Paper that 99.99999 percent of people don't read. I'd wager a good amount of money that Anthony would not have read that information had it been provided on paper. It should be common sense to not put a pan lid on a hot burner. But common sense isn't as common as it should be and manufacturers end up putting information on paper in six languages just so ignorant people can do what they do.
Especially since not everyone has mobile device to scan and download with.My grandparents (RIP) never had one, they could barely figure out the voice mail. They would have never known not to place lid on the stove like the video because the company was too cheap to include $0.01 worth of paper with clear warning.
When I was going to buy a tv stand for my new one a few years ago, almost all of the ones on amazon were with glass bases. After reading the reviews and horror stories, I decided against those, too.
Nope.... FYI, you are not supposed to use this type of stove for pressure canning. Unless they have developed better, stronger glass...the weight of the jars and water can damage the cook top, break the glass. I have even had burners on regular electric stoves break from the weight of pressure canning.
First of all, the trend to not providing full instructions and warnings WITH the product is the root cause of many such issues. It is good that the company is replacing his stove. I have just informed my family of the dangers involved, as none of us knew.
Oh, they absolutely do provide warnings. In the manual that pretty much nobody ever reads. And if they did read it, they would return the appliance because the manual reveals what an absolute pain in the ass those stoves are.
The owner is correct, there should be a warning upfront and Center, not on something that you have to download from the internet. NOT EVERYONE has a smart phone that can scan and open a website from a QR code. Manufacturing companies should NOT be operating on the assumption that every person who is buying their product has a smartphone or even have the capability or knowledge to do this.
Although rare anymore, not everyone has a smart phone. In the past couple of years I have seen several stories about the front panels on the ovens shattering. I think manufacturers are cost cutting and going to cheaper glass.
This was the exact root cause of Pyrex shattering unexpectedly, resulting in some injuries. It was only later that the company issued warnings about a thermal shock risk when this wasn't always the cause of glass explosions....it was actually due to a reduction in glass quality.
@@msr1116Yep. PYREX (upper case) is made of borosilicate glass. Pyrex (lower case) is made of soda-lime glass. Borosilicate glass can withstand rapid heat transfer better and what lab beakers are made from. Soda Lime cannot.
I have a Samsung induction cooktop. The manual I received advises against putting hot items on cold areas & vise versa. This is common sense to anyone who cans (as I do) - never put hot food into cold jars or cold food into hot jars. They are more likely to break. I always remove hot pans & lids to the counter, with a hot pad underneath.
He put the lid with the handle up on the range top and it pulled a vacuum. Had a friend do this-he pulled up the lid so hard to remove it he broke the glass. This isn't a defective range. #hit happens.
I've always avoided those glass stoves, and wondered on what planet those stovetops make sense? Have a kid who throws things? Have a hot pot that's a smidge too heavy? Have you set a cold metal pot on the heated glass stove? Have you accidentally spilled cold water on the stove while cooking? Every one of those actions can make a glass stovetop shatter. Also, have you ever seen a professional chef use one in a restaurant? No.... Because they're inefficient junk. It is straight up one of the biggest scams in appliances. They stay hot for an hour after use, they're difficult to keep clean, and they're straight up dangerous around children.
It's ceramic, and they're significantly more efficient than the garbage gas stoves of the old era. They're ridiculously strong, but a thermal shock can damage it.
Making stove tops out of glass has strike me as one of the stupidest things I've ever seen. Glass does not absorb or disperse heat well and is, by it's nature, prone to shattering if heated or cooled too rapidly. I'll never own one if I can help it.
there's millions of these glass tops out there and I have never heard of this happening before.... and I have personally dropped a cast iron pan on one without damage.
It’s not regular glass. That’s why they call it ceramic glass cooktop. I’ve had one for years with no problems. This was an extremely rare case of a hot lid creating a vacuum because it sealed so well. There’s nothing to be afraid of. Back in the day, Corning brand made a whole line of GLASS pots, named Visions. Glass can be made to handle a lot of stress.
As he’s talking, I’m looking at the stove where he’s pointing and thinking “There’s no damage. All I see is a broken lid”. The visual would have been better had they actually moved the lid so you could see the damage to the actual stove.
Go back to buying regular burners instead of these glass tops. This could have blinded him. Full instructions and warnings should be printed and given to every buyer….not everyone has a cell phone to scan QR codes or phone plans that have internet access. I have a pay-as-you-go plan and I can’t access internet from my cell phone. Stop assuming everyone has this and start requiring companies to provide all warnings in hard copy.
@@ncmariofan3605 I can light my stove with a lighter even though it has an electric spark ⚡️ that lights it. When the power was out one year during Christmas for four days and I had to cook dinner for the whole family on a old wood stove I have for emergency heating, I went shopping for a gas stove to replace my electric stove and I had to run a gas line to my new gas stove so I could cook, even when the power was out! I have used my gas stove to cook many times when the power has been out! Always have an option! Also try using a wok on an electric stove, it doesn’t work properly.
@@ncmariofan3605 I possess a delightful vintage propane stove, 4 burners, oven and broiler. The pilot lights are lit after opening the valves on the propane tank and stay on, no power needed. The reason newer stoves have electric ignition is because should one of those pilot lights blow out it can cause unburned propane to build up until it reaches the other pilot lights or some other form of ignition, they are inherently dangerous. I do not use it, but if the SHTF I have options. some less vintage models will work without pilots and are manually lit and the newer ones have a safety that won't allow gas delivery without power to the ignition. It depends on what stove you have.
