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Adrienne of Durham, CA February 24, 2007

Adrienne of Durham CA (02/24/07)

I have been using Pyrex dishes for almost 50 years and am quite familiar with their "dos and don'ts". A week ago I baked a ham in a recently-purchased 13x9 baking dish. As we were relaxing at the table after dinner, the dish suddenly exploded, leaving the ham sitting in a pile of glass shards and juice running all over the table. There was glass all over the kitchen; luckily no one at the table was hurt.

I have never seen or heard of this happening (except perhaps with sudden temperature change), but this was a dish that had been handled normally and had been sitting on the table for about a half hour at a constant temperature.

Julia of Ottawa, OTHER February 20, 2007

Julia of Ottawa Canada (02/20/07)
Brought jug 4 years ago, it exploded with Boiling Chicken stock in it, luckily it missed me but made a mess all over my kitchen, it just cracked for no reason, have used it previous no trouble.

Wynna of Cleveland, GA February 18, 2007

Wynna of Cleveland GA (02/18/07)

Preheated by oven to 375 to bake a chicken pot pie for 30 mins and took it out of oven and placed on cook top that was not on or even hot from cooking. I turned my back and bang! I turned around and the dish had exploded sending glass all over the cook top and counter into other food prepared. I never heard that Pyrex would do this and I have other pieces that I will now be feeling very questionable to use ever again.

Michelle of New Prague, MN February 2, 2007

Michelle of New Prague MN (02/02/07)

On 1/30/07, I was baking au gratin potatoes in my round Pyrex dish, at 450 degrees for an hour. When it was done, I took the dish out of the oven and set it on an unused burner to cool. I turned my back and seconds later heard glass shattering. I turned back around to find my dish had exploded all over the cook top.

Luckily, the glass didn't fly across the room. My 4-month-old son was sitting in his feeding seat, only 5 feet away. This could have been horrific.

Kathleen of Fort Edward, NY January 31, 2007

Kathleen of Fort Edward NY (01/31/07)
On 1/31/07 I was cooking a Porkroast for my family.The roast had been in the oven for 45 minutes on 375 degrees. I opened my oven door to look at the roast when there was a huge explosion. I jumped back and glass blew all over my kitchen I am disabled so I was unable to run I had to just stand there praying that I would not get peppered with the flying glass. Once all the glass landed I called my Daughter to come over to clean the glass. My oven had to be taken apart because there was glass in every level of my oven. We also found glass in our dining room which is 15 feet away from the oven.

I have been a user of Pyrex products for 30 year's and I am definately rethinking ever bringing that product into my home. This was a very scary situation and I have the photos to prove it.

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