French brands exist that ONLY make high quality sustainable glass that can not only go from hot to cold or cold to hot, also nearly unbreakable if dropped. They called THAT "tempered" though.
Wow…thanks so much for explaining this. I literally had a pyrex saucepan shatter on me last month and couldn’t understand why. I’ve replaced it and now need to check which brand I bought
That happened to me about 2 years ago. I wasn't in the kitchen when it happened thank God! It ruined my kitchen floor. I didn't know that there was a difference back then.
Hmmm! Good info, but your hand was waving too much and I couldn't actually see the printing of "Pyrex" on the glass itself. 🤔 Yes, you displayed your paper printings, but they weren't enough. We needed to be able to verify with the Pyrex glass lid that you were flashing like you were mad or fighting with it.😁 It needed to be more stable in your hands. Thanks anyway. Just do better next time.
I had a windstorm last year and had a dish outside, for whatever reason. I went over 60 yards on gravel. I picked it up, and I still use it. It is older than me
As a glassworker this is one of those random issues I knew about but could never get anyone to care about! Great youtube short to spread the knowledge!
There is always at least one weirdo that decides to share what they do for a living on the internet lmao. Do you feel better now letting strangers know what you do to make your money?
@@baconscoobysnacks3135 I mean if the video was about education wouldn't a teacher's thoughts or opinions be a little more useful than people just learning about something? 😅 I'm no stranger on the internet ill give you my full name and address and invite you over for food anytime you want!
As someone who was almost maimed by an exploding dish, this is the most informative PSA I’ve seen on the internet this week. Ty for your service miss Pam.
@@tenerife_sea yes! Sharp glass flew everywhere and i was standing over it but just happened to take a few steps away or I would have had glass literally in my face. Angels were with me. So lucky.
I call BS everyone is always the victim of something and every video because it gets you like sand attention you were not almost maimed by an exploding dish you were just a little freaked out by one there isn't enough explosive power in a shattering dish going from an extreme temperature to another to cause any actual sort of harm, yes you may cut yourself a little bit but it's not like a shard of glass is going to fly fast enough at your throat to cut an artery. You either mishandled it or you're just lying
@It3968 Same with me, about 8 months ago and I still had a glass shard in my eye that had to be removed because it surfaced (ICK RIGHT?) 3 weeks ago. I had no idea Corning is conning us!
@@eb0526I agree with you except for items handmade by someone who was taught by generations before. 🙂 I have most cabinets and stands hand built anymore because I'm tired of things falling apart. Cost a little bit more, but a lot cheaper than paying for multiples through out the years. 😀
I went to visit my partner’s family for thanksgiving and his sweet mom and gma pulled out some family heirlooms to distribute among the daughter/granddaughter in laws. In those boxes was a small set of original PYREX and this video was the first thing that came to mind. No one else seemed to understand why I was so friggin thrilled when “Pyrex” is still sold all over the place, but I was so happy!! In addition to those, she gave me a 100 year old pan and antique milk glass, which I will treasure. All of the daughter/granddaughter in laws are super different (three of us- I’m a southerner, old school, cook a lot; next is Tex-Mex Latina, spicy personality, really fun; last is a gorgeous Peruvian immigrant. It was fun to see the different things everyone went for.
Wow Pam, I did not know this. I’m going to check all of mine. I’m older and have my Pyrex over 50 years, so it’s probably the original. This is such good information. Thank you again.❤
Mom had a casserole dish shatter a few seconds after coming out of the oven. We called the company, the original can shatter after years of use. Hers was around 40 years old at the time.
Nah this lady did half research. American and european pyrex use two different methods for making glass one is soda-lime and the other is borica silicate. One makes glass more resistant to bumps and the other is more resistant to changes in temperature. All pyrex is tempered. All pyrex will use either logo. American pyrex is stronger against the bumps while european is stronger against changes in temp.
I remember the day my Pyrex shattered and my husband thought my reaction of shock and horror was over the top. The thing was, I felt betrayed because “that’s not supposed to happen!!!” This video makes me understand what actually happened
It's a different experience, when you feel 💯% confident that it just COULDN'T happen. You're not prepared AT ALL. You're completely at ease working with the assumed safe items and get the surprise of a lifetime. Tell hubby (whom I assume wouldn't understand that level of confidence in a dish), THAT. I wonder what he'd be like if a historically fail proof tool suddenly did what he thought it would NEVER and potentially could cause him or the item he's fixing to be harmed.
My pyrex is over 50yrs. old. This old stuff holds up. The newer stuff wasn't made of the same quality glass. Same with Corning Ware. The old stuff, (50yrs. old) can stand up to anything, the new stuff is junk.
@@dgeneeknapp3168 My thoughts exactly! Companies keep trying to cut corners to save money. Hubbys gonna care when he thought his truck, car, security system, or whatever else was supposed to keep his family safe suddenly fails. What if it exploded and the oven didn’t hold up? The glass would shatter and that’s a lot of money! Not to mention if a child was standing near by or something!😢
In case anyone is wondering, PYREX is made of borosilicate glass, which is the very strong glass used to make lab equipment like beakers and flasks. All Pyrex used to be borosilicate, but they screwed us.
with this being the case why liscence out the inferior "pyrex" name when there is nothing stopping them from producing their own COE 33 glass? i get the whole brand name but why not make a brand and market it as the same as "PYREX", and also potential lawsuits from broken glass ware. im sure you make functional glass and know what the deal is charlie.
@@umdasu After a quick "history of Pyrex" search on Wikipedia, my guess is: because they were desperate. Pyrex wasn't actually licenced out, but rather spun off into its own company. As Corning wanted to focus on phone screens. This new company ended up merging with the maker of Instant Pots. And filled for chapter 11 bankruptcy four years later, which was two weeks ago.
Even here in South Africa, a so-called "Pyrex" dish CRACKED when my Mom put the lid on a granite top (automatically put it down, not remembering the granite was cold)... BUT... If the ORIGINAL PYREX could go from hot to cold or the other way around... They're also not the ORIGINAL PYREX here? 😢
@@Rainsong777my grandmother gave my mom some old PYREX dishes and i let one fall and it somehow didnt break the new pyrex that they sell however... Not as good
Where I work PYREX/pyrex is a big deal for customers as well as my boss and coworkers. Now that I learned something about this maybe I could point it out to my boss if she doesn’t already know and we can start looking out for the originals instead! More money for us and better quality for the customers
Okay legit the signs were very helpful to differentiate which she's talking about, also DULY NOTED!! *Covertly removes wrong pyrex baking dish out of my Amazon cart*
Thank you Ma'am! I had a pyrex measuring cup explode, sending glass everywhere. I'll never forget the sound of the glass impacting my glasses. They undoubtedly saved my eyes! Thank you for the heads up! 🙋🙏
@@brendatomlinson thank you Ma'am! That scared the heck out of me! 😲 I hear glass is the hardest thing to remove from the eye. I'd hate to go through life blind over something so stupid on my part. 🙋
Fun fact: Corning sold pyrex because it was no longer a high margin product. In the late 90's the business was separated from Corning and became it's own company "Corning Consumer Products Company" which later became Corelle Brands. Corning typically only keeps businesses when their profit margins are very high, and sells off mature businesses when their margins begin to fall. Back when mobile phone providers gave big incentives or even free phones when you renewed your contract, most mobile phone providers were selling phones at or near a loss (trying to get people into their ecosystem, so you'd spend money on their app store and accessories). At that time, nearly 50% of the cost of a mobile phone was the screen, and Corning was making significant profit margins off Gorilla glass.
