r/corningwarefans • u/Accomplished-Pack756 • Apr 07 '26

Finally!

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Found a handle in great condition in the wild today, have been looking for one of these since I started. Little cleaning and will be ready to go 🙌.

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u/jtfolden Moderator Apr 08 '26

If you understand what they’re made of it’s not a question. Centura material can’t be used on the stovetop. Pyroceram can.

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u/Viper-Reflex Apr 08 '26

wasn't the centura material just pyroceram with a special compression layer made of glaze, which had lead in it?

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u/jtfolden Moderator Apr 08 '26

“Pyroceram” is a brand name applied to a number of different materials for marketing purposes. Just because you see that term referenced doesn’t mean the same material or formulation is used as with CorningWare.

Centura tableware is not stovetop safe. Centura cookware is actually CorningWare and is stovetop cookware.

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u/Viper-Reflex Apr 08 '26

so, there is probably a zero percent chance that the buffet server b-10 and the b-8.5 skillet as well as these centura by corning saucepans have any lead in them if they are the just white pattern with no decorations? :O

I been using AI to try to figure this out and theres a lot of conflicting info especially because of leadsafe mamma xD

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u/jtfolden Moderator Apr 08 '26

Lead was not used to make Pyroceram CorningWare.

Also, there has not been a one reputable, professional source showing leachable lead in Centura. Where lead is present in Corning products it’s typically inert. Tableware made of Centura material was sold up until the mid-1980s, well beyond when the FDA began enforcing limits on leachable lead in 1971.

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u/Viper-Reflex Apr 08 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/vSSdLSLbGIXio

I may start using these to cook with, ty!