Pyrex Multipurpose Reheat Plate

When my dad brought 4 of these see through glass plates at the car boot I went mad because I though he was buying them as dinner plates and they looked proper 1970s! I didn't realise that they are made by Pyrex and they are made to be used in loads of different ways because they are so strong. My dad brought them because he is always reheating his dinners in the microwave but has a problem because most of our plates have metallic paint on them and that's as scary as putting pure metal in the microwave because it makes it arc just as bad. We've had them for about a month now and I don't know how we managed without them. I always use them in the ...  Read the complete review

I have 2 Pyrex reheat plates I do used them often. These plates are a clear toughened glass they are 25cm radius. About the same as most dinner plates. So why do I use these and what for? Well I use them in the microwave and in the oven as they are made of borosilicate glass and can be heated up to 300c without breaking. I use these plates as a splatter guard in the microwave when I am cooking in a pot without a lid. I also use them in the microwave as a plate if I wish to cook /reheat something. I have sometimes put a complete dinner on it frozen it and put it in the microwave to heat up useful I did a couple of plates like this for after I had ...  Read the complete review