It was so cool to see this video. I went to a garage sale once and they were just closing down for the day. I was looking around and the woman blurted out “you want this stuff for free?” It was a set of small visions containers and they all hade glass tops and rubber tops. And she even told me “you can put them right on the stove”. I begrudgingly took them lol. And to this day, 30 years later, they are one of my favorite things in the kitchen and they are still going strong.
Nice to see a video about Visions Cookware. We have had a pretty comprehensive set for years, and I love it. I don't think we have ever experienced any issues whatsoever, but it does require a certain adaptation in cooking. We have an electric stove and only use medium heat or less, and a thin wire heat diffuser. If you are someone in a hurry who likes to use high heat, you will be unhappy. I love that the same pot can go in the oven, the microwave, air fryer, and refrigerator! We also have PYREX, and Corning Ware. Love it all.
Fantastic. Great to hear that it has served you so well over so many years. And yes, like any cookware, the more intimate you are with it, I'm sure the better results you get. Thanks for watching and happy cooking!
I've been using this set since the late 80s. That's ALL I use. To clean stubborn dark stains, use white vinegar and salt. Wet the pot and cleaning pad with vinegar and scrub with the table salt.
@@steffyd2009 Any time. The salt buffs the stains away but won't scratch the glass. The white vinegar helps. You can even soak the area with white vinegar but pour it out before you scrub with salt so it doesn't dissolve.
I just bought a BRAND NEW 1980s 1 quart saucepan with spout in the original box from Ebay. (I broke my original 1qt a few years ago and bought another from Ebay, but it was very scratched up from previous owner's metal utensils. ) Loving this new one.
I just inherited three pots from my grandmother. I love them. I use them every time I need to cook something in a pot. I love that I can see through it and see what I'm cooking. Also I find that my water seems to boil faster in the glass than it does in the metal for some reason. It is perfect for some applications, like for example I needed a non-reactive pot to make pickles because I had to heat up some vinegar to dissolve salt and sugar in it, so it was perfect for that application.
I found vision pieces at a cooking/kitchen only thrift store in San Diego. I do not have fry pans but only sauce pans. Love them for soups, certain types of casseroles for stovetop or oven. Made out of borosilicate glass that has expansive properties like the old PYREX (in all caps) pieces which is how laboratory glass is made.
I was married in the 80's and got a set of Visions for a wedding gift. After burning most food I tried to cook in it for a month or so, I gave up and bought some copper bottomed Revereware, which I had for years and years. Visions was so pretty and interesting concept, but totally impractical. Thanks for the memory! I am enjoying your videos.
@@glorians.1464 perhaps you're right. I was 19 and not a lot of cooking experience. It may have been better if I had some guidance from someone who knew more than I did at the time.
took me barely any learning curve. These are the best pans I have ever used. Can fry eggs, can steam, can bake, can fry, all with no chemicals and no problems. Easy cleanup - deglaze wipe down you’re done. This stuff is the best cookware ever made.
You can see through Pyrex Flameware too, it is for stove and oven too, and I have my grandma's flameware and replacement Visions frypan just like the one you hold up at 0:51. The thing I love about the visions compared to the flameware is I don't have have a heat diffuser for my electric range. I have picked up several pieces of the cranberry as well, and most recently a brown (fireside/amber) V-32 for only five bucks! Soaking is the key for black marks for me. I don't really use them to fry, I use my sunbeam non-stick skillet usually. but the pots are nice for gravy and veggies, boiling potatoes, etc. I have her and my mom's corning ware too. Love it all.
Fantastic. Sounds like you have a really nice collection! That Flameware must be quite rare these days; I have yet to find some. Thanks for watching and happy cooking!
I had the entire Visions set for years and years and absolutely loved it! Had it the first year it was introduced and used it for the next 20 or so years. I think i ended up selling it at a garage sale after I dropped one piece and it broke into a zillion pieces (which wasn’t supposed to happen). It was ironic because pieces had been previously dropped without even a scratch. Turns out, it’s like Corelle, drop it EXACTLY right and OMG! Glass was EVERYWHERE. I was finding slivers a week later after having vacuumed at least 5 times. I wouldn’t be able to use it today as I cook with induction and I will never go back to anything from induction. I have cooked on wood stoves, gas stoves, electric element, solid element, glass electric…and none of them hold a candle to induction. But, I made a lot of memorable meals in my Visions cookware. It is true you had to relearn how to cook in it.
Wow! Well it’s so good to hear they served you well for so long. I did drop a piece of CorningWare in the garage once and same deal - shards everywhere. Otherwise, I use it daily. Happy cooking! 🙏
I still like Corelleware, as it's light, and thin, and tough. But yeah, when it does break, it produces thousands of razor sharp shards that's you'll still be finding 20 ft away from where it broke, years later.
I inherited my dad’s vision ware pots and pans collection. He had a lot. I was skeptical using it as I was used to my stainless pots. I will say that now I only use the vision ware pots. I love that I can just move my leftovers right into the frig without transferring to another container. As for cleaning. I don’t use our dishwasher anymore as it’s just the two of us now and cleanup is a breeze. If anything sticks I just add a bit of water with blue dawn dish soap and soak until I’m doing my dishes. For stubborn stains I use the ceramic cleaner cream that I use on my glass stove top with a paper towel and it cleans right up without leaving scratches to the cookware. I will add though I don’t use the fry pans for searing much as I have always loved my cast iron frying pans for that.
So glad these are working so well for you and getting kitchen love. I also use mine a lot for their stove-to-fridge (and back again) convenience. Thanks for watching and happy cooking 👍
I was given the cranberry 1.5L from my mom who got it in the 90s. It was the pot I started learning to cook in when I was on my own, and I used it consistently for a decade until 2015 when my then-roommate shattered it on Christmas (and refused to replace it :/ ). Luckily my mom was able to get a new amber one locally to where I grew up for like CDN $40, and I use it almost every week. It's perfect for pasta, sauces, soups, stews, potatoes, and more! I don't fry much in it (I love my cast iron) but it's fine to sauté before adding more cooking liquid and even perfect to eat soup or ramen out of. Two things I've learned when cooking with it: a bit similar to cast iron, it's slightly slower to heat up than metal pots, but I find once it's hot it does retain its heat decently. So much so that you can't simmer something in it for hours without stirring. You will need to stir it every 20~30mins if you don't want to burn anything to the bottom. Second, you can soak with dish soap to clean or you can apply a non-scratch solid bleach (Comet, Ajax, Old Dutch) and scrub with a metal scrubber to get any black bits off, just make sure to wash/rinse it out well and nothing will stay, scratch, smell, or stick! I actually love this pot and it's one of my go-tos for weeknight solo cooking.
Thanks for the nostalgia. I got some in the 80's at an outlet mall and used it for years. I have the little soup pan, some small ramekins with lid (that doubles as a plate), and you made me remember that at one point I had the frying pan ( a curiosity). I still have them in the back of my cupboard- will have to bring them out and use them. The little ramekins are particularly useful for leftovers.
I have the whole set in my storage. One pan cracked when I was cooking years ago when it was pretty new. It made a loud pop like exploded! Scared the crap out of us. I can only think it may of had a fracture or something wrong with it. But I liked them.