@FracturedNinja, can you tell me how this works? I can't make sense of what it is. It looked strange to me because of the way it was lying on the stove. They never moved it to see or inspect further damage, which seemed suspicious, especially in a video where you can include a lot of details in a short time!
@@dcgo44r, there are two types of woks round bottom and flat bottom. You can't use a round bottom wok on a flat cooking surface, but you can purchase a wok ring that allows the round bottom wok to sit inside of it. IMO what is displayed here is not the lid to a pot but its a wok ring for use on a flat cooking surface. If I am correct it likely caused the cook top surface to overheat and break. I could be wrong.. but it certainly looks like a wok ring to me.
Good that no one was hurt and I never imagined putting a lid face-down on a glass cooktop could create a hazard. Personally, I always rest my lids face-up because as they're wet and/or oily they just get the glass dirty.
Y'all remember when all manuals, paperwork and documents and warnings etc.. were in the box of the item in paperfrom. Not on some random website where it may or maynot be seen or even known about....
I don't get glass top stoves, to me it seems strange that something as susceptible to shattering due to temp changes would be used as a surface for cooking on. Especially since pots and pans are made of steel. Also, the control guide should be packaged in with the stove, at the very least, the safety precautions pertaining to the glass top.
My cooktop just cracked last week! I've used glass cooktops since 2000 and have never seen anything like this. I took a cookie sheet out of the oven and put it on the stovetop, something I've done countless times. No burners were on only the oven. I heard a loud pop and looked around. I'm in my sixties and I have noticed that both small and major appliances do not last as long as they used to. The quality standards are subpar. It wasn't unheard of in the 60's and 70's to have a kitchen appliance last well over 20 years, but not anymore. You're lucky to get 5 years on a small appliance and 10 years (we had a new LG dishwasher fail in 3 years) if you're lucky on major appliances. Tofu Dredge!
Wow, truly scary stuff. I have a Whirlpool glass top, too, so I’m glad I watched this. I haven’t put a hot pot lid face down on the glass myself, but I never knew one shouldn’t-and one of my guests or family members could do it, unknowingly. I’ve never downloaded that info found under the QR code. I’ve heard QR code viruses are prevalent, so-(not knowing if it’s true or not)-I prefer to avoid QR scanning as much as I can.
It doesn't sound like a design flaw or even the makers fault. He put the lid down that was wet, and the heat created the issue as it cooled. If they replace the stove, he should thankful.
We installed the microwave over our new stove…that comes with the stove. After a week, I was sitting in the other room when the glass from the microwave literally exploded sending glass blasting clear into the living room. Thank God I wasn’t standing near it!!
Possibly a defect in your microwave or installed correctly. I have had a microwave oven over both electric and gas stoves for about thirty years and never had a problem like that. 🤷🏼♀️
@@lf4061 It was 100% installed accurately; and we’ve never seen anything like that either. I’m 64 so I’ve seen a lot of things, but that was a new one for me.
Sounds pretty terrifying, but that's a pretty unusual thing to have happen. It's possible the glass panel was defective or the microwave was not assembled properly.
Vacuums are power forces and as an engineer I could see this happening while a hot lid is cooling on a smooth surface with a water interface providing the seal.
Yeah, that's why they've been used for over 50 years (1971). This was a bit of a freak accident with an explanation (hot, wet lid placed on cooktop forming a seal and pulling a vacuum as it cooled). Like most of the commenters, I ALWAYS put my lids upside down on the counter (not the stove) so I've never had this happen to me in the 30 years that I've used glass cooktops.
@@dperreno Yeah, just because something has been used for a long time doesn’t mean it should’ve been. It just means that there’s an audience out there who will buy it. Case in point. But, glad you’ve had good experience with yours.
When I put a hot lid down, I always make sure that the lip of the top is hanging off the edge of whatever I put it on, because of the suction issue that would otherwise occur. Once it cools, it is almost impossible to pick up the lid, otherwise.
those can leak and ive seen it happen as it happened to a friend of mine family member when he lived in my neighborhood like it had leaked at the threaded inserts of the valve that was in the basement but ive had no problems with a a glass cooktop like my moms house uses a glass cooktop it has not yet shattered and tis ovet 5 years old and its ebven a whirlpool
❤ same here. I bought a vintage,basic gas stove 15 years ago at a used appliance store. It's perfect. No shattering glass or list of rules to follow to avoid being killed by your stove.No clock,no timer,no computer boards. It can convert to run on propane. It cooks and bakes perfectly. I could care less to buy some modern,fancy,dangerous junk to impress someone or risk my life using it.
@@dawn1berlitzyet. Who knows if it will or not. Besides I prefer not to be bombarded with electrical magnetic frequencies that are so dangerous for health.I tries coming at other people's homes on these modern stoves and could not make half the dishes.Good food requires fire.
@@pattiannepascual the glass top atleast the one my mom has doesnt use magnets it has strips of metal the one your thicing of i think its one of induction cooktops
It's not really that big a deal, but it is good to not forget that glass can break under thermal stress (sudden rapid changes in temperature). Using natural gas can result in a house explosion if you have a bad leak inside the home and it only takes a tiny spark.to set it off.
