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Default I have melted a plastic food container in mt Electric Oven (help please)

jmcquown wrote:
> "Sky" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Mick. wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>> I have a 9 month old "Leisure" double electric oven.
>>> I was using the top smaller oven and thought the only element
>>> was at the
>>> top, and put a ready meal plastic tray on the bottom of the oven
>>> thinking
>>> it would be cooler than being on the metal rack in the middle of the
>>> oven.
>>> Result was it stuck to the bottom, I have tried scrapping it while
>>> it is hot
>>> but it does not shift it very well.
>>> Has anyone any advice please?
>>> Would oven cleaning spray touch it?
>>> Mick.

>>
>> Uhm, I don't think using a spray-on oven-cleaner is a good idea?
>> Those tend to be very caustic, I think, and the potential (?)
>> reaction between the caustic oven cleaner and the plastic might be
>> very unwelcomed (not that I know)??? Perhaps it's akin to mixing
>> bleach with ammonia? As has been suggested, contact the
>> manufacturer of the oven and ask, and/or check their website and its
>> related FAQs? As a suggestion for the future, instead of storing
>> plastic containers in the oven(s), store things like cast iron pans
>> and other non-flammable items that won't melt without truly intense
>> heat.
>>
>> Sky, who's learned the hard way too often, too
>>

>
> Where did the OP say they were "storing" plastic containers in the
> oven? I read the post three times, I didn't get the notion they were
> "storing" anything. I gathered it was used like a drip pan or
> something similar.
>
> I agree with you and Barb, check with the oven manufacturer before
> attempting to clean up the melted mess.


If it's the "Ready Meal" brand then it's basically an MRE on a plastic dish.
Comes with a chemical heater. Don't know what plastic they use but a call
to the manufacturer should yield an answer.