Product Description

A kitchen staple for more than 80 years, Pyrex bakeware is as relevant today as it was in 1915.  Made of a durable, high temperature material, Pyrex bakeware is classically beautiful and versatile enough to use in the refrigerator, freezer, oven, microwave, dishwasher and on the table in style.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #105217 in Kitchen & Housewares
• Brand: Pyrex
• Model: 6001012
• Released on: 2004-03-10
• Dimensions: 2.00" h x 9.00" w x 13.00" l, 1.00 pounds

Features

• 9-inch x 13-inch x 2-inch rectangular baking dish
• Measures 13 inches long by 9 inches wide by 2 inches deep
• Glass won't leach odors or metallic tastes into food
• Safe for oven, microwave, freezer, and dishwasher
• Made in the USA

Amazon.com Review
Pyrex was the first to create a line of glass bakeware so cooks could actually see how their food was cooking. At the time, the idea was revolutionary; now--like all great innovations--we take it for granted. In fact, these days this standard-size baking dish from Pyrex (a company that's been making quality glass products for the better part of a century) costs about as much as a bowl of pasta at the Italian joint down the street. Not a bad deal, considering it transitions flawlessly from oven to microwave to freezer to dishwasher, and, if you're moderately careful, it will last you a lifetime. The 13-by-9-inch dish makes standard-size cakes or casseroles. --Meg Heffernan

Customer Reviews

Fine for Baking, as Intended.
This dish, and other glass ones like it, are for baking (casseroles, brownies, lasagna, etc.) and Pyrex serves this purpose just fine. But it is not intended for roasting, 400+ degrees, or direct conduction of heat!

Unlike steel, cast iron or (especially!) aluminum, glass is a thermal insulator. Therefore directly applying heat/cold (like burner flame) results in disparate temperatures across the material. Since heat is just molecular vibration, the temp. difference means the dish is vibrating "against" itself at different speeds.

Many of the reviewers complaining about dish "explosions" have discovered this the hard way. Of the current 21 reviews, there are two cases of attempting to make gravy on a burner, one roasting beef at 475 degrees, one roasting Thanksgiving turkey, and one transferring pork roased at 425 to a "warm" burner. It should be very easy for anyone to destroy whatever glass dish with similar techniques... as I did, many years ago in my mother's kitchen! Surely legitimate flaws attributable to Pyrex do exist, but flaws revealed during unintended use are a different matter.

read manufacturer warnings
I've read several of the reviews here and just wanted to note that the manufacturer's guidelines for Pyrex baking dishes specifically warn that they are not safe for stove top use, oven temperatures above 400° F, and extreme temperature changes. When used within these guidelines, the chance of the dishes exploding is much lower. Pyrex baking dishes aren't perfect for everything, but they certainly have their place in the kitchen. I will agree, however, that they can be hard to clean.

Another explosion I'm afraid...
I heard a 'bang' in my kitchen storage cupboard and when I opened the door I found that my Pyrex dish had exploded and sent shards of glass everywhere. The dish was perfectly cold, and had been in there since it was last used a few days ago.
I have spent the last 2 hours cleaning out the cupboard and washing everything - I have around 40 cooking pots of various shapes and sizes in there.
I have used Pyrex for about 25 years, and this is the first problem I have ever encountered. An explanation would be useful!
I still think Pyrex is good stuff, but would think twice about buying any more from now on I have to confess.