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Re:Instant Brands, maker of Instant Pot and Pyrex cookware, ... by GuB-42 on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @07:32PM (#36319150)
It is the same company that sold cheaper soda-lime glass under the name "Pyrex". Pyrex as a brand used to mean "borosilicate glass", a type of glass known for its superior resistance to thermal shock.
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Re:Instant Brands, maker of Instant Pot and Pyrex cookware, ... by ksherlock on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @07:59PM (#36319390)
Corning started doing that in the 1980s. Then Pyrex was spun off to Correlle in 1998. Then Correlle merged with InstantPot in 2019.
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Re:Instant Brands, maker of Instant Pot and Pyrex cookware, ... by hedora on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @12:13AM (#36321365)
It’s strange instant pot would burn their brand by being associated with pyrex. Just last week, I was talking to an older person, who commented that she kept somehow shattering her pyrex. I guess an older piece finally broke a few years ago, and she hadn’t heard about it.

Anyway, it continues to be a safety hazard. Shame on corning for making the change (without just killing the brand name).

My instant pot’s fine though. I dropped the lid from 10 feet on to concrete, and the heat sheild cracked, but it didn’t affect the seal or safety.

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