Pyrex Bakeware 4.8 Quart Oblong Baking Dish, Clear

Great Pyrex glass pan. Broke my last 4.8 pan didn’t think I would find another one. Thanks again for Amazon for coming through again for me.

I love the Pyrex brand and have several pieces of food storage ware but this was my first piece of cookware/bakeware. I recently got into the habit of making lasagnas and while I have a few decent sized corningware casserole pans they weren't large enough to fit full sized lasagna noodles. I always had to add an extra step to prep and cut the noodles in half. I was in the market for a good quality large baking dish when this baking dish went down in price to a whopping 7 dollars. At that price this was a steal, however even when this dish is 20 dollars it's is definitely worth the money. This Pyrex baking dish was exactly what I was looking for. It's a generous size - 15 inches long, 10 inches wide and 2 inches deep. I was able to make a 6 layer lasagna and still had enough depth for another layer or two. This is the perfect baking dish to make lasagnas, casseroles and other baked dishes (such as chicken parm) if you are feeding a crowd, it's definitely large enough for BIG meals. With any glass bakeware you have the risk of it shattering thanks to thermal shock (glass expanding due to temperature change thus shattering. Something that is taught in high school chemistry. I'm not trying to be rude but it's easy to forget things you learned in high school chemistry after all those years). Pyrex glass is not immune to thermal shock. There are two rules to follow to prevent shattering. 1) After baking never place the bakeware on a counter without a silicone trivet since the counter will be cooler than the dish and 2) Always make sure the dish has reached room temperature before placing it into the refrigerator from oven or placing it into the oven from the refrigerator. My mother taught me those rules and I can remember her following them 20+ years ago even before Pyrex changed their glass formulation. I'm not saying you can't put it straight on a counter or in the fridge after taking it out of the oven, nor am I saying you can't put it in the oven straight from the fridge but why chance it? As long as it is handled properly and treated with care this Pyrex baking dish will be used to make all of your large baked meals for years to come.

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There are lots of obvious uses for this pan, such as jumbo portions of lasagna. But for me, this is also the pan I haul out at Thanksgiving for turkey duty. Rather than use a conventional covered roasting pan that'll spend 11 months of the year gathering dust out in the garage, I've found this -- with the turkey size Reynolds oven roasting bags -- to be the perfect solution for extra-large (around 22 lbs.) birds. The standard 13"x9" pans are good for turkeys up to about 16 lbs, and I use this method for cooking chickens throughout the year. (The smaller Pyrex baking pans nestle inside this one in my cupboard.) My thinking is that it's the same amount of effort to stuff and cook a larger bird as it is the smaller, and I'm glad to have leftover turkey tucked away in my freezer for the next few weeks. The plastic bag keeps the meat moist and helps it cook evenly, as the steam is contained around the bird. And this jumbo Pyrex pan is easy to clean: it fits in the side slot in my dishasher, where a standard covered roasting pan would be just too big and require hand washing. Highly recommended.

This is a big improvement over the conventional smaller sized baking dish. With the old one I could only fit 2 pieces of fish filets to bake in the oven but with this one I can fit four filets....so this is a blessing. w I am not sure of what the directions are with my smaller pyrex dish but I will make sure to note the warnings on this one. A lot of people have had problems with these dishes cracking. And a lot has to do with basic science. In any event you heat the oven first and then put this in it....not while its heating. You also have to make sure to let this cool once it comes out of the oven (and dont pull it out with a wet towel or wet glove). And after it has cooled then you can put it in the sink or get it wet. Otherwise you run the risk of this shattering and that is the last thing you want.

When I need a pyrex pan this size nothing else will do. I was heart sick when I accidentally broke my biggest and at times best over 20 year old Pyrex pan. I expected to pay an arm and a leg to replace it. To my pleasure and surprise the price was great and my pan arrived quickly in fact two days early.

Good product at a good price

Hasta ahora todo bien. Producto de calidad Pyrex, funcionalidad adecuada. He usado uno por muchos años y buscaba uno adicional.

nice size

Si quieres un utensilio de cocina que dure sin duda Pyrex es la mejor opción, de gran tamaño y buen precio

The product is nice but not durable, the one I bought before broke while taking it out of the oven, but I still use the next one I bought, I don't know, maybe there was a manufacturing defect in the first product. That's why I gave 4 points