XPost: alt.home.repair, rec.food.baking   
   From: bobnospam@gmail.com   
      
   On 9/29/2023 2:29 AM, Bradley wrote:   
   > 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?   
      
   If you wipe it back to bare metal, the self cleaning coating is gone,   
   and it will never work right again. Oven cleaners can damage that coating.   
      
      
   >   
   > 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.   
      
   Wipe out the crumbs. Big deal.   
      
   > And you can kill your bird. And yourself. Carbon monoxide. And stink.   
      
   Turn on your friggin' exhaust fan.   
      
   >   
   > Consumer Reports suggested doing it _weeks_ before you have guests.   
   > Because one percent of the time the self cleaning breaks the oven.   
      
   Oven elements die. Even without using self cleaning. Big deal! Replace it.   
      
   >   
   >>> 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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