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Anchor Hocking Cookware

Reena of Surprise, AZ August 6, 2009

After reading (and re-reading to be honest) the directions and cautions regarding their glass cookware, I placed a chicken casserole in the oven. About 15 minutes after I placed the casserole in the oven, I checked on the dish. Everything looked fine, no issues whatsoever. A few seconds after I closed the oven door, I heard what sounded like a gun-shot. I freaked out and immediately turned off the oven. I turned on the oven light to find that the casserole dish had exploded sending bits of casserole and glass everywhere in my brand new oven!

The oven took many hours to clean of the glass. I have to contact GE regarding how to get the glass out of the bottom unreachable part of the oven, and to see if the glass has done any unrepairable damage. I have several cuts on my hands. I am very afraid of this cookware now and would not recommend it to anyone.

Jennifer of Westminster, CA June 30, 2009

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

Lindsey of Santa Cruz, CA June 22, 2009

I bought a 13x9 Anchor baking dish yesterday at Target which I used this morning to bake a casserole. The dish had only been in the oven an hour when I heard a strange noise and opened the oven door to find the dish had exploded and shattered into hundreds of pieces.

Leslie of Baltimore, MD June 14, 2009

I had chicken marinating in a plastic bag in the fridge. I took it out, turned on the broiler, and put my chicken in a square Anchor Hocking pan. I let it broil for ten minutes, opened the broiler to flip the chicken over, and the pan exploded. I am very, very lucky that I was not cut or burned by the shards. My head was very close to the chicken as I turned it. It's just a broken dish and two pounds of ruined chicken breasts, but it freaked me and my daughter out! I will never bake with Anchor Hocking again, and I'm throwing all the rest of my non-metal pans away.

Leslie of Baltimore, MD June 14, 2009

I had chicken marinating in a plastic bag in the fridge. I took it out, turned on the broiler, and put my chicken in a square Anchor Hocking pan. I let it broil for ten minutes, opened the broiler to flip the chicken over, and the pan exploded. I am very, very lucky that I was not cut or burned by the shards. My head was very close to the chicken as I turned it. It's just a broken dish and two pounds of ruined chicken breasts, but it freaked me and my daughter out! I will never bake with Anchor Hocking again, and I'm throwing all the rest of my non-metal pans away.

Vesna of Kelowna, BC June 13, 2009

I have both the Pyrex brand and Anchor glass dishes with lids.The Anchor Brand lids keep cracking making them useless for storage of food.

Roger of whitesboro, NY June 5, 2009

While cooking chiken in our oven, the dish exploded. It broke out the front glass of our oven, and cause other damage to the inside of the oven. What a mess to clean up.

Judy of Ctr. Barnstead, NH June 3, 2009

The blue lids on the storage bowls split on the sides. No longer do they seal tightly and I cant put anything with liquid in them.

Cynthia of Green Valley, AZ June 3, 2009

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

JUDY of NEEPAWA, MB May 21, 2009

I was cooking chicken fingers in the oven ,they were done and I brought the 9x13 glass pan out of the oven set it on top of stove,turned to get a plate and explored all over the place, large pieces down to sliver pieces and my 2 grandsons were right there and my daughter. They ran because of the big bang and I luckily turned away but the glass hit me in the back and not my face and chest. I am totally appauled by the workmenship of this company and I want something done immediately.My daughter is still cleaning up glass pieces 5 days later because they are so small and she can not see many all.

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