PYREX vs pyrex -- What's The Difference & Why It Matters

I Want To Cook September 14, 2025
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Glass cookware from the PYREX and pyrex names is indeed different, and one may or may not be made with borosilicate glass rather than soda lime. But what you think you know about PYREX might not be true. In this video, chef and food writer Matt Degen clears up the confusion. I use True Board cutting boards. Check out The True Board and use discount code IWANTTOCOOK to receive 20% off entire order: thetrueboard.com/IWANTTOCOOK Also see: All about vintage CorningWare: https://youtu.be/zQYaiSZeNlA Visions Cookware: Was It Clearly Better? https://youtu.be/q2E4vXmecN0 Corning Q&A about Pyrex material: https://libanswers.cmog.org/faq/398431 00:00: Intro 01:37 Pyrex background 06:25 Why Pyrex material matters 09:41 PYREX vs pyrex shatter test 12:07 How to tell the difference in pyrex material 14:21 Pyrex mineral oil test 16:11 How to buy borosilicate Pyrex 17:58 Vintage CorningWare -- the better Pyrex alternative 20:21 Trivia time

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