spent over an hour cooking a nice supper and now my husband and kids are at McDonalds because our kitchen is unsafe and I had to clean up. I am amazed at how many complaints there are of the same problem. I can only imagine how many go unreported.

After an oblong baking dish exploded in my hands, I filed a complaint with Anchor Hocking. They turned it over to Specialty Risk Services who came out and took pictures and picked up the glass to send to the laboratory of Anchor Hocking for analysis. This is what the analysis report said: Anchor Hocking is not accepting liability because the product was over six years old and showed signs of scouring (cleaning) scratches, which can cause breakage. The adjuster from Specialty Risk Services said Anchor Hocking will not give me a copy of the report but would return the broken glass to me.

I think all consumers need to know how unsafe this product is. I had a property damage claim where the broken glass shards went into the seal of my smooth cooktop and damage to my vinyl floor where the large hot pieces of broken glass caused bubbling of the vinyl because I had to walk away from the stove to rinse the tiny shards off the tops of my feet, but it could have been much worse if I had not been wearing shoes. Shame on Anchor Hocking. Someone needs to make them be accountable.

I placed a 13X9" glass pan (room temperature) in an oven and baked chicken breast. I opened the oven door and slid the rack out a few inches. I turned to get a knife to cut into the chicken, and there was a large explosion. It blew up with small pieces of glass everywhere. Thank goodness I was turned away from the oven. This created a huge mess in the oven, and also a cut on my foot and my daughter's.

I was holding a one cup measuring cup made by Anchor Hocking Monday night March 22, 2010. It was new and purchased at Walmart or Target. It exploded as I held it. It was very frightening and the glass went everywhere. My soup had to be thrown out. It was empty when it exploded. I have 8 new Anchor Hocking measuring cups and will not use any of them again.

Getting ready for a nice St Patrick's Day feast of corned beef and cabbage, we started taking the food out of the pots of boiling water and putting it in a glass Anchor Hocking baking dish to serve from. After about 5 minutes or so of the food sitting in the bake ware (on the counter, away from the stove), it just exploded like an IED. Glass shot out in hundreds of shards, as far as 3 feet, and in every direction.

You could hear the explosion from the other side of the house. It sounded like a miniature car wreck. My mother and a guest at my house were standing just over 3 feet away from the dish when it exploded. It ruined our evening's meal, but it could have been worse. Especially if either of them were holding one of the 2 infants in the house.

In a disgusting article printed by Pyrex and World Kitchen, they attacked some perceived flaws in a Consumer Affairs article about this dangerous possibility. The bottom line is there is a significant flaw in glass bake ware that needs to be addressed. It is extremely dangerous. Made for baking--all we did was put hot corned beef and cabbage in a room temp anchor hocking baking dish and it exploded. Dinner and the dinner party were ruined. Glass went everywhere. I'm going to throw away a hundred dollars' worth of glass cookware. Most of all, my buddy had a PTSD reaction to the explosion 4 feet away from him.

I had a fairly new Anchor Hocking glass baking dish (bought in November 2009) that I had used maybe twice before. I was baking lasagna in it today. After 45 minutes I opened the door of the oven and removed the aluminum foil from the top of the pan (I didn't remove the pan from the oven, just took the foil off the top). Not even 1 minute after I closed the oven door, I heard a loud bang inside of the oven, and steam/smoke started coming out from the oven door.

When I looked inside I could see that the glass dish had exploded and shattered all over the oven. I have pictures if you'd like to see them. Economically, I am out the cost of the ingredients and about 3 hours of my time that it took to make lasagna from scratch (ingredients were at least $15). Add to that, my family then had to go out for dinner, which cost about $80. And it was a nasty mess to have to clean all of that glass out of the oven.

Consequences for Anchor Hocking: I will never use their glass bakeware again, I will only use ceramic or stainless steel. I have posted pictures of my exploded lasagna dish and my experience on Facebook, as I don't want anyone else to get hurt from an exploding glass dish (if I had been lifting the dish at the time that it exploded, I know I would have been badly injured). What does it take for these companies to fix their problems?

