Pyrex Reviews

Hello! Today, my wife had a 12 inch lasagna dish explode on her. I've never seen anything like it before! It really scared her, and thankfully our two small children were not in the kitchen at the time. She brought the dish out of the oven to cool and set it on the stove top. She then accidentally turned on the wrong burner on our electric stove (the burner under the lasagna dish) and about 3 minutes later the dish exploded! The glass flew everywhere all over the kitchen.

After baking chicken in the oven for 20 minutes, I took out the dish and set it on top of the stove. After getting the dinner served up, sitting down at the table to eat, my husband and I heard a loud bang. We thought something had fallen off the counter. When we walked into the kitchen we noticed the Pyrex dish had exploded. There was glass (large, small and tiny) pieces and liquid that was in the dish, all over the stove, floor and counter. There were even pieces of glass in the leftover vegetables. I have never had this happen to me before. Now I am scared to use Pyrex in the oven again. We were lucky that we were not in the kitchen at the time it exploded.

My wife was cooking sukiyaki for dinner on January 2, 2009. She was using the Pyrex dish as we have done 20-30 times in the past. The dish exploded/shattered. I have read several of the blogs and there seems to be a problem that has gone on for many years. I think CR should continue to investigate the problem and if found to be correct support litigation as a class action project.

Purchased two Pyrex 9-1/2 Pie Pans just before Christmas. This morning while cooling a pie on a rack, one of the pie pans shattered into a million pieces. Nothing was done out of the ordinary. The pie was prepared and baked in a 375 degree oven for 40 minutes and removed carefully to cool on a rack. After about 15 minutes of cooling, there was a loud crack and the pie pan had disintegrated. What a mess! I have been cooking for over forty years and have never seen such product failure. I have always considered Pyrex as quality bake ware but I will never bake in it again.

We were washing our large measuring cup in our sink after using it in the microwave and it literally exploded. My friend's hand was cut and the glass was in a lot of little pieces in our sink. It took us by surprise and THANK god a shard did not hit us in the eye. I can't believe that with all these consumer comments this product has not been pulled from the shelves. I will never buy Pyrex again.

I was cooking a delicious salmon dish, when about 15 minutes into the cooking, I heard an explosion in the kitchen. The pan had shattered into thousands of pieces inside the oven. My meal was ruined and I wasted a lot of time cleaning up shards of glass. I have pictures. This product needs to be recalled.

On January 2, 2009, while removing a 13 x 9 Pyrex casserole dish from the oven to the stove top, I placed it down to cool down. I moved away from it and seconds later it exploded sending shards of glass and food throughout the kitchen. Today, I am still cleaning up glass behind the refrigerator and the stove. I did not know this was a problem until I searched it on the computer. I thought this was an isolated incident. This dish was not that old, perhaps a few years and has been used many times.

I was having my family over for a Post-Christmas gathering on New Year's Day. I baked a pan of sweet rolls, removed them from the oven and placed them on my marble counter top. About 5 minutes later, I opened the oven door to remove a casserole I was baking. As I turned with my casserole in my hands, the Pyrex dish on the counter exploded. It sounded like a gunshot. I was standing right in front of the exploding pan.

Square glass Pyrex oven dish exploded just seconds before (thankfully!) the oven door was opened. No shard is left with the name on it, as all the flat bottom pieces totally shattered into sharp spikes and slivers. Thousands of pieces, huge clean up. Very, very lucky! Five seconds later and my father (nearly 88 years old) likely would have been blinded as he reached in to pull out the oven rack. Cleanup of the oven, floor and drawer underneath took about two hours. Don't need an attorney but something needs to be done to stop this! I am throwing out all my Anchor Hocking and Pyrex oven dishes. I have about 10, so I will be out of pocket quite a few bucks replacing them. I am afraid to use any of them now.

My husband and I made enchiladas in our 13X9 Pyrex glass dish. We took out the enchiladas and while I was dishing them with my spatula, the dish literally exploded all over the kitchen. It went into my stove, all over the floor and counter. It ruined my rug and cut my husband's leg. If I were any closer I would have had glass all in my arm as the pieces flew right past my arm. I will never use my other Pyrex glass dishes again or buy another Pyrex dish or any other product. This is horrible and could have cause serious injury to myself or my husband. I am extremely upset and frustrated that they would put a product out there that would hurt someone or do this.

I was baking bread in a Pyrex loaf pan which I have had since my marriage in 1978. I've never had a problem until tonight. I took the bread out of the oven and placed it on the counter. Just as I put it down, I turned toward the oven to get out another loaf. The loaf in the Pyrex baking dish, sitting on top of the counter exploded, sending large pieces of glass all over my kitchen. I was not injured but it scared the hell out of me and left a huge mess to clean up.