When did anyone ever say that. You say that sentence like it's a normal thing to say. You like one of those comedians that said, "oh my gosh this actually happened". I believe you but my brother doesn't.
@@sethbeck6734You obviously don’t understand people who own capital PYREX. My mom owns a few and I know that if they broke she would kill whoever broke it. This story is most likely true.
Bout to make me get out the bed and go check mine 😅 Edit: I got that lowercase 😩 I’m not surprised because it was a Mother’s Day gift from a few years ago. Will be watching Goodwill like a hawk to pick up some uppercase pieces lol
Thanks, Ms. Pam. ❤ I'm 68 and I still have and use my old great Auntie's PYREX. The younger ones in the family don't understand why I don't get new pyrex. Lol. I'm emotionally attached, lol.
I'm still using all my 1968 wedding gifts made from PYREX & Corning ware I have several complete sets of mixing & Storage bowls, serving dishes, kitchen utensils. It is a nice way to remember all my friends and relatives who gifted me over 50 years ago, many who are no longer with me.
I appreciate the validation. I'm auditing an estate and the people helping me do so couldn't understand why I've been obsessing over saving all of these older PYREX items to clean them up and use them. The new stuff just isn't the same.
In my mind anything that survived upwards of 30 years is likely to survive a bunch more. For sure there was a lot of garbage and occasional defective product back in the day as well and people forget that but the surviving stuff is worth keeping around and using, you never quite know what you're going to get next. Do people really just throw washable things away just because they aren't clean? Did they use to throw away their car when the ashtray got full?
@SianaGearz the kids today grew up in a world full of disposable Chinese plastic garbage. The attitude doesn't surprise me. I'll be 40 in 6 months or so. Had to get help where I could find it.
@@LGAussie I don't even do this professionally. I'm an electrician, normally. It's complicated. There's a large storage unit involved and hoarding behavior on the part of the deceased. It's a favor to an old friend who's physically incapable of dealing with the situation.
I’m 51 and when I was growing up my mom had Pyrex baking dishes and measuring cups. They never broke and the markings on the measuring cups never wore off.
Pyrex can NOT handle sudden temperature changes. Either bring your foods to at least room temperature and NEVER place your Pyrex on anything wet or cold when removing it from the oven. Been in the vintage American made kitchen cookware sales since 2005 and have done some extensive reading to learn about my products
AHA! I knew something was weird when I saw the lowercase "pyrex" at the store. I thought I was having a Mandela Effect moment, I swear. Thanks Miss Pam!!! 🙏🙏💟
😂, I've never paid any attention to the spelling till now, now I'm checking mine, to see what I have. I did have one explode one time, I thought someone shot me
@@debbiebusby1157 Omg, that's insane!! Hope you're ok. Well, since you've already had one that blew up, check the others and follow this rule: lowercase "pyrex" bad, all caps "PYREX" good. 🙂
I wondered why I kept finding cheap pyrex around. I never bought, assuming it was affordable to me for a reason. Now I know, and that is half the battle.
@@suziefinley328ust be careful and it probably won't, make sure it's at room temperature before going into the oven and not to put it in at like 500 degrees. It's all a matter of thermal shock
The difference is that the uppercase PYREX is made from borosilicate glass; the introduction of boron to the mix makes the glass resistant to thermal shock. The lower case pyrex is made with standard soda lime glass that is not nearly as heat stable as the borosilicate versions. Borosilicate glass is used in nearly all laboratory glassware.
Thanks for the added information. China is the country who is the King of Copying, and it's a trillion dollar industry for them. WE NEED to put restrictions ON China for their CRAPPY products, and for taking name brand products, cheapened them and sells them AS the "real thing", when it's NOT. They have been DESTROYING products by using inferior ingredients and materials. They sell cheap yes, but it's NOT worth it. And, NOW, it's infiltrated even the best companies. It's hard to know IF we're getting the real things or not. I have been buying more things directly from factories instead of through marketers, because I DETEST everything breaking. And the globalists keep yelling at us about landfills being full of junk. THEY SHOULD CRACK DOWN ON CHINA for making CRAP GOODS for almost everything. I haven't seen hardly ANYTHING from China that was made well. Plus, they have slave labor, and child labor. And their country is doing horrific and barbaric, ancient practices that harm many people. They need restrictions until they straighten up.
this is very helpful info and thanks for explaining the "why", always best to know the science behind these mishaps, although I feel it's rather deceptive of the company to pull this marketing snafu (even if it says what the dish can/not handle in writing on the box, as it's a play on words, so to speak)
@@splash4891 This is FAR beyond the current discussion, but I can give you a "why" American products have been declining in quality for decades now. The story is laid bare by the 1971 Powell memo, which was embraced by leadership and by corporate American companies. The memo details how corporations could gain control of practically everything. It mentions, schools, churches and Congress. Sadly, that memo has shaped our society even more that our founding documents. Freedom and liberty has been sacrificed for corporate profits. PYREX was just one of millions of things that changed for the worse.
You said it well, I was looking for the comparison to Labware. being able to be chemical resistant and able to be heated with flame and subject to thermal shock which is important in chemistry lab.
yesssss!!! all of the PYREX I have in my kitchen, I acquired over the years from thrift stores! 🖤💜💙💚💙💜🖤 new products ate often inferior unless they are made by a youtuber who hates new products and designs better ones
@@Emily-zx3lp, because there are dollar store items at every thrift store, to get the best buys we have to really know the market - its tough because the last decade there has been a huge push on reinventing and remaking things to look "old" that are actually new. Sucks, but it makes shopping at thrift stores and antique stores so much more difficult.
I purchased almost all mine from an elderly lady's garage sale 20 some years ago. They're heavy, have the sizes stamped in them and are amazing bakeware. My daughter wants them in the will 😉
This is mostly false. Borosilicate glass was invented for laboratory use first and foremost due to its low thermal expansion. Pyrex is just a trade name that sells different types of glassware. Borosilicate glass is just one of them.
12/31/23 Dear Pam, the other day I saw one of your short videos teaching everyone HOW to not have to clean the bottom of our stoves again JUST by putting aluminum foil on the lower level shelf IN the stove and I did it today and it worked... no mess anymore on the bottom of my stove which means no more cleaning any mess. Just want to say thank youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu sooooo much, hugs. From Shay in Colorado, yeh!!!!!