I just used my small ones as like Tupperware containers. I did occasionally make oatmeal in them on the stove. I love them I’d buy more too if I ran into them at a thrift store
My grandma had a set and cooked in them on thanksgiving. lol…I use the clear glass baking pans. (Can’t remember the name). As for cleaning, I use an sos soap pad with hot water on my steel pans and the glass pans. Sos pads are steel steel wool, but they don’t scratch the pans. Thank you for bringing back great memories with these visions.:)
I have a large visions covered short handled pot, similar to the one on the left on your table in your video, that I purchased in the 1980s. I use it to make my slow cooked tomato meat sauce for pasta, raviolis, etc. It’s on the stove for about 3 to 4 hours on a low gas flame, and it’s delicious. Some of the ground beef will stick to the bottom and it is tough to clean, but soaking and powdered cleanser with a scrubber sponge will get it off. Thanks for showing it on your video! While you don’t explain why Visions quickly lost sales, I imagine it’s due to the cleaning issue.
I bought the cranberry non-stick when it came out. You are correct, you do not want the non-stick, it does not last, then you have cookware you either can't use, or you ingest Teflon as it slowly flakes off. I never had issues cleaning the cookware but I don't know if it was what was left of the non-stick coating or what I tended to cook at the time that saved me from that issue. I liked the looks enough and I'd buy it again (sans non--stick).
I had some Visions back in the day. I remember that the glass was problematic in that it transmits the heat instead of retaining it. So even over a relatively moderate heat, things were sticking and scorching in the pan instead of browning. That's probably a good thing when boiling water, but when cooking fish or eggs, it's disastrous. I always suspected that's why they later added the nonstick layer to the bottom of some of their products--because of all the complaints that food was sticking and burning.
I love parsnips! I do not love Visions cookware. But I love Corningware! Just wish it didn't scratch up but now I have Bar Keepers Friend to maintain my CW. That works like a charm.
It has not fizzled out but one if my favourite go to daily cook pots especially the bigger pots & sauce pans I love the Le’Claire lids as you can cook on the stove with it… Very Versatile & healthy My Mom swore by Visions & she was a Registered Nurse😉 I take my straight from the fridge to the stove everyday I’ve almost burnt my kitchen for almost 4 hours the post was Amber Red Hot the pot survived that disaster to be used daily once again It clean out with soaking & time I definately love using Visions everyday & the journey has been just lovely & positive all the way
I still love my vintage Visions pieces from the 80s, and newer ones I’ve collected too. I think with the PTFE danger, now people are again trying to collect them wherever they can find them. One thing I found over the years, to get rid of black burned on stains, it’s easy. Take the pot outside in a large garbage bag, and spray oven cleaner on it. Cover it with the lid and close the bag up overnight. The next day, all of the burned gunk is easy to scrape off and wash, and it will look like brand new. 😎 (careful opening the bag, though, the fumes are pretty horrific! Which is why I do this outdoors.)
Fantastic, and such a good point on folks rediscovering these. I get a chuckle out of modern cookware makers acting like ceramic is something new when Corning was doing it 70 years ago 🤣 Thanks for the tip on the oven cleaner - and doing that outdoors. 👍
This is so cool! I have that little dish and lid with the matching handle. I had to run to see if it was Visions, and it was. I bought it at Goodwill along with another small dish and lid. So far, I've only used them in the air fryer. Good episode!
Do you use Corning Ware on the stovetop? If so, then Visions is made of the same ingredients and features the same general performance. It actually may heat a tiny bit more evenly than ordinary CW.
I have one of those visions frying pan, it is all true, including the cleaning part :) Also I have the small pot w the handle, I use it for oatmeal pretty regularly :)
I bought a new set of it in the mid '80's for when I moved out to my first apartment. I liked it ok but the skillet with the waffle design on the bottom was a nightmare to clean. I eventually got rid of the whole set and went to metal cookware. I am now a fan of Corningware because of your videos. My wife and I got a nice set for our wedding in '91 that we really never used but I now realize what great cookware it really is and am loving how versatile it is
Ive used vision saucepan for 30 years, and when staying at a bnb or cabin, and have to use stainless steel to steam or cook, I can never get used to the fact that I cannot see the water level or food through the pot. I love glass cookware
I was given a set of Visions cookware as a wedding gift in 1985. I didn't even know how to cook then, so it probably wasn't the cookware's fault that nothing turned out very well. I still have one of them -- It's my onion bowl.
Yep, I still have some in my kitchen and just as you mostly for liquids and soup. But I remember well in the 80's living in L.A. and my friends coming over to see them in action in my house. I was funny to see their expressions after we'd say (Made in Brazil) their jaw would drop. They thought Brazil was only a Jungle and Tarzan and Jane lived out there....lol 🤣
If you are looking to clean your vintage visions, its best to have hot soapy water ready, and then plunge it in at full heat to help immediately remove stains. Do NOT do this with its glass lid, which is basic pyrex and doesn't have the heat shock properties the other ones do.
Years ago, I was gifted with the pot with handle and lid, I definitely want to start using it, especially after the handle on my stainless-steel pot recently broke off. Thank you for sharing this cool and so informative video, something really COOL to watch the soup, rice or oatmeal cook right before your eyes, not just a birds-eye view from the top but from the bottom and sides of the cookware. Thank you for also clearing up that Corningware and Py-rex is only for oven use but how about Pyr-o-rey? I have a Coffee pot that is Pyr-o-rey that is clear, transparent glass, bought it in 2015 and the warranty deems it good for 10 years, in other words until 2025, and recently looking through the belongings of my deceased auntie, I came across a pyr-o-rey casserole dish, with lid, the same color as the Visions cookware you have, so if the coffee pot is also pyr-o-rey, I'm concluding this casserole dish is also stove safe? I want to make bread, cakes and cookies on the stove-top, was thinking of getting a stainless-steel pot that has a glass top lid but since you're an expert on this cool Visions, and also Corningware pots, you could clear up my doubts. Also thinking of cooking a turkey breast on the stove top, and it would be COOL to cook it in a pot that you can see through and not have to be opening the oven door frequently to see how the turkey breast is coming along.Thank you for sharing, 👍and greetings👋from Mexico.😊
Thank you for watching! So glad it was helpful. As for Py-o-rey, I believe it was/is similar to Pyrex and is or was made in Mexico. I thrifted a Py-o-rey casserole dish at one point, but if I recall it was only for oven, not stove. As for cooking a turkey breast on stove, depending on it size I think it could be done but you’ll need a large vessel. How do you plan to cook it? I.e. braising? As for CorningWare, the vintage stuff, like Visions, IS safe on stovetop. You can find my whole video on it here: Vintage CorningWare | Most Versatile Cookware Ever Made? ruclips.net/video/zQYaiSZeNlA/видео.html
@IWantToCook Whew! Thanks to You I avoided committing a Mess here in our kitchen!😂 Thinking that Pyr-o-rey would be great for lasagna or some traditional Mac n cheese. As for the Turkey breast on the stove top, I have an aluminum pot, where we cook our beans and chicken broth. And yeah making time to check out that corningware video, of which You share the link with me.😊👍
Thank you so much for sending me this link on Vision pots. Indeed very educational. May i know if Corningwares and Visions can be cooked on a ceramic cook top? Thank you one more time for your kind advice.😊
I have a set of this but have not used it in years. When I did cook in it I always used a heat diffuser (trivet) to evenly distribute the heat. Visions seemed to be best for cooking/boiling liquids, heating sauces etc....than frying, searing etc...They were a short lived trend in the 80's and 90's then fell out of popularity. I also have a complete cookware set of the ceramic Corning Spice Of Life. They cook much better than Visions. For every day cooking I use stainless Revere Ware. I bought every piece in the last line they had before they ceased production in 2018. At the time I had no idea that Revere would be discontinued.
