Pyrex Explosion! Be Careful with Pyrex!

We were having my in laws over to our house for the first time. I was nervous about being a good hostess. I got up to make tea for everyone after dinner, and the roast in the Pyrex Pan was on the stove top. I put the tea pot on, and turned on the electric burner. I when to sit on the couch and talk. A few seconds later there was a loud pop and and glass was flung everywhere. My bf's sister screamed. I screamed. This is a video of the aftermath.

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[civilwardoc1]

Hello, I had 38 years with Corning and World Kitchen. World Kitchen has the Pyrex brand. I was in forming and tempering. What I saw in the video looks to me like a tempering problem . There also could have been what we call a stone in the glass. This is refractory from the furnace. This ware should have never got through the lab.

[reialuz19]

@civilwardoc1 Nah. I think I was just using it improperly. I know that, but it still scared us all.

[AnthonyUK]

You never ever put pyrex on a an electric ring/ceramichob/solid electric plate or halogen cooktop switched on or with a gas burner lit if a gas hob or gas cooktop.

[reialuz19]

@AnthonyUK I know that as I stated in the video, but it still scared us all.

[tracybentleywatson]

This looks very familiar! Our fairly new Pyrex pie pan did the exact same thing a few months ago. It exploded into a million tiny shards. Luckily my kids (who are at eye level to the counter) were in the other room when it happened because the force could have done them serious damage. Our stainless steel countertop may have been a bit damp as I had just wiped it clean before placing the hot pan on it, I am assuming that is why ours exploded.

[reialuz19]

Yea, expansion or contracting too fast.. Glad everyone is ok!!!

[dougRmartin]

If hot glass is placed on a cold stovetop, it can break.

[xXTheThinkTankXx]

Sounds like a defunct woman... I'd return her as it appears to me she can not be in the kitchen.

"I exploded ANOTHER pyrex pan.."

[Buffalobigboy69]

@REWYRED Yes, there are serious problems with the older Pyrex items. I dropped a vintage 1960's Pyrex mixing bowl my parents got as a wedding gift on my kitchen floor. And it just shatered into a million plus pieces. I was sweeping,vacuuming,mopping glass shards for 2 days! I even had to take a wet paper towel and go over the entire floor. And i was still picking up glass shards! I threw all my Pyrex wear out. Never again. I'm going to use metal cookwear or pottery mixing bowls.

[torinakins]

i only found this video because i was looking for reviews on pyrex LOL

[LordGroundhog]

I did this once, but it was completely my fault.  Took the dish straight out of the oven (at 400 degrees) and straight onto a counter top. I didn't notice that the counter had a puddle of water on part of it. The thermal shock created a beautiful crack that followed the pattern of the where the puddle's edge was just before the water vapourized.

[KiranStevens]

Just did this 2 min ago. Apparently it's not only my house where this happened. Pretty startling.

[kmj2000]

To those saying it's a general reaction to cold water, check out the Consumer Reports video. When borosilicate glasses were filled with sand (which gets hotter than food) and baked for 80 minutes at 400 degrees and then placed on a wet countertop they DID NOT SHATTER. For them to shatter they had to be heated at 500 degrees, which practically no one uses. Interestingly a vintage Pyrex DID NOT SHATTER either at 500 degrees! All the modern day Pyrex dishes shattered.