Anchor Hocking Glassware Reviews

I was warming my dinner last night in my Anchor Cookware, and when I took it out, it shattered everywhere. My daughter was there with me. Thank God, it did not get on her nor my self. But this is very dangerous. Something needs to be done about this. I thought I had swept all the glass, but a little piece cut me on my foot when I went in for a glass of water later. I now have to purchase some more cookware, which I can't afford right now.

I got on this website to see if there have ever been any other listed complaints about Anchor Hocking Cookware that have been posted and sure enough, 12 pages describing exactly what happened to me last night. I was cooking Chicken Parmesan in the largest Anchor pan I have at 400 degrees for 25 min. I pulled the glass out of the oven nice and easy and when I set it atop my stove, it exploded into 500 million large and tiny pieces in my oven, on top of my oven, clear into my dining room, living room. What a mess! Thank goodness, I only have one mark on my arm and not all over my face and in my eyes. This was not old cookware and I have used it before with no problems. Never again will I use this brand of cookware and I will make sure to let everyone know that I see. Thank goodness, none of my family or family dog was nearby when this pan exploded! Very scary!

I have used the baking pan for a few years. I have never had a problem with these baking dishes before. I put the baked stuffed chicken breasts in the oven at 350 degrees. About 1/2 hour later, I heard an explosion! I opened the oven door to find that the pan had exploded! Glass was everywhere. Food was burning and the kitchen was full of smoke! Smoke detectors were screaming. What a mess and how dangerous that was! I had company so we all went out to dinner. I was angry and embarrassed about this!

I was baking chicken in the real big glass pan I have used so many times before. When I slide the oven rake forward, it exploded in my face. I am chipped up and really scared. How did this happen? It is so wrong. Please call me. It ruined all my dinner for my family. I lost my ten chicken breasts and stuffing and corn. My oven is gas, so I have to get the very bottom cleaned out before I can use it. I have several cuts on my face, arms and legs - nothing that will require stitches, thank God.

I have a 3 pan set of Anchor Hocking baking pans. I cooked 15 Totinos Pizzarolls in the medium pan, took the pan out of the oven and set it on my stove (only 2 months old) and it exploded right in my face. Glass went all over the kitchen, all over the inside and outside of my stove and oven, and all over the front of me. Thank goodness I had my glasses on or I would have been really hurt most likely with glass in my eyes. As it was, my husband and I suffered from cuts on our hands and feet, as well as multiple shards of glass in our hands while trying to clean up the mess which, by the way, took over 2 hours to do. We have 2 kids and are now in constant fear that we missed a piece of glass somewhere and they will find it with their tender feet. My brand new stove top is scratched like crazy from the glass. Let’s just hope we got everything out of the oven itself!

Approximately 6 weeks at 2:30 in the morning, my girlfriend and I awoke to a loud explosion. We sat straight up in bed and said, "Did you hear that?" We both thought it sounded like a brick being thrown through our 8' by 8' patio door. We checked all the windows in the house, glass doors, mirrors and made sure all glass pictures were still hung on the wall. After about 15 minutes of searching, we discovered millions of glass pieces on the kitchen floor and in the cupboard.

After reading (and re-reading to be honest) the directions and cautions regarding their glass cookware, I placed a chicken casserole in the oven. About 15 minutes after I placed the casserole in the oven, I checked on the dish. Everything looked fine, no issues whatsoever. A few seconds after, I closed the oven door. I heard what sounded like a gun-shot. I freaked out and immediately turned off the oven. I turned on the oven light to find that the casserole dish had exploded sending bits of casserole and glass everywhere in my brand new oven! The oven took many hours to clean off the glass. I have to contact GE regarding how to get the glass out of the bottom unreachable part of the oven, and to see if the glass has done any un-repairable damage. I have several cuts on my hands. I am very afraid of this cookware now and would not recommend it to anyone.

I will never use Anchor cookware again. I put a marinated Pork Tenderloin in the oven and after about 15-20 minutes in the oven, I heard a funny noise. I opened the oven and there was shattered glass all over.

I bought a 13x9 Anchor baking dish yesterday at Target which I used this morning to bake a casserole. The dish had only been in the oven an hour, when I heard a strange noise and opened the oven door to find the dish had exploded and shattered into hundreds of pieces. I got painful shards of glass in my hands and feet during cleanup, and it ruined an expensive meal. This happened about 30 minutes before company arrived to eat it.