Just bought a used 1.5l pot for $40! It's amazing, I think its Pyroceram ! Much better then Pyrex or borosilicate! Cook, eat, freezer, microwave, eat, all without ever taking the food out 😍
I have used PYREX and corningware my whole life. It's great and easy to clean. Visions....two pots exploded on me, cleaning the pans was a nightmare until I figured out to shove them into our GE P7 oven on the three hour cleaning cycle. The lids are 'only' PYREX, by the way. I don't know anybody I hate enough to wish this stuff on. It's nearly as awful as pyrex made of soda-lime glass.
I have always wanted to buy the Visions cookware and NOW I don't after watching this video. Thank you for creating and posting it. Is the food item shown a DAIKON RADISH?
I grew up with VISION pieces, so I was pretty tickled to find them at a thrift store in the past couple few years. I now have an extensive set...to the point I am giving dupes away to friends and family. And to agree and confirm, they are much better with "wet" applications, like you explained. That said, a bit of cooking spray goes miles, but for searing and such, steel is the way. Tiny VISION fry pans still make a nice fried egg though. As far as cleaning, the trick I found was just a steel scrubbie...no green scratchies, no geegaw scrubbers, just steel. It will take anything off the VISION surface! I didn't hear it mentioned, so nerd stuff: VISION is actually pyroceram, a clear (in this case) ceramic with a incredibly low CTE, which is why it doesn't react to big temperature swings. White ceramic vintage CorningWare is also pyroceram, unless it states stoneware. Not having Teflon is also useful in our case, since the SO has a parrot, and PTFE off-gassing can kill birds dead. So yeah, VISION and All-Clad are the rule now. Chef Matt...ever find any All-Clad at the thrift stores? I just scored two pieces of Copper Core the other week...laughed myself silly all the way home. $600 in pans for $55
Fantastic stuff. Thanks for the info. And GREAT scores on that All-Clad! As a matter of fact, here's a video i made after finding a distressed All-Clad pan for $5 at the thrift: ruclips.net/video/OQFH5L-_1eo/видео.html
Interesting; I had no idea it was vintage! I have one purple (not cranberry) 2 qt pot that I got from Goodwill. I got it because it looked cool and needed an extra pot that size, but my favorite cookware is a tie between All-Clad and Chantal (both stainless steel). I don't use the Visions one much because I have an old electric coil stove and the recommendations for that are to use a heat diffuser. That means I have to dig out one of those every time I want to use it. I would probably go with all Chantal if it cleaned up just as easily as All-Clad, but that is one area it isn't quite as good. But All-Clad is so big and clunky that it loses a point to Chantal; hence they come out in an even tie.
Visions never needs a wire diffuser, that's only for ordinary glass like Pyrex Flameware. Visions will handle any heat source except induction (though there are models with a magnetic layer made specifically for those cooktops).
@@DrValerie800 You are very welcome. There is a slight learning curve depending on what you use the saucepan for... but as a general rule, Visions absorbs and retains heat longer than just about anything but cast iron. So preheating and lower temps should be used.
We had this when I was a kid. Everything stuck to it. Literally. I couldn’t boil pasta without it burning on the bottom. 40yrs later, I think it required lower temps than steel.
I have several pieces of the Visions cookware that I purchased in the 80's and the reason I don't use it, is exactly what you stated. It is a BEAR to clean. Even the pots - I remember making oatmeal one morning for my kids and I didn't have the burner on hot and man o man, it scorched the bottom of the pan. Took me forever to clean it after letting it soak all day. I think that was the day I packed it away and went back to my beloved Revereware, lol.
next time, try a pumice stone. I've used it on burnt on carbon in a pyrex rectangle. It didn't scratch the pyrex, and it cuts right through the carbon.
My mom had Visions cookware in the late 80s. I was a teenager and learning to cook. I hated it. The worst part was, she got rid of Sears Maid of Honor in favor of it! ETA: forgot to say, those are parsnips
I bought a vision frying pan, thinking it would work like a non stick surface. Unfortunately I had only a gas cooker using bottled gas, using that pan I found I would have four little hot spots in the Vision pan, one above each burner flame, very little heat anywhere else in the pan. As you said it was also almost impossible to clean. I eventualy just threw it awa as a completely useless waste of space.
When I moved into my first apartment in 1988 I bought a set of these. The baking dishes and casseroles were fine (still have a couple) but the sauce pans were awful and I threw away the skillets after about six months of scrubbing out stuck on foods and burning things. Not good pans at all.
I remember seeing commercials for visions. I can't remember if my mom bought a pot or just talked about it because she just did not think they were safe. I want to say she did though. She was much happier with her corning (I have hers and use it all the time) and cooking with that. I don't think I would be interested in collecting it at this time as I think corning is much nicer.
Try Barkeepers Friend with a green and yellow scrub sponge and/or a magic eraser pad. I’ve found between those two I can make CorningWare glisten again.
you failed to mention glasswares as one of the safest materials to cook that's non-reactive to acidic foods, does not rust, does not leach bad chemicals pthalates to food. they're great for soups, saucy food, sauces and baking. they're beautiful as leftover storage in the ref. my only gripe is that i have to be gentle with them compared to cast irons hehe
All great points. I mentioned some of those attributes in my CorningWare video, but yes, those are true about Visions, too. Thanks for watching and happy cooking!
Back in the 1980's that that line came out, HATED the amber color of the cookware. HATED it then and now. Glad I have a simmer burner on my gas cooktop that has very low BTU setting not only to gently melt chocolate without breaking it but to hold it all in a single cause pan "All Clad" is my go to.
Visions was also dangerous to use. More than 35 years ago I used a Visions pot one day to heat veggies for a dinner. It exploded like a bomb. Glass and veggies were strewn all over the kitchen. It was a big mess that took several days to clean. I kept finding shards of glass all over the kitchen. My pot must have been defective.
@@IWantToCook That was the last time I used Visions cookware. I threw away the whole set after that happened. Thankfully, I had stepped out of the kitchen and was in another room when the pot exploded. I just heard a "pop" when it exploded.
@@evilmidge9840No, it’s not “user error”. Any defect in those pots and heating can cause them to explode like that. Could either be a manufacturing defect or a tiny chip nobody noticed. Cooking in glass and ceramics is always going to carry the risk of things like that, especially pieces as brittle as Visions.
