Pyrex Reviews

I thought Pyrex was ** near indestructible, but I found out differently tonight. I placed 2 thawed, seasoned steaks in a 9x9" dish and left it sitting on the stove top for about an hour while I baked potatoes at 400 degrees. I then put the dish in the oven. Ten minutes later, I heard a crash coming from the oven. I opened the oven door to find that two sides of the baking dish had blown off, a third side had shattered into pieces - ranging from a couple of inches to practically dust - while the third side and bottom of the dish was mostly intact.

My wife was making meatloaf for dinner using a Pyrex baking pan. She turned the oven on and put dinner in the oven in the Pyrex pan. Half an hour later, she opened the oven to check on dinner. She turned her back for a minute leaving the oven door opened. When suddenly, there was an explosion. The pan blew apart. The pieces of glass that flew out of the oven burned our linoleum floor. Now our floor needs to be replaced. I feel Pyrex should be the ones to pay for our floor and ruined dinner.

My parents have had a set of Pyrex bakeware longer than I've been alive. Their set has stood up to outrageous abuse and is seemingly indestructible. As you can probably guess, I was excited to get my own set now that I'm moving out. I bought a 5 piece set on May 30th, 2010 and in the last month, I have only used the 8x8 pan once. Last night, July 5, my 8x8 pan shattered, the second time it had ever been used. I can't find any error on my part that would have caused the breakage. I put together a chicken dinner and stuck it in a 350 degree oven. After half an hour, I pulled the pan out to see if the food was done. It wasn't, so I set it back in the oven. As I was leaning to close the oven door, the pan shattered.

I purchased a set of Pyrex baking dishes for uses in casseroles, macaroni and cheese, etc. about a year ago from my local Walmart. Last night, I made chicken cordon bleu. As I got ready to take it out of the oven, I put a little bit of water in the dish so the chicken wouldn't dry out, and the dish just exploded. I am just grateful that nothing shattered in my eyes. I guess because everything is made in China now, the quality isn't there anymore. Guess what? I will never purchase anything made in China. My dinner was ruined! I am still seeing glass pieces in the cracks of the oven door. This is just terrible. Why are they not recalled? No physical damage (thank God) but my dinner was ruined.

Making chicken & dumplings in my stainless steel pot on top of the stove for my family seemed almost therapeutic after a hard day. The chicken had been simmering in the home made broth I had prepared. When the chicken was done, I simply took a square brown Pyrex baking dish out of the cupboard, placed it on the counter, and placed my finished chicken pieces inside the dish to cool, so I could debone it. Luckily, I walked away to the refrigerator (behind an island), and heard an explosion. It sounded as though a huge chandelier fell from a high ceiling onto a cement floor. In shock, I ducked (not realizing what had occurred), looked around my kitchen, and couldn't believe all the glass that was in a million pieces in shapes of arrows, slivers' and chunks. Glass was imbedded into the chicken, my rugs, in the broth, etc.

After cooking a casserole dish and letting it sit for an hour, I was setting the table and set the Pyrex dish down on the table cloth. As we began to eat, the bowl exploded all over the table, on the plates where we were eating off, and on my 2-year old son's legs.

I had just put the Pyrex dish in the oven at 350 degrees, and in twenty minutes, while watching TV, the wife and I heard an explosion from the oven. There was glass everywhere. That was the end of the banana bread, and probably the end of ever using Pyrex again. I've used Pyrex for years, and never had this happen before. I would hate to think that could have happened when handling the dish. It's not good!

While watching TV last night, my husband and I heard a loud noise that sounded like exploding ice. He got up and checked the ice-maker and nothing was out of order. This morning while putting dishes away, I opened a cupboard and found that one of my Pyrex baking dishes had virtually exploded. I don't think I've used this dish more than 5 times since I got it. This really could have been bad had I been using it. This dish just sits in a larger Pyrex dish while not in use. I've never had this happen before with a Pyrex dish.

I was cooking pork tenderloin 9" x 13" glass Pyrex dish. I took the dish out of the 450 degree oven and placed it on the stovetop. As soon as I did, the dish exploded. All 4 sides were completely blown off the dish. We were lucky - just a ruined dinner and a big mess of glass in the kitchen. There was glass all over the stovetop, in the oven (I hadn't shut the door after removing the dish), all over the counter and kitchen floor. Fortunately, the oven mitt protected my hand.

I was cooking a rack of baby back ribs in my 9x12 Pyrex glass pan. The cooking items we placed in the pan and all were at room temperature. Within 10 min of me setting the oven temp to 300 degrees for a slow cook, I heard a loud explosion. I looked around the kitchen and was lead in the direction of the oven. I opened the oven door to find my food laying on the bare rack and the glass all over the oven, on med size piece and a mess of little pieces that is going to take forever to clean up. My oven was a mess of shards of glass, food ruined and we have to go out to eat. What a mess! I'm just happy I did not have the door open while this happened, people can really be hurt.

For the second time my Pyrex cooking dish exploded. The first time we had taken it out of the oven and placed it on top of the stove. This time I was cooking chicken in the oven at 350 degrees and the pan exploded in a million pieces. Just a lot of clean up but I will no longer use this product as it appears as if it could be extremely dangerous if you were in the middle of opening the oven and this happened you could get badly hurt.

I was baking Chicken Mornay in a 9" X 13" Pyrex glass baking dish. The oven was set for 325 degrees. I have used this same baking dish for a couple of years with no problem. I took the pan out of the oven and placed it on a trivet to cool while I put some rolls in the oven to bake. The pan with the chicken had been sitting and cooling on the counter on the trivet for about 10 minutes. I removed the trivet to make serving easier and placed the pan on the stone tile countertop. Just as I was about to remove a piece of chicken to serve, the baking dish exploded without being touched.

Okay, so I have never even heard of exploding Pyrex until today after it happened to me. I was cooking some squash in the oven at 375 degrees. It had been in for about 15 min. I had stepped away and gone to another room when I heard a loud explosion with the sound of shattering glass. I had no clue what happened. My two small children were still asleep in their rooms (thankfully).

My roommate's girlfriend pulled out my 9x13 Pyrex glass dish out and set a frozen bread roll in the middle of it. She did this about 10 pm so it could sit out over night. About 12:30 am, I was working in my studio when I heard this huge crash like someone shattered a glass. I walked out in the kitchen and the dish had shattered into many different size shards pieces. I have used Pyrex since I was about 8 years old. I'm 34 now and I have been in the restaurant business for 21 years.

Baking dish exploded into many small shards and big pieces. Electric oven used dish in the past, the dish had warm precooked food in it and then was placed in the oven for baking. It exploded 10 minutes later. Oven was a mess.

I have been using Pyrex glassware for many years and have never had a problem until today. I was melting butter in a 9 x 13 inch pan at 325 degrees. I was just about to open the oven door when there was a huge explosion. And now, I have burned butter and thousands of pieces of glass to clean out of my oven. Fortunately, no one was injured, and when I complained to the company rep about it, he said that I probably used the pan wrong. I have been baking for 45 years. I hardly think that I used the pan wrong. Needless to say, I will be telling all my friends about this, and encouraging them not to buy or use their Pyrex baking dishes without the knowledge that it could and probably will, at some point, explode.

On Tuesday June 1st, 2010 I was baking fish in my Pyrex pan. I took it out to drain the juices off of the fish when it exploded all over my kitchen into a million pieces. One piece sliced my foot open, it hit a vein a caused me a lot of bleeding. This is not the first Pyrex pan I have had to explode. I warn others to not use Pyrex pans!

I was using a clear Pyrex glass baking dish that was only five months old. After about 30 minutes in the oven, it exploded. The explosion was so big the sauce I was baking steaks in came up through the burners on the stove top and put out the flames. This explosion left shards of glass in the oven of all sizes.

Because it was Pyrex, I assume I can purchase it and place it in the oven, as instructed. I bought the product, placed some t-bone steaks in then place them in the oven. I heard a noise, went back in the kitchen and the whole pan spattered all over the oven and my pack of t-bone steaks. First time using the pan, very disappointed with this product. I could not believe it. I was told to take it back, but I wrote you instead. I had guest over and my dinner was in an oven of glass. Embarrassing. Then trying to clean it out of the oven glass so how it got in my hand. A disaster.

