Pyrex has been a kitchen staple for more than a century now and is manufactured by Corelle Brands. It originally was made of a type of glass called borosilicate that experts said is heat-tolerant and less likely to shatter, but somewhere along the way, that recipe changed and it now is made of the less expensive soda lime glass.
It's unclear when the change was made. Corelle Brands called those type of cases unusual, saying it "produces glassware of the highest quality that is safe to use in conventional, convection and microwave ovens. NBC 5 Responds in Chicago found reports of shattering or exploding glass cookware, including Pyrex and other brands, submitted to the Consumer Product Safety Commission over the past seven years. Corelle Brands said that while "any glass bakeware has a risk of breakage, Pyrex glassware has an exceptional safety record.
So why is it happening? Aside from first ensuring your glassware items are oven-safe, also steer clear from situating them atop open flames, burners, or adding cool liquid to them while still hot. Another common mistake? Setting your hot pans on "a damp towel, the top of the stove, on a cold or wet surface, or metal trivets. So, before you hit the kitchen, shop these options to make sure combusting Pyrex-style dishes don't ruin your otherwise delicious meals.
Here are some meal-prep hacks that'll save you money. We rushed to turn off the oven, turn on fans, open doors and windows. We had to wait for the oven to cool before we could start cleaning. Margaret of Salem, OR. So far, Corelle brands has not issued a recall about its Pyrex bakeware exploding. The company continues to put users at risk by not even addressing the trend in its bakeware breaking. If you or somebody you know was injured by Pyrex products exploding, breaking, or shattering while baking, we would like to speak with you.
You may be entitled to compensation by filing a lawsuit. Clear glass Pyrex cookware is practically an American icon. With its pleasing heft and remarkable resilience, these famous clear pans have been essential when cooking biscuits, casseroles, and pies since A few years ago, the pans started exploding when they got too hot—which is ironic since Pyrex glass was specifically designed to be heat resistant.
Some blamed a change in the glass formula and flocked to thrift stores to buy older models. Others cried hoax. Everyone agrees that exploding glass is bad. Pyrex made headlines recently, because its parent company made a big move. Corelle Brands , parent company of Pyrex among others, is planning to merge with Instant Brands, maker of the very popular Instant Pot. However, the news does bring to mind that decades-old controversy involving beloved glass pans, violent explosions, and some gnarly injuries.
Pyrex is also the subject of a class action lawsuit in Illinois. More on that case in a minute. To understand the Pyrex controversy, you have to look at the reports of explosions within the context of the history of glass. Not the whole history of glass, of course, but rather a series of innovations that started with Otto Schott, a German scientist who invented a new type of glass in the late s. This so-called borosilicate glass was not only heat resistant but also stood up to sudden temperature changes.
Corning Glass Works developed its own recipe for borosilicate glass in , and Corning employee Jesse Littleton discovered a new use for the material after his wife Bessie used a sawed-off borosilicate glass battery jar for baking. Seven years later, Pyrex cookware hit the American market. At that time, the company developed a new formula for aluminosilicate glass, which it used to create a line of frying pans called Pyrex Flameware.
This line was discontinued in The real roots of the current controversy were planted in the s, when Pyrex began making cookware out of tempered soda-lime glass.
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