Those look like parsnips. One issue I have seen with Visions cookware. If they have been abused, by someone who liked to literally toss things in a sink, they can fragment in the oven or one the stove top. I've seen it twice, both to the same person. The pots kind of exploded in a small area and fell into shards. It was a mess.
And that is true for Pyrex and Corning Ware, as well. If you toss it around or are rough with it and damage it then you shouldn't continue to use it as it may break.
@@JohnTFolden I've never has this issue with older Pyrex or Corning Ware... but I will keep an eye open for that potential issue. Thanks! On the other hand.. chipped or cracked Pyrex and Corning Ware make good plant trays or parts for craft project.
@@shadowpulpfan1810 I’ve never had the issue with any of it, but then I don’t bang my stuff around. ;) Visions and CW are made of the same material though. So they have mostly the same strengths and weaknesses.
@@JohnTFolden And that is my issue. I like round corner Visions and CW. Unfortunately the best of it is second hand now and you never know what you are getting. The Vision pans I saw 'pop' weren't mine, thank heavens. It did put me off Visions for years. I've gotten in the habit of starting all non-metal stove top ware with a flame tamer, especially if the contents are chilled. Once the heat has evened out I consider removing the tamer. Really nice discussion. Cheers!
I'm sure there making a comeback, due to people being more aware of the chemical changes in metal pots &pans. Glass just like cast iron more pure to cook in.
The double boiler looks potentially interesting, except I don't like ever use a double boiler.. Otherwise, I'm really enjoying my carbon steel and have no extra space!
I had one small pot, and it was just awful. Even when you tried to heat milk, there would be hot spots where the milk would burn and stick. The conductivity was just awful. I think it was best used as a double boiler.
Hi there! While a fellow Canadian might have even better recommendations, I would try thrift stores or a resale site like eBay, Etsy, etc. If you want to buy new, you can go to Corelle.com and look under the Visions product page.
Not vs metal, in my experience. That’s one of the downsides of glass and ceramic cookware. That said, unless you’re operating a professional kitchen or need absolutely fast and reactive cooking, heating times are not so laborious that it should impede the average home cook.
I am not much of a cook but have just started using Cranberry Vision ware. I really like it I can see the food cooking and the clean up is easy. I also love the mixing bowlsl They come in various sizes and styles. I just offered all my metal cook ware to my daughter. PS I like the use of glass over metal. Enjoyed your show. I have been a long time collector of Pyrex and Corning Ware
Those look like parsnips. I don't like parsnips. 😝 Also, try to avoid Goodwill. The CEO and other higher ups are well paid, but not the employees. I also find them expensive for being a thrift store.
Goodwill takes the "thrift" out of thrift store, but adds nepotism. The one in my area has 50% of on Saturdays for the color tag of the week, and I still think some items are expensive for beingused.
Oh I can only imagine how bad those might have stuck to the pan. Some footage I had to leave on the cutting floor for this video was me attempting over easy eggs in that skillet. It was a disaster, lol. 😂
It was so cool to see this video. I went to a garage sale once and they were just closing down for the day. I was looking around and the woman blurted out “you want this stuff for free?” It was a set of small visions containers and they all hade glass tops and rubber tops. And she even told me “you can put them right on the stove”. I begrudgingly took them lol. And to this day, 30 years later, they are one of my favorite things in the kitchen and they are still going strong.
Incredible! What a real gift indeed 🙏
Nice to see a video about Visions Cookware. We have had a pretty comprehensive set for years, and I love it. I don't think we have ever experienced any issues whatsoever, but it does require a certain adaptation in cooking. We have an electric stove and only use medium heat or less, and a thin wire heat diffuser. If you are someone in a hurry who likes to use high heat, you will be unhappy. I love that the same pot can go in the oven, the microwave, air fryer, and refrigerator! We also have PYREX, and Corning Ware. Love it all.
Fantastic. Great to hear that it has served you so well over so many years. And yes, like any cookware, the more intimate you are with it, I'm sure the better results you get. Thanks for watching and happy cooking!
I've been using this set since the late 80s. That's ALL I use. To clean stubborn dark stains, use white vinegar and salt. Wet the pot and cleaning pad with vinegar and scrub with the table salt.
Thanks so much for the tip. I’m thrilled to hear Visions hasserved you well! Happy cooking 😀
thanks !! I came here for this tip!
@@steffyd2009 Any time. The salt buffs the stains away but won't scratch the glass. The white vinegar helps. You can even soak the area with white vinegar but pour it out before you scrub with salt so it doesn't dissolve.
I just bought a BRAND NEW 1980s 1 quart saucepan with spout in the original box from Ebay. (I broke my original 1qt a few years ago and bought another from Ebay, but it was very scratched up from previous owner's metal utensils. ) Loving this new one.
is it better than stainless steel in terms of chemical leeching?
I just inherited three pots from my grandmother. I love them. I use them every time I need to cook something in a pot. I love that I can see through it and see what I'm cooking. Also I find that my water seems to boil faster in the glass than it does in the metal for some reason. It is perfect for some applications, like for example I needed a non-reactive pot to make pickles because I had to heat up some vinegar to dissolve salt and sugar in it, so it was perfect for that application.
Wonderful! So glad they are serving you well! Thanks for watching and happy cooking 😋
I found vision pieces at a cooking/kitchen only thrift store in San Diego. I do not have fry pans but only sauce pans. Love them for soups, certain types of casseroles for stovetop or oven. Made out of borosilicate glass that has expansive properties like the old PYREX (in all caps) pieces which is how laboratory glass is made.
I bought a large set from Ebay. It's my only cookware besides one stainless steel frying pan, one cast iron frying pan and 3-4 Le-Creusrt dutch oven.
How well does it work on everyday use? I got the entire collection from a yard sale for less than $40. Interested to see how it holds up.
I remember seeing one as a child and it was hard to clean. I’d like to have the dutch oven and bakers with lids for serving. Would be cool 😎
I was married in the 80's and got a set of Visions for a wedding gift. After burning most food I tried to cook in it for a month or so, I gave up and bought some copper bottomed Revereware, which I had for years and years. Visions was so pretty and interesting concept, but totally impractical. Thanks for the memory! I am enjoying your videos.
Thank you so much, and agreed: I use my Revereware far more often. Cheers!
Not impractical, but there is a bit of a learning curve. Use much lower heat than usual and non-stick cooking spray.
@@glorians.1464 perhaps you're right. I was 19 and not a lot of cooking experience. It may have been better if I had some guidance from someone who knew more than I did at the time.
took me barely any learning curve. These are the best pans I have ever used. Can fry eggs, can steam, can bake, can fry, all with no chemicals and no problems. Easy cleanup - deglaze wipe down you’re done. This stuff is the best cookware ever made.
@@zz-.-same i use my Visions daily! Only a short learning curve for me
You can see through Pyrex Flameware too, it is for stove and oven too, and I have my grandma's flameware and replacement Visions frypan just like the one you hold up at 0:51. The thing I love about the visions compared to the flameware is I don't have have a heat diffuser for my electric range. I have picked up several pieces of the cranberry as well, and most recently a brown (fireside/amber) V-32 for only five bucks! Soaking is the key for black marks for me. I don't really use them to fry, I use my sunbeam non-stick skillet usually. but the pots are nice for gravy and veggies, boiling potatoes, etc. I have her and my mom's corning ware too. Love it all.