I have been cooking with Pyrex glassware since the 60's and never had any problems. About 2-3 months ago, I decided it was time to buy a new rectangular baking dish because I liked the new feature of handles being incorporated. About 30 minutes into baking a pot roast in a baking bag, I heard an explosion. I opened the oven and found the dish had exploded into glass shards and hundreds of little pieces of glass. I was shocked to say the least and glad it had not happened while I was holding it. There was absolutely no reason for that to have happened. I followed all precautions. I guess I will go back to using my old bake ware. Based on what I have read on this site, it is obvious to me something has changed in Pyrex's manufacturing process and this particular product is not safe.

During cooking, I placed a Pyrex dish in the oven which had a temperature of 450 degrees. I have done this on many occasions before. From another room, I heard an explosion type of sound coming from the kitchen. Upon inspection, the Pyrex dish had exploded into very large fragments combined with a multitude of small fragments.

2 weeks ago my son (16) was baking with a Pyrex product. He took it out of the oven and sat it on to cooling pads. He had turned around to grab something else, and to our shock we heard an explosion in the kitchen. Of course, we went running only to find the Pyrex had blown up into shattered pieces, from one end of the kitchen to the other end. Just yesterday (Tuesday, May18th), my son was using the same Pyrex glass cooking product, pulled it out of the oven, and lo and behold we heard another explosion. It was the same thing; there were slivers/shattered pieces everywhere.

I was baking chicken in a 9x13 Pyrex dish and after cooking for 30 min, I heard a loud bang and the dish exploded in the oven. No one has been hurt yet but the clean up may prove otherwise!

Our family has used Pyrex for years, as has my mom. I've always known it to be "oven-proof and freezer-proof." We've never had any problems until last week. I was using a Pyrex pie dish as a lid for steaming some vegetables. I lightly steamed the veggies and removed the Pyrex, placing it gently on the counter. I turned around (thank goodness!) to reach for something, and I heard a loud explosion.

I was baking chicken, and went to pull out the dish and it exploded in my face. Thank God I wasn't hurt. These things should not be sold, ever!

I was using a Pyrex bowl to melt white chocolate chips. The bowl was brand new. I set the microwave for a minute and after 10 seconds I saw a bright white light, so I turned off the microwave and pulled the bowl out. The bottom fell out and shattered into pieces leaving glass and chocolate everywhere.

I used Pyrex pan to heat Texas Toast garlic bread. The temp was 350 for about 10 minutes. I removed the toast from the pan. I turned the oven off and put the pan back inside the oven to cool. Several moments later, while eating dinner in dining room I heard a loud bang. I opened the oven and found the Pyrex pan had exploded into thousands of pieces.

I was roasting some Cornish game hens in a glassware 13x9 pan. They were defrosted and there was no liquid in the pan. I had the oven on 350 degrees, and after 5 minutes I heard a loud crash. I opened the oven to investigate, and the rest of the glass popped again. Glass of course went everywhere and smoke began poring out of the oven. I closed the oven door to stop the smoke and then stepped on a piece of the glass that shot out. I haven't even been able to clean my oven yet as I'm afraid to open it. I now have a piece of glass in my foot, and don't have insurance to go the doctor. I stand all day at my retail job and won't be able to get time off.

I was baking stuffed peppers in the oven. I went to take out the glass Pyrex pan to set on the oven to cool and it exploded everywhere. I just want people to be aware of the problem with Pyrex and that is all. Little pieces went in my foot but managed to get them out without harm. Also, the pieces were everywhere in the oven.

Twice now I've had a Pyrex baking dish explode on me. Once it was in the oven at 375 and now the second time it was sitting on the counter. It was completely untouched and had recently been removed from only 10 minutes in 350 oven. The dish com busted and sent chunks and shards of glass all the way to the other side of my dining room, many pieces hitting me on the way. This is a dangerous product. I thought the first time was a fluke but the second warrants complaint.

I placed individual custard cups in my 7x11 2qt. Pyrex dish and filled the Pyrex half-way with water. I then placed the Pyrex dish with the custard cups in a 350 degree oven on the middle shelf. After about 45 minutes, I heard an explosion and found the dish shattered. Everything including the Pyrex dish went into the oven at room temp. I have been using Pyrex most of my life (I am 61) and the only difference is this was a newer dish. I have never had trouble with my old ones. Needless to say, I have lost confidence in Pyrex and will never use it to bake in again.

While doing the dishes Saturday night, my husband Stan had one of our Corningware Casserole Dishes explode in his hand. It had been out of the microwave for about an hour. He had just rinsed it with warm water, and just as he was putting it into the dishwasher, it exploded. It lacerated the middle finger of his right hand and severed an artery. I was next to him at the sink when it happened and witnessed the whole incident. I couldn't believe how without any impact, it sent shards of glass and blood across our kitchen.

Pyrex dish exploded at a church function. I took it out of oven to cool. It was out for about 30 minutes and it just exploded on the counter and glass flew everywhere! Thank God no one was hurt.

Yesterday, I was making eggplant parmigiana in a 13x9 Pyrex baking dish. There was nothing noticeably wrong with the dish when I put the ingredients in. About 10 minutes into the 350 degree oven, we heard a loud pop. It startled everybody. I cut the oven off and opened it to see that the Pyrex dish had exploded into a thousand pieces. This incident cost me about $20 in ingredients, a $20+ dish, and at least an hour and a half to clean up the mess, not to mention the work that went into making the dish in the first place. It really put a damper on my Saturday night. It was surely not the oven's fault; it was working fine and still is. This exploding Pyrex thing is clearly not an urban legend like some of my googling inferred it may be.

I placed haddock filet in Pyrex pan. I put it in a 350 degree oven as I have done for at least 30 years. This was a new Pyrex pan. After approximately 10 minutes, I heard a loud noise from the oven. The pan had completely shattered. Loss of pan and $9.99 per pound fish. Also, a complete oven full of glass that needed to be cleaned.

Two-cup Pyrex measuring cup filled with cool water and about to put in microwave. I dropped it from about an inch or two off the counter onto the Corian countertop. It shattered everywhere. Little, tiny shards of glass all over the kitchen. We've had this for about 8-10 years. I thought Pyrex was not supposed to shatter! That's why we bought it in the first place! It was pain to clean up, couple of glass bits stuck in my hand, but I think I got them out.

I took Pyrex square glassware out of the cupboard. Put two pork chops into the glassware and covered the chops with aluminum foil. Next, I placed glassware into oven and turned oven on to 350 degrees. About 10 minutes later, I heard glass shattering. Upon looking in oven, the Pyrex glassware had shattered into many pieces in the oven. I had to throw the glassware and pork chops away and clean up the glass in the oven. Next, I will be cleaning the oven to remove the grease that had begun to ooze from the chops. I’m getting rid of all my Pyrex.

This morning, I popped some biscuits in the oven at 450 for a while after finishing some stove top cooking. 20 minutes or more later, I took them out (they were giant). I touched the oven surface to make sure it wasn't still hot. It was slightly warm from the cooking in the oven, not from the burners being on, that had entirely dissipated. I touched it with my hand.

I had put my glass baking dish in the oven with shish kabobs in it to finishing baking them. When my daughter took it out of the oven, it exploded all over in all our food so there went our dinner. A piece of hot glass stuck to my finger and it blistered. I did not realize that it was only to bake cakes in. I am probably getting rid of all of it and I have a lot of Pyrex dishes. I never had this incident happen before. It really sucked. I am still finding tiny pieces of glass in our kitchen.

A Pyrex dish exploded in my oven. There are shards of glass all over the place. The oven was only at 350 degrees.

Last night our 10 by 15 inch Pyrex baking dish exploded in our oven. Goodbye, chicken and cornbread; hello mess! We were thankful we were nearby when it happened and that any melted fat from the chicken didn't start a fire in the oven. Can't imagine what it would have been like if it happened outside of the oven. I had another Pyrex dish of cornbread in the same oven. That dish was fine. The dish completely shattered into tiny to about 1-inch pieces.

I took my Pyrex dish out of the oven and it exploded. I have a small cut to my wrist. What if my granddaughter was there? I hate to think what could have happened.

On March 20, 2010, I was making two cakes for a social function using a 13 x 9 Pyrex baking dish. I had finished one, washed out the baking dish and rinsed it out. The butter had been melted earlier in the microwave for the first cake, so I poured it into the clean Pyrex baking dish, which was sitting on top of my stove. I then turned to the sink to stir the butter for the second cake when I heard a loud explosion.