Chef I was so annoyed with my husband thinking my bowl shattering was his fault!! Thanks you so much for this because now I know how to replace it! The companies are a mess 🤦🏽♀️
People shouldn't keep supporting a manufacturer that knowingly f'ks over their customers like that, switching the material but keeping the branding that's become synonymous to Borosilicate is disingenuous af and a real dckmove. They did it on purpose and it should be considered fraud, but yeah, I don't see much chance of much happening in this regard anytime soon. It becomes more common every year to pull off such sht. F'k them and f'k everyone else who does such bait&switch-style bullsht. I'm so sick of such sht and even more so of people just going along with it. Glad I didn't buy the "pyrex" products I had my eyes on. Just buy something marked or marketed as borosilicate glass, or another high quality name brand boro glass like Duran or Jenaer Glas. It's the original from the inventor Schott at Jenaer Glas, and afaik always exactly what it's supposed to be. Btw - now it makes total sense why those "pyrex" glass turds are so cheap! I already wondered! I'd bet the moment they sold their logo and name is around the same time cheap "pyrex" stuff came popping up here in Germany. And unfortunately people think it's actual borosilicate glass, taking sales honest manufacturers with their inferior crap.
So just another case of corporate America allowing lower standards for more profit, just like how the fda allows toxic chemicals in baby formula and pretty much most foods in America
I am disappointed in Corning. But as someone who understands what Corning does I can’t really blame them. Right now they are busier then they have ever been formulating glass for the electronics industry. It’s very likely you are watching this on a cellphone or tablet that uses Corning glass. Connected to internet that if using fiber optic either at your home or down the line as your isps backbone that is also made by Corning glass. They are pumping out more glass with higher specifications than ever and have licensed away their less profitable easier to replicate home products.
Sorry but nothing recent has anything to do with this. Corning doesn't make Pyrex at all anymore, they sold the brand in 1998. The company using the name in the US (and the other countries she listed) uses a cheaper glass than what Corning used to use (its a quarter of the price). In Europe (and the other countries she listed) its a different company that is still using borosilicate glass, which is the kind that is much more resistant to temperature shock. It has nothing to do with any current political stuff and nothing to do with any de-regulation. The kitchen glassware industry was never regulated by the government in the first place. Its purely the result of another company using the brand name but not the same manufacturing process.
Gee if you were lying why send a replacement. Because they were dead wrong and they knew it. Actually, if enough folks are hurt that could become a class action suit. PYREX has deep pockets.
Oh FY Karen, you just encountered a young employee who has no idea and ruined their day. Jump. Btw I'm your navigator and I'm going to deny your authorization. Get bent.
Jan 18 (Reuters) - The maker of Pyrex kitchenware agreed to pay a fine and change its marketing practices to settle U.S. claims that it falsely advertised its popular glass measuring cups as "Made in USA" while importing some of them from China.Jan 19, 2023
The company is right. You don't understand the engineering process. Pyrex is an annealed glass which means it's much tougher more durable than regular glass but you still could not take a 400° dish of Pyrex out of the oven and dump a cup of cold water in it. You can also not drop it from a 3-ft countertop and expected to survive. However what you can do is drop at 3 ft onto linoleum or carpet. Now you got a chance. But Pyrex is not a miracle it does break and you do have to be careful
There’s a reason why I made a mad dash for my mom’s old PYREX when she left it behind in the “don’t want” pile upon my parents’ divorce. 😂 One of my most favorite pieces of kitchenware.
All of my Pyrex dishes are older than me and have capital letters, lol. I'm so glad my parents let me use them and don't buy the new ones for me to use like most other things.
I’m happy you haven’t had to experience the shattering! I had an 8 cup measured cup with boiling sugar water explode! It took 3 1/2 days to unstick my kitchen. And a round loaf baking dish explode in my oven.
@@jameschester3986 Yeah I remeber my mums PYREX being dropped and she was trapped in the kitchen cos she was barefoot and I had to clean it up at like, the age of 5 XD These things to don't break, they explode when dropped, but are still far less likely to break in general.
PYREX by Corning is a low expansion glass developed in the early 1930s. The 200 inch mirror on the Mount Palomar telescope is made of it. Which was the largest single casting of Pyrex ever done.
I worked as a selector and packer at a glass a Factory if anyone has any questions on what to watch out for when you get glass for kitchenware. I will say that more glass than should've been approved of went out for sale because the bosses didn't like us throwing glass out. A few things though. Watch out for tears internally. You can check for that by holding it up to a light source and if there's a small shiny piece in there don't get it or use it for baking. Also look out for bigger bead looking things in the glass, it's either an air bubble on the inside or it can be glass that hasn't quite melted. Finally dips in the glass can make it faulty. I've had lots of hot glass explode on me it isn't fun and I can't imagine it happening to anyone not wearing anything protective.
Always on the hunt for PYREX dishes in thrift stores. There's something about using a good PYREX dish when cooking or baking. 😊👍 Tip: Don't ever put colored or patterned PYREX in the dishwasher as it fades its colors. Always hand wash!
actually its PYREX, right? Also found on stove tops made of glass & the inside pane of glass on your oven. not sure, but I imagine microwave glass is probably something similar+ whats needed to block microwaves.
@@mtraven23 as long as the P is capitalized, it’s borosilicate. There are different grades of borosilicate, as well as different manufacturing techniques. The old stuff is better a lot of the time.
@@spacemanbill9501 Sadly, it isn't that simple. Pyrex started off as just borosilicate glass, but has been using tempered glass for most of their consumer-grade stuff for a really long time. This wasn't a strictly "cheaper but inferior" move... Good tempered glass is more robust to physical impacts while only being a little bit less able to withstand thermal shocks. For a kitchen setting, tempered is generally going to be a bit better. FWIW: I've broken my share of Pyrex lab (borosilicate) glass... Including with thermal shock. The capitalization (or not) of the brand name is pretty arbitrary. The lowercase version is newer, so there's a correlation with the quite old borosilicate vs tempered there... But tempered stuff was the norm for consumer stuff Pyrex before the lower-case branding was a thing. Some factories are still using the upper case (apparently at least one in France). But according to Corning, there isn't any sort of rule about the case of their trademark meaning anything. I'm sure there is some variation in quality between factories and even production batches from the same factory though. This sort of stuff involves a lot of "art"... It is more than just a formula/recipe. A lot like steel making or other metallurgy, high-end ceramics is quite tricky.
@@spacemanbill9501 Ha. Yeah, I was curious so looked up what was actually going on. The info dump wasn't really 'aimed' at you, but though you might enjoy
The darn definition of "They don't make em like they used to"
IKR
They do still make it like they used to, just not everywhere
French brands exist that ONLY make high quality sustainable glass that can not only go from hot to cold or cold to hot, also nearly unbreakable if dropped. They called THAT "tempered" though.
except they do, america isnt the world
They stopped selling the good stuff in America because of the crack epidemic.
Seriously the most valuable and relevant pieces of information I’ve heard in a long time. Thank you!
Thank you!!! You're the Auntie we all need ❤
Yes!
Also, preheat your oven FIRST and then put your frozen lasagna in to cook it. Don't preheat WITH the dish in the oven. Heat it to max temp FIRST!
TY Ms Pam for the heads up! Didn't know that!
Thank you for this info. A shame PYREX not sold in America😪
Wow…thanks so much for explaining this. I literally had a pyrex saucepan shatter on me last month and couldn’t understand why. I’ve replaced it and now need to check which brand I bought
Tell it girlfriend. Thank you for this valuable info 🙏🏽.
