January 2007

New Year Tip: Self-Cleaning Ovens Work Best Alone

It’s tempting to want to want to give self-cleaning ovens a little help with a commercial oven cleaner and a good hard-scrubbing, but it’s not helpful and it’s not safe. Chemicals can pit and ruin the porcelain surface, and when the oven reaches 850 or 900 degrees during the high-heat self cleaning cycle, chunks of porcelain as big as 8 inches across can start popping off the oven walls.

So, put away the cleaner and rubber gloves and relax while your oven self-cleans. All you need to do is wait and after the self-cleaning process, wipe up the carbon ash residue with a damp cloth.

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