On April 11, 2010, I was browning a pork roast at 350 degrees as I have done so many times. After browning, I began to pour a small amount of room temperature water into the 13x9 baking dish as I have in the past. Then, the pan exploded into shards everywhere. It was a frightening experience to say the least and I thank my lucky stars I was not bent over the dish as I usually am or I would have been injured. What are they making Pyrex out of these days that this type of accident should happen?

I have had 2 experiences when I was cooking something (one a piece of baked fish and the other time potatoes) in the oven when the Pyrex pan broke inside if my oven. All as you heard was a loud pop and when I looked into my oven there was glass and food all over my oven and of course I couldn't just leave it there. I had to handle hot glass in a hot oven.

I do not trust Pyrex products at all. I think that the public should know that this is a dangerous product. I have pictures of the shattered mess.

I was putting my clean dishes away in the cupboard when one exploded right in my hand. I had just taken my dishes out of the dishwasher which was cool and was putting them away when the lid exploded into thousands of pieces and flew into the living room and laundry room and all over the kitchen. My grandchildren were sitting just a few feet away watching TV luckily, they didn't get hit.

I was baking buttered rice in chicken broth and the dish exploded while stirring mixture midway through cooking. The glass dish exploded into small pieces along with sending the rice, etc. all over the oven, door and kitchen floor. I'm very blessed that I didn't get glass in my eyes. I was not injured but could have damaged my eyes with the flying glass and hot mixture.

Wow! Who will pay for the burn marks all over my new wood floor when the Pyrex glass 9x13 pan shattered into thousands of hot pieces and landed on the floor? Or what about the huge scratch marks across my glass stovetop? The pan was sitting next to a burner that was on, perhaps a little too close. Even so, this is inexcusable. Just a matter of time until those jagged glass pieces takes someone's eye out. Seriously, this should be illegal, banned, not sold. I cannot believe no one has taken it off the market. It was terrifying and if I had been ten feet closer to it, I would be in the emergency room right now.

Tonight, as I removed a Pyrex bowl from the refrigerator, it spontaneously split in several pieces in my hands, sending glass flying across the kitchen. Unfortunately, we learned this later, by accident, with blood. It is early Spring in CT, the house is not exceptionally warm and the dish had not been used but a few times.

I have had 2 experiences now with exploding Pyrex dishes. The first I just blamed myself for the mistake. Last Thanksgiving, I had prepared a corn casserole in a 9 x 13 inch Pyrex baking dish. After it was done, I placed it on top of the stove, on one of the back burners. When my youngest daughter came in, we had to heat up her dish on top of the stove, and I accidentally turned on the wrong stove eye. I realized it after only a few minutes, and it was only on a medium setting, I immediately turned the wrong burner off, and turned on the correct burner. All of the children were outside and I was standing right beside the stove, carving the turkey, when I heard a loud bang. All of the kids came rushing in to see what had happened. I still had no idea what had happened until I looked around and saw the shards of glass and corn casserole everywhere. There were shards of glass up to 12 feet away from where the explosion took place.

While cooking an Easter dinner, my wife pulled the ham out of the oven which was in a glass Pyrex dish. She took the ham out and proceeded to make some gravy. The burner on the cooktop was on a medium setting as she began to make the gravy. A couple minutes later, while she was stirring the gravy and talking to me, the Pyrex dish exploded and sent glass and gravy flying everywhere. There was nothing left of the dish and we had to throw away the ham because glass was in it. Luckily, she did not get hurt. This is the second time a Pyrex dish has exploded on the stove. The last being while cooking Thanksgiving dinner. At least, we had a turkey to entertain our 14 guests. The gravy dripped in between the glass on the oven door which has to be removed in order to clean, if we can do that.

I have emailed a complaint twice to Pyrex using their complaints form online but no response. I am unable to find a way of putting my complaint across to your company, thus using this method. Sunday evening I used my Pyrex measuring jug to make gravy for our roast dinner. I used it in the same way I have done for the 3 years I owned the jug. I used it for gravy, I washed it up and left it on the drainer.

I have had a set of Pyrex baking ware since I got married in 2001. On Sunday, March 28th, my husband and I were prepping some food for a party we were hosting that afternoon. I took an 8x8" pan of brownies out of the oven and set them on top of the stove. I did not know that my husband had just used that burner to cook some beans, and had shut it off only a few minutes before.

A friend brought over a lasagna for us, it wasn't cold. We put it in the oven on 350 for about 1/2 hour, and then heard a huge explosion and found the dish had exploded in our oven. Glass and lasagna are everywhere.

I was making a pasta bake. I had pasta in the Pyrex baking dish on top of a timber chopping board on the bench top. I had the sauce with chicken on top of pasta and was adding the cheese, when the glass baking dish exploded everywhere. There is no reason really for this to happen.

Today I put a Mac and Cheese casserole in the oven. It was in an 8-by-8 square Pyrex casserole dish. After about 10 minutes on 350, I heard a loud crash, looked in the oven and I had broken glass and mac and cheese all over the bottom of the oven. It was like the dish just exploded! I don't think I'll ever use Pyrex in the oven again. Too dangerous, especially if I had been getting it out of the oven and it would have exploded on me! I was not injured in this incident, but I did take pictures that I will send all of my friends telling them what happened and to be very careful if they continue to use Pyrex in the oven.

I was baking chicken on a roasting pan and scalloped potatoes in a Pyrex dish. They were cooking for about a half an hour at 400 degrees when I heard something in the oven. It sounded like the shelf broke in the oven. When I opened the oven, the Pyrex dish was in pieces. The milk and potato mixture were all over the bottom of the oven. The chicken had shards of glass on top.

I was making enchiladas and had the baking dish sitting on the top of my stove preparing to put the ingredients into dish. When I turned away briefly, I heard a loud pop. The dish exploded into hundreds of shards of glass. It popped onto my linoleum and rugs, melting both. I was fortunate in that I had on long sleeves and pants or I am sure I would have also been burned. I have used Pyrex for 25 years and never had anything like this happen. I will say this was a new baking dish with the plastic lid I had received as a gift. I had used it several times previously though without incidence.

I blamed the dogs! A few months ago, I heated some soup in a Pyrex bowl which is the smallest one in the set of three I had just purchased. After eating the soup and knowing the bowl had cooled enough so it wouldn't burn their tongues, I let the two dogs lick it out. I went to the kitchen and a few minutes later, I went back to pick up the bowl and found it in pieces, some large, some so small that they were just glittering dusts on the carpet. I emailed the Pyrex people and asked how this could happen since it had not been dropped or banged against anything. Their reply was a cookie cutter email to tell me how great their product is and where to purchase it.

I have a number of Pyrex containers with plastic lids. 2 of them exploded on different occasions into literally hundreds of pieces. Lucky for me, one was sitting on a bench and the other in a work bag. I would have been cut severely if I had been holding onto them. Why is this happening? I like glass to put food in as I don't like the health risks associated with plastics. Very concerned. Thank you.

I removed a Pyrex bowl out of the dishwasher and was attempting to put it away. It was completely cool and at room temperature. But when I slid it up on the shelf, it exploded in my hands. I have tiny shards of glass embedded in both hands and am extremely lucky none got in my eyes, as I was looking up at the time it broke. The bowl broke into thousands of pieces, from very large to almost powder-like. We found shards all the way across the kitchen and dining room, 12+ feet away from where it actually broke.

I was making baked potato for tea, and the dish just exploded. This has now happened three times (it was in like, a million pieces). The oven was no higher than 180 degrees. I am wondering whether you are using a different component in you making of the glassware, as my older Pyrex dishes have never let me down. Luckily, there was no physical damage. The economic damage is that we lost our tea, and casserole dishes on three occasions, and having to clean the oven.

Pyrex glass baking dish shattered while in the oven. Ruined the food, took 1 hour to clean. Only slight cut during clean-up, glad I was not carrying the dish.

I was broiling mahi-mahi in my oven in a Pyrex 13x9 baking dish for 6-7 minutes. The next step was to pour this honey lemon sauce (also hot) over the fish and let stand for 5 min. I pulled the dish out of the oven and sat it on top of my range, the area that had not been used for preparing the sauce. I proceeded to pour the sauce over the fish and Bam, the pan blew to smithereens all over the stove top, down the front of the stove, and luckily onto the throw rug. The glass actually melted to the rug on the floor in front of the stove. There were shards of glass all over my kitchen. I am not kidding.