Thank you for explaining this mystery! 😎
This is the most important thing I have learned today. I got out of bed to check my PYREX
Thank you for sharing this. So everybody hed to your favorite Thrift Store and get your ORIGINAL PYRE❤
Well, this is eye opening and now I'm going to go into my kitchen and check all my Pyrex dishes.
That was my first thought too! I have to go check!!!
Hopefully you’re checking your PYREX dishes, and not your pyrex dishes.
@@j-me6317no she is checking her PYREX dishes to make sure they are not Pyrex dishes lol
Wow. I had no idea either. I wonder what we sell here in Canada 🇨🇦? *sp.
Same... seems I have some of each *Sigh*
Lady you out here doing God's work. Keep at it.
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@@___Zack___ yes?
Thank you. Very clear.
That happened to me about 2 years ago. I wasn't in the kitchen when it happened thank God! It ruined my kitchen floor. I didn't know that there was a difference back then.
Thanks Pam 😊
Thank you for sharing. I have had 9x13 size shatter all over the place. It's been 25 years ago. When did they sell licensing?
Hmmm! Good info, but your hand was waving too much and I couldn't actually see the printing of "Pyrex" on the glass itself. 🤔
Yes, you displayed your paper printings, but they weren't enough.
We needed to be able to verify with the Pyrex glass lid that you were flashing like you were mad or fighting with it.😁
It needed to be more stable in your hands.
Thanks anyway. Just do better next time.
I had a windstorm last year and had a dish outside, for whatever reason. I went over 60 yards on gravel. I picked it up, and I still use it. It is older than me
😮I was using one last week and it shattered. It’s never happened before. Now I know why. Thank you.
All I can say is WOW!
I think I have both I need to go back and check. But for now none has shuttered..
Thanks for the warning. I wondered why my dish exploded.
Im a guy with zero interest or experience in cooking and even im shaking my head like, mmm Pyrex has gone down in quality
As a glassworker this is one of those random issues I knew about but could never get anyone to care about! Great youtube short to spread the knowledge!
As a security guard I totally agree.
As an ice cream eater, i eat ice cream
Yes please spread the news 😅Made me determine if I wanted to keep my 4 cup measuring glass cup 😂 it was all capitalize letters so I did! Thanks Pam 🙏🏾
There is always at least one weirdo that decides to share what they do for a living on the internet lmao. Do you feel better now letting strangers know what you do to make your money?
@@baconscoobysnacks3135 I mean if the video was about education wouldn't a teacher's thoughts or opinions be a little more useful than people just learning about something? 😅 I'm no stranger on the internet ill give you my full name and address and invite you over for food anytime you want!
As someone who was almost maimed by an exploding dish, this is the most informative PSA I’ve seen on the internet this week. Ty for your service miss Pam.
your dish so fire it exploded? 🔥🔥
In years . Is more like it
@@tenerife_sea yes! Sharp glass flew everywhere and i was standing over it but just happened to take a few steps away or I would have had glass literally in my face. Angels were with me. So lucky.
I call BS everyone is always the victim of something and every video because it gets you like sand attention you were not almost maimed by an exploding dish you were just a little freaked out by one there isn't enough explosive power in a shattering dish going from an extreme temperature to another to cause any actual sort of harm, yes you may cut yourself a little bit but it's not like a shard of glass is going to fly fast enough at your throat to cut an artery. You either mishandled it or you're just lying
@It3968 Same with me, about 8 months ago and I still had a glass shard in my eye that had to be removed because it surfaced (ICK RIGHT?) 3 weeks ago. I had no idea Corning is conning us!
Thank you. This is critical . Corporations continue to put profit way above customers' safery
😓😓😓😩ikr
@@smithsmith6778Those CEO's should be ashamed of themselves.
People need to know this. Thank you. Very well done.
Lol I thought my grandma was crazy but you proved her right. I need to apologize. Thank you ma’am
Shouldn't have to hear that frm someone we dn't know for Grandma to be proven-right, gotta trust-in grams wisdom off the-bat fam 😄
@@thenotoriousroc3508 Another way is the original Pyrex dish is heavier & thicker .
@@robertcamble3543 very true fam
Thank you! This explains why my mom's 1950s PYREX is still with me.
Agreed 👍🏾, todays modern anything will never standup to our parent’s’ generation 😞
@@eb0526 Mega thumbs up to the ugly avocado colored stoves and fridges still going strong!!
@@eb0526I agree with you except for items handmade by someone who was taught by generations before. 🙂
I have most cabinets and stands hand built anymore because I'm tired of things falling apart. Cost a little bit more, but a lot cheaper than paying for multiples through out the years. 😀
Ive never bought it before. Afraid of breaking once dropped, or if the fire burner is too hot.... and its very, very expensive!
@@dracofirex My parents had the coppertone Maytag set. I did/do see a lot more of those models in avocado.
Whew Girl!
When I spot the original PYREX in thrift stores I snatch em up! They are great for passing on to new family cooks!👍
I went to visit my partner’s family for thanksgiving and his sweet mom and gma pulled out some family heirlooms to distribute among the daughter/granddaughter in laws. In those boxes was a small set of original PYREX and this video was the first thing that came to mind. No one else seemed to understand why I was so friggin thrilled when “Pyrex” is still sold all over the place, but I was so happy!!
In addition to those, she gave me a 100 year old pan and antique milk glass, which I will treasure. All of the daughter/granddaughter in laws are super different (three of us- I’m a southerner, old school, cook a lot; next is Tex-Mex Latina, spicy personality, really fun; last is a gorgeous Peruvian immigrant. It was fun to see the different things everyone went for.
What happens when you see vision wear do you pick it up too? I grew up with that I love that stuff
I actually use them as plates.
I buy vintage. The best.
I’m looking for new family and I’m new to cooking 😉 lol
pyrex is soda lime glass. PYREX is borosilicate glass much less susceptible to thermal shock.
So it’s literally a difference in formula! 😮
thank you
Yes! I also have 1 piece of vintage "glass-ceramic" "Pyroceram" Corningware that can be used on top of the stove. I love it so.
I’ll just cook in my bong then. It’s also borosilicate
My wife and I are very protective of our older PYREX dishes because they are wonderful and replacing them is a pain.
Wow! Just bought some PYREX dishes from Goodwill and they’re all uppercase! Didn’t know this! I will be sure to hang on to them. Thank you!
I bought a bunch of mine at garage sales and luckily they are all uppercase. Your displays were awesome. Are you a teacher by training and education?
Me too! All goodwill finds!
That's where I got mine from.
Wow Pam, I did not know this. I’m going to check all of mine. I’m older and have my Pyrex over 50 years, so it’s probably the original. This is such good information. Thank you again.❤
I've got the old school PYREX! 😀👌 Thanks for the heads up Pam!❤
You probably have the good stuff!
I'm jealous lol. I forget what years they changed the glass. But it wasn't 50 yrs ago lol
Mom had a casserole dish shatter a few seconds after coming out of the oven. We called the company, the original can shatter after years of use. Hers was around 40 years old at the time.
Wow thanks Chef Pam. Did not know this.
Thanks ma, you’re a 💎❤
My mom always told me, “they don’t make Pyrex anymore” and was so confused because they definitely still do. Now it all makes sense.