I was using my 9x13 Pyrex pan to cook a turkey breast. I cooked it at 375' and at around 40 minutes into the 90 min cooking time, I heard popping sounds coming from the oven. I opened the door to see the pan exploding. I immediately closed the door and turned the oven off. For at least another 20 minutes the Pyrex continued to explode sending shreds of glass all over my oven.

Amber colored Pyrex brand 9x13 glass dish was in the oven with 2 small pumpkin halves baking at 350 degrees. A few minutes before the hour of cooking time was up I heard a noise of the metal rack in my oven. Upon investigation, the glass dish had exploded in the oven - some very large pieces (the size of my palm - many cracks within the large pieces) and the rest in small to fragment size pieces of glass.

I had a butternut squash cut in half and put into a glass 11x7 Pyrex baking dish. It was inside the oven at 450 degrees for about 45 minutes. I was pouring a small amount of warm water into the dish when it exploded into large and small pieces all over the inside of the oven and the door, which was propped open. Had it been on the stovetop, I think it could have been disastrous since I was standing right there. Luckily, it was half inside the oven. But I did hear it hitting the sides of the oven with a lot of force.

My 9x9 pyrex dish just exploded in my oven. I preheated the oven to 375 F while making dinner, and placed the dinner I just prepared from a Family Circle recipe into the oven. 7 minutes later I heard a noise like something fell behind the oven. It is up against the wall - no room for anything to fall. I opened the oven door and found dinner minus the dish. I need to let the oven cool down so I can remove all the pieces of glass.

Baking chicken legs at 350 degrees. Room temp food and dish went into preheated oven. Approx 45 minutes later, heard an explosion from oven, discovered the 9x13 dish had exploded into many/many large and quite small slivers of glass. Certainly ruined dinner.

I was boiling some pasta in a Pyrex casserole dish on my gas stove top and the dish exploded. Glass was everywhere.

I had baked country fried chicken for supper. Then after supper, I made sure that the oven and stove were both off and cooled down. I then placed the 9 x 12 baking pan on the back of the stove. Next we left to take our daughter to spend the night with her grandmother, in which we were only gone for an hour at most. Upon returning, we found glass shattered all across the kitchen. I counted over 200 pieces big enough to pick up easily and several others that had to be mopped up with a wet towel. Luckily, we weren't home when it happened. Lastly I make this promise. I will never buy another PYREX brand cooking product. Nor will I recommend it to family or friends. I also say that if PYREX can still make Biosilicate glassware in EUROPE, then they should still make it for us in AMERICA.

I cooked a lasagna in an 8x8 glass Pyrex dish at 350 degrees. Unknown to me, the underneath rim of the glassware had cracked in the oven and shards of glass were in the lasagna. I am the one who discovered this after crunching into shards of glass. Luckily I was not injured and it was me who found the glass and not my kids.

We were baking stuffed mushrooms at 450 degrees and all of a sudden the 8x8 Pyrex baking dish exploded into pieces inside the oven. Shards of big glass splattered every inside the oven and some pieces were so small and difficult to pick up. My oven and kitchen was a big mess to clean up!

This is the second time I used a Pyrex 9 x 13 baking dish that exploded in the oven while cooking my dinner (350 degrees) - salmon dish. About a year ago, I had this same dish replaced because while baking a cake, it exploded and now again, it does the same thing. I lost an expensive dinner this evening as a result.

This evening October 6, 2008, I prepared O'graten potatoes in my microwave, safe in a Pyrex casserole dish. I prepared the potatoes as instructed on the box including putting it in the microwave for 15 minutes. When time was up I took the casserole dish out of the microwave. Less than 1 minute later while I was stirring the potatoes, the casserole dish exploded, sending glass flying across my counter and kitchen floor. Not only did the explosion terrify me, my 8 year old daughter was standing inches away when it exploded! I am absolutely livid because it could have cut either or both of us.

I was cooking a pork tenderloin in a 8x8 glass Pyrex dish. The oven was set at 425. I turned off the oven to pick up my son at soccer practice. I arrived back home 15 minutes later and turned the oven back on. About 20 min later I heard the noise from the kitchen. The dinner and the potatoes had to be thrown out.

I was cooking chicken in a 9 x 13 Pyrex baking dish at 350 degrees. I took the dish out of my oven and let it cool then I put a little water in the dish and the dish started cracking and fell apart right on top of the stove. I never had this happen to me before and I thought that Pyrex was a GREAT set of glass bakeware. I bought the set sometime the late 90’s. This really scared me and I would never buy Pyrex again. I hope no one else has to experience this. It is a Very Dangerous thing. Luckily I wasn't holding the dish and didn’t receive any injuries. I had to clean shards of glass for days off of my stove and my counter because it popped so loud.

