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This is very timely because I had a Pyrex-type glass lid explode on me today. It was a lid to a Calphalon frying pan,and I was grilling a veggie burger and some
by MagicPropmaker 8y ago
This is very timely because I had a Pyrex-type glass lid explode on me today. It was a lid to a Calphalon frying pan,and I was grilling a veggie burger and some onions. I put the lid on and set told Alexa to remind me in 2 minutes.
Just before the alarm sounded: "BOOM" and there were a thousand little pieces of glass everywhere.
I've had this happen when I've heated it unevenly, or when I accidentally put cold water on a hot container, but never in normal use.
I'm wondering if Pyrex hasn't changed, but if cook tops have. Are they hotter or less even than cook tops of the past?
- colanderman 8y agoPyrex has changed; it's not a conjecture. Modern Pyrex is physically and verifiably a different material than traditional Pyrex.
- makomk 8y agoPyrex has definitely changed, in the US at least. Pyrex-branded cookware is no longer made out of Pyrex (borosilicate glass). Which is particularly shameless because the whole reason for Pyrex is that ordinary soda-lime glass, which they're making it from now, isn't suitable for this purpose because its high coefficient of thermal expansion makes it shatter.