🤯
My granny is always yelling about this 😂 now I know why
Nah this lady did half research. American and european pyrex use two different methods for making glass one is soda-lime and the other is borica silicate. One makes glass more resistant to bumps and the other is more resistant to changes in temperature. All pyrex is tempered. All pyrex will use either logo. American pyrex is stronger against the bumps while european is stronger against changes in temp.
And they just filed for bankruptcy. All that cutting corners cost them ultimately
@@NamuBang wow you must not know much about the finances of large corporations if you think ch 11 is a big deal lol
I remember the day my Pyrex shattered and my husband thought my reaction of shock and horror was over the top. The thing was, I felt betrayed because “that’s not supposed to happen!!!” This video makes me understand what actually happened
PYREX IN THE 70' AND 80's Shattered also!!! If it has the slightest shock from cold to hot. Check it for cracks also.
Our family was so surprised when one of our Pyrex teacups shattered. Now I know what happened.
It's a different experience, when you feel 💯% confident that it just COULDN'T happen. You're not prepared AT ALL. You're completely at ease working with the assumed safe items and get the surprise of a lifetime. Tell hubby (whom I assume wouldn't understand that level of confidence in a dish), THAT. I wonder what he'd be like if a historically fail proof tool suddenly did what he thought it would NEVER and potentially could cause him or the item he's fixing to be harmed.
My pyrex is over 50yrs. old. This old stuff holds up. The newer stuff wasn't made of the same quality glass. Same with Corning Ware. The old stuff, (50yrs. old) can stand up to anything, the new stuff is junk.
@@dgeneeknapp3168 My thoughts exactly! Companies keep trying to cut corners to save money. Hubbys gonna care when he thought his truck, car, security system, or whatever else was supposed to keep his family safe suddenly fails. What if it exploded and the oven didn’t hold up? The glass would shatter and that’s a lot of money! Not to mention if a child was standing near by or something!😢
The best Explanation
I have heard about Pyrex dishes shattering.
Thanks for the info Miss Pam👠👏🏾👏🏾
God bless you
Thank ❤ You - Senior Charlottee NC
Thanks for the education.
In case anyone is wondering, PYREX is made of borosilicate glass, which is the very strong glass used to make lab equipment like beakers and flasks. All Pyrex used to be borosilicate, but they screwed us.
with this being the case why liscence out the inferior "pyrex" name when there is nothing stopping them from producing their own COE 33 glass? i get the whole brand name but why not make a brand and market it as the same as "PYREX", and also potential lawsuits from broken glass ware. im sure you make functional glass and know what the deal is charlie.
Thanks
@@umdasu After a quick "history of Pyrex" search on Wikipedia, my guess is: because they were desperate.
Pyrex wasn't actually licenced out, but rather spun off into its own company. As Corning wanted to focus on phone screens.
This new company ended up merging with the maker of Instant Pots. And filled for chapter 11 bankruptcy four years later, which was two weeks ago.
Its 'The American Dream'
No pyrex manufactured in almost the last 50 years was borosilicate except for the measuring cups and chemical glass (stir rods and beakers)
My grandma told me old Pyrex was much safer than the newer ones, but I wasn't sure how to tell the difference. Thank you for this!
Just avoid Pyrex
Even here in South Africa, a so-called "Pyrex" dish CRACKED when my Mom put the lid on a granite top (automatically put it down, not remembering the granite was cold)... BUT...
If the ORIGINAL PYREX could go from hot to cold or the other way around...
They're also not the ORIGINAL PYREX here? 😢
@@Rainsong777my grandmother gave my mom some old PYREX dishes and i let one fall and it somehow didnt break the new pyrex that they sell however... Not as good
Your grandmother is right. My family also says the same
No way!!! You should get this one on the national news because it's a major safety issue! Thank you for getting the word out there!!!
Its been known for a long time. Though I forget which is which over time.
Where I work PYREX/pyrex is a big deal for customers as well as my boss and coworkers. Now that I learned something about this maybe I could point it out to my boss if she doesn’t already know and we can start looking out for the originals instead! More money for us and better quality for the customers
For me this information was like giving out KFC's secret recipe. Who knew 🤷🏾♀️. Thank you🤗☺️😊❤️
I recently acquired a cabinet full of 1960s PYREX from my 90 year old aunt and it’s still going strong!
What a blessing!!
Lucky You! Very valuable.
Lucky!!
Wow 😳 that's amazing!
Me too!
Still using my grandmother's Pyrex. I treat it like it's irreplaceable. (because it is)
I have my great-grandma's old amber glass set. I pretty much ignore our stainless steel unless I need to boil something.
I have all my mom's. My dad never understood why I was so careful with them. Now I understand I was in the right. I have A LOT.
Same here! And I Donley the colored Pyrex go in the diswasher.
My PYREX from the '90s I got from Kmart is still going strong. 😊
@Yvon Q. it's not that easy. Taxes, possibility of it breaking, etc. In my case, I'm all the way in Peru, it's going to break.
Thank you for the written signs. It helps my comprehension and retention when people speak.
Okay legit the signs were very helpful to differentiate which she's talking about, also DULY NOTED!! *Covertly removes wrong pyrex baking dish out of my Amazon cart*
That was GREAT info for all of us who have PYREX or pyrex at home!
Yup, stuff used to be durable. That’s bad for the profits though…
Thank you Ma'am! I had a pyrex measuring cup explode, sending glass everywhere. I'll never forget the sound of the glass impacting my glasses. They undoubtedly saved my eyes!
Thank you for the heads up! 🙋🙏
I gotta stop putting my head inside my microwave while it's on. I think my glasses are made pyrex.
Same, it scared me I was afraid to cook afterwards.
That’s terrifying! I’m glad your glasses saved your vision.
@@brendatomlinson thank you Ma'am! That scared the heck out of me! 😲 I hear glass is the hardest thing to remove from the eye. I'd hate to go through life blind over something so stupid on my part. 🙋
Omg me too. My husband got cut up pretty bad
The lengths she went through to make this presentation crystal clear as possible lol.
I love it!
You legit can not get this wrong.
Thank you!
Really?
What did they change in the glassware?.
@@shelldie8523 They went from using borosilicate glass (expensive) to just any junk they could to cheapen it down
I still had to watch twice just to make sure I got it right, lol
This is quite possibly the most informative and vital RUclips short I’ve ever seen
Itcs a good one for sure!
Fun fact: Corning sold pyrex because it was no longer a high margin product. In the late 90's the business was separated from Corning and became it's own company "Corning Consumer Products Company" which later became Corelle Brands.
Corning typically only keeps businesses when their profit margins are very high, and sells off mature businesses when their margins begin to fall.
Back when mobile phone providers gave big incentives or even free phones when you renewed your contract, most mobile phone providers were selling phones at or near a loss (trying to get people into their ecosystem, so you'd spend money on their app store and accessories). At that time, nearly 50% of the cost of a mobile phone was the screen, and Corning was making significant profit margins off Gorilla glass.
uh huh
zoomy and booboo!
