On Wed, 09 Jun 2010 09:01:45 -0400, Wilson >
wrote:

>On 06/08/10 11:17 PM, sometime in the recent past brooklyn1 posted this:
>> On Tue, 08 Jun 2010 23:03:50 -0400, >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> After roasting a chicken tonight and having it splatter all over, I
>>> decided to test out the self clean feature on my oven. Seeing as the
>>> night is getting late and I don't want to leave this on unattended I
>>> interrupted the cleaning after 1.75 hours and soon after was able to
>>> peek in. The walls and racks are near spotless, but the glass inside the
>>> door still has much schmutz all over it. I want to get this thing
>>> spotless... any tricks? Will spray on cleaner get the door looking new
>>> again? Perhaps a razor to the glass would help those baked on gooey
>>> splatters?
>>> Please advise if you have any other ideas?
>>
>> Safety razor works best.
>
>Perhaps the oven door glass is tempered enough not to scratch, but I've used
>a razor on a window once before - emphasis on once. Scratched the hell out
>of the glass.

You used a blade dull as your IQ.

>That said, self-cleaning ovens are the dumbest, laziest, most energy
>consuming feature you can have on a home appliance. Oh yeah, let me run my
>oven at over 500F for 4 hours while I take a drive in the country.

Costs less than a can of oven cleaner, saves your health not breathing
those fumes, and saves your skin by not scrubbing lye, and normal
brained folks would much rather do something more enjoyable for that
hour of cleaning... and you exaggerate, auto clean only runs 2
hours... nearly as much time is cool down. Doesn't use nearly as much
energy as the pinheads who regularly bake one potato or run an oven
twice a week full on for 40 minutes just for one small crappy frozen
pizza what ain't as good as Pizza Hut, or a few frozen fries, and they
do this on the hottest summer days when the AC is full on. How often
does one run the auto clean cycle anyway? In over ten years I ran
mine once... and I use my oven but I know how to minimize spatter to
practically zero... the kitchen slobs over fill bakeware and are too
miserly to buy properly sized roasting pans. I suggest folks who live
in cold climes run the self clean cycle in winter, it heats your
house... I don't use my oven in summer, that's what outdoor grills are
for. Today is an unusually cold day for this time of year here in the
Catskills, only 51ºF, and looks like rain so the house is cold and
damp... decided to cook a spiral sliced ham... the few pennies worth
of propane to cook a ham at 325ºF for two hours made my house much
more comfy... and this ham cost $21, not a 30¢ tater what needs a good
hour at 400ºF.

This time I decided to use the glaze packet, I like it but my cats
don't... won't be using it again.