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Skriven 2010-04-12 19:56:03 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
     Kommentar till en text av Glen Jamieson
Ärende: HEATING UP THE KITCH00410
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Hi Glen,

 GJ> From what I have read, the main development in modern ovens is the
 GJ> "self-cleaning" capability, where the oven can be heated to such a

 GJ> Your good man gave me a quick report, so thanks for filling in the
 GJ> details.


You're most welcome. Steve gave you the forest; I put the trees in it.
(G)


 RH> We had one in GA and have one here.  The cleaning cycle takes about 4
 RH> hours, 20 minutes from start to cool down and turn the oven off.  It

 GJ> I wondered about that.

A long time, yes but needed to do a proper job of cleaning.


 RH> works quite well to get burnt on stuff off.  My mom has a stove with
 RH> it; when we were up visiting last week, it didn't look like a proper
 RH> cleaning cycle had been run in years.  From what she said (and we
 RH> inferred), she would heat it for maybe an hour, 2 at the most, and
 RH> then turn it off.  She would not wipe out the ash residue either.
 RH> Steve ran a fullcycle; it didn't come out spotless but much, much

 GJ> I would expect clouds of smoke, so it would be better not to be in the
 GJ> kitchen when cleaning the oven.  And the smoke alarms would be

The stove is vented to the outside but my parents had blocked the fan
with a piece of cardboard, from the looks of it, some years ago, to keep
the kitchen from losing heat in winter.  Steve found the cardboard &
took it out; it definately helped clear the air once the fan was
unblocked.  No smoke detectors were set off, surprisingly.

 GJ> deafening!  Then the vacuum cleaner would help clean up the ashes once

A simple wipe out with a wet cloth or sponge is all that's needed. i
don't know if a vacuum cleaner would do a better job than that.

 GJ> everything had cooled down.  As my oven is in dire need of cleaning, I
 GJ> wish I had a self-cleaner.

Can you get Easy Off (brand name) oven cleaner?  They put out a no fumes
version in a blue can; it makes the job a lot easier to take than the
yellow can (lots of nasty fumes) version.  The other option is to bribe
a grandchild. (G)

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