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Pyrex 17pc Easy Grab Set
$39.99 + $5 Standard OR $25 Two-Day OR $27 One-Day Shipping
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Pyrex. Is. Perfect.

It's glass, so chemical free. It's glass, so it's microwaveable. It's glass, so it's freezable. It's glass, so it's attractive on a table. It's glass, so you can pour hot stuff in it. It's glass, so it doesn't stain. It's glass, so it doesn't puck up odors. And it's Pyrex glass, so it doesn't break.

lstaff wrote:Pyrex. Is. Perfect.

Was perfect. They went to a cheaper recipe for the glass and it sucks. The last time I used this newer version the glass shattered and my lasagna was spread all over the inside of my oven. I wouldn't recommend this to anyone that was planning on using it for hot dishes. Maybe for jello but nothing else.

ThunderThighs wrote:Take a look at the navigation bar at the top. We got us a new site! Go say hi to Tech.Woot!

after.

Sorry I'm a bit late, Just got on and saw... pyrex? Not a laptop? Tablet? PC for monday? Then noticed Tech.Woot. I don't know how to feel about this yet

lstaff wrote:after.

Now that i have gotten my BEAR ATTACK! about something i truly love, I'm off to Tech!!!

thomas998 wrote:Was perfect. They went to a cheaper recipe for the glass and it sucks. The last time I used this newer version the glass shattered and my lasagna was spread all over the inside of my oven. I wouldn't recommend this to anyone that was planning on using it for hot dishes. Maybe for jello but nothing else.

I'm sticking with Thomas on this. Last time, (or, was it earlier) I got 3 different shipments, ALL with busted-up glass in them.

I'm passing this time.

I bought this the last time it was on here. Love that I can use it to cook int eh oven, then reheat in the microwave without switching dishes after storing it in the fridge with the lid! The bowls are my most used kitchen item for mizing and baking and storing. They do take up quite a bit of space and the sizes are different being more taller and narrower then the low sided ones I am used to but overal it is a good buy!

Modern Pyrex is soda lime glass instead of borosilicate (assuming this is made by World Kitchen), so it won't hold up to as high of temperatures as the old borosilicate glass made by Corning. However: never put glass bakeware directly on a burner or under a broiler. Pyrex is not broiler safe, as far as I know.

One of these shattered in my oven just last week. Probably not a good idea to put it into a preheated, convection oven.

ViolaineGray wrote:Modern Pyrex is soda lime glass instead of borosilicate (assuming this is made by World Kitchen), so it won't hold up to as high of temperatures as the old borosilicate glass made by Corning. However: never put glass bakeware directly on a burner or under a broiler. Pyrex is not broiler safe, as far as I know.

It says in the item description that the bakeware is broiler safe, but the other stuff is not. Are you sure?

thomas998 wrote:Was perfect. They went to a cheaper recipe for the glass and it sucks. The last time I used this newer version the glass shattered and my lasagna was spread all over the inside of my oven. I wouldn't recommend this to anyone that was planning on using it for hot dishes. Maybe for jello but nothing else.

Actually - this is a common urban myth. Go to Snopes to read about the real story about the Pyrex dishes. http://www.snopes.com/food/warnings/pyrex.asp

I own this set, and I love it. I've had it for 6 yrs now, and none of it is broken and I use it all the time.

stupidone0 wrote:It says in the item description that the bakeware is broiler safe, but the other stuff is not. Are you sure?

Yep. I'll defer to Pyrex's website on this one:

Keep in mind, all glass, whether soda lime or borosilicate, can experience thermal breakage if exposed to sudden or uneven temperature changes. You can avoid the most common causes of thermal breakage by following four simple rules:

1. Always place hot bakeware on a dry, cloth potholder or towel.
--Never place hot bakeware on top of the stove, on a metal trivet, on a damp towel, in the sink or directly on a counter.
2. Never put bakeware directly on a heat source such as on a stove top, on a grill, under a broiler or in a toaster oven.
3. Always allow the oven to fully preheat before placing bakeware in the oven.
4. Always cover the bottom of the dish with liquid before cooking meat or vegetables.

