Found this pyrex pot. What do you guys think about glass

>>9341988
seems like a really really bad idea but ive never cooked with glassware sooo

Prolly good for cooking meth
Prolly not great for thermal conductivity

>>9341994
b-b-but you get to see what you're cooking.
OP. Go get some crayfish, you'll know what to do.

>>9341988
I have a antique Pyrex double boiler. It is pretty great. Pre-1990s Pyrex is the best, unless you can score some lab glass Pyrex.

>>9341988
how does that work?

>>9342112
you stick your dick in it and WA LA

>>9342112
...i.its a pot.
It works.. like a pot.

>>9341988
>pyrex
cant use it on the stovetop, it'll shatter into a million pieces trying to boil something, does okay in the oven, just don't put direct flame on it for long periods.

>>9342033
same here, I have the one where the handles snap on or off so you can put the pot part in the microwave

>>9342395
Ah, thanks for the heads up.

>>9342033

> Pre-1990s Pyrex is the best

this, the new stuff is shit and will shatter much more easy I've been told

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So if i cant use this on the stove what the fuck can i do with it? It only cost me $1.50 so its really no loss.
Also, I have one of pic related and ive used it on the stove more than a few times to make soup.

>>9342361
this >>9342395 is what I was curious about

>>9341988
yikes
pyrex splodes on stovetop

>>9342677
I may just take off the handle and use it as a baking dish. Its an odd shape for baking though. Not sure what id make in it.

>>9342435
Fun fact! They changed the formula to make it cheaper when they bought out the original company. Old pyrex has a capital P. New pyrex is only lower case, illegal for them to use the P because of the different formula, if you want an easy way to

>>9342723
This one is all caps

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I just facepalmed and realized i could look up the searial number. Turns out it it the top part of a double boiler so yeah. I definitely cant use it on the stove and probably not in the oven. Im just going to take off the handle and use it as a flour or sugar container.

>>9342716
Anything you'd make in a slow cooker, chili, beef stew, soups...stuff like that. Just be sure to have some solid oven mitts because that shit is going to be hot as balls.

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>>9342723
It's not "make it cheaper". The new stuff is actually more costly to produce. It has a different safety benefit.

The original "Pyrex" was brorosilicate glass. This glass has very little thermal expansion so it can withstand rapid temperature changes like going from a hot place to a cool place (or vice versa) with minimal risk of shattering. You can identify this glass because when you look at the edge of a piece it's clear in color.

The new stuff they switched to is tempered soda-lime glass. This kind of glass does not have the same thermal shock resistance as the original. However, it does have a different advantage: if it does break (for whatever reason), it makes tiny little bits like a car window. That's a lot safer than the large daggerlike shards you get from breaking borosilicate glass. You can tell soda-lime glass because when you look at the edge it has a blueish-greenish tint to it.

Look at this pic. Top is soda-lime glass. Bottom is borosilicate.

Personally I prefer the original. But apparently the liability lawyers decided that there was less liability risk with the tempered glass.

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Note to self. Buy more flour.

>>9342785
Thanks for stopping by pyrex.

>>9342751

couch looks awesome. post a pic?

>>9341988
Cook crack in it

Pyrex smokin lookin like its fog yeaaaaaaa

>>9342785
I was of the understanding that the process to produce borosilicate glass required a higher temperature compared to soda lime, and use a lower temperature to produce means cheaper to manufacturer. This may have changed since I had learned about this.

>>9342972
That's only part of the picture. You also have to account for the separate tempering step that is applied to the current glass but not the original.

>>9342467
you absolutely can you that on the stovetop, it's visionware

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>>9342856
Sure thing bro. Couch sucks though. Im glad its not mine.

>>9342033
>I have a antique Pyrex double boiler.
OP has half of one

>>9342751
>I definitely cant use it on the stove and probably not in the oven.
it's the same material, you absolutely can use it on the stovetop and in the oven.

>>9342817
that's not pyrex, go away

>>9342395
>>pyrex
>cant use it on the stovetop
unless it's flameware, like op's or visionware like >>9342467 or a few other things. some of them need a little protection, like a grate, if you've got a shitty electric range, but a good electric range or open flame is fine.

>>9343040
Its the same pot in the op and it is pyrex.

>>9343020

looks beautiful!

>>9343059
The pot in the op has a pic of fire on the bottom under the PYREX. Does that mean its flameware? Does that mean its safe for the stove?

>>9343467
Oh duh. You said that one was flameware. Sorry for drunk posting.

>>9341988
I have not once heard of glass pyrex cooking utensils
I have a couple but they are for storing hot food, not cooking it

>>9343020
why did you steal it, asshole

>>9343525
There is even one scene in Breaking Bad where Skylar is cooking (food) in a pyrex pot.