CorningWare

Why r/BuyItForLife recommends CorningWare

20 mentions from real owners

• #1Dec 21, 2025

  Blue Onion Corelle that I've been eating mac/cheese from since the 80s

  I’ve got those same bowls! And Corningware baking dishes from the 1970s. As an aside this is one of those incredibly rare products where both the vintage and current versions are good quality.

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• #2Dec 21, 2025

  I'm looking for a cookware and tableware set that will actually last.

  I agree w/ other re: All Clad, Emile Henry, and Le Creuset or Staub. Sometimes the other brands of enameled cookware are really good too. I know my dad has a dutch oven from Mario Batali that has to be about 20 years old or so, and it's still going strong, it gets used at least three times per month and it still looks great. Plates and bowls with lids will be harder. The best stuff is my mom's old corning ware. Corning Ware still makes sets with lids -- look for some of those or look at estate sales for the old corning ware. Lots of that is still in existence. Look for vintage pyrex sets too -- a lot of those came with lids. Fiesta has some casserole dishes with matching lids that are nice. Depending on where you are located, start looking up estate sales and even small independently owned thrift stores where you can ask staff about items that you want. Develop a relationship with the managers and ask them to call you when they get new items coming in.

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• #3Oct 6, 2025

  Anything like this but not this?

  Old school corningware was stovetop, oven, and broiler safe. Also had detachable handles. Relatively nonstick. I personally like my visions cookware, but use stainless steel & cast iron pans.

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• #4Sep 5, 2025

  What's a purchase under $50 that has genuinely improved your daily routine?

  This is a recurring purchase but..Tide powder detergent. I used to be very into “natural” and “non-toxic” products, but I can’t compromise when it comes to laundry detergent. I used to cloth diaper my babies and NOTHING cleaned those pee and poo holders better than Tide. Also I have soft water so the powder helps dissolve better :-) And a few items that are kitchen staples to me: Wilton stackable wire cooling racks (for cookies/baked goods); Oxo can opener; Wilton cookie scoop; And Corningware casserole dishes.

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• #5Aug 7, 2025

  Anyone experience mold on Rubbermaid Brilliance line?

  Just use corningware containers for leftovers of transport. They stack terrible but no mold or soap flavors on the rubber

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• #6Jul 2, 2025

  Name your top 5 BIFL items

  I have a set of my Mom’s original Correll casserole pots from the 70’s, 80’s? They have the little blue flower on them. The glass lids invert so I can stack them in the cabinet. Absolutely love these. And any original Pyrex I have.

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• #7May 10, 2025

  Best device to make a pot of coffee?

  We have been drinking coffee made with an old corningware electric percolator for almost 30 years now. We also use a smart plug with it, it's consistently good coffee even if I'm just using pre ground 8 o clock brand, and we've only had to replace it once. I have 2 backups from the thrift store, so basically a lifetime supply of identical blue cornflower pattern percolators 😄

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• #8May 7, 2025

  Top BIFL Household Items for Starting Over

  Check out thrift stores for all of this stuff (which may be difficult in a part of the country that just had a natural disaster.) 1. Corelle or Corningware dishes (I just found corelle plates at the thrift store this weekend for $1 a piece!) 2. Bedding, rugs, towels...Costco. 3. As for kitchen appliances - I just buy whatever America's Test Kitchen recommends. They test the $$(# out of kitchen gear and I 100% trust what they say. All the things I have purchased based on their recommendations have been amazing. 4. I use a cheap Mr. Coffee 5 cup coffee maker and I'm happy with it. My Keurig died after 10 years (honestly a good run for how much I used it while raising babies) and I replaced it with the cheapest thing Target sold. If I get 5 years out of it I'll be happy. If I wanted BIFL coffee I would do a simple pour over - my aunt and uncle have the same pour over pot since Ronald Reagan was president. I am sorry that this happened to you. It's a hard thing to recover from but I know you and your family will rise from it.

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• #9May 7, 2025

  Top BIFL Household Items for Starting Over

  Go to antique stores. Buy all the Corningware you can find. You will have all the baking dishes you could ever need. I had to rebuild my kitchen from scratch (eviction) and I'll swear by the stuff. And it's machine washable!