Can't argue against that
I heard a lady yell at her husband once. “That better not be my capital PYREX you just broke!” Now I understand why
When did anyone ever say that. You say that sentence like it's a normal thing to say. You like one of those comedians that said,
"oh my gosh this actually happened". I believe you but my brother doesn't.
@@sethbeck6734……………………
@@sethbeck6734You obviously don’t understand people who own capital PYREX. My mom owns a few and I know that if they broke she would kill whoever broke it. This story is most likely true.
@@osenazlNah he spittin, I never heard anybody say that in my life. This the first time I've even heard of capital PYREX vs lowercase pyrex
@@sethbeck6734Or maybe it's sarcasm?
Makes sense when my grandma used to rage not being able to find her OG PYREX dish.
I just found out that I have PYREX at home it cost me 5e in lidl 🤷
@@filippetrula1234where
@@cosettapessa6417 I think it says lidl or LIDL, brother company/store to Aldi.
@@777greenice city i mean
😂
All of my PYREX has been handed down from my grandmothers and I am 71…
Good for you 😏. You are a lucky one.
Beautiful ❤
I have my grandmother's
That part!
Geez thar is news! Thx for the 411
I knew about the borosilicate issue but I didn't know how to tell if it was "good" Pyrex or bad Pyrex. Thanks so much for the explanation.
This is the most wholesome explanation I've watched in a while. Thank you Pam!
No gonna lie, this video had me checking my dishes. I got that upper case PYREX.
Bout to make me get out the bed and go check mine 😅
Edit: I got that lowercase 😩 I’m not surprised because it was a Mother’s Day gift from a few years ago. Will be watching Goodwill like a hawk to pick up some uppercase pieces lol
@@languagelearningdabbler
😂😂😂
@@languagelearningdabblermy kids are cheap too
I've got a mix of upper and lower case, with a 20-YO 3-bowl set marked pyrex on the glass and PYREX on the rubber lids. Not sure what that means!
Thanks, Ms. Pam. ❤ I'm 68 and I still have and use my old great Auntie's PYREX. The younger ones in the family don't understand why I don't get new pyrex. Lol. I'm emotionally attached, lol.
My PYREX was a wedding present from the 70s. Has served me well for many years.
I'm still using all my 1968 wedding gifts made from PYREX & Corning ware
I have several complete sets of mixing &
Storage bowls, serving dishes, kitchen utensils.
It is a nice way to remember all my friends and relatives who gifted me over 50 years ago, many who are no longer with me.
I appreciate the validation. I'm auditing an estate and the people helping me do so couldn't understand why I've been obsessing over saving all of these older PYREX items to clean them up and use them. The new stuff just isn't the same.
Now that’s a blessing!
In my mind anything that survived upwards of 30 years is likely to survive a bunch more. For sure there was a lot of garbage and occasional defective product back in the day as well and people forget that but the surviving stuff is worth keeping around and using, you never quite know what you're going to get next.
Do people really just throw washable things away just because they aren't clean? Did they use to throw away their car when the ashtray got full?
@SianaGearz the kids today grew up in a world full of disposable Chinese plastic garbage. The attitude doesn't surprise me.
I'll be 40 in 6 months or so. Had to get help where I could find it.
Do u do estate sales in NY??
@@LGAussie I don't even do this professionally. I'm an electrician, normally.
It's complicated. There's a large storage unit involved and hoarding behavior on the part of the deceased. It's a favor to an old friend who's physically incapable of dealing with the situation.
I’m 51 and when I was growing up my mom had Pyrex baking dishes and measuring cups. They never broke and the markings on the measuring cups never wore off.
No one has Pyrex 😂 it's PYREX or pyrex!
You're missing the point ;-)
Never knew that .😮
My mom still has Pyrex.
@@MyHumanSuit no she has PYREX
Pyrex can NOT handle sudden temperature changes. Either bring your foods to at least room temperature and NEVER place your Pyrex on anything wet or cold when removing it from the oven. Been in the vintage American made kitchen cookware sales since 2005 and have done some extensive reading to learn about my products
This sounds like something pyrex and PYREX could be sued for if there is no discerning difference on the packaging. 🤔. Thanks for the advice ❤
definitely. should be class action
Theyve probably already got a slippery way out of any lawsuit and its somewhere in the tiny print of the papers that come with your pyrex dishes :(
@@Elegant_Sausageyou’re right! It says you should not transfer from cold to hot!
If it doesn't say indestructible,.. well , you figure it out.
A lot of people buy used so they have no clue
That's an easy fix. Goodwills, resale shops and yard sales always has ample supplies of PYREX. Thank you, Ms. Pam!
Yes, indeed…Goodwill has an abundance of PYREX cookware! Great prices too.
Fact.
Until people see this, make a run on the PYREX items and leave their pyrex imposters.
That’s where I got all of mine from lol
No
My new pyrex was Goodwill was just that- pyrex
Not PYREX😢
AHA! I knew something was weird when I saw the lowercase "pyrex" at the store. I thought I was having a Mandela Effect moment, I swear. Thanks Miss Pam!!! 🙏🙏💟
😂, I've never paid any attention to the spelling till now, now I'm checking mine, to see what I have. I did have one explode one time, I thought someone shot me
@@debbiebusby1157 Omg, that's insane!! Hope you're ok. Well, since you've already had one that blew up, check the others and follow this rule: lowercase "pyrex" bad, all caps "PYREX" good. 🙂
I don't even own a Pyrex dish, yet I applaud your desire to educate and inform those that do.
ur pfp scared me i thought there was a spider on my monitor
You don’t own Pyrex? With one capital letter? We didn’t even cover that one…
@@MrSeanfish That one has an 80% chance of shattering.
I wondered why I kept finding cheap pyrex around. I never bought, assuming it was affordable to me for a reason. Now I know, and that is half the battle.
Gi Joe
Yes, me too! Mine is in the new 'no good' lower case letters. Hopefully, it won't shatter. 🙏
@@twistedtitan5485The Real American Hero!
The other half is EXTREME VIOLENCE
@@suziefinley328ust be careful and it probably won't, make sure it's at room temperature before going into the oven and not to put it in at like 500 degrees. It's all a matter of thermal shock
The difference is that the uppercase PYREX is made from borosilicate glass; the introduction of boron to the mix makes the glass resistant to thermal shock. The lower case pyrex is made with standard soda lime glass that is not nearly as heat stable as the borosilicate versions.
Borosilicate glass is used in nearly all laboratory glassware.
Thanks for the added information. China is the country who is the King of Copying, and it's a trillion dollar industry for them. WE NEED to put restrictions ON China for their CRAPPY products, and for taking name brand products, cheapened them and sells them AS the "real thing", when it's NOT.
They have been DESTROYING products by using inferior ingredients and materials. They sell cheap yes, but it's NOT worth it. And, NOW, it's infiltrated even the best companies. It's hard to know IF we're getting the real things or not.
I have been buying more things directly from factories instead of through marketers, because I DETEST everything breaking.
And the globalists keep yelling at us about landfills being full of junk. THEY SHOULD CRACK DOWN ON CHINA for making CRAP GOODS for almost everything. I haven't seen hardly ANYTHING from China that was made well. Plus, they have slave labor, and child labor. And their country is doing horrific and barbaric, ancient practices that harm many people. They need restrictions until they straighten up.