I had chicken marinade in a plastic bag in the fridge. I took it out, turned on the broiler, and put my chicken in a square Anchor Hocking pan. I let it broil for ten minutes, opened the broiler to flip the chicken over, and the pan exploded. I am very, very lucky that I was not cut or burned by the shards.

I had chicken marinade in a plastic bag in the fridge. I took it out, turned on the broiler, and put my chicken in a square Anchor Hocking pan. I let it broil for ten minutes, opened the broiler to flip the chicken over, and the pan exploded. I am very, very lucky that I was not cut or burned by the shards.

I have both the Pyrex brand and Anchor glass dishes with lids. The Anchor brand lids keep cracking making them useless for storage of food. I have to replace the items for approximately $25, plus the guilt about the extra garbage!

While cooking chicken in our oven, the dish exploded. It broke out the front glass of our oven and caused other damage to the inside of the oven. What a mess to clean up. We had to replace our range. The damage was too extensive to try and repaint. The mess we had in the kitchen was glass all over the entire kitchen along with the grease from the chicken.

The blue lids on the storage bowls split on the sides. No longer do they seal tightly and I can’t put anything with liquid in them.

Several weeks ago, I purchased a 9 x 13 glass baking dish. I preheated my oven 350 degrees, put in my chicken and within 10 minutes, the dish explored into a million pieces. I purchased another one over this weekend and the same thing happened. Only this time, my granddaughter was standing next to the oven and when the pan explored, it sounded like a gun shot. She ran to me crying thinking someone was shooting as us. These dishes appear to be very dangerous.

On 4/18/09, I heated macaroni and cheese in a blue Anchorware dish (9x9?) at 325F. After 20 minutes, it sounded like a car ran into our china cabinet. The dish exploded into countless pieces and shards. The macaroni was dripping onto the oven coils waiting to become a hazard. If we were opening the door at the time, we would surely have suffered significant injury. The obliteration of the dish was amazing. The oven floor was lined with glass fragments. I lost my dish and my macaroni. Fortunately, I didn't lose an eye or endure any other injury.

We purchased coffee cups from Walmart. These cups are Anchor Hocking #32. The problem with the cups is that the mold casting edge is so sharp that it’s real hard to hold the cups by the handles. We have checked the other cups at Walmart for replacements (same cup, same problems). We like the cups very much. We intend to keep them, but may have to use our old ones. We have no damage to complain about (just hard to hold the cups). We just want someone to correct the problem with the cups.

I was preparing 20 sausages in two separate glass cooking dishes for my bosses mobile food service when I heard a sound as if the rack in my oven fell. I opened the oven to find the cookware had shattered. I had to extinguish the fire made from the grease and ruined all the sausage.

I prepared a casserole in my new Anchor Hocking Company 5-piece Expressions Deluxe casserole dish. I put it in the oven at 400 degrees. Not even 5 minutes later, I heard a loud popping noise. I walked over to the oven, opened it and, to my surprise, the dish had exploded in the oven with my casserole everywhere. I'm very upset with what happened. Not only were my children in the kitchen coloring when the glass shattered all through the oven, it scared them and also it's the money issue. You pay extra money for glassware that is supposed to be durable and it blows up in the oven as soon as you put it in.

I recently bought 2 Anchor Fire King 250ml glass measuring cups. On New Year’s Eve, I used one to measure some room temperature water. I left it in the sink with the other dishes. All of a sudden it exploded into small pieces which went flying in a 3m radius. I was lucky not to be close by the sink at that point. I will taking the other one back to the shop.

As with many others, according to your website, My Anchor glass dish exploded in the oven. Please make others aware.

Purchased a Anchor Microwavable bowl at the Base Exchange, Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas, NV. Have used it often in the Microwave, never in the Oven of the Stove, for making soups, etc. Yesterday after making soup, I put it in the Dishwasher, and when it went thru it's cycles and shut off, I was removing the washed items, and when I picked up the Anchor Bowl, it shattered in my hand, glass inside the dishwasher, the floor what a mess, and still finding shreds of glass. Believe the bowl was approx 6x10. I have put the broken glass in the trash, and will be taken away today by the Trash Company. Do you guarantee and replace your products???

