Stove Explodes

[luxflairguy]

I love how off topic this has gotten.
Here in Seattle, we've had several television reports about FRIGIDAIRE stoves glass fronts breaking. In one instance, no-one was home and they came home to find the glass front had exploded all over the kitchen!
Our local ABC affiliate KOMOTV was contacted by the owners who had been getting a big run-around from Frig/Lux. Frig/Lux was denying anything was wrong...Anyway, after being contacted by the Press, Frig/Lux backpedaled and replaced the door for FREE! And while they wouldn't admitted that their glassfronts were at fault, they hinted to the reporter that this wasn't the first glassfront they'd replaced for a homeowner-be it under warranty or not!

Also, Thermador also had the sliding metal shield in their ovens and they did away with it when Schott glass took over the manufactuering of the glass they used in their ovens.

 

[danemodsandy]

Oldskool:

Please understand - no one here is trying to tell you that you're wrong in what you're doing, just trying to clear up some issues surrounding self-cleaners vs. oven cleaning sprays.

I'm with you on use of vintage appliances - they may sometimes use more resources per cycle, but they can be used conservatively to minimize their impact. My own Maytag 806 washer and dryer use more water than a new front-loader, true - but I run about three loads per week, one of them a small load on the lowest water setting. Should I cause tons more iron ore, more precious metals, more oil and more silica to be wrested from the Earth in the interest of saving a very modest amount of water? I don't think that's wise.

To give you an idea of how much more conservative appliance engineers used to be than they are today, General Electric pioneered self-cleaning ranges with the introduction of P*7 self-cleaning for the 1963 model year. They did not offer a windowed oven door on P*7 models until 1967 - and even then, they put a sliding guard over the window for about ten years after that. Big difference to today's flimsy glass-doored wonders.

 

[mixfinder]

Newer

I had a GE Profile smooth top with convection, new in 2007. The single best range I have ever owned and my son and his family now use it. It's convection bake is superb and cleans flawlessly. I bought a new Maytag for the Bellevue house and I am not pleased with it's oven performance on any level including the self cleaner but it does not get overly hot when cleaning. I agree with a lot of what John is saying and the best way to clean anything is to keep it tht way. If I have time to wipe out the oven before reusing it the gook doesn't burn on as hard. A paint scraper is a wonderful gadget to have for getting up the blackened spots.
Kelly

 

[norgeway]

Things I

LOVE....Asbestos, freon12,leaded gas, coal! Things I hate...the EPA!!!LOL

 

[arbilab]

For gob sake, how can you NOT put a sheet of foil under something suspected of boiling over? Note, do not coat an entire shelf with foil, uneven heating and damaging concentration result. But a sheet under the utensil catches the slobbers.

A 2-inch-high broiling chimney can catch broil splatters and retain meat juices otherwise burned black by spreading out unconfined. Upward splatters incinerate on the element in real time.

I've used this oven 5 years and only cleaned it once. To remove what the apartment cleaner left and the broil splatter from before I invented the chimney. Used 409 and Bon Ami. A little more rubbing but completely nontoxic and cost virtually nothing.

 

[norgeway]

Foil!

I have ALWAYS kept foil on the bottom of my ovens!!

 

[rinso]

Our gas GE Profile slide-in (no back splash) range has a fan that comes on when the oven gets hot just to keep the front-mounted electronic controls from frying. The fan is noisy with lots of vibration, and the heat it kicks out can warm our large great room. It runs continuously during the cleaning cycle, so we wait until cold weather to clean the oven.

 

[mathewhebailey0]

That brought to mind of a redneck manual equivalent of a self cleaning oven-open the oven door & use a propane or acetylene torch to burn off anything that has accumulated on the various interior surfaces. -probably not recommended.

 

[DADoES]

 
Do not place foil on the bottom of an electric oven that has a hidden bake element.  The foil can melt and permanently adhere to the liner.

 

[frigilux]

Frankly, I wouldn't put foil on the oven floor of any newer oven.  The manual for my 10-year old electric Frigidaire forbids the practice.  In lieu of that, I place casseroles and pies on a foil-lined rimmed baking sheet to catch any spills.  Works for me!

 

[super32]

3 years

I have had my range for 3 years. It's just now getting to need some attention. I do try to wipe with plain soap and water as much as I can but some things don't budge. I guess I will have to try it one day soon, as my type "A" is starting to kick in...lol

I did try oven cleaner some years ago. I think I will stick to the self cleaning oven.

 

[arbilab]

Note I specifically did not say foil the oven floor. Some designs can get away with it, some cannot. Mine probably can--80s GE exposed element--but I still don't do it.

Just enough foil on the same or shelf below to provide a perimeter around utensils that might run over. Or foiled baking sheet, I also use.