On March 14 2010, I had preheated the oven with a Pyrex dish in it to bake some bread. The Pyrex dish was there to hold some boiling water to create steam in the oven. I put the bread into the oven and then added the near boiling water to the Pyrex dish and the dish exploded into many pieces, raining water and glass onto the bread.

I was cooking 2 nights worth of dinner that had to go in a baking dish in the oven at 350 for 40 minutes, 25 minutes covered with foil and the last 15 uncovered. I had taken off the foil and about 5 minutes later, I hear a big hiss from my oven and turn to see steam pouring out of the front of my oven. I opened it to find my sauce all over the bottom of the oven and my baking dish in shards, fortunately contained in the oven. The baking dish had exploded, not just cracked. I took many pictures, especially the shard with the word Pyrex on it! Luckily no one was injured, until a very sharp piece cut my hand during the clean up, but that was likely my fault for not being more careful.

On February 1, 2010, I was washing a cooled 11x13 glass Pyrex dish in my kitchen sink when it exploded. My left thumb was cut to the bone, severing my tendon. This resulted in surgery and I’m now going through 12 weeks of occupational therapy. This caused me physical-pain, time, and recovery from this, including economic-out of pocket medical bills to pay.

I am writing you today because of the Pyrex glass bake-ware. I was given a set of the 9x13 casserole dish, 8x11 dish, and 8"x8" dishes. I think there was another dish in the set, but I no longer have it in my possession. This was a Christmas present I received a few years back. I never sent a comment in before because I assumed it was something I had caused. The first two dishes burst and shards of glass went flying in my kitchen when I removed one from the oven and set it in the empty kitchen sink. It was horrible and glass went everywhere! It was an awful explosion that caused everyone in the house to come running to see what had happened. Dinner was ruined, but a couple of band-aids and no major injures were all I received.

I had a Pyrex container in the refrigerator on the lowest shelf filled with cut broccoli. When I opened the door, it fell about 2 to 3 feet to the floor and it just exploded throwing shards of sharp glass everywhere, all across the room over, shards flying over 8 feet away. It was truly frightening and beyond unexpected, the entire reason for choosing Pyrex is its supposed durability, and here it didn't even fall far (nor was it heated or cooled to the extreme).

My square Pyrex baking dish shattered after I had removed it from the oven and placed it on the stove top.

I was baking potatoes au gratin in the oven in a 9x9 square Pyrex dish. After about 10 minutes, I heard an explosion and the glass blew up all over the oven and shards were everywhere.

I was broiling a steak in the oven, heard a noise, checked the food, closed oven then this loud pop. Pyrex pie pan cracked everywhere and cracked the glass in my oven. I am a renter if this is defective. Pyrex should have to pay for the repair on this oven!

I use my Pyrex pie plates frequently to heat up foods in the microwave. Until today, I have not had a problem. This morning, I placed some food on the dish and put it in the microwave. I left the kitchen and heard a noise. I found that the pie plate exploded and nearly came completely out of the front glass window. The entire microwave (relatively new) was totally destroyed by the glass shards. It blew out the circuit panel and I will be having the electrician come tomorrow to assess the damages. I am still traumatized by this event as I would have been seriously injured if I had stayed in the kitchen.

We measured yogurt and mayonnaise together in a 4 cup Pyrex measuring cup to make a curry dip. After completing the measures and pouring the two ingredients into another container, my wife placed the dirty container into our dishwasher. Almost an hour later, we were sitting in the living room with company and heard an explosion. We couldn't figure out what it was until our company left. After they left, we began placing other dirty dishes into the dishwasher, and noticed that the 4-Cup Pyrex measuring container had shattered! I have no idea what prompted the container to explode.

I was making meatloaf and in the middle of cooking, it exploded. For about half an hour, the pan was out, but the pieces where still popping inside the oven. The inside of the oven was damaged and both of our meatloaves were ruined.

I put a 9x13 chicken pie in oven and in a few minutes, I heard a loud noise. The pan exploded in the oven. I had several dollars of ingredients lost and have a huge mess to clean up, glass and food everywhere.

The pan came out of the oven and was set down on the counter top, about 6 seconds later we heard a cracking noise and it blew into a million pieces. Luckily no one was hurt. This product is horrific and should be ruled unsafe for the oven.

I prepared a recipe of filo dough and spinach at room temperature, in a clean, room-temperature 8x8 Pyrex glass baking dish. I baked the dish for about 45-minutes in a 375-degree oven, on the middle rack. I removed the dish using a dry, cloth oven mitt, placed the dish on a dry, room-temperature surface, and lay a dry, cloth napkin loosely over the dish. Immediately I heard several loud popping noises, and the dish cracked in half, and 4 or 5 large, sharp splinters flew off at the same time.

I washed a Pyrex dish and set it on the counter. After several minutes, my husband filled it with vegetables he had cooked on the stove. A few minutes later, the dish shattered. Bizarre.

I was cooking a beautiful dinner for my self and my husband. I made roasted vegetables on a cookie sheet. I also made stuffed mushrooms and placed them in a 13by9-inch Pyrex glass baking dish. I put in about a quarter stick of butter and placed them in a 375 degree oven. The vegetables were done, so I took them out of the oven and added a cookie sheet with haddock to bake. The mushrooms were almost finished cooking, so I took them out of the oven and set the dish on top of the stove to place some cheese on the tops of the mushrooms.

Last night, I baked Shake & Bake chicken breasts in a Pyrex dish at 350 degrees for 50 minutes. I took the dish from the oven and placed it on my glass cooktop, removed the chicken to a serving plate and returned to the dining area for dinner. There was a loud bang, resulting from the Pyrex dish exploding all over my countertop and the floor about 3 feet out from the cooktop. There was glass and grease everywhere! My 3-year old grandson was here for supper and if he had been in the kitchen at the time of the explosion, he would have been badly burned and cut. The damage to my vinyl floor is clearly evident and must be replaced. I proceeded to clean up the mess (which took about an hour) but did not think to take pictures.

I baked 5 chicken breasts on a 9X13 pan last night for dinner. I have done this numerous times over the years. I took the chicken out and set it on the stove to set for a few minutes. And it just exploded into a million pieces all over my kitchen! Some were in the wall, some under the washer, some in the pantry, all under my burners and into the top part of the stove. Luckily, I was unharmed except for my emotions. It scared me so badly I just started to cry. We have a few holes in the walls and scratches on the fridge and stove. We are getting married in 2-1/2 months. We are removing all Pyrex products off our wedding registry.

It was an unbelievably upsetting incident tonight, Wednesday, February 24, 2010. After preparing fresh vegetables with sauteed mushroom soup put into a pre-baked pie crust, 350 degree oven I was almost finished cooking my homemade vegetable pot pie then suddenly the ovenproof 9x13x2 Pyrex ovenproof casserole dish shattered all over in inside of my oven. I have never experienced this in using this cookware for over 40 years of baking without incident with this product.

On Tuesday, February 23, 2010, I baked my lasagna using my favorite recipe, but with a far different result than I ever expected. The Pyrex baking dish exploded in the oven, with 5 minutes baking time remaining. I was speechless, and could only stare in total disbelief at the unbelievable mess in the oven, with pieces of glass everywhere.

I was at work and put my dinner in the microwave in a round Pyrex bowl for 45 seconds. About 30 seconds later, we heard a smashing sound. We opened up the microwave, and the bowl had utterly shattered. Glass pieces everywhere. I left to starve for the rest of the night shift at the hospital. This could have really injured me or a co-worker. I can't believe we weren't injured.

I used a 9X13 glass baking dish and put pork tenderloin in the oven at 350 degrees. The dish had been sitting in the dish drainer for a couple days so it was at room temp. When I put it in the oven, all of the sudden, it just exploded. I have pictures, glass shards everywhere. Thank God, it happened in the oven and not out on the counter where my 1 yr old could have gotten hurt.

Whipping eggs to warm them in a Pyrex bowl over simmering water and the entire thing exploded all over the kitchen. It took me 45 minutes to clean everything up.

A 1 quart Pyrex measuring container exploded when removing it from a microwave oven filled with scolding milk. Fortunately no physical injuries. Meal ruined by thousands of glass shards being sprayed around kitchen.

