Help!! crazy kitchen emergency

Help!  I cook a lot.  Tonight, the glass cover to my nonstick fry pan, vacuum sealed itself to the pan!  I placed the hot pan in the snow to cool and could hear some steam escaping.  I ran it under cold water, after it was completely cool, I put it back on the stove.  I put newspaper over the top and tried to "bang" an air dent into the pan with a hammer and screwdriver, and finally, I used the good old fashioned "bang the sides with an implement" trick.  All without success!  Is there anyone out there who can help?

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If there is liquid still in the pan I would suggest putting it back on the burner and heating it up. When your pan cooled down the air contracted and created a vacuum. If you heat it up the air and liquid should expand and break the seal. This happens to me occasionally with a set of stainless cookware my son bought me.

Wow, I've never heard of this happening. Kind of funny. Is it a cheap brand of cookware?

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