I preheated the oven to 450 degrees and placed the Pyrex (9x13) dish (with 8 cups fresh tomatoes, oil, garlic and onion) in the oven. I set the timer for 35 min and after that time I opened the oven door and the Pyrex was completely disintegrated - broken into hundreds of tiny sharp pieces. The largest piece was approximately 1.5 by 1 inch. What a huge mess.

I was cooking dinner in the oven and kept hearing a ping sound. I went to kitchen to investigate and saw nothing. When I went to remove my 9x13 Pyrex dish, it shattered in my oven, causing quite a mess. Thank goodness I had oven mitts on and wear glasses!

Last night I was going to prepare a corn casserole for dinner. I was in the kitchen wearing capris, a t-shirt and no shoes. I poured the melted butter into the Pyrex 9 X 13 inch glass pan and it exploded into a million little pieces. Luckily I wear eye glasses, because the force was so strong it knocked the bowl of corn and corn meal mix over and threw corn kernels all over my glasses. I am so lucky that it wasn't glass shards in my eyes! My only cut (which is a miracle) was on my leg right below my capris. I am so thankful that my son was doing his homework at the computer or he would have been sitting at the kitchen table (which ended up covered with glass). I am still cleaning up and vacuuming for the 3rd time this morning! I am throwing out the rest of my Pyrex! This is the third Pyrex thing I have had explode, but this was by far the most violent explosion. I also had a brown 2 quart saucepan and a brown covered round casserole dish - both explode as well!

I just read about the Pyrex dishes exploding and I have had that happen twice. I could not understand it. But thought it was just a rare odd thing. I still have my Pyrex dishes from when I lived in the UK - bought in 1976 - still going strong! Its important to bring this information to the consumer and make it clear to that there are 2 kinds of PYREX... and what is being sold in the USA etc is not the real deal.

i opened the oven that was on 350 and turned the chicken over in the dish made by pyrex.It exploded in pieces all over with a piece landing on my shoe which burned a spot on it. plus it ruined the chicken. the other incident was a dish of veggies exploded when i touch the pan with a fork .

when i was bakeing in my pyrex dish 9x13 it exploded inside my oven. sounded like a gun or bomb going off in my oven. I will never use a pyrex again and i have tld all friends what has happened and they have all got rid of there pyrex dishes. and i have done the same. my 15 year old had just checked on this and it was fine.

I was making dinner for my girlfriend and some friends who were over for dinner. My g/f set the pyrex measuring cup on the stove (which was still warm, but had been turned off for about 5-10 minutes). It had butter and cream in it. Soon thereafter the Pyrex exploded in a shower of glass shards. It was very exciting.

A large Pyrex pie plate exploded in my hands when I took it from the oven to the counter in my kitchen. A large shard of glass cut my hand leaving a 2 inch scar. The cut caused my hand to bleed profusely. The dish basically came apart in my hands and glass shards littered the kitchen.

Approximately a year ago, I purchased a Pyrex brand pie plate. We used it to cook two frozen fish fillets in the microwave. We have done the same with an older Pyrex brand pie plate (purchased approximately 15 years ago), and never encountered any problems. But the new plate exploded after 4 or 5 minutes in the microwave.

I had cooked a batch of lemon-curd in the kitchen, but decided that it had been microwaved for too long. A small ramekin was dropped onto the edge of the 4-cup Pyrex glass container, and chipped the lip off. So I rinced it out with hot water, and proceeded to show my boss and co-workers. I held the container up (inches away from my face--wasn't expecting an audible explosion), and then the Pyrex container exploded.

I had a pyrex 9x9 (or 8x8) pan. I was cooking a pork loin roast in the oven. When I took the roast out of the oven to cool I placed in on the top of the stove and it shattered. I don't remember the temperature it was cooked at, however I am sure that it was somewhere around 350 degrees. It was placed on a warm stove top, as the oven was on cooking the said dish.

I had a Pyrex baking dish (bowl and glass lid). When I was putting away dishes one day, the lid shattered. It had bumped against another dish, but not so hard that I expected it to be broken (I've dropped glass jars of mayonnaise, etc, worse than that, and not had them break). But it didn't just chip or break, it SHATTERED. Pieces of glass went flying everywhere. It took forever to clean it up.

Two years ago, I was cooking a casserole in a blue Pyrex baking dish in a 350 degree oven. 10 minutes in there was a pop and when I opened the oven, there was glass and food everywhere. The ingredients were not cold so there was no drastic temperature change.

Pyrex dish EXPLODED in broiler. The dish itself was NOT taken from the fridge or freezer. It was room temperature.

