| I have some Emile Henry ones I love. Plus a couple NordicWare thick aluminum ones with lids that are awesome for potlucks, travel, and brownies on the go and such. While not high end, they are super practical in addition to some nice ones. |
+1 and older Pyrex is better quality than the new stuff. Haunt yard sales and Goodwill for an 8x8 and a 9x13. You may also be able to find plastic lids for those. |
| Are you baking cakes and cookies in/on Le Crueset? |
| I like LC dutch ovens but their casserole dishes are way too heavy. Echoing other posters here that corningware and pyrex are good choices here, esp. vintage. |
Except for the fact the Pyrex has been noticed to spontaneously explode into a million pieces |
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I don’t spend my time worrying about super rare stuff. |
DP but this actually happened to me - apparently there was a drop of water where I set down the hot dish and it exploded all over my kitchen. I had no idea that could happen (I was in college) and thought a bullet was shot into my apartment or something. It was nuts. |
PP who recommended Apilco and this happened to me about 2 years ago. So I don’t know how truly rare it is. It was terrifying - I don’t use Pyrex bake ware anymore because of it. |
Staub fan, too. |
NP. Yeah, I don’t like to worry about ‘super rare stuff’ either but after was about to buy some glass Pyrex bakeware online and saw all the reviews from people who had it explode on them, I decided to pass on it! |
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I use Pillsbury, it's similar to Apilco.
I don't have first hand experience with exploding pyrex and I don't want to have it. |
Pillyvuyt Bad autocorrect |
| No more Pyrex for me, it exploded twice. |
Thanks, pp for this. I’m one of the LC posters, but will check this out for a bread pan. |