Fantastic. Sounds like you have a really nice collection! That Flameware must be quite rare these days; I have yet to find some. Thanks for watching and happy cooking!
That cranberry color is lovely. Colored glass is making a comeback! And I hope cranberry color cookery is it.
I had the entire Visions set for years and years and absolutely loved it! Had it the first year it was introduced and used it for the next 20 or so years. I think i ended up selling it at a garage sale after I dropped one piece and it broke into a zillion pieces (which wasn’t supposed to happen). It was ironic because pieces had been previously dropped without even a scratch. Turns out, it’s like Corelle, drop it EXACTLY right and OMG! Glass was EVERYWHERE. I was finding slivers a week later after having vacuumed at least 5 times. I wouldn’t be able to use it today as I cook with induction and I will never go back to anything from induction. I have cooked on wood stoves, gas stoves, electric element, solid element, glass electric…and none of them hold a candle to induction. But, I made a lot of memorable meals in my Visions cookware. It is true you had to relearn how to cook in it.
Wow! Well it’s so good to hear they served you well for so long. I did drop a piece of CorningWare in the garage once and same deal - shards everywhere. Otherwise, I use it daily. Happy cooking! 🙏
The same will happen if you drop a Corelle plate. Don't ask me how I know.
I still like Corelleware, as it's light, and thin, and tough. But yeah, when it does break, it produces thousands of razor sharp shards that's you'll still be finding 20 ft away from where it broke, years later.
I inherited my dad’s vision ware pots and pans collection. He had a lot. I was skeptical using it as I was used to my stainless pots. I will say that now I only use the vision ware pots. I love that I can just move my leftovers right into the frig without transferring to another container.
As for cleaning. I don’t use our dishwasher anymore as it’s just the two of us now and cleanup is a breeze. If anything sticks I just add a bit of water with blue dawn dish soap and soak until I’m doing my dishes. For stubborn stains I use the ceramic cleaner cream that I use on my glass stove top with a paper towel and it cleans right up without leaving scratches to the cookware.
I will add though I don’t use the fry pans for searing much as I have always loved my cast iron frying pans for that.
So glad these are working so well for you and getting kitchen love. I also use mine a lot for their stove-to-fridge (and back again) convenience. Thanks for watching and happy cooking 👍
I was given the cranberry 1.5L from my mom who got it in the 90s. It was the pot I started learning to cook in when I was on my own, and I used it consistently for a decade until 2015 when my then-roommate shattered it on Christmas (and refused to replace it :/ ). Luckily my mom was able to get a new amber one locally to where I grew up for like CDN $40, and I use it almost every week. It's perfect for pasta, sauces, soups, stews, potatoes, and more! I don't fry much in it (I love my cast iron) but it's fine to sauté before adding more cooking liquid and even perfect to eat soup or ramen out of.
Two things I've learned when cooking with it: a bit similar to cast iron, it's slightly slower to heat up than metal pots, but I find once it's hot it does retain its heat decently. So much so that you can't simmer something in it for hours without stirring. You will need to stir it every 20~30mins if you don't want to burn anything to the bottom. Second, you can soak with dish soap to clean or you can apply a non-scratch solid bleach (Comet, Ajax, Old Dutch) and scrub with a metal scrubber to get any black bits off, just make sure to wash/rinse it out well and nothing will stay, scratch, smell, or stick!
I actually love this pot and it's one of my go-tos for weeknight solo cooking.
So glad to hear! Thanks for sharing your insights. Happy cooking 😊
Thanks for the nostalgia. I got some in the 80's at an outlet mall and used it for years. I have the little soup pan, some small ramekins with lid (that doubles as a plate), and you made me remember that at one point I had the frying pan ( a curiosity). I still have them in the back of my cupboard- will have to bring them out and use them. The little ramekins are particularly useful for leftovers.
Thanks for watching! Glad to bring back some memories. Happy cooking 😀
I have the whole set in my storage. One pan cracked when I was cooking years ago when it was pretty new. It made a loud pop like exploded! Scared the crap out of us. I can only think it may of had a fracture or something wrong with it. But I liked them.
I have a little 7in vision non-stick pan that I thrifted. It has been one of the best non-stick pans I’ve used! Going on about a year with it!
Fantastic! 🙌
I have two visions covered dishes. They work fine in the oven and microwave. I love my Corningware mm
Thanks!
❤️ Thank YOU so very, very much! Your support means the world to me. All my best to you and yours 🙏🙏
As a 90's kid I definitely remember seeing that stuff around. And we got some PARSNIPS!
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I just used my small ones as like Tupperware containers. I did occasionally make oatmeal in them on the stove. I love them I’d buy more too if I ran into them at a thrift store
Great idea. I also use them to store things in the fridge. Seeing what’s inside is like having x-ray vision 😀
My grandma had a set and cooked in them on thanksgiving. lol…I use the clear glass baking pans. (Can’t remember the name). As for cleaning, I use an sos soap pad with hot water on my steel pans and the glass pans. Sos pads are steel steel wool, but they don’t scratch the pans. Thank you for bringing back great memories with these visions.:)
Great to know on those SOS pads! I’ll try those. Thanks for watching and happy cooking 🙏
Try boiling water and baking soda for 10 minutes.
I have a large visions covered short handled pot, similar to the one on the left on your table in your video, that I purchased in the 1980s. I use it to make my slow cooked tomato meat sauce for pasta, raviolis, etc. It’s on the stove for about 3 to 4 hours on a low gas flame, and it’s delicious. Some of the ground beef will stick to the bottom and it is tough to clean, but soaking and powdered cleanser with a scrubber sponge will get it off. Thanks for showing it on your video! While you don’t explain why Visions quickly lost sales, I imagine it’s due to the cleaning issue.
That recipe sounds delicious! Thanks for watching and happy cooking 😀
Picked up a 10 piece set at Estate Sale on last day at 75% off... $17.50 for set! Thanks for info on my new set.
Whoa! Major score! Enjoy :-)
I bought the cranberry non-stick when it came out. You are correct, you do not want the non-stick, it does not last, then you have cookware you either can't use, or you ingest Teflon as it slowly flakes off. I never had issues cleaning the cookware but I don't know if it was what was left of the non-stick coating or what I tended to cook at the time that saved me from that issue. I liked the looks enough and I'd buy it again (sans non--stick).
Good to know! I don’t use a whole lot of nonstick even today; I shudder at the thought of trying to use the stuff from 30 years ago today.
I had some Visions back in the day. I remember that the glass was problematic in that it transmits the heat instead of retaining it. So even over a relatively moderate heat, things were sticking and scorching in the pan instead of browning. That's probably a good thing when boiling water, but when cooking fish or eggs, it's disastrous. I always suspected that's why they later added the nonstick layer to the bottom of some of their products--because of all the complaints that food was sticking and burning.
