CorningWare

This morning I made some oatmeal in a small french white Corningware casserole dish. I used a tablespoon to serve it and when I tapped the spoon on the bottom of the dish to get the excess oatmeal off it, the bottom of the dish broke into several large pieces and many smaller shards which went all over my stove and one made a small gouge in the flooring below the stove.

Not only did I not get my portion of oatmeal, I lost the dish that I usually make it in and had quite a mess to contend with. It was a real shock to me as I didn't hit the dish hard. It makes me think that Corningware is not a product I can feel confident in and I do have quite a few pieces. I was reading some other complaints and maybe having your product made in other countries to save costs will end up costing you many customers in the future!

On January 9th, 2010, I began to prepare a green bean casserole. With all ingredients out, I went to collect a casserole dish. I reached into my cupboard and retrieved the dish. As the dish was in my hand, I felt a tingle in my finger. I looked and the dish was broken on the floor and there was a huge gash in my hand (at the base of my right index finger, just before the crease connecting my finger to my hand) I did not hit the dish on anything. It broke for no reason in mid-air.

I have only had problems with new Pyrex and corning products. The old ones seem to be made of better materials, and the PyroCeram is very good. However, I bought some modern replacement bowls for my vintage Lazy Daisy dish set and had three glass dishes break in the microwave. They don't explode. They just crack in pieces and leave a mess. The foods were heated to manufacturer's suggested temperatures for Sharp, so I don't hold the microwave accountable, and I have had no problem heating the vintage dishes. When you consider the quality of PyroCeram, however, compared to the cheaply made products of today, I suppose it is not surprising that they are now incapable of making a safe or economical product anymore.

Why did you sell your product to China? Now we have cheap dishes that explode. Everyone has become so greedy.I am so fed up with all these companies. Keep things in America, so many people have had new Pyrex explode that were made in China. Don't deny it.

I've had a small Corning cutting board for about 5 years. Last evening I was using a Farberware percolator which was setting on the cutting board atop my stove top. The bottom of the percolator was not warm but for no reason the cutting board exploded. Most of the glass was confined to my stove top which was also not on. The glass did extend past the stove about 3 ft. The unusual thing we observed was that for the next 25 minutes the glass sizzled, danced and popped. My one friend who witnessed the event asked if we have poltergeists living here. We didn't dare clean it up until all the glass was done moving. Thank goodness no one was injured, just scared.

In 1971, I was feeding my son from a Corning Ware bowl, he pushed it to the carpeted floor less than 2 feet below him and it too exploded into shards of glass. The pieces missed him, thank God, but littered the floor and imbedded into my jeans like little arrows! I contacted the company but I don't recall I ever received satisfaction. My son will turn 40 this September. Interesting this is still happening.

Last night, I was cooking a small pork roast in a Corningware 9" by 13" glass dish. I checked on it once and it was and it still had a while left to cook but about 15 minutes later, I heard a loud bang. I opened the oven door and there was glass everywhere. I was thankful that this hadn't happened 15 minutes earlier when I had my head inside the oven door to peek at it.

There were hundreds of pieces of shards of glass everywhere. I threw out the roast and the baked potatoes and spent a very long time cleaning the oven. I had this dish for a few years and have not had a problem before and did not notice any cracks. When I went online to look up the address, I came upon a lot of similar situations. I took some pictures of the explosion in my oven and I have the broken piece that says Corningware and I plan to send it back to the company as soon as I find the address. I don't think I will use glass pans again as this could have been tragic.

One evening this week, my wife and I were watching TV in the living room when we heard an unusual noise in the kitchen. We entered the kitchen and noticed glass on the floor. The lid of a CorningWare casserole sitting on the counter had broken. The "break" could best be described as an explosion. The lid itself was intact but the knob was completely disintegrated. Most of the pieces were of pea size or greater but there were small slivers. The fragments covered a radius of approximately 10 feet. The dish was empty, clean, and at room temperature. No one was handling it at the time. The dish had been purchased within the year. No one was injured by the "explosion"

I sent in everything that was asked for and I want the $10 rebate check sent to me ASAP!