I have used Pyrex cookware for many many years and really like it. Imagine my surprise when I'm taking a 13 x 9 x 2 inch baking dish out of the oven and it explodes before I can even take it out. Throw out the dinner and have to take my guest out to a restaurant. The very next week, I take a pie out of the oven and the dish explodes.

I washed a 9x13 Pyrex dish that had soaked in soapy water overnight. It was washed in tepid water as I know better than to expose glass to extremes in temperature. As I was rinsing the dish, it shattered, cutting my right hand and my left wrist which required a trip to the emergency room and 16 stitches to close the laceration.

I put a 1 qt. clear class Pyrex bowl in the microwave with my oatmeal in it for 1 1/2 minute. I took it out and set it down. My dog wanted to go outside so I went to the door to let him out and heard an explosion with shattering glass in the kitchen. I came in to find shards of glass everywhere. Thank goodness I wasn't standing right there when it exploded. Now, I'm nervous about using the rest of my Pyrex.

Over the past 6 months, I have had two of my Pyrex dishes shatter after coming out of the oven. The first dish shattered and the hot shards of glace ruined my kitchen floor by burning holes through the linoleum. The rice pudding was garbage letting down the whole family. This was on a warm day and the food in the dish was sent straight to the trash. Then again just this past week, I took my 9x13 pan out from the oven with chicken in it and it shattered and the meal landed all over the glass covered floor, leaving us to just eat the vegetables I had cooked on the stove for dinner. I have decided that I will no longer be using their product and have mentioned it to my coworkers what has happened. The temp of the oven was 350 and the house has always been warm. I am not sure what is causing this problem. Do you have any suggestions? I am very unsatisfied!

I took a Pyrex baking dish out of a 350 degree oven. I then set it on the counter top. Suddenly, the dish exploded into a thousand pieces or more, for no reasons. This dish was only about 6 months old. It was frightening! The consequence includes just the cost of the pan.

My husband roasted a chicken in the oven in a Pyrex dish. He took it out when the chicken was done, and the dish exploded when he put it on the counter. The glass shattered everywhere and ruined the whole dinner. We are afraid to ever use Pyrex again.

My "oven safe" Pyrex baking dish exploded in the oven while baking at 425. There was no dramatic change in temperature, no thermal shock, just plain old baking. Luckily, nobody was hurt and we simply threw it away, but it appears as if this is a pretty common occurrence based on the number of complaints. You really shouldn't be able to put "oven safe" on something that explodes in the oven.

I was baking with my Pyrex 9 x 13 glass bakeware, and it exploded in the oven.

I was using my Pyrex Glass Baking Dish 9x13 cooking a roast, went to open the oven to check on it and it exploded right in my face. The noise was so loud my husband came rushing in to see what happened. It was such a huge mess on my hardwood floor and in my oven. This product should not be sold anymore. This product will cause injuries.

I was making an angel food cake in the oven in an 8.5 x 11 Pyrex pan and when I took it out and placed it on the counter next to my uncooked meatballs, it exploded. Glass went everywhere in my kitchen. It went all over my meatballs as well. My dinner was screwed.

I was baking brownies and heard a pop followed by a crash in the kitchen. I went in to see what all the fuss was about and there it was in the oven, an exploded 8X8 Pyrex baking pan. This occurred about 15 minutes into a 31-minute baking time for what could have been delicious brownies, but delicious brownies they were not! In their place I have sharp glass shards to pick up! I had to buy some brownies. No real damage, but when things like this go, unreported companies might never even know they are a problem.

First of all, I have for many years used their product. Pyrex has always been known to be very safe and oven proof. I was cooking dinner for my family and guests, a roast, and just when I was ready to take it out of the oven, the glass shattered and my roast had to be thrown out. Glass was all over the oven and I was very surprised that their product could do such a thing. I am very hesitant in purchasing another Pyrex dish. What could have happened? I feel that this company should send me a new one with an explanation as to what could have happened to the product! Thank God no one was injured.

Baking pork chops in the oven and the dish just exploded. Broken glass all over the place. I took pictures. I'll send them to the *** lawyers who wrote that flowery "response" in which they ignored all the documented instances of exploding Pyrex. Don't use this stuff!

My husband was baking chicken in the Pyrex dish as he always does, but this time as he was taking it out of the oven it exploded in his hand, cut his arm down to the bone. Glass was everywhere--all of the floor, flew in the air, and covered the oven. My husband has a very deep cut in his left arm and there are still many pieces of glass in our oven and around the house.

My glass 9x13 Pyrex dish was soaking in dishwater after sitting cold on the counter for 3 hours when I heard a loud explosion. The dish had exploded in the water. I have had the dish for a few years now and use it almost everyday; there were no breaks and cracks in the glass, so I am really unsure why it happened. But unfortunately it's not the first one I have had explode. My husband has multiple cuts on his body due to standing by the sink at the time of explosion.

I was almost done cooking a baked pasta in my square glass Pyrex cooking pan. I had just checked it by opening the oven door with my 12-yr old daughter who is always involved with my cooking. We both agreed it was done. I walked away to set the table when I heard a very loud bang. It was our supper. The Pyrex cooking pan and our pasta with a tomato meat sauce topped with cheese, is now a disaster in my oven. I will have to wait for it to cool down before I can begin cleaning. I am going to take pictures. I am extremely grateful that it exploded only a few seconds after we checked on it. I don't even want to think about what could have happened, imagine 400 degree hot glass and pasta exploding in one's face, especially my daughter's pretty little face.

I was making lemon bars at 350 degrees in my 8x8 Pyrex glass dish. They had been in the oven for about 5 minutes when I heard an explosion and the sound of glass shattering. I opened my oven and saw that my Pyrex dish had shattered all over the oven. There was glass and lemon bar fillings everywhere! I even have a picture of it to show the mess. Aside from no longer having an 8x8 Pyrex dish, I was pretty badly trying to clean out the glass and mess from the oven, the racks and the heating coils.

I used my 13 x 9 Pyrex baking dish to complete the cooking process of my chicken dinner. It was placed in a 350 degree oven for only 20 minutes. When I took it out and set it on the stove so the chicken can rest, the pan exploded and shattered into 1000's of pieces. Luckily, I was in a different area of the kitchen, however, a full day later I am still found pieces of glass all over the kitchen.

On Sunday Jan 24, 2009, I used my Pyrex dish to make homemade macaroni and cheese in the oven at 350 degrees. Soon after taking the dish out of the oven and placing it aside, it exploded with a loud noise spewing glass shards and macaroni across the kitchen and dining room. I was about to taste my dish but decided to wait and walked out of the kitchen just in time. Cuts to my hands.

Using a 1 cup Pyrex measuring cup, I was heating 3/4 cup of water for 2 minutes in my microwave oven. After about a minute and a half, the measuring cup shattered and blew open the door of my microwave oven spewing shards of glass and hot water all over my kitchen. The glass and water just missed my 3-month-old baby who was sitting in a bouncy seat in the same room.

I'd read reports about exploding Pyrex, but never believed it myself, until tonight. I was roasting butternut squash in an 8x8 Pyrex pan in the oven at 400 degrees with some other vegetables in separate dishes in the oven as well. All of a sudden I hear a "boom" and I thought the squash had exploded. Instead when I opened the oven, there were shards of glass from the busted pan all over the oven. Thank goodness that nothing worse happened, one lost pan (worthless) and a lost squash and some vegetables, but no physical damage. Please help put this company out of business. This is completely unsafe!

I was washing my 4 cup Pyrex measuring cup when it just popped and crumbled. It had been on my counter at room temperature. I had washed my other dishes and I sat it in the sink of dishwater which was not very hot. I held it and went to swirl the dishcloth around the inside of the measuring cup and it just exploded in the water. Part of it was like small broken pieces of a shattered windshield. Other pieces were shards. Luckily, I was not cut bad, just some small thin shards sticking into my fingers. I was surprised that it happened but now I see there are many instances. I just wanted to report it for the record. Thanks for the opportunity to share my experience.

I was cooking stuffed bell peppers in oven and the Pyrex dish exploded in the oven. It ruined my dinner. There's glass all over my oven.