Yep, I imagine you’re right! I tried cooking eggs in the pan and it was a mess, lol.
@@IWantToCook I can only imagine!
I love parsnips!
I do not love Visions cookware.
But I love Corningware! Just wish it didn't scratch up but now I have Bar Keepers Friend to maintain my CW. That works like a charm.
Awesome! I’ve also found those magic eraser cleaning pads work wonders on CorningWare, indeed “erasing” those stubborn metal markings. 👍
I’ve similar pots from Luminare, made in France & I love them!
It has not fizzled out but one if my favourite go to daily cook pots especially the bigger pots & sauce pans
I love the Le’Claire lids as you can cook on the stove with it… Very Versatile & healthy
My Mom swore by Visions & she was a Registered Nurse😉
I take my straight from the fridge to the stove everyday
I’ve almost burnt my kitchen for almost 4 hours the post was Amber Red Hot the pot survived that disaster to be used daily once again
It clean out with soaking & time
I definately love using Visions everyday & the journey has been just lovely & positive all the way
I have 4 pieces vision cornin 1lt,1.5 lt ,10" skillet and 5 lt pots and love it , note: i use aluminum plate under the pots to avoid hot spot
I still love my vintage Visions pieces from the 80s, and newer ones I’ve collected too. I think with the PTFE danger, now people are again trying to collect them wherever they can find them. One thing I found over the years, to get rid of black burned on stains, it’s easy. Take the pot outside in a large garbage bag, and spray oven cleaner on it. Cover it with the lid and close the bag up overnight. The next day, all of the burned gunk is easy to scrape off and wash, and it will look like brand new. 😎 (careful opening the bag, though, the fumes are pretty horrific! Which is why I do this outdoors.)
Fantastic, and such a good point on folks rediscovering these. I get a chuckle out of modern cookware makers acting like ceramic is something new when Corning was doing it 70 years ago 🤣 Thanks for the tip on the oven cleaner - and doing that outdoors. 👍
This is so cool! I have that little dish and lid with the matching handle. I had to run to see if it was Visions, and it was. I bought it at Goodwill along with another small dish and lid. So far, I've only used them in the air fryer. Good episode!
Thank you! I hope the Visions continue to serve you well 😀
Love the vintage cookware videos! Thanks for sharing about if we should find some or not, I think I might just stick with the Corningware and Pyrex
Good thinking & thanks for watching! 👍
Do you use Corning Ware on the stovetop? If so, then Visions is made of the same ingredients and features the same general performance. It actually may heat a tiny bit more evenly than ordinary CW.
I have one of those visions frying pan, it is all true, including the cleaning part :) Also I have the small pot w the handle, I use it for oatmeal pretty regularly :)
i still have and use mine. i had the double boiler and have the saucepot and lid now
I bought a new set of it in the mid '80's for when I moved out to my first apartment. I liked it ok but the skillet with the waffle design on the bottom was a nightmare to clean. I eventually got rid of the whole set and went to metal cookware. I am now a fan of Corningware because of your videos. My wife and I got a nice set for our wedding in '91 that we really never used but I now realize what great cookware it really is and am loving how versatile it is
Wonderful! I’m thrilled to hear that! Thank you so much for watching, and happy cooking 🙏
Ive used vision saucepan for 30 years, and when staying at a bnb or cabin, and have to use stainless steel to steam or cook, I can never get used to the fact that I cannot see the water level or food through the pot. I love glass cookware
Right on! What a testament to its durability and usefulness. Thank you for watching and happy cooking 🙏
I was given a set of Visions cookware as a wedding gift in 1985. I didn't even know how to cook then, so it probably wasn't the cookware's fault that nothing turned out very well. I still have one of them -- It's my onion bowl.
Honestly, it probably WAS the cookware's fault, at least in part. Visions was notorious for sticking and burning in dry applications.
Yep, I still have some in my kitchen and just as you mostly for liquids and soup. But I remember well in the 80's living in L.A. and my friends coming over to see them in action in my house. I was funny to see their expressions after we'd say (Made in Brazil) their jaw would drop. They thought Brazil was only a Jungle and Tarzan and Jane lived out there....lol 🤣
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If you are looking to clean your vintage visions, its best to have hot soapy water ready, and then plunge it in at full heat to help immediately remove stains. Do NOT do this with its glass lid, which is basic pyrex and doesn't have the heat shock properties the other ones do.
Years ago, I was gifted with the pot with handle and lid, I definitely want to start using it, especially after the handle on my stainless-steel pot recently broke off. Thank you for sharing this cool and so informative video, something really COOL to watch the soup, rice or oatmeal cook right before your eyes, not just a birds-eye view from the top but from the bottom and sides of the cookware. Thank you for also clearing up that Corningware and Py-rex is only for oven use but how about Pyr-o-rey? I have a Coffee pot that is Pyr-o-rey that is clear, transparent glass, bought it in 2015 and the warranty deems it good for 10 years, in other words until 2025, and recently looking through the belongings of my deceased auntie, I came across a pyr-o-rey casserole dish, with lid, the same color as the Visions cookware you have, so if the coffee pot is also pyr-o-rey, I'm concluding this casserole dish is also stove safe? I want to make bread, cakes and cookies on the stove-top, was thinking of getting a stainless-steel pot that has a glass top lid but since you're an expert on this cool Visions, and also Corningware pots, you could clear up my doubts. Also thinking of cooking a turkey breast on the stove top, and it would be COOL to cook it in a pot that you can see through and not have to be opening the oven door frequently to see how the turkey breast is coming along.Thank you for sharing, 👍and greetings👋from Mexico.😊
Thank you for watching! So glad it was helpful. As for Py-o-rey, I believe it was/is similar to Pyrex and is or was made in Mexico. I thrifted a Py-o-rey casserole dish at one point, but if I recall it was only for oven, not stove. As for cooking a turkey breast on stove, depending on it size I think it could be done but you’ll need a large vessel. How do you plan to cook it? I.e. braising? As for CorningWare, the vintage stuff, like Visions, IS safe on stovetop. You can find my whole video on it here: Vintage CorningWare | Most Versatile Cookware Ever Made?
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@IWantToCook Whew! Thanks to You I avoided committing a Mess here in our kitchen!😂 Thinking that Pyr-o-rey would be great for lasagna or some traditional Mac n cheese. As for the Turkey breast on the stove top, I have an aluminum pot, where we cook our beans and chicken broth. And yeah making time to check out that corningware video, of which You share the link with me.😊👍
Awesome. That aluminum pot should be perfect for the turkey. Enjoy and happy holidays to you and yours. 🙏
Thank you so much for sending me this link on Vision pots. Indeed very educational. May i know if Corningwares and Visions can be cooked on a ceramic cook top? Thank you one more time for your kind advice.😊
Yes, they should work just fine on ceramic, as long as the element itself that heats the stove is electric or halogen, vs induction. Hope that helps!