About 3 months ago I bought an Anchor 1 cup glass measuring cup. Now I cannot read any of the measurements on the cup because they have all faded. I have had pyrex measuring cups for 15 to 20 years and I can still read them without any problems.

While preparing dinner for my large family I had used three casserole dishes, to make a tostada cassserole. The largest of them was on the top of the oven. I had the oven set at 350. After I had the casserole in the oven for 16 minutes, I was working on setting the table, I heard a pop come from the oven. When I opened the oven I found that the biggest of the pans had exploded. So not only had it ruined the food that was in the pan, glass had gone into every pan and ruined my whole dinner, that I had spent two hours preparing.

2nd Anchor pan I have had to explode in oven. Was baking a pumpkin loaf at 350 degrees; had been in oven for 26 minutes when I heard a loud popping noise, turned oven light on to see pan had shattered in oven. Not only a huge mess of glass, but a huge hot mess of pumpkin bread. This was the second of 2 pans. The first time it happened was a pan of enchilada's. Once again; huge mess and waste of food!

I have a garden and I made some home made Zucchini Bread this is the 2nd time I have used this dish oven was set at 350 it still had 20 minutes to go so I went to check on it because it smelt good as I slowly opened the oven door not to make it fall it exploded (the glass dish)I turned off the oven and pretty much freeked out I have heart problems now I am affarid to use glass in the onen. The glass came out of the oven door and my puppy went up to see what was wront and found some hot glass on the floor and burnt his tonge.

I put a pie crust in one of my 9 Anchor Hocking pie plates and put it in the oven. It had been there for 7 out of the 10 minutes that I had the timer set for. I opened the door and checked on the crust, and then I went back to the other cooking I was preparing to do on the stovetop, when my husband and I heard a huge popping sound from inside the oven. It startled us both. When I looked inside, the pie plate had exploded inside the oven!!!! Not an easy clean-up, but a lot easier than some of the others! I took loads of pictures and saved the piece with the Anchor Hocking emblem on it!

I purchased a one cup size Anchor Hocking glass measuring cup on Sunday, 7/20/08 from my local Target. I used it to measure our some Bisquick, dusted it out and put it in a kitchen cabinet. There are no heat sources near the cabinet. At 3:15am Monday morning there was an oddd and loud sound of breaking glass and we immediately went outside thinking racoons had broken some glassware on the patio. Nothing there, so when we walked back inside and noticed big glass pieces on the kitchen floor, I opened the cabinet and found that the measuring cup had structurally failed in a spectacular way. No heat, no use, just sheer failure.

I was making breakfast/lunch for dinner. I was going use my oven so I pre-set the oven and took out my Anchor blue baking pan and put it on top on my stove. I had used a burner earlier but was sure that the burner was off when I placed my baking pan on top. As I worked around in my kitchen for no more than a few minutes, I looked down to notice that there was a thin streak of smoke coming from the bottom of my baking pan. I quickly reached over to move the pan thinking that I may have had the burner on still.

I was baking a turkey breast in my Anchor Hocking glass pan it had only been in for about 20 minutes, I had removed it from the oven to bast the turkey breast a couple of times and everything was fine then when I went to put it back in the oven for the last time,with me still holding the pan in my hand it exploded! Glass flew everywhere and juice poured all over my oven, Baking the juice on to the racks, glass door and the heating elements.

Just sat down to eat with company when my husband found glass in his food. He returned to the kitchen to check the (Anchor Hocking) casserole dishes and sure enough, the glass had broken off the sides and had fallen into the food. Chicken parm and veggies were ruined. No one's going to eat dinner with glass in it! Why is this still on the market?

I bought an anchor hocking casserole dish yesterday at Walmart. I put a porkloin in it last night in the oven at 350 degrees. It had not been in the oven 5 minutes when the dish exploded into a million pieces all over the oven.

My husband was cooking gravy in an Anchor baking dish and when he pulled it out of the oven and placed it on the stove, it exploded all over the kitchen, cut his foot and was nearly impossible to clean up!

I bought an Anchor 14cm x 23cm meat loaf dish some years ago. On May 30, 2008 it exploded within my kitchen cabinet approx 5:30 am. The noise awakened my husband and I to find glass on floor, near island, on island countertop, and all in the kitchen cabinets, and countertop underneath the cabinets.