I had a similar experience with a 13” x 9” Pyrex Glass baking dish. It EXPLODED in our oven with very delicious cheesy scalloped potatoes . . . I GOT RID OF ALL OF MY PYREX. Will NEVER use Pyrex again . . . I grew up with my grandmother and my mother using Pyrex and this NEVER happened; but, this could have done much more damage and I WILL NEVER EVER TAKE A CHANCE!
Glass top induction burner range top is compatible with stainless steel cook ware. Appliances like any electronic devices are designed now to fail so customers have to buy new.
Yes, the warning should have been on the appliance or at least on the sticker with warnings that normally comes with it. Another thing is that when you place a warm or hot object on the cold glass top, it may happen.
Matters of safety belong in documents shipped directly with the item being sold. Reliance on QR codes is a shortcut that is unacceptable for matters of safety. The same reliance on QR codes is a problem now also for Food Labeling of genetically engineered ingredients is now allowed so actual notice of "genetically engineered" components don't have be noted on a food label. Consumers being forced to rely on QR codes and smart phones is inappropriate. Companies: SAFETY FIRST! paper document with the product, Food Label. Direct to Consumers. If you want to explain the details further - or explain why you think genetically engineered ingredients are ok, put that in a link as secondary choice.
I was a service technician for a major appliance manufacturer for nearly 40 years. I replced many hundred of glass cooktops and oven door glasses for thermal shock. It also occurs with tempered automotive glass. I wouldn't describe it as rare but not uncommon either. I wouldn't buy one for that reason. The idea of putting a heavy pot on glass and heating it from the other side is stupid in my opinion. Cleaning those glass tops is a lot of work.
The guy says he's worked on appliances for 45 years and never seen this happen? I've only been working on appliances for the last 5 years and I seen it happen a few times myself already.
You know that they make glass cookware for use in the oven, right? I wouldn't recommend you put glassware on a stovetop, but it's probably okay as long as you're careful. The problem tends to be rapid cooling of hot glass, which can cause it to shatter.
This happened to our glass stove top quite a few years ago. It was some time in the evening after we had cooked and had dinner and we were watching Tv. (That long ago) I dont think there was anything left on the stove top, and everything would have had plenty of time to cool down. It just went bang, it exploded into many small safety glass pieces. I dont know how or why it happened. We just cleaned it up and went to buy a new stove top and had a new one fitted. Still a mystery.
Good story. Very helpful about what not to place in surface of stove👍. The part of the story where a QR code is mentioned connect to another topic in the news lately about not clicking on those QR codes. Be careful and check before we click
Whirlpool and every other brand have all gone to shit not one company puts out something you can rely or depend on. Everything is made so cheaply made of plastic now instead of back in the days of stainless steel or metal. Now it’s plastic. Everything breaks everything so cheaply made and you can’t trust any company.
Whirlpool-DO BETTER! You HAD a reputation to uphold! Unless you RECALL your alleged owners manual and print RED WARNINGS while we SHOULD read all material, almost 95% of people-mostly men-don’t bother!!! Even if us wives and girlfriends read them and warn them they regularly DISMISS us!!! Now, I’m 69, so I’ve LIVED this TRUTH all my life-COME FOR ME!!! I rent btw my new replacement fridge is whirlpool and has quite a few glitches and problems-BRAND NEW! Do better whirlpool!!!
the nice thing about downloadable manuals is you can quickly add warnings for whatever disaster you think might have happened and hope the guy didn't make a hardcopy of the old version 🙂
I dont have a stove like this but what i do have is common sense so i wouldnt leave a lid on a recent hot stove. I wish there was a store where u can buy brains. Id purchase many then resell them and make a hefty profit...
I've put lids on my stovetop many times, but all my lids have vent holes in them. I guess that's why no problems. Anyway, love my stove because it's the easiest to clean of all stoves. I've had it for about 12 years, and it still looks like new, with no scratches and it shines. Takes a bit longer to preheat a pan but that's something I don't care about.
You should have bought a few more. Maybe it wouldn’t have happened to the fourth, fifth or sixth one. Surely that couldn’t be a actual problem with the reality of a glass stove.
My neighbor had a glass top. It just started forming cracks. It was replaced with a different model of stove. What was in the steam droplets on the inside of that lid? Certain things release cases under certain conditions.
you cant put hundreds of warning labels to account for all variables on the stove. seems like a very rare occurrence and when it does happen it is because people lacking common sense or had a momentary lapse of judgement/accident. but as the video showed, it was mentioned in the owner's manual.
This happened to the stove on an episode of Jon and kate Plus Eight so I knew to be careful of lids that could causea vacuum to form. What happened to me instead was, the hot glass casserole exploded about 30 seconds after I sat it on the stovetop. Won't be doing that ever again.
My instructions said to never set anything hot on part of the stove that was not used and is still cold. I always set it on several pot holders on the counter.
ive never had this happen and my moms house has a glass top stove of which i service myself as getting access to the parts isnt hard atleast it isnt currently as some parts are used on multiple appliances...the stove is over 5 years old and still working well except for the oven light (i think the relay for the light has failed)
Pyrex used to make a glass that was almost unbreakable, but they no longer do. They're making them with a cheaper additive material, and they are no longer like they used to be. They CAN make better glass, but they'd rather do it on the cheap and still charge top dollar for it.
