This Amazing Pyrex Food Storage Container Kept My Mother-in-Law’s Casserole Hot For 4+ Hours

Traveling with food is a delicate art. If you put pizza in the wrong kind of box, it can get soggy and cold within minutes. Nachos? You better hope the toppings are packaged separately. So when my wife’s parents came to visit last weekend and my mother-in-law said she’d made a breakfast casserole, I wondered what the reheating situation would look like. After all, they were coming to Chicago from Milwaukee, which can take two hours, plus the fact that she’d probably cooked the food a while before they left. Suffice it to say, when we got the text that they were on the way, we started preheating the oven. 

But we never needed to use it. The food arrived piping hot, thanks to an absolutely incredible carrier that I, a professional shopper for all things cuisine, had never even seen before. Pyrex’s 5-quart insulated casserole carrier has entered the chat, and I’ll be bringing one to all foreseeable dinner parties, park meals, backyard grilling sessions, and, of course, family visits. 

Pyrex 5-Quart Portable Insulated Casserole Carrier

This food carrier is super straightforward — no bells and whistles, just impeccable design. It has a 5-liter capacity and closes with a classic zipper. Its interior is fully insulated and has a hot/cold pack for more temperature control. At just over half a pound for its 17- x 12- x 2.25-inch build, it’s ultra-light, and has a comfortable handle that evenly distributes weight so your food stays horizontal. As we all know, nothing’s worse than unwrapping a dish you painstakingly cooked only to find it had slid all over the place or, worse, leaked. You shouldn’t have any of those problems with this amazingly balanced carrier.

Given that my mother-in-law transported food literally across state lines and it arrived piping hot, I was surprised to find that this Pyrex wonder didn’t have more shopper reviews, but then I realized that it was only released in late November and that people might not know about it yet. Given that over 100,000 people have picked up Pyrex items from Amazon in the past few months, it’s only a matter of time before people catch on. 

In any case, experience for yourself what my family already knows by picking up the Pyrex 5-quart portable insulated casserole carrier — you won’t be disappointed. Whether you’re toting hot dishes like a tasty casserole, a platter of chicken enchiladas, or your “famous” macaroni and cheese, or colder dishes like pasta salad, guacamole, or sandwiches, this carrier will guarantee they arrive at the temperature you prefer.

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At the time of publication, the price was $32.