I purchased an 11 x 8" Anchor Hocking glass baking dish at Publix. I placed the baking dish with 4 pieces of Chicken Parmesan in a 300 degree oven to melt the cheese on top. After approximately 4-5 minutes, the dish exploded, leaving the 4 pieces of chicken on the oven rack. The glass covered the entire oven surface. There were glass shards on top of the chicken. It was a horrible mess. I am thankful that it happened inside the oven and no one was seriously injured.

I think all of these products should be recalled and they should be required to discontinue manufacturing them. These products are extremely dangerous and unsafe. I have pictures. I have told everyone I know to discontinue using these products in the oven or microwave. I am getting rid of mine and will not purchase or use anything like that again.

If that had happened when I was opening the oven door to check on the melting cheese or to cover the dish with foil to keep it warm, I could have been seriously injured. These dishes are a horrible threat to consumers! This incident left the dish, the food, the mess, the clean-up time, the ruined meal, pieces of glass continually found around the oven area and floor. I have photographs.

I was cooking a luncheon for a potential business client in my home. I was making a German meatloaf in a 9x12 loaf pan, purchased on 1/20/10 (the day before) at our local Publix grocery store along with the other ingredients for German potato salad that was in the oven baking. At about 55 minutes at 350 degrees, I heard an explosion in the kitchen. I ran in the kitchen and opened the oven to find that my German meatloaf was left sitting on the oven rack with no pan around it and shreds of glass all over my German potato salad and oven. I was glad that I had made a nice salad or my business meeting would have been ruined since my client was to arrive in 15 minutes to work on the business plan. Publix did refund my expenses for the food and pan. It is now March 1, 2010 and I am still unable to use my oven because of falling tiny pieces of glass. Any one have any idea how to remedy this? Cleaning hasn't worked!

I was baking pork chops, like I have a thousand times. I was using Anchor Hocking Bakeware 9x12 in my oven at 400 degrees. It was in there for 20 minutes. I went to take it out to flip the pork chops and when I pulled it out the oven, the dish exploded into a thousand pieces. I have pictures, glass went into my leg and the wall/cabinets. Our dinner is ruined, what a waste of money and it's taking forever to find all the glass to make sure the kitchen is safe again.

I was cooking and pulled the glassware out of the oven to set on the counter and it completely shattered all over the stove, cook top, floor, carpet, and into the rest of the dinner that was cooking - my entire meal was destroyed.

I purchased a new 9x5 Anchor Hockingloaf dish at Walmart on 2/21/10. The next day, I used that dish to make a meatloaf. It was in the oven approx 35 minutes at 350 degrees. At the half way point of cooking, there was a loud crash, and yes, like many others I have read about, the dish exploded in the oven. Our dinner was ruined and it took hours to clean up. The dish label read that it was oven safe up to 475 degrees. I will never by glass oven dishes again and I will advise everyone I know to avoid this product. This seems to be a regular occurrence from what I'm reading online. I feel that something should be done to stop the production of these inferior products before someone is seriously injured.

I purchased a set of six glass cookware from Wal-Mart with the Anchor Hocking logo on most of the items. I admit that I did not see it on the casserole pans but it was a boxed set sold through Wal-Mart. I was using one of the casserole pans to cook my dinner and the pan literally exploded in the oven. I lost my dinner and it took hours to clean up the mess. Wal-Mart refunded the cost of the item but not the cost of my dinner or my time directly related to this incident.

I will never buy from Wal-Mart again nor will I buy any product made by Anchor Hocking, and, I will tell anyone I know to beware of this product. I and my wife received cuts and burns due to this incident. We lost our dinner and were not compensated for this. Not to mention, the time it took to clean up and go back to the store to try to find justice.

I was baking pork ribs with potatoes in a 9X12 pan I had used for years. The oven was set at 375 and had been baking for about 45 minutes. We heard a crash like glass breaking. The only place this could have happened was in the oven. The oven is relatively new, just before Thanksgiving. But I had baked with this pan and oven combination before. Fortunately, neither of us was hurt, and the meal was not a complete loss. But it was frightening and messy. Glass shards got all over the stove inside and out. The clean-up is not yet over. I am a barefoot person and have 2 dogs and 2 cats. Any one of us could still get glass in our feet from this disaster.