Apparently I am only the latest of several complaints about Anchor Hocking Glass Bakeware. Last night I made a large chicken casserole in an Anchor Hocking glass cake pan. It was baked on 375 for 40 minutes. Just as I was going to open the oven door (luckily I hadn't) the pan exploded and shattered into little glass fragments all over the oven. I cannot imagine the consequences had I either opened the door a few seconds earlier, or had the pan in my hands. This product needs to be taken of all shelves. Mine was bought at Wal-Mart about 3 months ago.

I was cooking a wonderful Mothers Day dinner for my special Mom. A whole ham, all the side dishes and a dish of bbq ribs in my glass Anchor Hocking casserole dish. I took the dish out of the oven and placed it on a hot pad. About 30 minutes later I went in to finish everything up and start serving. When the dish exploded!! Glass went all over my food - everything had to be thrown out. Not to mention the mess!

I was cooking a wonderful Mothers Day dinner for my special Mom. A whole ham, all the side dishes and a dish of bbq ribs in my glass Anchor Hocking casserole dish. I took the dish out of the oven and placed it on a hot pad. About 30 minutes later I went in to finish everything up and start serving. When the dish exploded!! Glass went all over my food - everything had to be thrown out. Not to mention the mess!

On sunday May 11, 2oo8 I baked a salmon fillet in the oven at 375 in my 9x13 Anchor baking dish. I removed it from the oven and placed it in a wicker serving basket and placed it on a buffet talbe with the rest of the dinner. Just as my guests were about to begin serving onto their plates there was a crash and the baking dish shattered into little pieces of glass that flew all over the table and onto the floo. Fortunately no one was hurt, but the total dinner was ruined and had to be thrown into the garbage.

Last night I had started to pre heat the oven when I realized that my 13x9 Anchor Hocking glass baking dish was in the oven. It had only been in the oven for 5 min or less. I removed the glass dish and set it on my stove top. I bent down to pet my cat and before I even touched him I heard a loud high pitched pop. I looked around and saw glass everywhere!

WHAT THE HECK?? I baked chicken yesterday at 325 for an hour. Dinner was ready at 5pm. We ate, did the dishes and left my 9x13 baking dish in the sink to soak. At 10:30pm we were woken up by the sound of shattering glass. My husband thought someone was breaking into our home.

I have lost the pan, the food was spoiled, the clean up has been horrendous, and my finger was burned with second degree burns.

Very dangerous situation.

I was cooking dinner for family and friends on March 24, 2008. I opened the oven door to check the food and the glassware exploded. It was all over the oven, the food, the floor, and completely ruined the dinner. I use these faithfully and never had this problem before. This product is suppose to be oven safe. And I used this product correctly. Please contact me asap about this dangerous cookware. I took pictures of this event if needed. Thank you.

I took my 9x9 glass Anchor Hocking pan out of the oven and put it on the stove to cool. About 2 minutes later, it exploded. The glass shards cut 2 of my fingers, and as I stepped back I cut my foot on more broken glass. The lino floor in my kitchen condo is badly burned in at least 30 places, and my damage deposit will likely be forfeit.

I was using my anchor hocking bake dish to cook a roast. The oven was set on 350 degrees. It had been cooking for about 45 minutes to an hour, and I opened the oven and pulled the rack out a little bit to add some water to the dish (like I always do). All of a sudden, it exploded. I have never seen such a thing before. I am so lucky that I did not get hurt. In fact, it is amazing that I was not hurt. I was hovering over the dish as I was pouring the water. Glass was everywhere--and I mean everywhere: in the oven, on the floor, just everywhere. It took us forever to clean up the mess.

Today for an after school snack, I decided to make banana bread. I used my Anchor Hocking glass loaf pan. When the bread was done, I took it from the oven and sat it on the stove to cool, just like I do every time I cook. About 2 minutes later, I heard glass hit the floor and came around the corner to see that the loaf pan had exploded! Glass shot all the way into my playroom, up to about 12 feet! All of my kids, ages 6, 3, and 1, were standing just 2 feet from the stove in the dining area when this happened. I am lucky none of them was burned, cut, or worse... BLINDED! As I was picking them each up to carry them from the room (so they would not walk barefoot through glass) the pan exploded twice more! The bread is ruined, and the kids are upset by that; but more than anything they are now terrified by glass dishes!