This happened to me about 4 months ago or so. I was in the kitchen and out of nowhere, BAM! The whole top shattered. Suffice to say, I bought a plain old GE electric. It came with the "smart" burners that won't let you hold a pot of water at a boil because of lawyers. So I found some replacement burners on Amazon for cheap and swapped them out. Now my stove works right, is not likely to shatter or explode, and they can take glass tops and put them where the sun don't shine!!!
Lol my anxiety always knew something was up with them glass top stoves; reminds me of when glass pans 'pop'/bust in the oven or when pyrex cups/bowls randomly explode
It's a telling thing when a producer of products makes its information accessible only by digital transfer. There should be an option of paper or digital manuals at time of purchase. I would only take the analog copy since that's always accessable.
The convection fan in my oven glowed bright red on fire. LG stove. Smoke curled out of the vents. Insanely terrifying. Got to get me a new one. Only 4 Years old. Planned obsolescence.
Tempered glass only needs a bit of heat to turn into a bunch of “popcorn.” I don’t see how that lid had an absolutely perfect seal on the stovetop. Plus, tempered glass is under such pressure by its very nature, uneven heating can make all kinds of things go wrong by thermal expansion. I would rather have a gas or electric stove with the Kal-Rod coils over anything made of glass!
You shouldn't have to download anything. It should be on paper and provided.
Hell yes! This is not a pair of earbuds from 5 Below. This is an expensive major appliance. A few CENTS of printed documentation should be included!
Paper that 99.99999 percent of people don't read. I'd wager a good amount of money that Anthony would not have read that information had it been provided on paper. It should be common sense to not put a pan lid on a hot burner. But common sense isn't as common as it should be and manufacturers end up putting information on paper in six languages just so ignorant people can do what they do.
I feel it should be on the box I remember glass pots so I’ll stick to my 90s stove.
If you can find your language in it.
Especially since not everyone has mobile device to scan and download with.My grandparents (RIP) never had one, they could barely figure out the voice mail. They would have never known not to place lid on the stove like the video because the company was too cheap to include $0.01 worth of paper with clear warning.
I dont like glass top stoves.
When I was going to buy a tv stand for my new one a few years ago, almost all of the ones on amazon were with glass bases. After reading the reviews and horror stories, I decided against those, too.
SAME! Took them out of three houses so far. Had gas lines run in.
Pro chefs cook on gas. Wonder why??
Nope.... FYI, you are not supposed to use this type of stove for pressure canning. Unless they have developed better, stronger glass...the weight of the jars and water can damage the cook top, break the glass. I have even had burners on regular electric stoves break from the weight of pressure canning.
@jolt, ME EITHER
good old gas stoves are my preference. when you turn the heat off, it stops and you can leave your pot/pan on the burner.
Gas stoves produce pollutants which are not good for your health.
The best are those old style metal coil eletric stove tops, bar none.
Yes I’m staying with all of gas appliances and vehicles.
@@czechmate6916 Good for you. I prefer electric stoves and gas vehicles as well. F electric vehicles they suck.
Yupp! It never fails, love cooking when the power is out too. 😊
@@Zbruh69 Where do you live power fails so often that you love to cook with no power? Odd.
First of all, the trend to not providing full instructions and warnings WITH the product is the root cause of many such issues. It is good that the company is replacing his stove. I have just informed my family of the dangers involved, as none of us knew.
Oh, they absolutely do provide warnings. In the manual that pretty much nobody ever reads. And if they did read it, they would return the appliance because the manual reveals what an absolute pain in the ass those stoves are.
@@DrTHCmost manuals are online now by scanning a QR code
@@DrTHC The warning was hidden behind a QR code that led to a thing you needed to download onto your phone.
Now I know why there are ridges on my glass stove, so there's not a completely sealed surface... The more you know
The owner is correct, there should be a warning upfront and Center, not on something that you have to download from the internet. NOT EVERYONE has a smart phone that can scan and open a website from a QR code. Manufacturing companies should NOT be operating on the assumption that every person who is buying their product has a smartphone or even have the capability or knowledge to do this.
@@dawsie another warning? Don't put the plastic bags over the babies face, don't buy a Glass stove.
I agree this scan code stuff is crap. My wired phone won't do it.
Exactly, not everyone has access to internet.
Although rare anymore, not everyone has a smart phone. In the past couple of years I have seen several stories about the front panels on the ovens shattering. I think manufacturers are cost cutting and going to cheaper glass.
This was the exact root cause of Pyrex shattering unexpectedly, resulting in some injuries. It was only later that the company issued warnings about a thermal shock risk when this wasn't always the cause of glass explosions....it was actually due to a reduction in glass quality.
The majority don't read the instructions fully anyway. Still a very rare incident and user error.
@@msr1116 I had a 1 cup Pyrex glass measuring cup explode in my microwave!
@@msr1116Yep. PYREX (upper case) is made of borosilicate glass. Pyrex (lower case) is made of soda-lime glass.
Borosilicate glass can withstand rapid heat transfer better and what lab beakers are made from. Soda Lime cannot.
I always put the lid upside down, I don't like a mess on my stove.
I had no idea this is possible, i probably would have done similare thing. Scew QR codes this should be front page warning.
Yes__my phone doesn't have the capability for QR codes, so that's bull.
All 'pertinent' information should be given to the purchaser of any appliance!