I bought a 1-1/2 qt. glass casserole with cover 2 months ago. It was used about 3 or 4 times. Two nights ago, I placed broccoli pieces in the casserole with 1/4 cup water and set the microwave for 8 minutes. Just after 4 minutes, I heard an explosion and the casserole had burst in the microwave. I had recently read an article about exploding Pyrex in the AARP magazine and figured I was safe with Anchor Hocking. It is not so.

Tonight, I was cooking cornbread in brand new Anchor Hocking ovenware, a dish 8" by 11", I believe. The oven was at 400 degrees. At 20 minutes, I heard what sounded like an ice storm crash coming from the oven and asked my boyfriend to please check it. We heard a second crackle, waited a minute and then slowly opened the oven door. The baking dish was shattered and the oven filled with shards of glass. Thank God we didn't check the dish when it exploded.

My wife had prepared a beautiful cass. and had instructed me to preheat the oven to 400 degrees, place the cass. in the oven and bake for 30 to 40 min. I dutifully followed her instruction. Ten minutes into the bake, I heard a "pop" and upon investigating found a pile of shattered glass and precooked food clinging to the oven grate and on the oven floor. Typical nasty mess! Now I read, Anchor Hocking disavows any responsibility for their inferior products. Not good PR guys. Anyone for boycotting this great American manufacturer?

Anchor Hocking 20oz casserole dish exploded in a closed dishwasher that was not even turned on. In the past 2 weeks, a second casserole dish lost 1" from its rim as it was being placed in the dishwasher and also a casserole lid lost a chip at an unspecified time in the dishwasher. These items were all purchased in January 2010. Emptied dishwasher is being run to see whether tiny shards caused any damage.

I purchased three Anchor Hocking 8x8 baking pans for Christmas presents. My daughter just called on 2/3/2010. She baked chicken in the dish for dinner and as she was removing the chicken from the dish, the dish exploded. There was a loud noise, and glass and chicken everywhere. Obviously, this is not the first time this has happened. I have called my other daughters and advised them not to use this dish. This is too dangerous!

I made corn bread in an 8 x 8 Anchor glass pan. Later that same day (Jan. 31, 2010), I put the pan with the corn bread in it in the microwave for 1 minute on high to warm it for supper. It had not been refrigerated, no visible cracks or chips were anywhere on it and it was less than two years old. An hour after we ate, I took the rest of the corn bread out using a spatula to get the residue out of the pan to wash it. Not having many dishes, I left it on the counter unwashed.

During the night at 3:00 AM, I was awakened by an explosion in the kitchen. The pan that was sitting on my counter, in a 65 degree room exploded sending glass everywhere. I have saved the pieces and I took pictures.

Last night I was preparing dinner for my husband and two guests. I was baking chicken enchiladas in the oven at 350 for 35 minutes. The recipe calls for you to remove the foil and add cheese at this time and return to oven for 5 minutes to melt and brown. My husband changed the control knob from bake to broil and raised the temp to 500 to brown. As soon as he returned the dish to the oven, it exploded in a million pieces. Thankfully no one was injured, but my dinner plans were shattered also.

My room mate was roasting some onions in a 13x9in pan at 400 degrees for about a half hour. Her phone alarm for them had gone off. After ignoring the alarm for thirty seconds, she heard a crash in the kitchen. Thinking one of our wooden kitchen shelves had fallen, she went into the kitchen, but all was fine. She walked through the house before checking the oven; the casserole glassware had exploded in there. Thankfully she hadn't gone in the kitchen right away, or she would have been burned, or worse. We're going to take the shards of glass back to Target for a refund, and we're never buying from Anchor Hocking again. The stove was a mess, but at least it was contained and no one was hurt.

I used this 9 x 12 (approximate measurement) baking dish in my oven. The temperature was set at 325. It had a chicken and dressing dish in it. It had been in the oven for over an hour when I heard what sounded like shattering glass. Curious, I opened my oven to see it had just spilled all over my oven. Glass splinters were everywhere. It was such a mess! Why did this burst and why after over an hour at a temp of only 325?

Anchor Hocking glass pan exploded in oven in millions of pieces. Stove is less than one year old. I'm concerned about cleaning the mess up. Glass is in carpet and floor. I will be contacting.