I was cooking my dinner in this Pyrex dish I have used dozens of times, and when I took it out of the oven, it exploded in my hands. Shards of glass flew everywhere. Not only could I not eat my dinner, but the brownies I had just cooked that were on top of the stove had shards of glass in them and I had to throw that away too. It was extremely scary to have something explode in your hands like that without warning.

I was preparing dinner. I put my empty 9X9 Pyrex dish into a 200 degree oven for 10 minutes. I took it out and placed it on top of the stove. I put 4 tablespoons of butter into it to melt. Just as it was melting it exploded. It sent shards of glass across the kitchen 5 feet or more. I was fortunate that I had turned away. Thank goodness no one was injured. It resulted into a messy kitchen and I had to remake dinner.

Exploding Pyrex 13" x 9". I was baking a lasagna @ 400 degrees. I heard a loud noise in the oven. I waited for the steam and smoke to subside and looked inside the oven. The glass Pyrex dish had exploded. To say it "broke" does not give an accurate description. The dish exploded, with emphasis on 'explode'. Glass shards ranging in size from very small to 4" shards were everywhere in the oven. Had this dish been in my hands when it exploded, I would have been seriously hurt.

I, like what appears to be with many other people, had my Pyrex baking dish explode. Not just crack, or break, but explode into thousands of pieces. I've had my baking dish for about a year now. I bought the combo set of the little square baking dish with the 9x13 baking dish and red plastic tops at Walmart. I've had the set for about a year now and used it many times.

I had marinated a 5 pork roasts to bake in a 13 X 9 Pyrex baking dish. Oven temperature was placed at 375 degrees. After 20 minutes, I open oven door to baste meat and the dish exploded in my hand within the oven! The sound was very loud and smoke began filling the room. I had thought I had burned my thumb and index finger but then realized they were cut quite deep. Glass was everywhere throughout the oven and kitchen floor. Truly a frightening experience. Wounds will heal. Clean up was over 12 hours and still finding glass shards. Digital photos are available if needed to show extent of exploded glass. Meat had to be discarded as it was full of glass pieces.

I was baking chicken at 350F. When I pulled the pan out after 40 minutes and set it on the heating pad, the end of the pan cracked off and about a minute later one of the sides cracked off as well. The pan was an old rectangle blue with white insides from the 50's, but we have used Pyrex from that era innumerable times with no problems before. While I can hardly expect to have the pan replaced at this late date, I don't believe that we have ever mistreated this pan, and I'm fearful of using any of our Pyrex after this experience.

Our Greek Orthodox Christmas dinner could have been deadly, if my grandchildren had been on time. We had a bit of weather that made them 15 minutes late. At 4 PM, I was on the phone with my daughter, as I was opening my oven to remove a roast pork and stuffing, that was ready to serve. I was just opening the oven door, and there was a huge boom. Thank God I was wearing a turtle neck sweater, apron, and oven mitts, and I was slightly turned to the left, away from the oven, because I was holding the phone in my left hand. The Pyrex 9 x 13 pan that the meat was in, exploded down and outwards and back into my oven. The pieces of glass, ranged from tiny shards to four inch chunks, and out through the sides of the open oven door. If my 2 1/2 year old grandson had been by my side (as he would have been, if they were on time), because he is the one that "want to see what you're cooking, grandma", would have been seriously cut, possibly blinded by the force of the explosion and flying glass.

I was baking a spiral ham in a 10x15 Pyrex baking dish I have used several times. I had glazed the ham and closed the oven door and returned to other chores when I heard a loud explosion coming from my kitchen. My cat ran into the living room and hid under the couch, terrified. We live in the country so I went into the kitchen and looked out the window thinking my propane tank outside had exploded but nothing, then the oven began to smoke! I opened the oven door to find glass shards covering the entire floor of the oven and the ham sitting on the oven rack. The cat still won't go into the kitchen!

Pyrex pie plate was used to cook a homemade pie. When the plate was set on a stove, it exploded. Glass flew all over kitchen in large and small pieces. Thank God, I did not get injured and my children were out of the room. I will be throwing out all of the Pyrex cookware and warning others. This could have caused a serious injury. I did receive a small cut on my hand. Broken glass embedded in objects and other food in kitchen. I had to throw out remaining food that was prepared.

On November 11, 2009, my wife purchased a 9.5-in Pyrex pie plate. On Saturday, December 26, 2009, the plate was being used as part of our Christmas dinner service. This particular plate, along with another older Pyrex plate, was used under identical conditions simultaneously. They were placed in the oven together and removed at the same time. Both were placed side by side on insulated pads on the table.

Until it happened to me, I did not realize that there seems to be an "exploding Pyrex dish" epidemic. On Christmas Eve, I was preparing a pork roast for my family in my Pyrex glass baking dish. Following the recipe, after 15 minutes of cooking, I poured some wine on the roast. As it has apparently happened to numerous other people, the dish literally exploded in front of me into what had to be hundreds of pieces. Fortunately, no one was hurt, so we were lucky. But chicken sausages cooked on the grill were a poor substitute for what was in store for us otherwise.

After baking chicken in broth at 350 degrees for 45 minutes, I took the Pyrex dish out of oven, served dinner. About 15 minutes later, the dish exploded in the kitchen with shards of glass everywhere. I had used this dish before with no problem. Luckily, no one was in the kitchen when it happened. It was just sitting on the counter, cooling off and pop-shrapnel all over my kitchen. My wonderful Mozzarella chicken and every other food item near the dish was thrown away. I am still finding pieces of glass a day later.

On January 4, 2010, I was baking beef ribs in my 8x8 glass baking dish. I took it out of the oven to turn the ribs over and the dish exploded all over my kitchen shards went every where, hitting me in the process. It stung but no damage to my body was done, thank God! My husband and daughter heard the loud sound, they thought I was shot by a gun, the noise was very startling to us all. I have honestly never had this experience before. I love my Pyrex dishes but I am seriously disappointed in them as of tonight's experience.

On December 24, I baked brownies in my Pyrex dish for Christmas. The last brownie was eaten on January 3. The brownies had been sitting in my Pyrex dish on the counter the entire time. On Sunday afternoon, January 3, I hand washed my Pyrex dish in lukewarm tap water with dawn dish liquid. I sat my Pyrex dish upside down in my dish drain to air dry. I was awakened by a very disturbing and loud explosion. I thought someone had broke into my home, I was terrified. Around 2:00 am on Monday, January 4, I searched all around my house looking for a robber, well, I didn't find one and instead when I turned on my kitchen light, I saw that my Pyrex dish had exploded into tiny shards of glass everywhere. I have an open floor plan and I ended up cleaning up the glass that had flown all over my kitchen, dining room and living room until 4:00 am. I even cut my finger in the process. I had to be up for work by 5:30 am. What a mess.

Tonight my husband was taking a macaroni casserole out of the oven when the 10x15 glass baking pan cracked in a scalloped fashion (curves) in half right in his hands. Why does this seem to happen with Pyrex products?

I baked an egg casserole in my Pyrex dish on Christmas morning, just as I have every year for many years. After about 1/2 hour, we heard a loud rattle, opened the oven, and discovered that the Pyrex pan had completely shattered all over the inside of the oven. After reading all the posts and talking to others (a friend had a similar experience), I realized how lucky I am. I'm getting rid of all my glass bakeware and recommending that others to do likewise.

I was in the process of making our evening meal on New Years Day 2010. Just as my tenderloin was ready I removed it from the oven to retrieve the stock from the pan like I have always done when the Pyrex 9 x 13 glass pan exploded in my hands. This was the most terrifying thing I have ever experienced. I have had this same dish for years now and have always used Pyrex for cooking. I did not do anything differently than all the other times I have used this. These glass pans new or old should all be removed from the market. The least of my worries was the food, but I cannot stand by and let someone get terribly scared by this event. Please remove them from the stores and stop production of them also! The meal was totally ruined by shards of glass. This dish exploded into a million pieces large and small.

We just had a Pyrex dish explode. To be fair, I found out that my wife accidentally violated one of the Pyrex rules (as if someone would remember them all after having used the dish for nearly 10 years). What happened was that she left the dish sitting on a cool electric burner from the previous meal (it was originally cooking on the oven, not the stove top). She needed to heat something on another burner, but accidentally turned on the burner that had the Pyrex dish (the burner was set to medium heat). When she realized what happened, she moved the dish over to a cool side of the stove to cool down. As she was walking away--bang--the dish exploded. Most of the pieces stayed within a one foot radius, but at least seven pieces went further than 5 feet and one went into the next room about 7 feet away. One of those flying shards hit her in the eye, it could have caused a rather serious injury.

