XPost: alt.home.repair, rec.food.baking   
   From: bradley@nospam.com   
      
   On 9/29/2023 1:21 AM, Bob F wrote:   
   >> Anyone use the self cleaning feature?   
   >> Does it work?   
   >   
   > The self cleaning works fine, up to the time you use "oven cleaner" in   
   > it. After that your luck may vary. Look it up for your oven.   
      
   Consumer Reports said the self cleaning feature causes 1% of ovens to fail.   
   Do you feel lucky today?   
      
   >>> On further thought, digging deep into my memory, I thinnnnk that the   
   >>> difference with an appliance bulb is that it's covered in plastic, so   
   >>> when it breaks you wont' get glass all over the place, since stoves and   
   >>> fridges are harder to clean.  Anyone remember that?   
   >   
   > Few plastics will survive oven temps, especially self cleaning ones.   
      
   This one is covered by a glass bulb so I do agree with you that plastic   
   won't work in an oven that habitually gets to 500 degrees and if the   
   wasteful self-cleaning feature is turned on, maybe 800 to 1000 degrees.   
      
   >> Anyone know what's the best chemical to clean an oven?   
   >> It has black baked on crud everywhere.   
   >   
   > That could be caused by using an oven cleaner in a self cleaning oven.   
      
   Consumer Reports said not to do that - but I wonder if you wipe it all away   
   back to the bare metal, how could it matter that you used oven cleaner six   
   months ago and then six months later you used the self-cleaning feature?   
      
   I could see a problem if you used both at the same time though.   
      
   > Or, it could be that the self cleaning cycle will burn it away. Self   
   > clean ovens work really good until you ruin the surface.   
      
   Consumer Reports said they have different kinds of self cleaning ovens.   
   They said the steam type doesn't work well.   
   But the heat type turns the grease to ash.   
      
   They said you still need to do work though.   
   And you can kill your bird. And yourself. Carbon monoxide. And stink.   
      
   Consumer Reports suggested doing it _weeks_ before you have guests.   
   Because one percent of the time the self cleaning breaks the oven.   
      
   >> The bulb is smaller. So I'll have to buy an "appliance" bulb.   
   >> Which is OK. I just don't want it to melt like this one did in between   
   >> where the metal is glued onto the glass from the heat.   
   >   
   > Maybe look for a bulb listed as OK for self cleaning ovens, if such exists.   
      
   Tomorrow I'll hit up Home Depot. I'm pretty sure they'll have the bulbs.   
   I can't wait to get the thermometers. That way I can check if the oven   
   temperature display is accurate (although who know if the thermometer is   
   what's not accurate).   
      
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