I've had several pyrex items break in the last few years whereas their predecessor items lasted decades. Most recently, a large pyrex measuring cup with 170 degree hot water "exploded" when I placed it on some room temperature (80 in this case) formica. I was left with sharp shards AND what kind of looked looked like crumbled glass. I found a lot of info on the internet when I got curious about what was going on. I won't pass judgment on what I've read other than to say I've lost a lot of the confidence I had in Pyrex but if you've got the time you might find it interesting reading if you did some surfing.

ViolaineGray wrote:Modern Pyrex is soda lime glass instead of borosilicate (assuming this is made by World Kitchen), so it won't hold up to as high of temperatures as the old borosilicate glass made by Corning. However: never put glass bakeware directly on a burner or under a broiler. Pyrex is not broiler safe, as far as I know.

Actually they started using the soda lime glass in the 40s before Corning sold them. This whole story about them being suddenly inferior is an urban myth.
http://www.snopes.com/food/warnings/pyrex.asp

lstaff wrote:It's glass, so chemical free. It's glass, so it's microwaveable. It's glass, so it's freezable. It's glass, so it's attractive on a table. It's glass, so you can pour hot stuff in it. It's glass, so it doesn't stain. It's glass, so it doesn't puck up odors. And it's Pyrex glass, so it doesn't break.

Glass is sensitive to extreme heat and extreme cold. Glass does not handle fast temperature changes well. Pyrex glass is still glass and is definitely breakable if dropped or exposed to extremes of temperature or quick changes of temperature. The difference is only that Pyrex glass that is rated for oven use will handle higher temps than normal glass.

I have a lot of Pyrex at home and I'm very careful when I handle it and when I am exposing it to temperature changes. So far I have not had any of it break - except when I dropped one once.

I'm tempted, as some of the stuff in this set looks like stuff I could use. I would have liked to have seen close up views of the bowls as well as the baking dishes and the measuring cup. Any chance of that?

colleenkulesza wrote:Actually they started using the soda lime glass in the 40s before Corning sold them. This whole story about them being suddenly inferior is an urban myth.
http://www.snopes.com/food/warnings/pyrex.asp

I never said it was inferior. To clarify what I said: soda lime glass has more mechanical strength than borosilicate, but it does not hold up to the heat in the same way, which can cause fracturing from heat stress. I'm pulling this information from here: Stats.org.

The downside is that soda lime isn’t able to withstand temperature changes in the way the old Pyrex (borosilicate glass) could. The coefficient of thermal expansion for borosilicate glass is 35 x 10 to the power of minus seven, inch per inch per degree centigrade, while that of heat-strengthened soda lime glass is 85 x 10 to the power of minus seven, inch per inch per degree centigrade. This means soda lime glass has three times the thermal expansion of borosilicate glass, which accounts for greater dynamic breaking when a hot soda lime dish encounters a cold, wet surface – which is why the manufacturer warns not to expose dishes to such temperature conditions.

The reality though is that if people are more likely to injure themselves by dropping a dish, the change to soda lime represents a greater net safety benefit.

I will, however, totally own up to not knowing when they started using soda lime.

I love Pyrex, although I do agree this should be under the Home woot section.

mrinvegas wrote:I love Pyrex, although I do agree this should be under the Home woot section.

They changed the site up - the best deal of all sites will be on the home page now.

"Pyrex" does not signify heatproof borosilicate glass anymore. Rather, it now signifies tempered soda lime glass.

I experienced an explosion of tempered soda lime glass in a chem lab years ago. No one was near the glass when it went CRACK! but, afterwards, we picked up little shards of sharp glass from a few feet around where a glass container had been heated by a bunsen burner. Something to consider, especially in light of the fact that the shards of glass from a fresh-out-of-the oven bit of glassware are likely to very hot.

Might want to consider Marinex glass (sold by the Amazon mothership, by the way). Marinex is apparently true borosilicate, at least according to the marketing materials.

CrystalSinger wrote:
I'm tempted, as some of the stuff in this set looks like stuff I could use. I would have liked to have seen close up views of the bowls as well as the baking dishes and the measuring cup. Any chance of that?

The bowls look similar to the bowls in this set, which I was planning on buying anyway - our family is trying to go 'Gladware-free'.

ViolaineGray wrote:They changed the site up - the best deal of all sites will be on the home page now.

I'm confused about what makes something "the best deal" however. There are two other items on the other tabs that are higher percentages off the retail prices - what makes this "the best deal" of all the sites?