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• #10May 6, 2025

  What’s something you’ve had so long it feels like it’s legally part of your family

  I inherited 3 pieces of the 1970s Corningware bakeware (with the original glass lids) that my mom had collected. I don't know how she still had the lids after all those years, but those dishes get used at least weekly at my house. They sit beside my Le Creuset casserole dishes and my Williams-Sonoma pie dishes, looking good as new. I'll pass them along to my step daughter when the time comes, if she's interested.

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• #11May 6, 2025

  What’s something you’ve had so long it feels like it’s legally part of your family

  I have the same Corningware baking dishes that my grandparents got for their wedding in 1961, well the ones my grandma didn't break. I've since found most of the rest of the collection at thrift stores and estate sales. I also have my great great great grandparents fine china set, originally purchased sometime in the 1800s. Again, the pieces that survived my grandma at least. Replacing those pieces has proved to be much more difficult and expensive than the Corning ware. I have the same pots and pans set my great grandma gave my parents for their wedding in 1989, and when my grandma passed, I inherited her set as well. I also inherited her vintage KitchenAid mixer. I've been lugging around a 1960s-70s Kenmore sewing machine since my mom found it at the flea market 21 years ago. I have since acquired a modern sewing machine and a 1952 singer. The two vintage machines are going to be projects this summer since the Kenmore has never been serviced in my ownership (I didn't know I needed to until I started sewing again two years ago) and the singer was a thrift store find this year. I have multiple blankets and doilies made by my great grandma. That includes my and my brothers baby blankets, ones I stole from my parents as a kid, and ones that I inherited after my grandma passed.

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• #12May 2, 2025

  What’s a kitchen item you bought once and never had to replace?

  Farberware stainless steel pots and pans (oven safe to 350°) Kitchaid stand mixer Pyrex pie pan Cheap aluminum cookie sheets from Walmart Henkel Four Star knives Corningware casserole dishes No-name carbon steel wok Oneida 18/10 stainless steel flatware and serving pieces All bought in the early 1980’s, so 40+ years old. Everything goes in the dishwasher, except the wok. I’m careful that the knives don’t touch each other, but that’s it. I also have a well-seasoned cast iron pan, but I never use it because I don’t like the metallic taste.

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• #13Apr 3, 2025

  Need your heirloom quality gift ideas!

  A Dutch oven? I know this is old-fashioned, but when we got married 42 years ago, at the very young ages of 20 and 23, barely 20 and 23, his two ants chipped in together and bought us a big set of corning ware cookware with glass lids. We still use at least one of those pieces every single day!

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• #14Mar 7, 2025

  Buy your PYREX measuring cups from thrift stores if you want them last a lifetime.

  If you want to be snarky, that's fine, but millions if not billions of people are using soda lime every day without issue in their kitchens, including me. All you have to do is bother to read the warnings on said glass. Soda lime has thermal shock issues. It's the biggest downside of the tempered glass. So don't do it. An easy way to save your bakeware and protect your counters are reasonably cheap silicone trivets. https://www.amazon.com/Walfos-Silicone-Trivet-Mats-Multipurpose/dp/B08JLB2PQ2 Wet counters tend to be the biggest culprit, or not inspecting and seeing cracks that eventually spread catastrophically, but that can happen to any bakeware and comes with age and use. Again, if you don't like this don't buy pyrex or marinex or anchor hocking, buy corningware. You still have issues, you're just trading the sets of issues you do have, so look it up and save yourself a potentially dangerous time. Have a great day.

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• #15Mar 7, 2025

  Buy your PYREX measuring cups from thrift stores if you want them last a lifetime.

  This is exactly what I came here to post. There's also nothing wrong with soda lime glass as long as you don't put it through heavy thermal shock. Borosilicate reacts differently than soda lime but this idea that it's inferior because it has different properties is somewhat silly. Don't take it from the oven to the freezer or take a hot baking dish and put it on a wet counter. Use a trivet and more specifically, use a silicone trivet. Tada, you're not likely to have any issues with soda lime glass. If you want to make absolutely sure you're not getting soda lime, use Corningware. They've never used it in their baking dishes as far as I'm aware.