That assumes you have a computer phone and the app that reads the QR code. Not everyone does.
Exactly
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Good for you. QR codes can be scammed easily. I never use them
I have the exact same stove. about 13 years now. Makes sense. Hot lid, hot top, air cools down, a vacuum develops and boom it implodes.
I have a Samsung induction cooktop. The manual I received advises against putting hot items on cold areas & vise versa. This is common sense to anyone who cans (as I do) - never put hot food into cold jars or cold food into hot jars. They are more likely to break.
I always remove hot pans & lids to the counter, with a hot pad underneath.
That isn't what happened here. Maybe you should watch the video
He put the lid with the handle up on the range top and it pulled a vacuum. Had a friend do this-he pulled up the lid so hard to remove it he broke the glass. This isn't a defective range. #hit happens.
I've always avoided those glass stoves, and wondered on what planet those stovetops make sense? Have a kid who throws things? Have a hot pot that's a smidge too heavy? Have you set a cold metal pot on the heated glass stove? Have you accidentally spilled cold water on the stove while cooking? Every one of those actions can make a glass stovetop shatter. Also, have you ever seen a professional chef use one in a restaurant? No.... Because they're inefficient junk.
It is straight up one of the biggest scams in appliances. They stay hot for an hour after use, they're difficult to keep clean, and they're straight up dangerous around children.
I'll stick to my 1980s GAS range my mother bought at Sears! It just WORKS!
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Unless the pot is colder than room temperature or full of ice, you're probably fine.
Pro chefs cook on gas. Wonder why??
It's ceramic, and they're significantly more efficient than the garbage gas stoves of the old era. They're ridiculously strong, but a thermal shock can damage it.
Making stove tops out of glass has strike me as one of the stupidest things I've ever seen. Glass does not absorb or disperse heat well and is, by it's nature, prone to shattering if heated or cooled too rapidly. I'll never own one if I can help it.
It's called 'thermal shock' and is exactly why you should never pour cold water into a hot glass container.
there's millions of these glass tops out there and I have never heard of this happening before.... and I have personally dropped a cast iron pan on one without damage.
It's style over substance. There's a sucker born every minute.
It’s not regular glass. That’s why they call it ceramic glass cooktop. I’ve had one for years with no problems. This was an extremely rare case of a hot lid creating a vacuum because it sealed so well. There’s nothing to be afraid of.
Back in the day, Corning brand made a whole line of GLASS pots, named Visions. Glass can be made to handle a lot of stress.
I heard about this on John and Kate +8. They should make people more aware of this danger. I wouldn't have known if it wasn't for a TV show.
At the very least some sort of warning label would make a lot of sense.
As he’s talking, I’m looking at the stove where he’s pointing and thinking “There’s no damage. All I see is a broken lid”. The visual would have been better had they actually moved the lid so you could see the damage to the actual stove.
Perhaps they are hiding something!
There's a few points in the video where you can see it clearly, but not long enough to get a really good look.
That is what i was looking for the entire time
Go back to buying regular burners instead of these glass tops. This could have blinded him. Full instructions and warnings should be printed and given to every buyer….not everyone has a cell phone to scan QR codes or phone plans that have internet access. I have a pay-as-you-go plan and I can’t access internet from my cell phone. Stop assuming everyone has this and start requiring companies to provide all warnings in hard copy.
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In what's more is not everyone lives close enough to a city that would have free Wi-Fi that you can access.
Glass stove tops are easy to clean but my gas stove cooks better and and I can still use it when the power is out!
Unless it has a pilot light, which requires electricity
@@ncmariofan3605 I can light my stove with a lighter even though it has an electric spark ⚡️ that lights it. When the power was out one year during Christmas for four days and I had to cook dinner for the whole family on a old wood stove I have for emergency heating, I went shopping for a gas stove to replace my electric stove and I had to run a gas line to my new gas stove so I could cook, even when the power was out! I have used my gas stove to cook many times when the power has been out! Always have an option! Also try using a wok on an electric stove, it doesn’t work properly.
I was about to to say the same thing about the lighter! I had to use it on my grandma's gas stove when it wouldn't light up correctly@@seamoreplant
@@ncmariofan3605 I possess a delightful vintage propane stove, 4 burners, oven and broiler. The pilot lights are lit after opening the valves on the propane tank and stay on, no power needed. The reason newer stoves have electric ignition is because should one of those pilot lights blow out it can cause unburned propane to build up until it reaches the other pilot lights or some other form of ignition, they are inherently dangerous. I do not use it, but if the SHTF I have options. some less vintage models will work without pilots and are manually lit and the newer ones have a safety that won't allow gas delivery without power to the ignition. It depends on what stove you have.
Pro chefs cook on gas. Wonder why??
I put my lid upside down on a towel on the counter.
Thats not a lid. Its a wok ring. And you should not use them on this type of stove. 100% user error.
@FracturedNinja, can you tell me how this works? I can't make sense of what it is. It looked strange to me because of the way it was lying on the stove. They never moved it to see or inspect further damage, which seemed suspicious, especially in a video where you can include a lot of details in a short time!
@@dcgo44r, there are two types of woks round bottom and flat bottom. You can't use a round bottom wok on a flat cooking surface, but you can purchase a wok ring that allows the round bottom wok to sit inside of it. IMO what is displayed here is not the lid to a pot but its a wok ring for use on a flat cooking surface. If I am correct it likely caused the cook top surface to overheat and break. I could be wrong.. but it certainly looks like a wok ring to me.
