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Romona of Ogden, UT May 1, 2006

Romona of Ogden UT (05/01/06)
I bought this Pyrex set recently and on yesterday 4/30 I used one of the pans in the oven. When I took the pan from the oven I held it with two pot holders because it was hot, for reasons unknown to me the complete dish exploded in my hands. It was like it imploded. Glass went all over my kitchen and into my hall way which is at least 10 feet from where I was standing.

Tiny slivers of glass stuck into my neck, stomach and legs. I am so grateful that it did not severe my wrist or get into my eye as I was still holding the pan in my hands at the time it exploded. The food was ruined, glass everywhere, and I myself in danger of the possibility of very serious injury, and I am trying to figure out what would cause this pan to do this. 

Linda of Rineyville, KY April 30, 2006

Linda of Rineyville KY (04/30/06)
We put chicken legs in a 9 X 13 clear glass pyrex baking dish. After 10 minutes in the oven we heard a large explosion and found the pyrex dish had exploded destroying the meal and damaging the gasket on my brand new oven door. Thank God no one was injured but I think this product needs to be taken off the market. This is not the first time this has happen to me. The last time it exploded when I took it out of the oven and while still in my hands expolded burning my forearms, face and feet.

Raymond of San Antonio, TX April 30, 2006

Raymond of San Antonio, TX (04/30/06)
Quite simply, we had a pyrex baking dish explode in our cupboard. The dish was not near any heat source and had not been used in several days.

Carlton of Kansas City, MO April 10, 2006

Carlton of Kansas City, MO (04/10/06)
This is a response to your March 27th article on the subject of exploding Pyrex written by James R. Hood. I was searching the internet for that subject specifically and came across the story.

Today (April 9th) my mother made a pork roast in a 13x9 inch Pyrex baking dish and was preparing gravy in the dish on the stove. The dish quite literally exploded. To my knowledge there is no reason for it to have done so. There was no extreme shift of temperature. The dish was not covered or sealed in any way. It was sitting on a flat surface stove so there's no way it could have tipped or hit anything. My mother wasn't moving it at all. It wasn't dropped or hit or anything.

The force of the glass exploding sent large pieces of glass flying at least 7 feet from where the dish had been sitting.

Marla of Somerville, MA April 1, 2006

Marla of Somerville MA (04/01/06)
Strange to find this article on exploding pyrex dishes, as that is exactly what happened about a week ago to us - only our 9x13 glass pyrex exploded in the oven, with a loud bang, sending food and many shards of glass all over the oven. The only "extreme change in temperature" was that the oven door had been opened and the rack on which the dish sat was pulled out to check on the food - then the rack with dish pushed back in and the door closed. I'm horrified to think what would have happened if not contained in the confines of the oven.

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