I have had two 9x13 baking dishes. One, a couple of years ago, was cooking a roast at 350 degrees when I heard glass shattering. When I opened my oven, there was glass all over. Now I was just given another one as a gift. I just put some chicken in the oven at 350 degrees, about 20 minutes heard glass shattering and opened my oven, same thing again. Glass all over my oven, I will never buy Anchor Hocking again! I will now use metal only!

This evening I used the Anchor baking dish as I have for many years. I had pork chops in the oven dish, baking around 400 degrees for a half hour, 350 degrees for half hour, then down to 200. I took them out of the oven and set them on the stove; as I lifted the foil like I always do, the pan exploded. Thank goodness the foil was still on top the glassware--it kept it from flying all over. It stayed mostly on top of the stove, but little pieces were in the rest of our dinner. Needless to say, everything had to tossed away--not to mention the mess all over the stove. I will be throwing away the other Anchor baking dishes I have.

On Saturday, 1-26-08 I was using my 10X13 pan for a cobbler. When it finished baking, I removed it from the oven and it exploded into millions of pieces. This is the second time something like this has happened to me using this product. My 2 small grandchildren were in the kitchen with me but, thankfully they weren't burnt and neither was I. I have a small cut on one of my hands. The mess is undescribable. Still finding glass all over the place.

Interior of the oven is slightly scratched and no personnel were injured as a result of the explosion. Areas surrounding the oven are unscathed as a result of the explosion occurring inside the oven with the door closed.

I stood there in shock as I stared at my stove. I had the round baking dish for about six years and although I read the tales, post purchase, I never imagined this would happen. I have baked in this blue baking bowl for years at temperatures around 400 degrees and below. For the first time I had to use it to boil water. I heard a boom! and when I looked there was the blue Anchor bowl shattered in a million pieces all over my stove and kitchen floor.

It was the 3rd time I was using the 9x13 glassware dish to bake christmas squares. The dish had been in the oven for 25 min. when it completely expoded in the oven.

I was baking chicken in my 9 x 13 Anchor Hocking bakeware. After baking in the oven for about 20 minutes the baking dish literally exploded in the oven. I emailed Anchor Hocking and then decided to check the internet to see if this had happened to anyone else. After reading only negative comments I did not expect to receive a reply from them.

While cooking our holiday dinner, my husband took our 8x11.5 Anchor glass dish that we had been cooking sweet potatoes in, out of the oven (set at 325 degrees). From the time it took to pull the glassware from the oven and place it on the stove top (10 seconds), the dish exploded.

This is an email I sent to the company: We encountered a serious defect with one of your products this morning, serious enough that I think it is important that you are aware of it and advise regarding this situation. I purchased the item from Amazon.com, through BIC and have several remaining pieces of this product, which I now hesitate to use.

Christmas dinner smelled wonderful, as my houseful of guests eagerly awaited the soon to be served meal. I removed a 11x15 baking dish full of baked manicotti from a 300 degree oven, and set it on my glass top stove to cool for a few minutes before serving. After approximately ten minutes, I lifted the pan and it shattered in my hands.

An anchor glassware roasting tray exploded in my hands after taking it out of my oven. I was removing the roasting glassware containing the London Broil when it exploded; glass hit me and my wife. Luckily no one was injured; however, my linoleum floor was burned in several areas and needs to be replaced. I have taken pictures of the damage when it happened and after clean-up.

Ruined the meatloaf, of course, as well as the cookie tray of potatoes next to it. Took about 30 minutes to clean up all of the glass after it cooled. Missed out on a nice home cooked meal, which doesn't happen often enough around our house lately!

I was cooking chicken at 400 degrees in my Anchor Hocking baking dish. After 20 minutes, I heard a loud bang. I thought the oven rack fell. I opened up the oven, and glass had shattered everywhere! Exploded! Thank God I did not open the oven to check on my chicken while this had happened! Now I too am stuck with a huge mess to clean up and no baking dish! I bought these at Walmart.

I had out of town guests in for the weekend and planned to make chicken alfrado in my new anchor 13 glass pan. I preheated my oven to 350 deg. just as i was putting the pan into the oven the thing shattered. I have never been so shook up and so embarrassed at the same time. My niece who was in a baby walker nearby had shards of glass on the tray of her walker. Luckily no one was injured.