My stepdad's daughter was cleaning a Pyrex dish in the sink when it exploded.

Was using pyrex to cook chicken on a Weber Gas Grill which is billed as an oven, not an typical grill with charcoal.

About three years ago, I was baking Lasagna in a long pyrex dish. As I was taking it from the oven, the dish exploded, and large shards went everywhere. It was a pyrex dish that Was bought several years before, but after 2000. I thought it was a fluke, and although I received a minor cut and burn from the hot food, I thought no more about it until I saw an article about other people having problems and being injured. I have another newer pyrex dish somewhere in the house, but I went back to using metal pans in the oven(with exception of a square pyrex dish made before the late ninties). These pyrex dishes should be recalled.

I have had 5-6 Pyrex dishes explode after they have left the oven. I have used the clear glass as well as the blue glass dishes. After cooking the meal, the dish was placed on a cooling rack, and approximately ten minutes later, I heard a loud poof from the kitchen. the glass dish shattered all over the kitchen ruining dinner and leaving a mess.

On 9/18/08 I was making almond crusted salmon in a blue pyrex dish. The dish was in the oven at approx 350 degrees. I removed the dish to add the sauce and put it in the broiler to brown for approximately 1-1/2 mins. As I set the pyrex on top of the oven, I turned to get another pan and the pyrex EXPLODED.

My wife took some brownies out of the oven at 350 degrees, when she set it on the glass top stove, the glass dish shattered sending tiny pieces of glass on the floor and all over the counter.

As I have on many occasions over a number of years, I was cooking chicken in a Pyrex baking dish at 350 degrees. When it was almost done, we heard a loud bang come from the oven. When I opened the oven, there was glass everywhere and the food had to be thrown out. After this incident, someone told me that Pyrex should not be used at temperatures greater than 325 degrees. I still have lots of Pyrex and Corningware and I do use it, but it scares me. I can't afford to replace all my cookware!

we use our pyrex baking dishes to ferry food from the grill back to the house. Last night, my husband brought the grilled chicken in like he has done countless times, and placed the dish on the counter. We were counting down to sitting down to dinner, but having a bit of appetizer in the kitchen first.

We have a large number of Pyrex products. my wife made a Chicken Dish in our Pyrex 3qt, 3l, 13X9X2 baking dish. after cooking and storing the leftovers in the fridge, I took leftovers to work. I was very surprised to find a 2 sliver f glass in the leftovers. I tossed the lunch in the trash, and examined the dish when I came home. There was a matching piece of glass on the inside edge by the handle.

I was making an apple pie and had an empty pyrex pie pan sitting on a front eye of the stove. I thought I'd turned on the back eye for another pot, but instead I'd accidentally turned on the eye that the pie pan was sitting on. As I turned and took a couple of steps to stand over the trashcan a couple of feet away, I heard a loud explosion behind me. Shards of glass flew out in every direction of the kitchen except where I was standing.

I am writing in response to the above noted article. Just last evening I had my brand new Pyrex baking dish shatter into hundreds of pieces in my conventional oven. I had been cooking a dinner for nine people for a birthday party. The oven was only at 350 degrees, and the dish had already been in there about 45 minutes. It had gone from the fridge straight into the pre-heated oven. I had just put the dish back in after checking to see the chicken was not yet cooked when I heard the shatter and loud sizzling as the sauce flooded down onto the element and bottom of the oven.

baking dish. When I took it out of the oven (350 degrees) I set it on top of the stove and let it cool for a couple hours. Then I was taking it to my dining room to turn it over and get it out of the baking dish and the dish broke into 3 pieces while I was holding it..

While preparing dinner on Sunday, Sept. 7th a Pyrex round baking dish EXPLODED on top of the stove. I had just grilled some vegetables (zucchini and eggplant) in the oven on a cast iron grill and removed them, putting them into the Pyrex dish which I set on top of a back burner that was turned off. I had done this many times before. Suddenly, I heard a loud bang. The dish EXPLODED, sending large pieces of glass flying all over the kitchen.

Today I was baking chicken in the pyrex dish in our oven. The dish was covered with tin foil as I did not want the chicken to dry out. The oven temp was 350. I have baked with this dish many times and never had such an experience as today. The chicken was browned before placing in the pyrex dish. I had also sprayed the dish with PAM. I was in the bedroom and husband was in the living room. I heard a terrible swoosh sound so did my husband.

I was cooking scalloped potatoes at the temp directed, while standing in my kitchen doing the dishes i heard a loud bang/popping noise. i turned towards my oven and there was smoke coming out of every inch of my oven. I reached to shut off the oven waited a few minutes, opened the oven door and realized the bang i had heard was my Pyrex dish exploding inside my oven.

