Open exhaust & burned valves

On street car you very rarely see burned valves anymore. I drove my Bronco for well over 150k miles with straight pipes, no cats, no mufflers, didn’t burn a valve or anything. My brother drove an F-150 with a similar exhaust for over 100k miles, and again no burned valves. It may have been more commonplace in the 50’s and 60’s but these days you just don’t see it.