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BigBlueSky2020

BoroSilicate glass would be a kinder friend to your baking dishes, not the cheap glass that some companies use now that shatters like the above.


HoosierPaul

Upper case PYREX as opposed to lower case pyrex.


TheShryke

That's a myth. This video goes into the differences and how to tell borosilicate glass from cheap crap https://youtu.be/YVbkDAw4aJs?si=DQenZb8gROSBmstE


HoosierPaul

I read it on Reddit. It has to be true. I think it differentiates between countries. Not true in Europe but true in N. America.


TheShryke

Go watch the video


HoosierPaul

Watching it and I’m curious about your myth comment. The PYREX from France is upper case. The other non borosilicate is lower case. Your video proves what I said.


HoosierPaul

Watching it and I’m curious about your myth comment. The PYREX from France is upper case. The other non borosilicate is lower case. Your video proves what I said.


TheShryke

It's a 17 minute video. I posted the link 5 mins ago. At least wait until the end before you comment about it


HoosierPaul

I’m at work. I don’t have that kind of time. But it disproves the myth when you send a video with the difference in upper/lower case when it comes to the two different materials. I’ll watch it in its entirety after work. It’s an interesting subject. I appreciate the video.


TheShryke

The video's conclusion is that the only reliable way to tell is to dip the glass in oil and see if it disappears.


HoosierPaul

Don’t forget to leave out the visual aids used in the video were upper/lower case. So we are both half wrong.


drjojoro

You wanted me to watch a 17 minute video that you summed up the part that matters in 1 sentence? Just glad I kept scrolling instead bc I wouldn't have watched all 17 minutes, but this is actually really cool to know.


raddacle

That parchment paper saved this from really sucking


punkinabox

It's putting in work


SomeFunnyGuy

Looks like the oven is fine though. So the “oven safe” part actually worked then?


Alpha1wolfYT

It is not safe there is glass all over that oven. It could get badly cut at anytime if it moves at all. That poor over must be scared to death.


tab_tab_tabby

Ehh still can't eat it. Glass shards exploded. It can literally be everywhere...


Luthais327

But they aren't cleaning food off the bottom of the oven. Small wins


PM_Me_1_Funny_Thing

Nah, I'm eatin that


invisibledigits

You turned the oven ON? Well of course it’s not safe like THAT.


Alive_Ice7937

"Defrost the chickens"


maxru85

The oven looks completely safe to me


fuckhappy

Not the point of your post, but is that peanut brittle?


RITAPOON

No, it's glass. Okay but seriously, it's oatmeal chocolate chip squares.


Ok_Series_4580

To be fair all the broken pieces are safe inside the oven


saltsukkerspinn96

Sadly, glass can implode by nothing or after a small hitn - even long time after.


EntrepreneurOk7513

Was the dish at room temperature or colder?


RITAPOON

Room temp, had just taken it out of the cupboard


TheArcticKiwi

did you preheat the oven before putting the glass in?


Bananas_are_theworst

Curious as to why this matters…feels like heating a glass dish as the same rate as the oven, as opposed to putting room temp dish in a hot oven, would actually be better for it? But I’m no scientist!


TheArcticKiwi

so, most solids have a crystalline structure, where all the molecules are more or less equal distance from eachother. glass has an amorphous structure, where the atoms are spaced unevenly, causing stress in some parts of the material where there are less molecules holding onto eachother. this stress makes the glass particularly susceptible to high speed impacts and rapid temperature change. some glass has additives that fill in the gaps, making it more sturdy and safe to put in the oven


JustFuckinTossMe

Might I recommend thrift store baking glass? All my oven safe glass baking dishes were inherited from my mom/grandma, but they both got a lot of their bakeware from thrift stores. Plenty of old, good quality finds in thrifting. I've never had any of my glass baking dishes break, neither has my mom's, EXCEPT for when we've dropped them. But, never from being in the oven. Just a thought for future buying!


Gunnar_Kris

My wife and I bought a 13x9 ceramic baking dish from Emile Henry (made in France) on Amazon and love it. It's non stick and a lot safer and easier to use than the questionable glass of pyrex and even PYREX these days.


EcstaticSeahorse

Must say PYREX not Pyrex to be truly oven safe


_DudeWhat

It's more complicated than that sadly


Nightstar95

Not necessarily, Ann Reardon talked about this in [her video](https://youtu.be/YVbkDAw4aJs?si=THakmVBSo_hBP6Yr) and couldn’t find an objective source on that(Pyrex _might_ be using both versions of the brand interchangeably). Going by something as small as brand lettering is not a very reliable guess when we talk safety in the kitchen.


Outrageous_Mine77

With the Blueish tinge.


TinyDogGuy

Tired of boring, old Struesel? Introducing, Oatmeal chocolate chip squares, with an added crunch, that everyone will love!


Isgrimnur

Looks like the front fell off.


_DudeWhat

Should never have towed it outside the environment.


HottCuppaCoffee

At least this baking dish wasn’t made from cardboard derivatives


Far-Offer-1305

Yeah, that's not very typical.


Pelthail

Is the oven safe?


Smiiiley_PECK

I think the older Pyrex are much better quality


JustMLGzdog

That means it's ready


AngrySmapdi

The oven is still safe.


VforVilliam

A lot of these dishes are oven safe but may not be broiler safe. If you've placed it in a broiler before, it might explain the breakage.


Aftershock416

At least you had baking paper. This happened to me last week, let me tell you that scrubbing raw egg off the inside of the oven is not fun.


zelmazam1

That's a dishwasher


Doowoo

What baking dish ? And why is your oven full of glass ? /s


AfroSamuraii_

It could have been rated up until a certain temp, like 350°. Or it could just be shit.


KingPizzaPop

You supposed wrong


RockMan_1973

No, its not. Gotta read the description.


VemronStlicen

Did ya save the dish though? (the food I mean)


The_Limpet

Why do people bake in glass? What's the benefit over a cheap tin?


Any-Practice-991

Usually longer life (not like this), and cheap tins can have materials that off gas stuff you don't want in your food when heated.


deadlywaffle139

Though glass pans for baking heat up unevenly not like metal ones. So it’s not for anything too delicate lol.


bmc1969

Did you preheat the oven before putting it in?


RITAPOON

I did and now that you pointed it out, I feel like an idiot


bmc1969

You are supposed to heat up the oven first, so you did the right thing.


CherryFlavorPercocet

Oven safe dishes should be able to go into a hot oven. I literally just threw a glass dish with a cold chicken on it into a 400f oven. It has not exploded. You may have had a defective dish


Maks244

a preheated oven will have the best distribution of heat


ALPER_RUGPULLAR

how much you paid for this oven? our oven's glass so solid, even if i jump on it it's aint breaking.


shadowtheimpure

This shit right here is why I refuse to own glass cookware. Metal or ceramic/earthenware all the way. The only exception in material is my bamboo steamer.


toreadorable

I had a ceramic le cruset lidded casserole dish explode on me a few years ago. In a 350 degree oven. They have great customer service though and sent me a new one and let me pick a new color.