Good that no one was hurt and I never imagined putting a lid face-down on a glass cooktop could create a hazard. Personally, I always rest my lids face-up because as they're wet and/or oily they just get the glass dirty.
That excludes me, I don’t do QR codes. But since this has been brought to my attention, I’ll not put lids down flat.
He put lid on glass. It cooled and caused a vacuum under the lid.
We’ve had glass top stoves for 30 years and never heard of this! Glad he’s ok
Y'all remember when all manuals, paperwork and documents and warnings etc.. were in the box of the item in paperfrom. Not on some random website where it may or maynot be seen or even known about....
I don't get glass top stoves, to me it seems strange that something as susceptible to shattering due to temp changes would be used as a surface for cooking on. Especially since pots and pans are made of steel.
Also, the control guide should be packaged in with the stove, at the very least, the safety precautions pertaining to the glass top.
My cooktop just cracked last week! I've used glass cooktops since 2000 and have never seen anything like this. I took a cookie sheet out of the oven and put it on the stovetop, something I've done countless times. No burners were on only the oven. I heard a loud pop and looked around. I'm in my sixties and I have noticed that both small and major appliances do not last as long as they used to. The quality standards are subpar. It wasn't unheard of in the 60's and 70's to have a kitchen appliance last well over 20 years, but not anymore. You're lucky to get 5 years on a small appliance and 10 years (we had a new LG dishwasher fail in 3 years) if you're lucky on major appliances. Tofu Dredge!
Pro chefs cook on gas. Wonder why??
All us blind folk will be sure to look for the code and read all instructions. Do they supply cd manuals?
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Wow, truly scary stuff.
I have a Whirlpool glass top, too, so I’m glad I watched this.
I haven’t put a hot pot lid face down on the glass myself, but I never knew one shouldn’t-and one of my guests or family members could do it, unknowingly.
I’ve never downloaded that info found under the QR code. I’ve heard QR code viruses are prevalent, so-(not knowing if it’s true or not)-I prefer to avoid QR scanning as much as I can.
That vacuum theory sounds plausible. If it was the heat from the lid it would have happened immediately.
A stove you can't put a hot lid on. I'll pass.
It doesn't sound like a design flaw or even the makers fault. He put the lid down that was wet, and the heat created the issue as it cooled. If they replace the stove, he should thankful.
I agree. I have always put the lid down upside down on the stove top because I don't want to get the stove wet.
This is EXACTLY what happened. This is not the stoves fault.
Sounds like a pretty big flaw to me. I'm a gas stove person, though.
@@elizabethperkins5555 its not a flaw in the stove. Its a flaw in he’s understanding of Boyles Law. It’s pretty basic High School physics.🤷🏼♂️
@@Music_the_Worlds_Language not everyone pays attention.
We installed the microwave over our new stove…that comes with the stove. After a week, I was sitting in the other room when the glass from the microwave literally exploded sending glass blasting clear into the living room. Thank God I wasn’t standing near it!!
Possibly a defect in your microwave or installed correctly. I have had a microwave oven over both electric and gas stoves for about thirty years and never had a problem like that. 🤷🏼♀️
@@lf4061 It was 100% installed accurately; and we’ve never seen anything like that either. I’m 64 so I’ve seen a lot of things, but that was a new one for me.
Sounds pretty terrifying, but that's a pretty unusual thing to have happen.
It's possible the glass panel was defective or the microwave was not assembled properly.
@@jnharton Yes, that’s entirely possible….i’ve never had anything remotely like that happen before or since.
Why have a glass top stove? I have a gas stove, if not that I'd get traditional electric.
because electric can't cook real food that requires fire.
I think the idea behind it must be that it is easier to clean.
I’m glad UA-cam recommended me to watch this I we actually have that same model stove
Vacuums are power forces and as an engineer I could see this happening while a hot lid is cooling on a smooth surface with a water interface providing the seal.
Absolutely. I was told not to put a hot lid face down on a glass top 25 years ago, and thought it was common knowledge. I guess not.
Glass cook tops are really not ready for prime time. This is just what happens when you put a lid down on it.
Yeah, that's why they've been used for over 50 years (1971). This was a bit of a freak accident with an explanation (hot, wet lid placed on cooktop forming a seal and pulling a vacuum as it cooled). Like most of the commenters, I ALWAYS put my lids upside down on the counter (not the stove) so I've never had this happen to me in the 30 years that I've used glass cooktops.
@@dperreno Yeah, just because something has been used for a long time doesn’t mean it should’ve been. It just means that there’s an audience out there who will buy it. Case in point. But, glad you’ve had good experience with yours.
@@ShadeIsLikely Never had a problem, nor has anyone I know. This is the first time I've seen this happen. But no product is perfect.
When I put a hot lid down, I always make sure that the lip of the top is hanging off the edge of whatever I put it on, because of the suction issue that would otherwise occur. Once it cools, it is almost impossible to pick up the lid, otherwise.