I took an extra large Pyrex bakeware dish (manufactured in the 1998-present range) out of my 350 degree oven and set it on top of the stove. There was heat coming from the vent in the back left burner, but no burner was turned on. I continued fixing some food on the counter to the right of the stove, with my toddler next to me. About 5 minutes after setting the dish on the stove, it EXPLODED! No one had touched the dish, knocked the dish,dropped the dish, etc. Glass flew all over my kitchen! My family heard the EXPLOSION and came running--but I told them to stop because of the glass all over the stove, counters, and floor--reaching all the way to the doors.

August 27 2008, My wife was cooking a flank steak in a 9 x 13 pyrex dish in the oven at approximately 375 degree's. When it was done she took it out of the oven holding it with two cloth pot holders.While holding it about waist high the dish exploded into thousands of pieces.She did not set it down or bump it against anything.It just exploded in her hands.Glass flew as far as 15 feet and made a mess of the kitchen.Needless to say the dinner was ruined.Luckily she was not hurt.

Several years ago, I was baking some beef short ribs for dinner in BBQ sauce in a Pyrex baking dish in the oven at 350 degrees. When the timer went off, I carefully took the boiling ribs and sauce out of the oven and put them on the counter top. The dish suddenly exploded with boiling sauce and beef ribs flying around the kitchen! By the grace of God, the exploding scalding mess went everwhere, but not a drop on me. You could see the v-shape where I was standing, but I wasn't burned at all. I never treat Pyrex dishes as unbreakable. I learned my lesson.

Re: article on Exploding Pyrex Dishes Older cook book instructions will tell you to lower the recipe baking temperature 25 degrees if you are using glass dishes instead of metal. I think the maximum recommended baking temperature used to be listed as 325 degrees for glass bakeware.

My trusted Pyrex pizza plate is no more. Purchased about 20 years ago, I have used that plate in the oven at times, but mostly as a pastry plate for my larger cakes and homemade tea rings, covering any pastry with a large tupperware lid.

My husband baked augratin potatoes in an 8 x8 pyrex glass pan in the oven. He took the potatoes out of the pan and put water in the pan and set it on the stove to soak the potatoes off and it exploded all over the kitchen. As it was exploding, my husband and 8 year old son were in the kitchen and my son panicked and turned to run out of the kitchen and he stepped on the broken glass with his bare feet.

I had a pyrex full of room temperature water and I left it in the sink overnight. I live in San Diego, there were no extreme nighttime temps. I walked into my kitchen in the morning all over the glass shards of what had been my pyrex dish. How is this possible?

Had a Pyrex baking glassware explode in our dishwasher. We sent pieces to the company so they could examine them they sent us a new glassware. We had to clean pieces of glass out of our dishwasher and call a repairman for the dishwasher.

I read about the Pyrex baking dishes exploding. I too had this happen with old Pyrex. I took it out of the oven and set it on my glass stove top. It sat for a few seconds to a minute and then exploded. It was basicly in half, with lots of tiny shards of glass all over. SOme slightly larger shards were also all over. I was really afraid! I had walked away from it, and had I still been standing over it I think I would have been injured. I immediately threw away all my Pyrex dishes, thinking that it happened due to being old. I'm only writing you at such a late date because the debate on Consumer Affairs seemed to be about NEW Pyrex. Mine was older. I have never bought any more.

I was lifting a pyrex glass liquid measuring cup out of the dishwasher when it exploded in my hand. The glass flew everywhere...I was shocked but glad it did not hurt me or any of my little kids!

I was using my large Pyrex lasagna tray to roast some vegetables (zucchini, garlic cloves, pepper, onion, tomato). I removed the tray and was dumping the veggies into a large stainless steel bowl to give them a stir, and the entire tray shattered in my hands. I was using oven mitts and was not burned - I haven't even attempted the clean-up, since everything is too hot. I got a small sliver of glass in my hand, but am glad not to have had a faceful of glass. I went online to see if Pyrex had a warning about using the pan for broiling, and came across this site. It is, after all a LASAGNA PAN - don't people often put a lasagna under the broiler for a few minutes to brown the cheese??? I now have quite a clean-up ahead of me. Worst of all - we just got this bumper crop of zucchini and tomatoes from our CSA (community supported agriculture)!! What an aggravation, and I am thankful not to have been burned!!!

I went online to see if Pyrex had a warning about using the pan for broiling, and came across this site. It is, after all a LASAGNA PAN - don't people often put a lasagna under the broiler for a few minutes to brown the cheese? I now have quite a clean-up ahead of me. Worst of all - we just got this bumper crop of zucchini and tomatoes from our CSA (community supported agriculture)!! What an aggravation, and I am thankful not to have been burned!