I still have my set from 84 or 85. Great video
Thank you! 🙏
I have a set of this but have not used it in years. When I did cook in it I always used a heat diffuser (trivet) to evenly distribute the heat. Visions seemed to be best for cooking/boiling liquids, heating sauces etc....than frying, searing etc...They were a short lived trend in the 80's and 90's then fell out of popularity. I also have a complete cookware set of the ceramic Corning Spice Of Life. They cook much better than Visions. For every day cooking I use stainless Revere Ware. I bought every piece in the last line they had before they ceased production in 2018. At the time I had no idea that Revere would be discontinued.
Wonderful, and very smart of you to pick up that Revereware. It’s so good! I still use my vintage Revereware all the time. 😀
I too thought it was pretty, but when I burned a few things in it & found it so difficult to clean, I put it in the goodwill box.
Just bought a used 1.5l pot for $40! It's amazing, I think its Pyroceram ! Much better then Pyrex or borosilicate! Cook, eat, freezer, microwave, eat, all without ever taking the food out 😍
Right on! Enjoy!!
I have used PYREX and corningware my whole life. It's great and easy to clean.
Visions....two pots exploded on me, cleaning the pans was a nightmare until I figured out to shove them into our GE P7 oven on the three hour cleaning cycle.
The lids are 'only' PYREX, by the way.
I don't know anybody I hate enough to wish this stuff on. It's nearly as awful as pyrex made of soda-lime glass.
My Mom got some back in the late 1980’s and we still use it to this day.
Wonderful! I think ALL of our moms did 😀
I have always wanted to buy the Visions cookware and NOW I don't after watching this video. Thank you for creating and posting it. Is the food item shown a DAIKON RADISH?
Glad you found it helpful! And if memory serves, that was the correct answer. Happy cooking 👍
I still have and still use mine!
I grew up with VISION pieces, so I was pretty tickled to find them at a thrift store in the past couple few years. I now have an extensive set...to the point I am giving dupes away to friends and family.
And to agree and confirm, they are much better with "wet" applications, like you explained. That said, a bit of cooking spray goes miles, but for searing and such, steel is the way. Tiny VISION fry pans still make a nice fried egg though. As far as cleaning, the trick I found was just a steel scrubbie...no green scratchies, no geegaw scrubbers, just steel. It will take anything off the VISION surface!
I didn't hear it mentioned, so nerd stuff: VISION is actually pyroceram, a clear (in this case) ceramic with a incredibly low CTE, which is why it doesn't react to big temperature swings. White ceramic vintage CorningWare is also pyroceram, unless it states stoneware.
Not having Teflon is also useful in our case, since the SO has a parrot, and PTFE off-gassing can kill birds dead. So yeah, VISION and All-Clad are the rule now.
Chef Matt...ever find any All-Clad at the thrift stores? I just scored two pieces of Copper Core the other week...laughed myself silly all the way home. $600 in pans for $55
Fantastic stuff. Thanks for the info. And GREAT scores on that All-Clad! As a matter of fact, here's a video i made after finding a distressed All-Clad pan for $5 at the thrift: ruclips.net/video/OQFH5L-_1eo/видео.html
Interesting; I had no idea it was vintage! I have one purple (not cranberry) 2 qt pot that I got from Goodwill. I got it because it looked cool and needed an extra pot that size, but my favorite cookware is a tie between All-Clad and Chantal (both stainless steel). I don't use the Visions one much because I have an old electric coil stove and the recommendations for that are to use a heat diffuser. That means I have to dig out one of those every time I want to use it. I would probably go with all Chantal if it cleaned up just as easily as All-Clad, but that is one area it isn't quite as good. But All-Clad is so big and clunky that it loses a point to Chantal; hence they come out in an even tie.
Sounds like a nice setup. Both All-Clad and Chantal are great in my book. I believe the Cranberry Visions debuted in 1992. 👍
Visions never needs a wire diffuser, that's only for ordinary glass like Pyrex Flameware. Visions will handle any heat source except induction (though there are models with a magnetic layer made specifically for those cooktops).
@@JohnTFolden Thank you; I'll use it more now!
@@DrValerie800 You are very welcome. There is a slight learning curve depending on what you use the saucepan for... but as a general rule, Visions absorbs and retains heat longer than just about anything but cast iron. So preheating and lower temps should be used.
@@JohnTFolden Thanks John! I mostly do soups and sauces in it. I do all the high-temp stuff in cast iron or stainless steel.
We had this when I was a kid. Everything stuck to it. Literally. I couldn’t boil pasta without it burning on the bottom. 40yrs later, I think it required lower temps than steel.
Never had any, my friend did, but he didn’t keep it very long. It would be no use to me now, as I have an induction cooker.
I have several pieces of the Visions cookware that I purchased in the 80's and the reason I don't use it, is exactly what you stated. It is a BEAR to clean. Even the pots - I remember making oatmeal one morning for my kids and I didn't have the burner on hot and man o man, it scorched the bottom of the pan. Took me forever to clean it after letting it soak all day. I think that was the day I packed it away and went back to my beloved Revereware, lol.
Oooh, I love Revereware! That stuff still shines up like new 👍
@@IWantToCook Sure does! Just love it.
next time, try a pumice stone. I've used it on burnt on carbon in a pyrex rectangle. It didn't scratch the pyrex, and it cuts right through the carbon.
@@monkeyb1820 thanks, I'll give it a shot.
My revereware and Saladmaster are the best!
Very interesting ! Thank You
My mom had Visions cookware in the late 80s. I was a teenager and learning to cook. I hated it. The worst part was, she got rid of Sears Maid of Honor in favor of it!
ETA: forgot to say, those are parsnips
Oof, that’s rough! I wouldn’t want to learn to cook on this stuff.
I bought a vision frying pan, thinking it would work like a non stick surface. Unfortunately I had only a gas cooker using bottled gas, using that pan I found I would have four little hot spots in the Vision pan, one above each burner flame, very little heat anywhere else in the pan. As you said it was also almost impossible to clean. I eventualy just threw it awa as a completely useless waste of space.
The great thing about CorningWare is that it looked nice enough to serve directly from on the table, so one less thing to clean after dinner.
Yes!! Fridge to stove/oven to table for the win!
When I moved into my first apartment in 1988 I bought a set of these. The baking dishes and casseroles were fine (still have a couple) but the sauce pans were awful and I threw away the skillets after about six months of scrubbing out stuck on foods and burning things. Not good pans at all.
I’ve been watching for a set of the cranberry color without the anti-stick coating.
Nice! Yeah that’s pretty rare, and unlike CorningWare I don’t see much Visions when thrifting.
I remember seeing commercials for visions. I can't remember if my mom bought a pot or just talked about it because she just did not think they were safe. I want to say she did though. She was much happier with her corning (I have hers and use it all the time) and cooking with that. I don't think I would be interested in collecting it at this time as I think corning is much nicer.
Yes, I have to agree. I use CorningWare every single day, often for serving. Visions, only occasionally. 👍
I have a set I haven't used in years and found it difficult to keep clean.
Try Barkeepers Friend with a green and yellow scrub sponge and/or a magic eraser pad. I’ve found between those two I can make CorningWare glisten again.
you failed to mention glasswares as one of the safest materials to cook that's non-reactive to acidic foods, does not rust, does not leach bad chemicals pthalates to food. they're great for soups, saucy food, sauces and baking. they're beautiful as leftover storage in the ref. my only gripe is that i have to be gentle with them compared to cast irons hehe
All great points. I mentioned some of those attributes in my CorningWare video, but yes, those are true about Visions, too. Thanks for watching and happy cooking!