Thanks for the info
this is very helpful info and thanks for explaining the "why", always best to know the science behind these mishaps, although I feel it's rather deceptive of the company to pull this marketing snafu (even if it says what the dish can/not handle in writing on the box, as it's a play on words, so to speak)
@@splash4891 This is FAR beyond the current discussion, but I can give you a "why" American products have been declining in quality for decades now. The story is laid bare by the 1971 Powell memo, which was embraced by leadership and by corporate American companies. The memo details how corporations could gain control of practically everything. It mentions, schools, churches and Congress. Sadly, that memo has shaped our society even more that our founding documents. Freedom and liberty has been sacrificed for corporate profits. PYREX was just one of millions of things that changed for the worse.
You said it well, I was looking for the comparison to Labware. being able to be chemical resistant and able to be heated with flame and subject to thermal shock which is important in chemistry lab.
Wow 😱Thanks for sharing this information. It makes upset that we have been getting TAKEN by these greedy companies. 😤
This is why I buy my Pyrex from thrift stores.
pro tip!
yesssss!!! all of the PYREX I have in my kitchen, I acquired over the years from thrift stores!
🖤💜💙💚💙💜🖤
new products ate often inferior unless they are made by a youtuber who hates new products and designs better ones
I bought one from a thift store recently and it shattered already. At least it was cheap!
Aaaaiiii
@@Emily-zx3lp, because there are dollar store items at every thrift store, to get the best buys we have to really know the market - its tough because the last decade there has been a huge push on reinventing and remaking things to look "old" that are actually new. Sucks, but it makes shopping at thrift stores and antique stores so much more difficult.
The majority of my PYREX was bought from the Salvation Army. I had no idea there was pyrex in lower case.
My parents have some older PYREX casserole dishes that are probably over 40 years old and they are still in nearly perfect condition.
I purchased almost all mine from an elderly lady's garage sale 20 some years ago. They're heavy, have the sizes stamped in them and are amazing bakeware. My daughter wants them in the will 😉
I have some of my nan’s PYREX and she’s been gone over 40 years 😂 I’m going to go with ‘I’m safe’
Same here. We are still using my mother's.
However, how do you know if they are lead-free?
@melanies.6030 idk about OP, mine are primarily clear glass, a few casseroles from the 70s/80s, totally unconcerned.
OMG!!! 😳. I hadn't heard about this. Thank you Cousin, for this very important information 🙇♀️..
This lady is briiliant. The way she explained this makes it unforgettable.
That's actually really useful info. It also explains why some pyrex I saw was like 5x what I saw at my local store. It's the fancy import stuff.
That’s crazy! Guess ima just keep using grannies old stuff
Pyrex glass was originally used for railroad lantern lenses because they wouldn't break in harsh conditions.
Wow
This is mostly false.
Borosilicate glass was invented for laboratory use first and foremost due to its low thermal expansion.
Pyrex is just a trade name that sells different types of glassware.
Borosilicate glass is just one of them.
i dont care what font is used if you take it out of a hot oven and set it on something cold or vice versa- itll shatter.
@@StinkyBlack1 😂😂😂😂 exactly!
you mean PYREX?
Honestly we need more RUclips shorts like these. Actually informative and useful everyday info, something we just need more of
Helllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaàaaaaà
Yes. We need more commen sense and genuine education.
Smart, short, informative. All we need. Thanks Ms. Pam! 😇
It’s there you just have to look
Thank you happened to me ....
My parents were married for 55 years & dad still uses the PYREX casserole dishes
12/31/23 Dear Pam, the other day I saw one of your short videos teaching everyone HOW to not have to clean the bottom of our stoves again JUST by putting aluminum foil on the lower level shelf IN the stove and I did it today and it worked... no mess anymore on the bottom of my stove which means no more cleaning any mess. Just want to say thank youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu sooooo much, hugs. From Shay in Colorado, yeh!!!!!
Wonderful! Lol. You are so very welcome!!! And thank you!!
Chef I was so annoyed with my husband thinking my bowl shattering was his fault!! Thanks you so much for this because now I know how to replace it! The companies are a mess 🤦🏽♀️
They absolutely are!! You’re welcome!! ❤️❤️
I hope you tell him he's innocent!!
@@chamonix2602 😂😂
This happened to me baking fish.
People shouldn't keep supporting a manufacturer that knowingly f'ks over their customers like that, switching the material but keeping the branding that's become synonymous to Borosilicate is disingenuous af and a real dckmove.
They did it on purpose and it should be considered fraud, but yeah, I don't see much chance of much happening in this regard anytime soon. It becomes more common every year to pull off such sht.
F'k them and f'k everyone else who does such bait&switch-style bullsht. I'm so sick of such sht and even more so of people just going along with it.
Glad I didn't buy the "pyrex" products I had my eyes on.
Just buy something marked or marketed as borosilicate glass, or another high quality name brand boro glass like Duran or Jenaer Glas.
It's the original from the inventor Schott at Jenaer Glas, and afaik always exactly what it's supposed to be.
Btw - now it makes total sense why those "pyrex" glass turds are so cheap! I already wondered!
I'd bet the moment they sold their logo and name is around the same time cheap "pyrex" stuff came popping up here in Germany. And unfortunately people think it's actual borosilicate glass, taking sales honest manufacturers with their inferior crap.
If I was still in school,
you would absolutely be my FAVORITE TEACHER (no doubt)!!! 😊
Girl how you know? I have subscribe to her channel and everything lol😅
I agree 100 percent! Love her teaching style.
Me too immediately subscribed 😂😂😂🎉
So just another case of corporate America allowing lower standards for more profit, just like how the fda allows toxic chemicals in baby formula and pretty much most foods in America
Not only that, but the baby formulas actual instructions are to mix it with the deadly dihydrogen monoxide!
I am disappointed in Corning. But as someone who understands what Corning does I can’t really blame them. Right now they are busier then they have ever been formulating glass for the electronics industry. It’s very likely you are watching this on a cellphone or tablet that uses Corning glass. Connected to internet that if using fiber optic either at your home or down the line as your isps backbone that is also made by Corning glass. They are pumping out more glass with higher specifications than ever and have licensed away their less profitable easier to replicate home products.
This is a direct result of a certain political party's call for deregulation. Deregulation ultimately hurts the consumer every time.
Sorry but nothing recent has anything to do with this. Corning doesn't make Pyrex at all anymore, they sold the brand in 1998. The company using the name in the US (and the other countries she listed) uses a cheaper glass than what Corning used to use (its a quarter of the price). In Europe (and the other countries she listed) its a different company that is still using borosilicate glass, which is the kind that is much more resistant to temperature shock. It has nothing to do with any current political stuff and nothing to do with any de-regulation. The kitchen glassware industry was never regulated by the government in the first place. Its purely the result of another company using the brand name but not the same manufacturing process.
To be fair ALL chemicals are toxic to humans even the ones we need so we don’t die. It’s the dose that makes the poison.
As a cook this is actually vital information!!!!
Thank you. I complained. The company called me a liar. They still sent me a replacement .