Last night I used a glass pyrex dish to bake a meat loaf. This is not unusual as I have been doing the same thing for years. However, this time it was different. As I was going to open the oven door I heard a series of load crackling noise. When the noise subsided my husband carefully opened the door - not knowing what had happened.

I have been a faithful user of Pyrex bakeware since I was married 35 years ago. I was still using many pieces we had received as wedding gifts. In May, we had a fire that destroyed our home. I had to replace all of my kitchenware, and one of the first things I bought was a set of Pyrex baking dishes from Target. It contained all the basic pieces, so I thought it would be good to start out with.

On the fourth of July (2008) I placed the Pyrex pan containing room temperature dessert in the fridge for an hour then transferred it to the trunk of my car (parked in garage)to take to a picnic. Once at the picnic, I realized that there was not enough room on food table for the desserts so I asked the hostess if I could put the pan in her fridge.

I bought a box set of Pyrex bake and cookware around December/January 08. And recently have started using them more often than not as my infant is now eating solids. I bake apples, yams, and make our dinners in them as well. Just today and Friday I had two explosive pyrex ovenware explode in my hand as I was taking it out of the oven and about to set it down. The first time, I had already set it on the stove top - onto a cooking sheet that was also in the oven with the pyrex. The first time it happened my infant was on her highchair eating her dinner about 10 feet away as glass shattered and flew everywhere. The second, thank God, she was napping. I found glass on our carpet which is about 20 feet from the oven. My husband stepped on a shard of glass two days later and had to dig it out.

I bought a box set of Pyrex bake and cookware around December/January 08. And recently have started using them more often than not as my infant is now eating solids. I bake apples, yams, and make our dinners in them as well. Just today and Friday I had two explosive pyrex ovenware explode in my hand as I was taking it out of the oven and about to set it down. The first time, I had already set it on the stove top - onto a cooking sheet that was also in the oven with the pyrex.

On Thursday July 31, 2008 I had just finished cooking dinner. I had been cooking for 1 hour and a 1/2 at 350 degrees. I let it sit for about a 1/2 hour when it was done in the oven. When I pulled the dish out and went to put it on the stove so I could serve it the dish exploded in my hand. The sauce poured down my leg which caused me to fall and burned my leg and glass cut my calf. There were shards of glass embedded in my wall and cabinets. Which I was unaware of until I came back from the hospital.

Both of the 8x8 pieces of glass Pyrex cookware exploded! The first one was in the dishwasher. I was completely confused when I ran the apppliance over night (the dish was onthe top shelf) and found glass shards all over inside in the morning! Tonight, a second 8x8 piece of glass cookware exploded on my stovetop. shattered does not explain how shards of glass ended up across my kitchen into my dining room! My small dog was nearby when it happened. I was cooking some asparagas on LOW heat.

Sunday, July 27,2008, I was preparing a potato recipein my 9x13 Pyrex glass baking dish in a 425 degree oven. As per the recipe directions, I opened the oven, pulled the baking rack out only far enough to stir the ingredients, pushed it back into the oven and closed the door. Not 5 minutes later I heard an explosion. My daughter-in-law was standing in front of the stove and saw that the dish of potatoes had completely shattered. I looked in the oven window and couldn't believe what I was seeing! It no longer looked like a baking dish. My husband, two sons and a daughter-in-law observed the damage.

Yesterday, about 12:30pm, I was putting away lunch leftovers. I opened an overhead kitchen cabinet and was reaching up to get one of my Pyrex glass storage bowls, when a Pyrex container from an upper shelf exploded outward, showering me with glass fragments and shards. I had not touched this container, in fact, I hadn't had time to even reach the bowls I wanted for storage. This was a spontaneous explosion of the Pyrex glassware.

On July 23, 2008, I had placed chicken in my oven in a large Pyrex baking dish. I had 3 relatives from Europe staying at my house. I had taken the chicken from the oven to see if was done. Decided it needed about 10 min. more cooking time, I placed it back in the oven (set at 375 degrees)

Tried to cook cornbread in a square pyrex casserole dish... oven was 350 degrees. cooked for maybe 10 minutes. My husband took it out and it EXPLODED... glass was everywhere. Glass all over the kitchen impossible to clean up every little peice so of course we've stepped on it.

Last night I used my Pyrex baking dish to cook squash in the microwave. We ate dinner, hand washed the baking pan and left it with the rest of the pots to dry. 3am we were abruptly woken to a loud explosion...upon inspection of the house we found the Pyrex baking dish shattered into a million pieces on the counter and the floor. It had been cooled from use for almost 7 hours at this point. I almost couldn't believe this could even happen until I found this site and apparently this is a major problem with this cookware. I am definately switching!

