Why are your PYREX dishes breaking? Company files for bankruptcy TikTok: _gothowl \/ DexertoFolks all across TikTok have been claiming their PYREX dishware is cracking and breaking \u2014 but why is it happening? Here\u2019s what you need to know, and why the company is filing for bankruptcy protection. TikTok is a perfect place for foodies of all kinds to share their confectionary creations\u2026 but recently, there\u2019s been an influx of at-home chefs claiming their supposedly indestructible PYREX dishware is faltering in a major way. Take this video from user \u2018gothowl,\u2019 for instance, who claimed that their PYREX cake pan shattered in their oven while baking a tasty treat at 325 degrees Farenheit just one minute before it was done. (Yikes, that\u2019s painful.) However, there is an explanation for why this has been happening to so many people lately \u2014 and it was nicely laid out by another TikToker named \u2018Cooking at Pam\u2019s Place.\u2019 What\u2019s the difference between PYREX and Pyrex? First, let\u2019s give an explanation as to what PYREX actually is and why it\u2019s supposedly so great for cooking. PYREX is a brand that specializes in cookware made out of a type of borosilicate glass. Borosilicate boasts a far lower thermal expansion rate than regular tempered glass, meaning that it\u2019s harder to break at very high and very low temperatures. For instance, when you pour hot water on a cold glass, it might shatter \u2014 but not PYREX. Although it\u2019s been hailed as one of the number-one brands in cookware for some time, one of PYREX\u2019s parent companies, Corning, sold licensing rights for the brand to other companies\u2026 only using lowercase lettering, of course. That\u2019s why you\u2019ve likely seen a ton of dishware at stores using the \u2018Pyrex\u2019 label in lowercase \u2014 but it\u2019s not the same thing. Products sold with the lowercase \u2018Pyrex\u2019 by other companies are probably using tempered glass instead of the tried-and-true borosilicate\u2026 meaning that it\u2019s far more likely to shatter at extreme temperatures. This fiasco comes on the heels of a big change for Pyrex\u2019s owner, Instant Brands, which recently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy due to \u201ctighter credit and higher interest rates,\u201d as reported by abc7news. The company will now be restructuring; but that\u2019s not the end of the drama. The company is also involved in a Class Action lawsuit due to shattering cookware as a possible result of this PYREX vs Pyrex debacle. This is just the latest foodie fiasco to take over TikTok after a McDonald\u2019s worker sparked a debate on the platform after claiming their ice cream machine was broken.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Why are your PYREX dishes breaking? Company files for bankruptcy TikTok: _gothowl \/ DexertoFolks all across TikTok have been claiming their PYREX dishware is cracking and breaking \u2014 but why is it happening? Here\u2019s what you need to know, and why the company is filing for bankruptcy protection. TikTok is a perfect place for foodies […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64539"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64539\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}