Gee if you were lying why send a replacement. Because they were dead wrong and they knew it. Actually, if enough folks are hurt that could become a class action suit. PYREX has deep pockets.
Oh FY Karen, you just encountered a young employee who has no idea and ruined their day. Jump.
Btw I'm your navigator and I'm going to deny your authorization. Get bent.
Jan 18 (Reuters) - The maker of Pyrex kitchenware agreed to pay a fine and change its marketing practices to settle U.S. claims that it falsely advertised its popular glass measuring cups as "Made in USA" while importing some of them from China.Jan 19, 2023
Had it happen to me i got lucky and did not get burned! Scarry
The company is right. You don't understand the engineering process. Pyrex is an annealed glass which means it's much tougher more durable than regular glass but you still could not take a 400° dish of Pyrex out of the oven and dump a cup of cold water in it. You can also not drop it from a 3-ft countertop and expected to survive. However what you can do is drop at 3 ft onto linoleum or carpet. Now you got a chance. But Pyrex is not a miracle it does break and you do have to be careful
There’s a reason why I made a mad dash for my mom’s old PYREX when she left it behind in the “don’t want” pile upon my parents’ divorce. 😂 One of my most favorite pieces of kitchenware.
Smart move!
one of my favorite PYREX dishes came from a shade tree mechanic who washed parts in it.
@@rodneysmart9774 now that’s a great backstory!
All of my Pyrex dishes are older than me and have capital letters, lol. I'm so glad my parents let me use them and don't buy the new ones for me to use like most other things.
Awesome!!!
Me too! And I'm 62! (Thanks, Mom!)
@@CookingAtPamsPlaceI love my Mom's PYREX dishes. Gotta love being able to freeze something then pop it right from the freezer into the oven!
I love people like you that takes the time to warn us about common hazards❤
Thank you for this info! I had no idea. I'll be checking my PYREX.
100% - just one more reason to buy vintage!
Hopefully, they're not pyrex
Just saw some pyrex at dollar tree. I need to go check if it's capitalized. 😮
Bruh...she just gave me a whole history lesson on pyrex in a short video.
This woman is a genius. She should adopt me!
And meeeee, I’ll be your sister!! ❤😂
I'm just upset she didn't say, "Remember, if it ain't CAPS, it's a Cap."
As a Brit, I’ve never seen a broken PYREX dish
I’m happy you haven’t had to experience the shattering! I had an 8 cup measured cup with boiling sugar water explode! It took 3 1/2 days to unstick my kitchen. And a round loaf baking dish explode in my oven.
Until I drop it 😂
@@Sweet_Life_which PYREX or pyrexs?
@@Sweet_Life_so you are saying that both glass formulas shatter? Or did you mean your pyrex and not PYREX?
@@jameschester3986 Yeah I remeber my mums PYREX being dropped and she was trapped in the kitchen cos she was barefoot and I had to clean it up at like, the age of 5 XD
These things to don't break, they explode when dropped, but are still far less likely to break in general.
I love your voice it sounds so professional like you can be a voice actor or narrator
want her diction, her smile, and her kitchen
Thanks, pretty lady 😊 stay happy!
She sounds like an original PYREX advert!!
Yeah i feel like ive absolutely heard this voice on educational videos from school, dang
Can you do " Alexa "? 😂
Typical American companies anymore have gone too cheap. We need to get rid of this stuff thank you great information
It is not only American companies. Dealing with this in Europe, too.
Corning still makes good glass stuff but it's not for home use.
PYREX by Corning is a low expansion glass developed in the early 1930s. The 200 inch mirror on the Mount Palomar telescope is made of it. Which was the largest single casting of Pyrex ever done.
Cool beans!!!🤔🙏🏻
Woah, learned something new today! 😊
Very cool!! I like fun facts. Thanks! 🙂
PYREX also know as borosilicate glass makes the best bongs as well!
Lots of cool facts here. Thanks.
I've come across the lowercase pyrex. It feels different than the PYREX of my childhood. Lighter weight and sharper edges 👎
Thank you, Ms. Pam!
YUP! I had to replace a pan and noticed it. These companies are so dirty.
And now I want to go check my Pyrex dishes at 3 AM to see which one I bought 😂😂😂😂
Same @ 6 am
Doing that now lol
I worked as a selector and packer at a glass a
Factory if anyone has any questions on what to watch out for when you get glass for kitchenware. I will say that more glass than should've been approved of went out for sale because the bosses didn't like us throwing glass out.
A few things though. Watch out for tears internally. You can check for that by holding it up to a light source and if there's a small shiny piece in there don't get it or use it for baking.
Also look out for bigger bead looking things in the glass, it's either an air bubble on the inside or it can be glass that hasn't quite melted.
Finally dips in the glass can make it faulty.
I've had lots of hot glass explode on me it isn't fun and I can't imagine it happening to anyone not wearing anything protective.
Cheers for the info! 😊
THANK YOU.
Good to know! Thank you.
Thank you!
Thank you.
Oh WOW!!!! Thank you Pam for this much needed information. I love Pyrex. I really appreciate you Pam❤🙏👏
PYREX!😂
@@hazy9785 Yes you're right 👍🤣😂🤣
I just went and checked all my glassware. I got both in my house. PYREX and pyrex. This has been useful information ❤
Always on the hunt for PYREX dishes in thrift stores. There's something about using a good PYREX dish when cooking or baking. 😊👍
Tip: Don't ever put colored or patterned PYREX in the dishwasher as it fades its colors. Always hand wash!
Pyrex is a brand name for borosilicate glass. It’s chemistry grade.
actually its PYREX, right?
Also found on stove tops made of glass & the inside pane of glass on your oven.
not sure, but I imagine microwave glass is probably something similar+ whats needed to block microwaves.
@@mtraven23 as long as the P is capitalized, it’s borosilicate. There are different grades of borosilicate, as well as different manufacturing techniques. The old stuff is better a lot of the time.
@@spacemanbill9501 Sadly, it isn't that simple. Pyrex started off as just borosilicate glass, but has been using tempered glass for most of their consumer-grade stuff for a really long time. This wasn't a strictly "cheaper but inferior" move... Good tempered glass is more robust to physical impacts while only being a little bit less able to withstand thermal shocks. For a kitchen setting, tempered is generally going to be a bit better.
FWIW: I've broken my share of Pyrex lab (borosilicate) glass... Including with thermal shock.
The capitalization (or not) of the brand name is pretty arbitrary. The lowercase version is newer, so there's a correlation with the quite old borosilicate vs tempered there... But tempered stuff was the norm for consumer stuff Pyrex before the lower-case branding was a thing. Some factories are still using the upper case (apparently at least one in France). But according to Corning, there isn't any sort of rule about the case of their trademark meaning anything.
I'm sure there is some variation in quality between factories and even production batches from the same factory though. This sort of stuff involves a lot of "art"... It is more than just a formula/recipe. A lot like steel making or other metallurgy, high-end ceramics is quite tricky.
@@travcollier Shiieeeeet man I just make a little pcp in my basement occasionally
@@spacemanbill9501 Ha. Yeah, I was curious so looked up what was actually going on. The info dump wasn't really 'aimed' at you, but though you might enjoy