I was making a lemon pie, using a Pyrex pie plate. When I took the pie plate out of the oven, it EXPLODED in my hand! I hadn't even gotten it to the counter to set it down when this happened. I have several pieces of Pyrex that I no longer feel safe in using. Pyrex used to be a very good product. I've used their bakeware for years and have had no problems until now. These products should be recalled immediately!!

As I took the 13x9 glass baking dish out of the oven, I was attempting to sit it down to cool, it exploded in my hand.

I had just taken shrimp out of the oven, and as I attempted to sit the 13x9 baking dish down to cool, it exploded in my hand. my floor has numerous burned place on it from this hot glass.

My wife got this 9x13 baking dish 25 years ago. On Saturday, 7/12/0, I baked a baguette in it at 450 degrees for 25 minutes. I took the dish out of the oven and placed it on the stovetop. I stepped away to get a spatula and that's when the dish exploded. Glass shards were sent across the kitchen. Fortunately I was not in the path at the time. Needless to say, all Pyrex baking dishes will no longer be used for baking in our home. From reading other posts, I consider myself very lucky not to have been injured by flying glass.

I used my new (bought Friday, 7-11-08) pyrex 9x13 baking dish to make kuchen last night. I baked it at 400 for 21 minutes. There was 1 minute and 28 seconds left on the timer, so I opened the oven door to check them, and there was a big pop and the dish exploded! There is glass all over my oven and it was even difficult to open the oven door because glass dropped down in the opening. Needless to say, it ruined the baked goods. I was very fortunate not to be hurt, but it was a frightening experience. Where is the quality? I will never use pyrex again.

About a half hour after preparing dinner on the stove in a frying pan, I transfered the remainig portion into a pyrex casserole dish. (The dinner was italian sausage and peppers in a tomato sauce - still warm but had been shut off for about 30 minutes). My husband came home and tasted the food placing the casserole dish on his lap while he took a spponful. He then set it on the kitchen counter. Several seconds later it exploded sending glass shooting through my kitchen. Shocked and confused, we cleaned the kitchen finding it broken into small slivers as well as large pieces. I cannot imagine what would have happened if this had occurred in his lap!

I was baking a roast in my oven in a 9x13 Pyrex baking dish. After 15 minutes at 450 degrees, I pulled it out to season it. Upon gently placing it on top of the range, the dish EXPLODED, sending glass shards all over.

wednesday july 9 2008 last night i was cooking chicken in a9x13 baking pyrex dish at 350 water was in the bottom of the dish it had cooked for about 45minutes. i was taking it out of the oven when it exploded in my hand sending glass and hot juices everywhere. my left hand was cut badly and deeply my left arm was cut and scratched but not as deep.

i already wrote to complain but wanted to let you know that along with the complaint I also have many pictures of the glass in the oven and the shards of glass in my leg as I think that it is time we do something about this product that pyrex has no defects. by the way I have a severe cut on my foot and a picture of a piece of glass that looks like someone shot me with a gun full of broken glass. i also had glass in my hair as well. daughter has a cut on her foot as well from stepping on a sliver after we thought we cleaned everything up and mopped the floor for 3 hours. feel free to contact me

July 9th 5:30pm... I was just finishing up in the kitchen to get dinner on the table. I had everything ready to go. I was cooking chicken breast at 350 degrees in the oven for about 45 minutes it was time to get it out...as I opened the oven door and then turned around to get my fork to check the chicken, then before I could even get near the oven my 13x9 inch baking dish exploded and glass went all over the place!!!!

I made baked beans in this cassarole at 300 degrees and when I took a spoonful I found glass in it. Luckily, I didn't swallow it. I threw it all away. When I checked the lid, I found the inner part had shattered. I have been using Pyrex for years and have always been satisfied. This must have been a defect. # 1 8 Pyrex F14C A

Upon removing my chicken dinner from the oven, I placed the 13 x 9 Pyrex dish on the stove top. Fortunately, my daughter and I had turned away from the dish when we heard this very loud crash. When I turned around and saw the Pyrex dish had literally EXLODED, I could not believe my eyes! There was glass everywhere. It was, indeed, fortunate that my daughter had also turned away from the dish or she would have had glass in her eyes, and God knows what it would have done to her beautiful face. My daughter had just been through a terrible ordeal with her eyes that lasted almost a year.

