On Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:49:34 -0400, Cheryl >
wrote:

>On 9/21/2011 12:38 AM, sf wrote:
>
>> Windows are a good feature, that way you don't have to open the door
>> unless you're checking the temperature. I see it's self cleaning, but
>> I've never heard of an oven steam cleaning itself. How does it make
>> the steam? I say: if it makes cleaning your oven easier, go for it!
>
>I think the steam is just a pretreat. I have to look into that more
>before I buy one. That makes it sound like it needs a water supply.

That steam cleaning thing got me to read the manual--
http://products.geappliances.com/Mar...49-80591-1.pdf

I'd be asking the salesman for his spin, but it looks like there is a
depression in the bottom of the oven that you fill with water. I.e. -
IMO 'steam clean' looks like pure gimmick. Maybe there is more to it
than that.

I love my self-clean. [especially on a cold winter morning] If it
wasn't there it wouldn't be a deal killer, though. Continuous
clean *would* be. We used to call them 'continuous dirty' because
they were impossible to keep clean.

Jim