I love the cranberry grab it bowl and lid!
Back in the 1980's that that line came out, HATED the amber color of the cookware. HATED it then and now. Glad I have a simmer burner on my gas cooktop that has very low BTU setting not only to gently melt chocolate without breaking it but to hold it all in a single cause pan "All Clad" is my go to.
Nice! It’s hard to go wrong with All-Clad, and I’ve found it easily worth the price. 👍
Visions was also dangerous to use. More than 35 years ago I used a Visions pot one day to heat veggies for a dinner. It exploded like a bomb. Glass and veggies were strewn all over the kitchen. It was a big mess that took several days to clean. I kept finding shards of glass all over the kitchen. My pot must have been defective.
Oh, my! That sounds horrible.
@@IWantToCook That was the last time I used Visions cookware. I threw away the whole set after that happened. Thankfully, I had stepped out of the kitchen and was in another room when the pot exploded. I just heard a "pop" when it exploded.
That’s user error. Been using them for 30yrs only one that broke was the frying pan when I dropped it
@@evilmidge9840No, it’s not “user error”. Any defect in those pots and heating can cause them to explode like that. Could either be a manufacturing defect or a tiny chip nobody noticed.
Cooking in glass and ceramics is always going to carry the risk of things like that, especially pieces as brittle as Visions.
the breakage is user error, not defective pots lol. check them for defects before using to prevent these types of scenarios.
Those look like parsnips.
One issue I have seen with Visions cookware. If they have been abused, by someone who liked to literally toss things in a sink, they can fragment in the oven or one the stove top. I've seen it twice, both to the same person. The pots kind of exploded in a small area and fell into shards. It was a mess.
Yikes! Sounds like a good word of caution.
And that is true for Pyrex and Corning Ware, as well. If you toss it around or are rough with it and damage it then you shouldn't continue to use it as it may break.
@@JohnTFolden I've never has this issue with older Pyrex or Corning Ware... but I will keep an eye open for that potential issue. Thanks!
On the other hand.. chipped or cracked Pyrex and Corning Ware make good plant trays or parts for craft project.
@@shadowpulpfan1810 I’ve never had the issue with any of it, but then I don’t bang my stuff around. ;)
Visions and CW are made of the same material though. So they have mostly the same strengths and weaknesses.
@@JohnTFolden And that is my issue. I like round corner Visions and CW. Unfortunately the best of it is second hand now and you never know what you are getting. The Vision pans I saw 'pop' weren't mine, thank heavens. It did put me off Visions for years.
I've gotten in the habit of starting all non-metal stove top ware with a flame tamer, especially if the contents are chilled. Once the heat has evened out I consider removing the tamer.
Really nice discussion. Cheers!
walmart has little pumice stones in the cleaning aisle. The pumice will make quick work of that burnt on carbon.
Good to know!
I'm sure there making a comeback, due to people being more aware of the chemical changes in metal pots &pans. Glass just like cast iron more pure to cook in.
Good point. I chuckle a bit when I hear about all these "new" non-toxic, non-porous ceramic cookware... Corning was doing it decades ago!
My grandma used to have these. And those look like parsnips!
The double boiler looks potentially interesting, except I don't like ever use a double boiler.. Otherwise, I'm really enjoying my carbon steel and have no extra space!
For cleaning burned food stains use spray oven cleaner. Let it sit for an hour then use a plastic Scotch pad to scrub off. Easy.
Thanks for the tip!
I think we had a piece or two of that stuff growing up. It was ok, 👍
Visions is 100 percent non toxic. That’s a big plus.
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I had one small pot, and it was just awful. Even when you tried to heat milk, there would be hot spots where the milk would burn and stick. The conductivity was just awful. I think it was best used as a double boiler.
where can you get it in Canada
Hi there! While a fellow Canadian might have even better recommendations, I would try thrift stores or a resale site like eBay, Etsy, etc. If you want to buy new, you can go to Corelle.com and look under the Visions product page.
It seems to heat up faster?? Yes or no.
Not vs metal, in my experience. That’s one of the downsides of glass and ceramic cookware. That said, unless you’re operating a professional kitchen or need absolutely fast and reactive cooking, heating times are not so laborious that it should impede the average home cook.
I am not much of a cook but have just started using Cranberry Vision ware. I really like it I can see the food cooking and the clean up is easy. I also love the mixing bowlsl They come in various sizes and styles. I just offered all my metal cook ware to my daughter. PS I like the use of glass over metal. Enjoyed your show. I have been a long time collector of Pyrex and Corning Ware
Thank you so much for watching! That Cranberry Vision is beautiful stuff. Happy cooking 😀
Mom had these in the 80s, briefly...
Ever heard about the law of headlines?
Had the glass rim of the lid on my large pot sheer off a piece. Glad it didnt go in the food. So i didnt trust the lids after.
Yikes!! 😳
I will like to repurchase a set, my set was broken and one peice was stolen.
Oh sorry to hear that! Thankfully it’s still easy to find, both new and used. Thanks for watching and happy cooking 👍
My mother used to cook with this. Like you said, when it was time to wash the dishes, I HATED it. It was such a pain.
Yes! Ugh 😑
I do like my vision cookware
don't like to waffle bottom on the Skillet
And on the small Skillet 🍳
Omg I had a full set of these when i was 18 (inherited) and I gave them away. Regrets
Time to hit the thrift stores! :-)
I don't know if spell right parsnips
Those look like parsnips. I don't like parsnips. 😝
Also, try to avoid Goodwill. The CEO and other higher ups are well paid, but not the employees. I also find them expensive for being a thrift store.
Goodwill takes the "thrift" out of thrift store, but adds nepotism. The one in my area has 50% of on Saturdays for the color tag of the week, and I still think some items are expensive for beingused.
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Parsnips!
Those are parsnips
I use my casserole every day ….. I microwave chicken legs for my pets
I used that stuff, one or two times, to make hamburgers. Wasn't that good, I seemed to burn stuff.
Oh I can only imagine how bad those might have stuck to the pan. Some footage I had to leave on the cutting floor for this video was me attempting over easy eggs in that skillet. It was a disaster, lol. 😂
@@IWantToCook yeah, it was the early 90s when I moved in, with my first roommates ever. It was their stuff.
The vegeables look like parsnips
Definitely parsnips.
It never seemed like it was a good idea..glass has a poor thermal transfer characteristic. Also, the end vegetable might be a parsnip?
Pyrex Flameware
Yes, very rare I believe. I would love to find some of that stuff when thrifting. It has eluded me all these years.
I used Visions cookware but abandoned it almost immediately. It took up too much room for how little I used it.
I remember my sister wanted it and at first she loved it but then we realized food stuck like crazy. Try season a glass frying pan, good luck!
Exactly! Not so much luck there, in my experience, thus I recommend sticking with metal for sautéing, frying, etc.
Parsnips.
Parsnips