My wife was just mixing muffin batter in a Pyrex mixing bowl and it exploded without warning all over the kitchen. It did not just break or crack, it exploded sending glass up to 10 feet from the counter she was mixing on. It was not hot or cold. It was straight from the cupboard where we keep the mixing bowls. The glass that was all over the kitchen looked like glass you would see from a car accident. I'm lucky my wife or my kids, who were also in close vicinity of the bowl, weren't harmed in any way.

I used my Pyrex measuring cup to melt chocolate in my microwave with 1 cup of chocolate chips. Everything was fine, as I have always used it for this purpose until I put it into the sink with warm water. When I went to pick it up to wash it, a large piece broke off in my hand. I picked up the rest of the partially broken measuring cup and put it into the trash. The trashcan was full so I laid it on the top. While I emptied the sink to look for more glass, I heard a loud explosion and glass went flying everywhere. The rest of the measuring cup exploded! It's a miracle that it didn't happen when I had it in my hands.

I just had a 9x13 glass pan (with no cracks) explode and disperse, hundreds if not thousands, of shards of glass, grease and food all over my kitchen and into the adjoining room. Luckily, my children were not in either room when it happened. If I had not been wearing long pants, I am sure I would have been cut because I was hit in the leg with some shards. We lost our New Year's Eve meal, but since nobody was hurt, I consider us lucky.

While cooking the family dinner in my new 9x13 Pyrex glassware, I opened the oven to flip the chicken and the entire dish exploded, sending shards of glass and food 12 feet in every possible direction. My son stepped on a piece of glass. Fortunately, I turned my head reflexively and did not get hit in the face with glass.

I had washed dishes in my dishwasher yesterday, 12-29-09. I left my dishes in the dishwasher overnight to cool down before placing them in the cabinet. The next morning, I was emptying my dishwasher and pulled out my Pyrex measuring cup. I opened my cabinet door and placed the measuring cup in a bigger Pyrex measuring cup. As soon as I did, the measuring cup I placed inside the bigger one exploded. I feel that this is very unsafe glass. It should just crack instead of explode. I am just thankful that my daughter was not the one emptying the dishwasher. She could have been injured badly by all the glass.

I just wanted to point out to Bryan that my Pyrex clearly states on the bottom that it is not to be used with broiling of any kind.

I took the hot dish out of the oven and set it on the stove. It cracked across the dish but was still intact. When I tried to wash it, it broke in my hand and severed the tendons in my dominant hand. On Christmas Eve, I was treated in the emergency room with sutures but 5 days later required surgery to repair the tendons and am told there will be 12 weeks of rehab and splinting with no use of my dominant hand.

To the lawyer who criticized the initial article on Consumeraffairs.com and World Kitchen:

I was cooking Christmas dinner on 12/25/09. My Pyrex dish was sitting on my stove (the burners were not on). As I moved it over to the counter to add my stuffing, it exploded. Tiny shards of glass flew into some of the food on the stove and cutting my foot in two places. The cuts were not severe and thankfully, there was no one else in the kitchen at the time. Not knowing where the glass may have landed, any of the prepared dishes around the area were thrown out. Needless to say, our Christmas dinner was not what it should have been! I will never buy or use Pyrex again.

She just called me and asked me where I had purchased the dish. She was cooking a ham slice in the dish and went to take it out of the oven when it shattered in hundreds of pieces all over the kitchen. One piece hit her (just a small cut) and she had a small burn on her hand. They were very lucky because the 16-month-old was across the room in his high chair; therefore, missing the shards of glass. Grease spilled in the oven as well as glass. Thank goodness it was no worse, but I feel terrible that something like that happened because of my gift to her.

I've been using Pyrex 022-1qt covered baking dish Trademark 19 w cover 682-C 26 since my wedding in 1961. It is so rough looking I was going to beg Corning to put this perfect dish back on the market but if the quality isn't there & downright dangerous, I'll pass. I had a Corning top stove - loved it - the replacement tops now pit & are not as nice as the original & I cannot use my original Corning cookware on, as it leaves spots on the cooktop & mfr. states that it is not recommended to be used on the new cooktops. I'm scared of Pyrex now. I have replaced some baking pc. & a 2-cup measure. I have the pour-mixing bowl sets (also 1961 wedding gifts) I've used in the microwave with no incidents. Something definitely has changed!

We were cooking a pot roast in the oven, just as we have always done. My mom went to check on the roast and to determine if it was done yet. She opened the oven door and the Pyrex dish began to creak. Suddenly, it exploded and glass pieces went flying everywhere. Luckily, none of the flying glass hit her or my children. Our dinner was ruined, as there were tiny shards of glass laden in the roast and it left a huge mess in the kitchen. Juice from the pot roast and glass were everywhere. This was a very dangerous and scary experience.

I made a cake in my 9x13 Pyrex cake pan that I have used before and it was on the countertop cooling. Suddenly, it exploded just like many of the other stories I have read. I had no idea there were so many others that had the same problem. There should be a recall. I will never use any of the Pyrex products again. One of the shards of glass landed on my foot and cut my toe through my sock. It actually cut through the tendon. I had to get stitches and I am uninsured. I am just so thankful my 6-year old was not in the kitchen at the time.

Last night (December 26, 2009), I made chicken enchiladas. They were in the oven in a 13x9 Pyrex baking dish at 400 degrees. After 20 minutes, I opened the oven door to check on them and decided they needed a few more minutes. Not more than 2 minutes later, we heard an explosion. I opened the oven to find chunks of glass shattered all over the oven. It was a complete mess.

Yesterday, my husband was warming up our Christmas leftover stuffing in a Pyrex dish. He put it in the oven at 250 degrees for 10 minutes (the oven was not preheated). He removed the pan from the oven and set it on our granite counter. After about 2 minutes, while spooning out the stuffing, the Pyrex pan popped and it shattered. A piece hit my husband's hand causing bleeding. Other pieces flew all over the floor as well as on all the nearby plates full of our leftover turkey we were about to eat. We were lucky it didn't fly into his eyes. We were lucky our young children weren't standing nearby.

A new Pyrex baking dish purchased at Wal-Mart in Dec. 2009 shattered in the oven during routine use causing significant mess, but luckily no injuries. Dish went from room temperature to rack in oven set to 400F. The Pyrex dish shattered within two minutes of placement in to the oven. My research revealed that exploding Pyrex dishes has happened a number of times to other individuals.

Yesterday, I was preparing Christmas Dinner. I placed stuffed mushrooms in a Pyrex 8" x 11" tray in a 275 degree oven. After about 20 minutes, I heard a loud explosion and saw the oven door open with glass shattered all over the kitchen. I had the rest of the meal on the top of the stove waiting to place it in the oven. Glass shattered all over a 10-pound rib roast, a mashed potato casserole and asparagus. It also hit me and gave me minor cuts. Needless to say, I threw the whole dinner away and ordered pizza for my guests (15 people). It was quite embarrassing but, more importantly, we were lucky no one was seriously hurt. Has this problem ever happened before? How can I contact the makers of Pyrex to report this problem and possibly get some compensation for what ruined my Christmas dinner?

I placed a cool 9"x13" Pyrex glass casserole dish onto a burner, which was still on at medium heat. After 10 minutes of sitting on the burner, the dish exploded all over the stove, my countertops and my floor. Most distressing was the thought of how my 5 and 3-year-old children had been walking past the stove just before it exploded. The glass broke into the most dangerous, sharp, pointy and fine glass fragments. The glass shards are everywhere and I want Pyrex to pay for this. Their product is completely unsafe and dangerous, and should be taken off the shelf immediately until they address the fact that have started using cheaper glass, which is truly dangerous. If anyone was around when the dish exploded, they could have been blinded by the hundreds of small sharp glass shards flying through the air.

I just recently bought an 8" x 8 1/4" Pyrex dish. Having no idea that there were so many complaints and incidents, I used it for the first and only time. Just as other consumers have said, upon taking it out of the oven and setting it on top of the stove, it started snapping and popping. We threw a towel over it to keep it from spewing glass all over the kitchen, but it did indeed shatter all over the stove top. I am grateful that no one was hurt and the mess was minimal. This product is a menace and should be taken off the shelves immediately. How long does this have to go on before this company is forced to do something? Evidently, they won't do anything on their own.