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• #16Mar 5, 2025

  What's the oldest appliance you own?

  We dated our KitchenAid mixer to either 1969 or 1971… I forget which. For actual appliances, that’s the oldest. Oldest kitchen item is my Pyrex and Corningware, some of which dates to the 50s.

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• #17Feb 4, 2025

  What brand / type of pots & pans are worth investing in as a young adult?

  Hi! After trial and error with big brands, my wedding registry picks, and discount store/secondhand shopping, I’ve got some suggestions for the basics (and brand recommendations)! - <b>Splurge: Staub Dutch oven </b> (the dimpled lid allows for better steam distribution than the others) - <b>Cast iron pan</b> 10 or 12” — Lodge is really affordable and available at Target - <b>stainless steel pasta pot </b> (you can also use it as a stockpot for homemade chicken soup - the strainer feature is great here) — I got AllClad, but just be sure to get a high quality stainless steel (lower quality versions can allow nickel and other heavy metals used as the base to be exposed to your food as it deteriorates) - <b>MadeIn stainless steel anything</> — I just got a saucepan from them and I used it to melt chocolate yesterday— I’m amazed. Superior even to my AllClad pans, and I wish I’d registered for these. - <b>Crow Canyon porcelain enamel sheet pans</b> - <b>Silpat sheet pan liners</b>better for you than aluminum foil and, per a caterer I asked what to put on my registry, a “must have” — I’ve been so glad to have these for cooking and baking) - not a pot/pan, but <b>Epicurean cutting boards</b>. Nontoxic (unlike plastic cutting boards which release microplastics into your food) and dishwasher safe. - <b>HexClad</b> whether these are in fact nontoxic (as long as you don’t damage the protective layer, so it says) is iffy, but they’re great for things that are prone to sticking, like eggs. - <b>Visions glass cookware</b> you can find these at thrift stores or on Etsy/Ebay. They’re made of a super strong glass and allow you to see what you’re cooking as it cooks, as well as dishwasher safe. Good for some things, not as much for others (I.e., pan-wise, not ideal for something you want a nice sear on), and it is crucial that you get one without any damage (cracks, nicks, whatever) because some that have been damaged can kind of explode (uncommon). - <b>cooking tools</b> ditch anything metal! A good set of wooden or bamboo tools is great. So are GIR silicone tools. I LOVE the meat chopper for ground beef. - <b>oven-to-table cookware</b> you can’t go wrong with Corningware (though ugh, mine chipped at first dishwashing— something I’d never seen before), Pyrex, or Anchor Hocking. You can get these secondhand pretty easily, but be careful of the pretty vintage ones, as the paints can contain lead. I hope this is helpful! I’m not a star chef at all, so everything I’ve included and found are pretty forgiving to screwups. Oh and a big “not worth it”: Caraway (even with normal use and no metal utensils, coating scratched in <1 year). Pretty until it gets stained from heat or cooking.

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• #18Feb 3, 2025

  What’s one product you bought that has lasted forever and was totally worth it?

  Bought three pink tinted but see through Corningware glass bowls, they are the perfect size for family salads. There was a Corning clearance center at a neighboring town on Long Island and were only two dollars apiece back in the 1970s. I use at least one of them every single day. They look like I bought them yesterday. We also bought some Farberware knives from there for 50 cents each. I wish we had bought more because they were great.

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• #19Feb 2, 2025

  what is the best coffee maker you've ever used?

  Corningware P-80 electromatic percolator. Using it for.... Sheesh, about 50 years now. Multiple times a day. Looks and works like new. Still waiting for the handle to come apart, but it's stuck on there like no tomorrow.

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• #20Feb 2, 2025

  Dinnerware: Corelle or Luminarc?

  Also, Corelle owns Corningware. I have a large set of white Corningware casserole dishes with lids and the rubber storage lids. I bought these at the same time as the dishes. They are all still soundly intact. I have 2 sets of Pyrex that are also the same age and still holding up beautifully. All of these things get regular frequent use.

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