electric stove element burners are really "self cleaning"just turn them on for a few min on high-the debris is burned away-they should NOT be run thru a dishwasher or immersed.
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OKAY, you caught me! I just inadvertently exposed my bad habit to everyone on the site, hehe.
No. I don't recommend people put their burners in the dishwasher. It's just a habit I developed. For the past 20+ years I have been putting them in weekly as I have a strong adversion to dirt and grease, and don't like the smoke and odor when they burn off a spill.
GE specifically recommends, in their instruction manual, that elements NOT be put in a dishwasher.
OKAY, you caught me! I just inadvertently exposed my bad habit to everyone on the site, hehe.
No. I don't recommend people put their burners in the dishwasher. It's just a habit I developed. For the past 20+ years I have been putting them in weekly as I have a strong adversion to dirt and grease, and don't like the smoke and odor when they burn off a spill.
GE specifically recommends, in their instruction manual, that elements NOT be put in a dishwasher.
Courageous Fool!
Now I like you more than ever, a compulsive dare devil. I put everything but the refrigerator inside the self cleaning oven while every instruction manual calls for removing the racks and leaving only the heating elements inside. What's life without some calculated ricks. Use heavy pots so if a burner blows it will help hold deflect the flash burn.
Now I like you more than ever, a compulsive dare devil. I put everything but the refrigerator inside the self cleaning oven while every instruction manual calls for removing the racks and leaving only the heating elements inside. What's life without some calculated ricks. Use heavy pots so if a burner blows it will help hold deflect the flash burn.
SHORTING SEALED ELEMENT ELEMENTS
I once had a Frigidare Electra-Clean range in my shop for testing that had been sitting outside for over a month and enough moisture had gotten inside the bake element that when I was preheating the oven I heard this strange sound like steam escaping. I opened the oven door and everything looked normal, bake element nice and red hot, then closed the door and as I turned away from the range there I heard this loud explosion and the oven door blew open with enough force to hit me in the butt. I am very lucky that it didn't do this a moment earlier as I may have been blinded. I have also heard from many customers over the years that have had surface elements fail violently and shooting sparks and even welding cookware to the element in the process. This is way it is important not to use electric elements on the high heat setting for long periods of time if large portions of it are glowing red hot. If this is occurring you either need better [ flat ] pans or the elements are warped and should be replaced. This is one reason that appliance manufacturers have been pushing smooth-top ranges as they are much safer in the hands of stupid consumers. I personally like the Calrod type surface elements but they do need to be used with a bit of common sense.
On cleaning Items in the self-cleaning oven, I have always done this and always leave the racks in place. In fact most SCOs ever made either suggested leaving the racks in or said it was permissible if you didn't mind the initial discoloration that occurred from doing so. I know that there are some newer SCOs that tell you to take the racks out or even have an interlock that forces you to remove them, but I would never buy such an oven. SCOs are wonderful for cleaning porcelain on steel cookware and drip bowls, cast iron cookware, many aluminum pieces and one of my favorites Corning-Ware.
I once had a Frigidare Electra-Clean range in my shop for testing that had been sitting outside for over a month and enough moisture had gotten inside the bake element that when I was preheating the oven I heard this strange sound like steam escaping. I opened the oven door and everything looked normal, bake element nice and red hot, then closed the door and as I turned away from the range there I heard this loud explosion and the oven door blew open with enough force to hit me in the butt. I am very lucky that it didn't do this a moment earlier as I may have been blinded. I have also heard from many customers over the years that have had surface elements fail violently and shooting sparks and even welding cookware to the element in the process. This is way it is important not to use electric elements on the high heat setting for long periods of time if large portions of it are glowing red hot. If this is occurring you either need better [ flat ] pans or the elements are warped and should be replaced. This is one reason that appliance manufacturers have been pushing smooth-top ranges as they are much safer in the hands of stupid consumers. I personally like the Calrod type surface elements but they do need to be used with a bit of common sense.
On cleaning Items in the self-cleaning oven, I have always done this and always leave the racks in place. In fact most SCOs ever made either suggested leaving the racks in or said it was permissible if you didn't mind the initial discoloration that occurred from doing so. I know that there are some newer SCOs that tell you to take the racks out or even have an interlock that forces you to remove them, but I would never buy such an oven. SCOs are wonderful for cleaning porcelain on steel cookware and drip bowls, cast iron cookware, many aluminum pieces and one of my favorites Corning-Ware.
4th of July Sparklers
I have had both stove top and bake elements pop open and sparks fly for what seemed hours. I have had a Radiantube element blow and weld a Farberware pan to the burner leaving a hole melted through the aluminum layer of the pan. I simply thought it was the nature of Calrod units.
Kelly
I have had both stove top and bake elements pop open and sparks fly for what seemed hours. I have had a Radiantube element blow and weld a Farberware pan to the burner leaving a hole melted through the aluminum layer of the pan. I simply thought it was the nature of Calrod units.
Kelly
Exploding heating elements.
The tank heat element recently exploded in the dishwasher at my work. It blew a hole through 2 of the 3 coils and shattered an insulator.
The tank heat element recently exploded in the dishwasher at my work. It blew a hole through 2 of the 3 coils and shattered an insulator.