Sounds to me like glass stovetops are a bad idea. I’ll stick with natural gas, thank you.
those can leak and ive seen it happen as it happened to a friend of mine family member when he lived in my neighborhood like it had leaked at the threaded inserts of the valve that was in the basement but ive had no problems with a a glass cooktop like my moms house uses a glass cooktop it has not yet shattered and tis ovet 5 years old and its ebven a whirlpool
❤ same here. I bought a vintage,basic gas stove 15 years ago at a used appliance store. It's perfect. No shattering glass or list of rules to follow to avoid being killed by your stove.No clock,no timer,no computer boards. It can convert to run on propane. It cooks and bakes perfectly. I could care less to buy some modern,fancy,dangerous junk to impress someone or risk my life using it.
@@dawn1berlitzyet. Who knows if it will or not. Besides I prefer not to be bombarded with electrical magnetic frequencies that are so dangerous for health.I tries coming at other people's homes on these modern stoves and could not make half the dishes.Good food requires fire.
@@pattiannepascual the glass top atleast the one my mom has doesnt use magnets it has strips of metal the one your thicing of i think its one of induction cooktops
It's not really that big a deal, but it is good to not forget that glass can break under thermal stress (sudden rapid changes in temperature).
Using natural gas can result in a house explosion if you have a bad leak inside the home and it only takes a tiny spark.to set it off.
I had a similar experience with a 13” x 9” Pyrex Glass baking dish. It EXPLODED in our oven with very delicious cheesy scalloped potatoes . . . I GOT RID OF ALL OF MY PYREX. Will NEVER use Pyrex again . . . I grew up with my grandmother and my mother using Pyrex and this NEVER happened; but, this could have done much more damage and I WILL NEVER EVER TAKE A CHANCE!
Sounds like you've got a bad case of paranoia.
@@bountyhunter4885 Bingo! Was not an issue when we actually made things in America.
Glass top induction burner range top is compatible with stainless steel cook ware. Appliances like any electronic devices are designed now to fail so customers have to buy new.
Some older folks dont know what a q r code is...
Yes, the warning should have been on the appliance or at least on the sticker with warnings that normally comes with it. Another thing is that when you place a warm or hot object on the cold glass top, it may happen.
Yeah that seems like a pretty important warning since leaving a lid on the one's cooktop is a pretty common thing to do.
LOL. I feel better having my ancient stove now.
I bought one these when they 1st came out. Never again , the glass top shattered easily ❤
More to this story. I can't even decipher what I'm looking at.
Never occurred to me that could happen-good info to know
You shouldn’t need computers ,cell phones QR codes to cook
thanks for posting this!
Matters of safety belong in documents shipped directly with the item being sold. Reliance on QR codes is a shortcut that is unacceptable for matters of safety. The same reliance on QR codes is a problem now also for Food Labeling of genetically engineered ingredients is now allowed so actual notice of "genetically engineered" components don't have be noted on a food label. Consumers being forced to rely on QR codes and smart phones is inappropriate. Companies: SAFETY FIRST! paper document with the product, Food Label. Direct to Consumers. If you want to explain the details further - or explain why you think genetically engineered ingredients are ok, put that in a link as secondary choice.
Glass to Loss of Eyes , this man was lucky .
The cooling lid created a vacuum which broke the glass lid. It’s a nothing burger/ missing scene from “Idiocracy”
I was a service technician for a major appliance manufacturer for nearly 40 years. I replced many hundred of glass cooktops and oven door glasses for thermal shock. It also occurs with tempered automotive glass. I wouldn't describe it as rare but not uncommon either. I wouldn't buy one for that reason. The idea of putting a heavy pot on glass and heating it from the other side is stupid in my opinion. Cleaning those glass tops is a lot of work.
The guy says he's worked on appliances for 45 years and never seen this happen? I've only been working on appliances for the last 5 years and I seen it happen a few times myself already.
Excellent reporting. Thank you!!!
Excellent journalism. This can save injuries or even life. Thank you.
NEVER place anything made of glass on top of the stove burner.
You know that they make glass cookware for use in the oven, right?
I wouldn't recommend you put glassware on a stovetop, but it's probably okay as long as you're careful.
The problem tends to be rapid cooling of hot glass, which can cause it to shatter.
@@jnharton Bain Marie’s are done over saucepans filled with boiling water.
This happened to our glass stove top quite a few years ago. It was some time in the evening after we had cooked and had dinner and we were watching Tv. (That long ago) I dont think there was anything left on the stove top, and everything would have had plenty of time to cool down. It just went bang, it exploded into many small safety glass pieces. I dont know how or why it happened. We just cleaned it up and went to buy a new stove top and had a new one fitted. Still a mystery.
Good story. Very helpful about what not to place in surface of stove👍. The part of the story where a QR code is mentioned connect to another topic in the news lately about not clicking on those QR codes. Be careful and check before we click
Thank God no one was there at the time
He WAS there, Just luck he didn't get hurt.
I like my glass top, if i turn all the burners on at once it works just like hibachi and you don’t even gotta dirty pans…..
So much for your modern technology.
I do not own a device that reads QR codes, this is unacceptable! Edit: And I shouldn’t have to.
I dont scan QR codes period. These have been warned possible scams so no.
Whirlpool and every other brand have all gone to shit not one company puts out something you can rely or depend on. Everything is made so cheaply made of plastic now instead of back in the days of stainless steel or metal. Now it’s plastic. Everything breaks everything so cheaply made and you can’t trust any company.