I was making brownies in my 9x9 glass anchor cookware. My husband pulled the pan out of the oven and placed it on top of the stove. All of a sudden the glass exploded!

My wife was cooking fish in a 13x9" or 11" cooking dish, and she took it out of the oven and it exploded on the counter top. Thankfully, no one was hurt. Scared her to death though, and it was not fun cleaning up shards of glass that had hot grease on them and that were close to 300 degrees in temperature. This needs to be looked into before many people are hurt seriously.

I opened the oven door and started to pull out the 9 x 13 dish. I had the first 5 inches from the rack and it literally exploded in my hands. Thank God I had a very heavy oven mitt on. Glass went all over the kitchen, the counter, the top of the stove, in the oven and in the food, chicken and juices went flying, my pants and shoes were covered with small glass shards and chicken juice.

The other night I was baking potatoes tots. When I took them out, the bakeware that I was using exploded into little pieces. My left foot got cut and burned. I didnt have to go to the hospital but I have cuts and burns on my foot.

I was making roasted potatoes and the dish exploded in my oven!! I've NEVER been so scared!! I can't believe this happened.. and more so.. it's happened to other people!!

My leg was cut in a few places and my turkey breasts were unable to be eaten due to the possibility of glass being in them.

My leg was cut in a few places and my turkey breasts were unable to be eaten due to the possibility of glass being in them.

My cookware exploded in my hands and left burn marks on my kitchen floor. I have pictures of the burn marks on my kitchen floor. I would like for my kitchen floor to be replaced. The cookware was empty.

I have a set of four Anchor Hocking glass bowls of various sizes, that were given to me about a year ago.

I have a set of four Anchor Hocking glass bowls of various sizes, ranging from a very small one to a large mixing bowl size. They were given to me as a wedding gift about a year ago and we have enjoyed using them, as they are very versatile.

The same problem occurred to me tonight while cooking a dinner roast. The oven temp was 400. When I took the rectangular glass baking dish out and set it on the stove top, it exploded, showering my arms with hot glass.

Tonight I was making rice in my brown anchor cookware bowl. I had just pulled the bowl out of the microwave and sat it down when it exploded. Thankfully I was not injured. The bowl continued to make cracking noises for a good 5 minutes. The bottom of the bowl clearly states that it is microwave safe. I have pictures of the mess it made as well as some pieces of the bowl to include what I could find of the bottom.

Luckily no one was injured from this, could have been tragic. Lots of cleaning up and lost my measuring cup that had been used twice.

I was using the medium sized dish which is approximately 11 X 7 to make pork tenderloin in the oven. The pork and baking dish were in the oven at 425 degrees for approximately 10 minutes.

I was cooking chicken in my 8x11.5 anchor ovenware baking dish when I opened the oven door to check on it. As I pulled the rack out of the oven, the dish exploded out the end, glass everywhere. My 3.5 yr old was standing beside the oven door when this happened and luckily he was not injured however very easily could have been.

My anchor ovenware 9 in., 2 qt. casserole lid exploded all over the kitchen after I took it off the casserole that was in the oven. I'm scared!

I have owned a 9x13 Anchor Hocking baking dish for several years, used it probably 3-4 times a week. Last night, I baked a turkey breast in it. The breast itself was wrapped in foil because it was full of marinade. The oven was set at 450 degrees and I cooked it about 45 minutes. I took it out of the oven and set it on top of the stove. While I held the fork in mid-air, the baking dish suddenly exploded, sending glass all over my stovetop, counters and kitchen floor. I was cut on both legs.

I baught this Anchor Hocking 11 x 15 dish less then a year ago. I have hardly used it a few times. It was well taken cared of without any scratches. On it, it says its safe for conventional ovens.

Using an anchor hocking baking dish in the middle rack of a gas oven set at 320F. Added some room temperature water to the hot dish and it shattered with a poping sound.

I was taking a 9 X 13 baking dish with chicken in it out of the oven and it blew up in my hands all over the kitchen!