CrystalSinger wrote:I'm confused about what makes something "the best deal" however. There are two other items on the other tabs that are higher percentages off the retail prices - what makes this "the best deal" of all the sites?

*points above*, but I will repost the admin's quote here:

ThunderThighs wrote:Woot will be the best deal of the day in any category. Could be something from Home, Sport, Kids, or Tech. Best. Deal. Period.

These aren't lab Pyrex- that is borosilicate.

These are soda glass. Been like this for a long time.

peace

lstaff wrote:It's glass, so chemical free. It's glass, so it's microwaveable. It's glass, so it's freezable. It's glass, so it's attractive on a table. It's glass, so you can pour hot stuff in it. It's glass, so it doesn't stain. It's glass, so it doesn't puck up odors. And it's Pyrex glass, so it doesn't break.

Not keen on that last bit you said, from experience. If I remember correctly, Pyrex is made from soda glass. I had a 9x13 Pyrex baking dish explode on me after I let it dry on a table and sunlight passed over it.

colleenkulesza wrote:Actually - this is a common urban myth. Go to Snopes to read about the real story about the Pyrex dishes. http://www.snopes.com/food/warnings/pyrex.asp

No myth. If you read your own Snopes article it did say Pyrex was subject to thermal shock and that they changed glass types. Consumer Reports was able to replicate this in an article published January 2011. More than 150 complaints have been filed with the consumer product safety commission and the labels on newer Pyrex state ""Do not add liquid to hot glassware, place hot glassware on a wet or cool surface, directly on countertop or metal surface or in sink…Allow hot glassware to cool on a cooling rack, potholder or dry cloth…" So its not a myth and there is an issue if you try to use this stuff like your mothers old Pyrex.

What I'd like to know from the well informed - is it worth the price for the items? I rarely cook but I don't own any glass bake ware type of items. PLUS, I'd really like to be able to heat food up in (in the microwave) something that will not stain or transfer food flavors to.

Would also like to know, how would WOOT handle a case where any of these glass items were delivered broken?

I have a very nice set of Pyrex but I find I rarely actually use it. Mostly it sits up in my cabinet gathering dust until I wash them cause it's too thick.

For non desert baking I use stoneware, for desert I usually use metal.

Basically this feels like something I should be using but never actually have.

thebesthereis wrote:Would also like to know, how would WOOT handle a case where any of these glass items were delivered broken?

In the past, they sent a replacement. Then, another one. And, again.

After that, I just got a refund.

The other stuff, a bowl set, was just sent in the retail box, which, in my case GUARANTEED breakage.

Of course, YMMV.

steve

Taking all comments in consideraton regarding the pros and cons of different materials, safety issue with "exploding" cookware, is this still a better deal? I don't like the idea of heating plastic in microwave, also I don't want to turn myself into hypochondriac, If something happens, it would. So, is this deal BETTER than MOST cookware out in the market? Yes or no would suffice. Thanks.

I'm jumping on the "new Pyrex sucks" train. After grabbing a very similar set from Costco a few years back, I had my brand new 13x9 explode on me. It made a huge mess and scared me good. Shortly after that, the 8x8 cracked and I had to throw it out. I couldn't believe it. My mom gave me an old Pyrex borosilicate 8x8 and that thing is a rock. Never chipped, cracked or exploded. I wish I could get more of those...

Consumer Reports did a bit on exploding glassware a few years back: http://news.consumerreports.org/safety/2010/12/foia-requests-examine-glass-bakeware-that-shatters-.html

It may not be a 100% surefire method, but the soda lime glass is often greenish if you look at it from an angle. The borosilicate is perfectly clear.

skou wrote:In the past, they sent a replacement. Then, another one. And, again.

After that, I just got a refund.

The other stuff, a bowl set, was just sent in the retail box, which, in my case GUARANTEED breakage.

Of course, YMMV.

steve

Uh...Steve, ever think your delivery person might be the problem?

I picked up a similar set from Woot! around Christmas last year and it's fantastic! The wide handles make for easy handling. The lids are the greatest since left-overs can just be covered and put in the fridge.

And for this whole debate about breakage: I've been using pyrex my whole life and with proper usage, have never had a problem.