Whirlpool-DO BETTER! You HAD a reputation to uphold! Unless you RECALL your alleged owners manual and print RED WARNINGS while we SHOULD read all material, almost 95% of people-mostly men-don’t bother!!! Even if us wives and girlfriends read them and warn them they regularly DISMISS us!!! Now, I’m 69, so I’ve LIVED this TRUTH all my life-COME FOR ME!!! I rent btw my new replacement fridge is whirlpool and has quite a few glitches and problems-BRAND NEW! Do better whirlpool!!!
They manufacturer should have put a QR code right on the stove so consumers can scan it anytime they want.
Or just print a warning right on the stove?!
Nice report. Detailed and well laid out.
whirlpool glass top - scary; thank you for sharing this story
the nice thing about downloadable manuals is you can quickly add warnings for whatever disaster you think might have happened and hope the guy didn't make a hardcopy of the old version 🙂
I dont have a stove like this but what i do have is common sense so i wouldnt leave a lid on a recent hot stove. I wish there was a store where u can buy brains. Id purchase many then resell them and make a hefty profit...
I am surprised it hasn't happened before, or has it. 🤔 Does anyone else have a story like this?
Has happened to me 2 days ago. Not an explosion but the stove top is cracked from top to bottom
I've put lids on my stovetop many times, but all my lids have vent holes in them. I guess that's why no problems. Anyway, love my stove because it's the easiest to clean of all stoves. I've had it for about 12 years, and it still looks like new, with no scratches and it shines. Takes a bit longer to preheat a pan but that's something I don't care about.
Glad to hear Whirlpool is going to replace it. Makes me very angry when companies take the low road and don't take responsibility.
The lid needs vent hole.
I always buy lids with vent holes. They are safer all around.
😂 rare, it happened to me 3 times, that's why stop buying glass stove tops
And you didn’t learn after the first one? 😞
You should have bought a few more. Maybe it wouldn’t have happened to the fourth, fifth or sixth one. Surely that couldn’t be a actual problem with the reality of a glass stove.
I changed my frequently used temp control switch. It was not cutting the power off, pretty much staying on no matter the setting.
My neighbor had a glass top. It just started forming cracks. It was replaced with a different model of stove. What was in the steam droplets on the inside of that lid? Certain things release cases under certain conditions.
you cant put hundreds of warning labels to account for all variables on the stove. seems like a very rare occurrence and when it does happen it is because people lacking common sense or had a momentary lapse of judgement/accident. but as the video showed, it was mentioned in the owner's manual.
And that is why I still use my 30 year old elec stove. The tops also look terrible after time too.
This happened to the stove on an episode of Jon and kate Plus Eight so I knew to be careful of lids that could causea vacuum to form. What happened to me instead was, the hot glass casserole exploded about 30 seconds after I sat it on the stovetop. Won't be doing that ever again.
My instructions said to never set anything hot on part of the stove that was not used and is still cold. I always set it on several pot holders on the counter.
ive never had this happen and my moms house has a glass top stove of which i service myself as getting access to the parts isnt hard atleast it isnt currently as some parts are used on multiple appliances...the stove is over 5 years old and still working well except for the oven light (i think the relay for the light has failed)
The fact that the warning is hidden behind a QR code which leads to a thing you need to download is shady to me.
Did glass send out a memo saying we decided to no longer be breakable?
Pyrex used to make a glass that was almost unbreakable, but they no longer do. They're making them with a cheaper additive material, and they are no longer like they used to be. They CAN make better glass, but they'd rather do it on the cheap and still charge top dollar for it.
This happened to me about 4 months ago or so. I was in the kitchen and out of nowhere, BAM! The whole top shattered. Suffice to say, I bought a plain old GE electric. It came with the "smart" burners that won't let you hold a pot of water at a boil because of lawyers. So I found some replacement burners on Amazon for cheap and swapped them out. Now my stove works right, is not likely to shatter or explode, and they can take glass tops and put them where the sun don't shine!!!
this shattering is the dudes own fault like while i cant cook a ton of stuff i know NOT to do what he did
A nice steel eye stove for me. You don't have to worry about those shattering.
Man, give me an old coil burner any day over this new technology.
Lol my anxiety always knew something was up with them glass top stoves; reminds me of when glass pans 'pop'/bust in the oven or when pyrex cups/bowls randomly explode
It's a telling thing when a producer of products makes its information accessible only by digital transfer.
There should be an option of paper or digital manuals at time of purchase.
I would only take the analog copy since that's always accessable.
The convection fan in my oven glowed bright red on fire. LG stove. Smoke curled out of the vents. Insanely terrifying.
Got to get me a new one. Only 4 Years old. Planned obsolescence.
Same thing happened to me in a rental in Brandon florida pulled a pan from the stove turned around and boom
They call it Thermal Shock. It happened to our stove top twice!
Tempered glass only needs a bit of heat to turn into a bunch of “popcorn.”
I don’t see how that lid had an absolutely perfect seal on the stovetop.
Plus, tempered glass is under such pressure by its very nature, uneven heating can make all kinds of things go wrong by thermal expansion.
I would rather have a gas or electric stove with the Kal-Rod coils over anything made of glass!
Me with no stove but a Microwave: 😊
My grandmother had a stove like that in the 80 s
We want our gas stoves back!
The wok base should have holes to prevent a vacuum from forming.
I wonder if the little hole in lids these days would have prevented that.
The information was available; he didn't bother to read it. Manufacturers can't post a warning on the stove for every single risk.