I prepared my traditional Christmas breakfast in a 9"x13" Pyrex casserole dish. It baked in a 350 degree oven for 50 minutes, as directed. My son removed it from the oven with dry mitts and placed it on top of the stove to cool. The stove top had not been used for anything that morning nor were there any other dishes on the stove top. We turned to go back to the living room to finish opening presents when the casserole exploded into a million pieces. It was exactly as others have previously described.

I used a Pyrex roasting dish to cook a 16 lb standing rib roast. The method involved about 4 hour slow roast at 250 degrees, 1 hour rest, then 15 minutes in a 500 degree oven. After the roasting, the standing rib roast is removed from the pan; the pan is then placed on the stove in order to make au jus. (Until I read your article, I did not know this was not supposed to be done). We deglazed the pan with one cup of wine and one cup of water. The pan was fine at this point - if it was to break, I would have expected it at this point. I reduced the au jus to half and was just about to strain it for serving when the pan exploded. This in no way was a break along a fracture. The large roasting pan shattered into pieces no larger than an inch in length with many smaller shards of varying sizes. The explosion scattered the shards fairly evenly within a 15-foot radius. The au jus pretty much dropped to the stovetop and started burning and fuming. It was quite surprising to us since we'd successfully followed this procedure at least three times before with no problems.

I had just made Christmas dinner for my whole family. I used a Pyrex jug for the gravy. I put the jug in the middle of the table and about 2 minutes later, it exploded sending hot gravy and glass all over the 7 people around the table. Needless to say that dinner was ruined, not to mention the minor cuts and burns that everyone had. Thanks Pyrex.

I have just read a few articles about exploding Pyrex bakeware because earlier today, 12/25/09, I had my 9 x 13 Pyrex baking dish explode. There was nothing in it. It was at room temperature and it was on the stovetop at least 5 inches away from a medium low burner where I was cooking bacon. Thank God, I wasn't in the kitchen when it exploded. Had I been in the kitchen, I am 100% sure I would have sustained significant injury. I haven't read too much about this but I'm sure there has been injuries due to this product.

My 8 cup Pyrex measuring cup exploded into a million pieces! There were shards of glass everywhere. I had used it at supper to heat a sauce; it was washed and put away. Five hours later, we were in bed and heard an explosion; the large cup had exploded. There were glass shards over every inch of our cupboard. It had actually blown the cupboard door open. It was sitting at room temperature. Thank goodness it was not sitting on the counter and thankfully no one was around it at the time. It has been used less than 5 months and only occasionally. I have asked Pyrex for a replacement, but I do not have a receipt. I bought it at Walmart. No reply yet. Actually, I may consider a different manufacturer.

I was cooking potatoes in a glass Pyrex pan and I'd gone upstairs to turn them. I had the oven open and I was turning them with a fork when all of the sudden, the pan exploded! Glass and potatoes went shooting everywhere; the oven, the floor, and counter. I was so scared, but luckily, none of the flying glass hit me. It could have caused a lot of damage if the glass had hit me because the oven was open and I was right next to it!

After baking a cake in a 350-degree oven and removing the Pyrex pan to cool, it exploded and shattered in a million pieces! It scared me to death. I was not hurt but it was a mess. It took forever to clean up all the little shards of glass all over my kitchen, not to mention the loss of the glass Pyrex (13x9) pan, loss of my cake and the scratches I am sure to my hardwood floors and ceramic stovetop of my Electrolux stove. I will never use a Pyrex dish again! I am throwing away all other Pyrex pans in my cabinet!

When heating my oven to 325, I had my Pyrex dish on the bottom shelf. No more than 10 minutes into the heating, I heard a loud boom. Glass had shattered everywhere in my oven! Thank god the oven was closed! It took me over an hour to remove all of the shards. I had to take my entire oven apart! This was a new dish I purchased 1 week ago. I was supposed to use it to prepare Christmas dinner! I am glad I found out its explosive properties prior! Warning to everyone else, be careful when purchasing these - they are dangerous!

I took my glass Pyrex cookware out of the oven, took my meat out of the Pyrex and as I was walking out of my kitchen, the glassware shattered into pieces. It's like the glassware exploded. I did not set it on a cool surface. There was glass everywhere. Thank goodness, I was not right there when it happened. The glass was not faulty prior to this experience.

I had just finished cooking fish in a 13x9 in blue Pyrex dish and set it on top of the sink after removing the food from it. I put a little water in the pan. It was just sitting there and all of a sudden, it exploded into thousands of pieces. I was standing at the sink but fortunately none cut me. I have photos to prove it. Any recourse on returning all the Pyrex I own?

On December 16, 2009, I baked a pecan pie for a potluck dinner. After it completed cooking, I sat the pie on a wire rack to cool. About 15 minutes after taking it out of the oven, I heard something that sounded like marbles falling in my kitchen. Upon checking it out, the Pyrex pie pan had broken into shreds of glass, going all over my stove, countertops and kitchen floor. Need I say how upset I was and I have a fear of using my other Pyrex cooking dishes? The possibility of these dishes exploding is very dangerous and I question why a recall has not been done on these products since it seems to be a problem many people have had. In researching this, there seems to be a problem with the glass in a lot of the cookware. I would think this company would do everything possible to avoid lawsuits.

I put sweet and sour pork chops in the oven at 425 degrees. About 20 minutes later, the bakeware blew up. Thank God, I didn't open the oven at that moment. How are these products allowed on the market? I have used Pyrex baking dishes for 50 years and have never had one explode.

I was making pork tenderloin in a Pyrex 9x9 inch baking dish. It baked for 30 minutes at 425 degrees. When it was finished, I put a cup of warm water in the pan to make gravy and the pan shattered. I have done this before with other bake ware and this has never happened before. There are glass slivers all inside my oven now and it left quite a mess with glass and gravy everywhere inside my oven.

I used a brand new Pyrex glass bowl to make microwave peanut brittle, removed the bowl from the microwave and placed it on the countertop, and it exploded into dozens of glass shards. I've been using Pyrex baking dishes for 35 years and this has never happened to me before.

I was using a Pyrex pie plate to make a pie and it exploded splattering hot armel on my hand giving me 2nd degree burs.

I baked some oatmeal carmelitas in my 13 x 9 clear glass baking dish at 350 degrees (I've had this dish about a year or so). I left it on the counter to cool overnight. The next morning, I cut the carmelitas up and removed them from the dish, then moved the dish using the handles to put it in the sink to clean. Before I submerged it in the water, I noticed one handle was sharp to the touch and inspected it closely in disbelief (I thought Pyrex was supposed to be one of the strongest glass). I then noticed that it had sliced my middle finger open. I am glad I noticed it before I put it in the water and sliced myself more. I am still in shock. The glass on the handle had splintered lengthwise.

Three years ago while making Christmas dinner, I pulled my 5x7 Pyrex pan out of a 350-degree oven and placed it on the stove top which was also very warm. The pan cracked from one side to the other and the stuffing was ruined. Yesterday, I pulled my remaining 5x7 Pyrex pan out of a 300-degree oven and again, placed it on top of the warm stove and it shattered.

After baking in the oven at 375 degrees, we took out the Pyrex dish out of the oven and in mid-air, it exploded everywhere in our kitchen. Thankfully, nobody was hurt, but millions of shards of glass went everywhere.

I was using a brand-new Pyrex bowl in the microwave to heat some food up and did a 30-second run, which was followed by opening the microwave and stirring the contents. On the second 30-second run, the bowl exploded inside the microwave. Luckily, the microwave door was closed so none of the pieces shot out.

I had a 9x12 Pyrex pan shatter into thousands of pieces. The pan was room temperature and was soaking in a sink. The water in the pan was warm, not hot. I placed a mixing bowl in the pan and when I did, the 9x12 exploded. Luckily, all the pieces were contained within the sink.

I had cooked some Enchiladas in an 8x11 Pyrex dish at 350 degrees. When the dish was done, I took it out of the oven and placed it on top of the stove where the Pyrex dish instantly exploded into tiny glass fragments.

I just had the second 13" x 9" Pyrex baking dish blow up in my face in the last 6 months. I followed all the safety instructions and do not misuse the product. These were both new dishes. Lost dinner and small shards of glass in feet.