Wayne Boatwright wrote:

> I did read the manual and knew the pitfalls, but was too lazy to
> clean the racks by hand. :-) That was with the first self-cleaning
> oven I owned. I removed them after that in subsequent ovens.
>
We recently remodeled the kids bathroom and while the plumber was here
we had him put a washtub out in the garage so I have the perfect place
to wash those racks now. I just didn't do it. Live and learn.