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Brand: Pyrex
Category: Kitchen

List Price: ~~$6.00~~
Buy New: $3.99
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars

15 reviews
Sales Rank: 864

Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 4.4 x 5.8 x 3.5
Warranty: 1

MPN: 6001074
Model: 6001074
UPC: 071160010741
EAN: 0071160010741
ASIN: B0000CFMZN

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NOT 'Pyrex' anymore August 5, 2007
5 out of 9 found this review helpful

Pyrex is only a trade name ONLY now, licensed out to World Kitchen. It is NOT the original invention from 1915 that we all remember. It is NOT Pyrex BOROSILICATE glass anymore (after 1998). It is NOT safe to plunge into ice cold water from boiling oven anymore. It's also heavier because it's NOT PYREX anymore! After 1998, when Corning Glass stopped making Pyrex. (Think fiberoptics and bankruptcy, etc.) They sold off their 'household' glassmaking and it reformed as World Kitchen. PYREX is borosilicate glass and very resistant to wear and chip and cracking due to exposure to heat or quick changes in temperature. This is why Pyrex and Kimax and other borosilicate glasses are used for chemistry glassware. (Timex was to watches as these were to chemlabware! Takes a lickin' and keeps on tickin'!) Corning has licensed the name of 'Pyrex' to World Kitchen, but nothing else about it is 'corning glass'. (As an aside - Corning made/makes great glass - of all kinds. A world-beater in their day. Management screwed them over going down the wrong economic road. Do check out their lovely glass museum in Corning, NY!) NOW, World Kitchen makes their 'pyrex' measuring cups out of ordinary soda-lime glass (kitchen drinking glass type). This is NOT safe to expose to heat changes!!!! (Think wear safety goggles - like you WERE working in a CHEM LAB!) I suspect that soda-lime glass is denser than borosilicate, but the actual measure wall thickness may be different now than before, and, thus, this accounts for some of the weight difference. If you want my opinion - find 'vintage' Pyrex Measuring Cups somehow and they will last multiple lifetimes. I have one of my mom's and she has two of her mom's measures. My new ones cannot hold a candle to the old ones (30 to 60 years old) and aren't worth a tinker's damn. Happy times in the kitchen!

5 out of 5 stars

Measuring Cup June 12, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

The pyrex measuring cup is the best, but I have quite a biased point of view on anything Corning. My mother worked at a Corning plant for many years and still has a set of dishes she bought there over 30 years ago. The dishes have survived moves and 4 children and look as good as ever.

4 out of 5 stars

Durable, Serves the Purpose Well, But the Functionality Is . . . May 29, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful

This is a durable, long-lasting, thick-glassed measuring cup. I've had it for years, and the writing hasn't come off. The writing is easy to read. The glass is easy to clean and has a high tolerance for temperature. The handle is comfortable. But the functionality is rather limited. I've found that it's best to have a set of assorted stainless steel measuring cups and measuring spoons for dry ingredients. As for liquid, the Pyrex 4-cup Glass Measuring Cup is a lot more versatile and helpful in the kitchen. Often times with cooking, you need 4-8 cups of liquid, (liquid) which is what these measuring cups are used for. Rarely do you need to use less than a cup. With that said, this cup works well for anyone who can find a use for it, but the 4-cup measuring cup can also be used the same way without repetitive usage and can be used to strain food and liquid from cans. Simply use it with a mesh strainer with a handle. The larger cup can also be used to cut up herbs with scissors. This measuring cup is too small for those kinds of tasks.

1 out of 5 stars

Poor design May 5, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

I have always used pyrex glass measuring cups, so when my old one-cup cup broke I wanted to replace it. I'm very disappointed with the design of the new cup. The cup itself will probably hold two cups of liquid. It only has markings for up to one cup. The cup is very short and wide. This makes the markings so close together they are hard to read and hard to pour the precise of liquid I need. I bought another one that I like. I can't imagine why Pyrex made this cup like this. I would have never believed I would review a measuring cup, but this one was so bad I decided to.

5 out of 5 stars

I love it! April 11, 2007
0 out of 2 found this review helpful

I had searched high and low for a microwaveable and dishwasher safe measuring cup. The only cups I found were only one or the other but not both. This cup is both. Very useful. We use it daily for reheating gravy, making a cup of tea or heating milk for hot cocoa.

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