I placed breaded chicken tenders in 400 degree oven for 25 minutes 2 quart anchor baking dish. Once done, I removed and placed on top of the stove (that was not hot nor cold). As I was getting things ready, approximately 1 minute later, I almost had a heart attack as the whole dish exploded into thousands of tiny pieces. Glass was everywhere. Luckily I had my back turned but was still right by the stove. I contacted Anchor and they said that the glass was designed (if it happened to explode) to break of into circular breaks. This was not entirely true. There were some circular chunks but there were many shards of glass on my floor. They did send me a new dish but I'm afraid to use them, especially after reading about these similar experiences.

My 3-quart glassware exploded in the oven as I was baking a chicken which had plenty of water placed on the bottom of the pan.

I bought a one cup measuring cup in december 2006. i had used it many times. in jan 2007 i was wisking eggs in the cup and it exploded into a millon pieces. scared me so bad. the glass flew every where and cut my fingers. i am just glad it did not fly into my eyes. i read other letters on the web and i see the glass wear seems to do this a lot. maybe this can help them make it safer. thanks

I was making meatloaf with gravy, only the fourth time I had ever used the baking dish. Placed it in the pre-heated oven, removed it when cooked, about an hour later and placed it on top of the stove. I removed the meatloaf and was stirring the sauce before pouring it into a serving dish when it completely exploded sending gravy flying everywhere including all down my leg and also over my entire kitchen. It took me over two hours to clean up the mess of gravy mixed with glass from all the trays under the elements on my stove.

I received third degree burns on my wrist and required 4 stitches to close a slice in my forearm as well as a Tetunus shot. I was out of work for two days. Anchor Hocking was unsympathetic and denied my claim against them.

Cuts on her right arm,right leg,and 3 of her left toe's,also she has burns on her right arm. Her toe's are what we are mostly concerned with,being so close to the nerve and bone.

Fear from both of us in the future if we should use this cookware. I am not sure any more of the dependability of there products.

A very strange and frightening thing happened to me last night. After doing a little research on Google, I stumbled into an artcle on your site about it. My baking dish exploded.

I was making rice in the microwave, Using one of their glass bowls, says microwave safe. After 20 min, the rice was done, i reached in to swing the handle around and the handle, which was also glass, actually was melting, it stuck to my hand. As i pulled my hand away the glass came with. I had great pain, i rinsed it under cold water. all my fingers were burned.

During first use of their approx 9 x 13 baking dish for a chicken manicotti meal, the label on the bottom of the glassware stated it was safe for conventional use. We added the ingredients for the meal and set it in the oven at 350 degrees. Approximately 40 minutes into cooking, we heard a loud bang. We opened the oven door to find the glassware shattered to many pieces, some small and sharp, others in larger pieces. After we had cleaned up the mess in the oven, we checked the lid and it said it was not safe for conventional ovens. We did not put the lid in the oven. I am a little smarter than that to put a rubber lid in the oven, but that's besides the point. Had we had another 20 minutes and pulled it out of the oven, there could have been some serious injuries. I have just sent a letter (via email) to Anchor Hocking to request a replacement unit.

I cooked Chicken in a blue caserole dish, took it out of the oven and the bowl shattered moments later. This could've been much more of a disaster if I was holding the dish as there was a very hot liquid sauce that went everywhere.

On May 8, 2005 a blue Essentials ovenware 3qt tempered glass casserole dish exploded after being taken out of the oven and placed on a trivet for about 3 minutes. The explosion sent 400F food and glass flying in about an 8 foot diameter area. The dish had shattered into tiny pieces during the explosion. I was not injured as I had my back turned to the explosion when it occurred, but I could have been blinded had I been standing facing it, which I was, just moments prior to the explosion.

On May 8, 2005 a blue Essentials ovenware 3qt tempered glass casserole dish exploded after being taken out of the oven and placed on a trivet for about 3 minutes. The explosion sent 400F food and glass flying in about an 8 foot diameter area. The dish had shattered into tiny pieces during the explosion. I was not injured as I had my back turned to the explosion when it occurred, but I could have been blinded had I been standing facing it, which I was, just moments prior to the explosion. By the way, the product that exploded was part of a 3-piece set purchased 2 years ago and that particular piece was being used for the 3rd time. There were absolutely no scratches on the dish, or nicks or any damage because the item had never even washed in a dishwasher. I used it according to directions: the fault is not mine but Anchor Hocking's.