I recently purchased a 13x9 clear glass Pyrex pan. The pan has been used less than 15 times, all in the oven. I was cooking some chicken tenders. I had inspected the pan for scratches or cracks and saw none visible. I put a small amount of water, as advised with glass cookware, in the pan along with the chicken. After cooking in the oven at 400 degrees for 15 minutes, I removed the pan and placed it on the counter on a thick towel. I removed the chicken to my plate, and walked over to the table to eat.

a world kitchen rep. did get in touch with me she said they are very sorry for my experience i had and they stand by there prouduct 100% that she has NEVER heard of this happening when i did nothing wrong had me send my broken dish back so they could test it to see what went wrong with it. she sent me a new dish and a complimantry 7 piece corn wear set.

I was baking chicken with broth at 350 degrees in a PYREX 9x12 or 9x13 pan. I took it out of oven to see if done and was returning it to oven when it exploded in my hands. One of the falling pieces landed on my bare foot, crushing the joint of my big toe and breaking it along the phalange of the same toe. My two children, ages 8 and 9, were in the kitchen cooking with me. Luckily, no one else got burned or cut or had their bones broken.

I had a 13x9 baking dish in the sink ready to wash (from last night) and the dish exploded, it was not hot,it was just sitting in the sink

i was cooking fajitas and i put them in my 13x9 in pyrex glass cake pan and put them in the oven on 225 to keep them warm while i finished cooking everything else. i took it out of the oven and sat it on my glass cook top and i fliped the meat in it and turned around to see where my son had went cause he was right there buy the stove and it exploded every were sending glass flying. there was glass every were it flew far probably about atlest 2 feet cause it was in the hall to my livingroom. we cleaned up the best we could but there is still little pieaces of glass all over my stove. it was really scarry i cook for a living and i had never had that happen befor. i don't even want to use the other pyrex dishes i have and i have the hole set.

I was baking some chicken in my 13X9 Pyrex casserols dish at 350 degrees in the oven when I heard a LOUD bang. I went running in the kitchen not knowing what had happened when I discovered my pyrex dish had exploded all over the inside of my oven leaving behind about 600 tiny pieces of glass, and destroying our dinner.

we were camping i made a casserole in a pyrex dish put it in the oven at 375 degrees baked it took it out of the oven sat it on top of stove and it exploded right in my face

Just to follow up: I did receive a response from the company that now owns Pyrex. They said I was supposed to have liquid in the bottom of the pan when cooking meats, which I don't remember being told before. She said it would weaken the pan if I didn't use water in that type of situation. They are sending out a new pan. I have to decide whether we want to use it or not. But maybe I didn't use it properly.

I was making spare ribs in the oven with my 9x13 pan at 325 degrees and was just going to check on them when I heard this explosion in the oven. The pan had shattered into a million pieces. Thank God, I had not opened the oven door or it could have shattered in my face.

I bought two 4 piece sets of your Pryex at Wal-mart. Yesterday after spending an hour making enchiladas in the 9 X 13 pan it broke and shattered will baking in the oven (o350). I have never seen any thing like that before. It was a big mess! My meal was a disaster. I have use Pryex for 29 years and I have never had anything like this happen before! Now I am out about $15.00 for the ingredients for the enchiladas and $23.00 for the 2 sets. Thank God my daughter hasn't used her set yet. I don't understand why these sets are still being sold when Pryex knows that they shatter.

I was baking the bread at 375 degrees as I usually do and when I took it out of the oven and placed it on the stove top to cool it literally EXPLODED on contact with the stove. Glass went shooting every where.

I placed a glass Pyrex baking dish on a front burner but noticed immediately that the burner had been turned on by accident when it started heating up. I turned it off and took a pair of kitchen mittens and moved the baking dish to another burner from the one that was heating. As soon as I placed it gently on the unheated burner it exploded and sent glass shards through three rooms, burning my kitchen tiles with numerous scorch marks. I was not injured, although I was standing directly in front of the stove. When I set the dish down, I was watching closely. It exploded first from the center and with extraordinary force sent hot glass shards (not safety glass pebbles) everywhere.

This afternoon my sister and I were making lunch for a toddler we care for.We preheated our oven at 325 and placed two chicken breasts in one of our many pyrex baking pans (8x8 inch) then placed it in the oven. we checked on it 20min later flipped the chicken.In total it cooked for 45min. Just as our lunch was ready we placed the dish on the top of our stove(not hot)and it shattered all around the rims of the dish as she was still holding it.We had glass chunks all the way to our front room with a toddler and two babies roaming around.

Thursday evening I had just washed and was rinsing a Pyrex dish when it just broke in two and cut my middle index finger very, very bad, and cut my thumb on both sides and two other fingers on my other hand.

I was washing dishes and asked my son to emty out the remains of my granola bars from my pyrex baking dish. I use this dish to make my bars every week. They are only cooked 15-20 minutes at 325.

My two cup pyrex measuring cup just exploded tonight. It was sitting on the counter where I always keep it and suddeny it exploded shattering pieces about a foot over the counter.