This product exploded cutting my wife in the face when she opened the oven to check the temperature. Why
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I don't know. Do the directions say it is ok to leave it in the meat in the oven?
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We only used the glass cover once and after heating took the cover off and was going set it on the counter (was holding the cover by the handle) and it exploded into a thousand pieces over the food, stove, counter, floor. What a mess to clean up.
665456
Hmmm...I just used my hotplate tonight. I have two microwaves: one 800 watts, the other 1000. I heat it on high for two minutes. If what you say is true, I would return it for another. I would suggest asking for a refund, but I love this thing. Be glad no one was hurt! What wattage is the oven? Are you SURE she was using a MICROWAVE, no regular or convection OVEN?
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I am not the person to answer this. I did not like how the oven worked. I tried to send it back within 30 days, after using it only 3 times- all three were disasters.. I was refused because I had "used it "multiple" times!!!
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Glass cookware is subject to thermal shock. All glass cookware. Apparently Pyrex made some changes in the formulation which could have been responsible for some of the exploding glass. Other explosions (so to speak) could have been due to sudden temperature changes or immersion of a hot container into cold water or perhaps freezer to a preheated oven or cold, wet oven mitts. Read the manufacturer's instructions as these could vary from company to company or even casserole to casserole dish. No one wants a product which will explode on them, no one wants to make an emergency room visit. Follow instructions and use common sense. You can immerse a steel or aluminum pan and you won't see the tensile changes; you could with a hot glass dish.
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I have had two of the new Pyrex bowls explode. The first was when I was washing them in the sink prior to the first use. I placed the bowl in the strainer and it exploded. The second happened when my husband was heating it in the microwave just a few minutes ago. He took it out and said, it just melted and then it popped and exploded. I read an article that said that it was due to a change in the type of glass used as a cost cutting measure. I had emailed Pyrex after the first incident and never heard back from them. I think I will email them again, but I came here to look for an alternative as well. I'll look into Anchor Hocking. Thank you. I have had two of the new Pyrex bowls explode. The first was when I was washing them in the sink prior to the first use. I placed the bowl in the strainer and it exploded. The second happened when my husband was heating it in the microwave just a few minutes ago. He took it out and said, it just melted and then it popped and exploded. I read an article that said that it was due to a change in the type of glass used as a cost cutting measure. I had emailed Pyrex after the first incident and never heard back from them. I think I will email them again, but I came here to look for an... » Read More I have had two of the new Pyrex bowls explode. The first was when I was washing them in the sink prior to the first use. I placed the bowl in the strainer and it exploded. The second happened when my husband was heating it in the microwave just a few minutes ago. He took it out and said, it just melted and then it popped and exploded. I read an article that said that it was due to a change in the type of glass used as a cost cutting measure. I had emailed Pyrex after the first incident and never heard back from them. I think I will email them again, but I came here to look for an alternative as well. I'll look into Anchor Hocking. Thank you. « Show Less
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It caused a few burns to the bottom of my new oven ! I think because I had my oven at 400 .
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That must be a mistake on the labeling. I've been cooking for nearly 70 years and have never seen a skillet that withstands 800 degree heat, at least nothing that is advertised that way. The only time my oven is set for 500 is baking a pizza on a pizza stone.
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To Everyone. I brought this adapter. Opened it up on Xmas Day, plugged it in, walked out of the room. I saw a orange glow out the corner of my eye and I started to smelled smoke. I walked back into my bedroom and the area rug was on fire.The adapter was on the floor by the baseboard. My floors are concrete, the sparks caught onto the rug. I'm so glad I was home when this adapter started a fire on the area rug in my bedroom and burn down my apartment.
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That is around when mine did the same thing...kind of an acrid, burning smell. This is clearly an inferior product and Holmes should be ashamed.
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There should be a thermal link (fuse) some where in it as a safety feature. It could have blown if the unit got to hot. Also look at heating element, it could have split from calcium in the water.
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I too, saw the "E2" warning. I unplugged it and cleaned it, to try again. Well, that's when it happened!! Unplug it, carefully place it back in the box, and send it back! Mine got so hot, it almost melted the counter top. (it did melt part of the smoker!) Send it back! Take no chances.
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I found out the hard way too. Christmas dinner roast smelled like melted plastic. They really ought to not call this an "in-oven" thermometer if the thermometer part isn't supposed to be in the oven. Or put a warning in big, bold letters in the fine-print instructions or on the package "DON'T PUT THIS PLASTIC THERMOMETER IN THE OVEN STUPID!!!"
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Mine never worked right. Burned the bread even on light crust. I returned it.
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Cwun, sorry i made a mistake. My earlier reply was for a pressure cooker i bought. This oven always worked fine. No problems. Whenever i want to cook healthy and fast i use it. Remember this oven uses hot air generated from a special lamp to cook. For the time of ownership see the date of my review and add 1 month more. I highly recommend. Good luck.
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Worst oven ever, almost killed us when it exploded. I bought the largest zoster oven they make for 89 dollars. Spent more to send back the Wolfgang oven, which, yes, I paid for.
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Duke, those clips are pretty serious clamps... Imagine, if you will; &gt; Cooking with them engaged: And a small piece of food bubbles up, and plugs that small vent hole... It would become a pressure cooker with no vent, and a serious explosion could occur. &gt; Storing with them engaged: Pressure on the soft rubber gasket in the lid for any length of time would cause it to deform, and perhaps harden in that shape; thereby defeating it's purpose of gently sealing in steam for cooking..