Julie Bove wrote:

>
> "dsi1" > wrote in message
> ... On
> Sunday, November 17, 2019 at 12:30:26 PM UTC-10,
> wrote:
> > On Sat, 16 Nov 2019 21:45:14 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Had an incident with he who longer lives here (Just me and the
> > > cats now) where the oven door shattered. The claim is he slipped
> > > on oil on the >floor, his knee hit the door and it shattered. I
> > > did not buy this story as there was no oil on the floor. I had
> > > Angela double check this. Yes, there had >been oil on the floor
> > > two days prior and it took me a long time to clean it >up. So
> > > that part, I don't buy. Then there was the fact that other things
> > > in >the kitchen were damaged and he claimed those damages were
> > > related to the shattered oven door, but they couldn't possibly
> > > be. I am not going to get into that!
> > >
> > > I finally have my kitchen back after his hideous foray into
> > > cooking. >But... No oven. I have the low end, GE, self cleaning
> > > one and it's about 15 >years old. So I think it would be better
> > > for me to replace it rather than >repair the door. Still
> > > shopping around.
> > >
> > > That being said, in researching shattered oven doors, it's a
> > > fairly >common thing and the incidents of it happening are on
> > > the rise! The first I >heard of this was last year at about this
> > > time when my friend got a new, high >end oven. She was looking
> > > forward to cooking the holiday meal, and the day before the
> > > holiday, the glass shattered. The oven wasn't on and >thankfully
> > > no one was near it. My friend makes everything from scratch so
> > > they had a very disappointing holiday meal as she was unable to
> > > bake anything. Thankfully she had already made her cookies.
> > >
> > > Just spoke to another friend who said there was a segment on the
> > > news >about shattered oven doors being on the rise. But the
> > > reason is unclear. My research said it might be linked to the
> > > high heat of self clean and >perhaps we should not use that
> > > feature. I did the self clean a day or two before >the incident
> > > and that makes me feel slightly guilty.
> > >
> > > Anyone here ever have this happen? Or have you heard of it? Makes
> > > me want >to buy some cheap thing with no glass in the door but
> > > they don't seem to >make them that way any more. I did have one
> > > many years ago and mostly I made cookies, muffins, cakes and
> > > biscuits. My nose always told me when they >were done. It never
> > > fails me for things like that.
> >
> >
> > If you do not have one yet I would strongly recommend an airfryer
> > oven!
> >
> > --
> >
> > ____/~~~sine qua non~~~\____
>
> I would strongly recommend not getting an airfryer. Unless you're
> cooking for one, the size of the cooking chamber greatly reduces its
> usefulness. I don't cook a large quantity of food but the size of my
> air fryer is frustratingly small. If, however, you like to fiddle and
> fuss with your food and cooker and enjoy babysitting your food as
> it's cooking, I suppose you might find the air fryer satisfying.
>
> ---
>
> I did look into them. I see no need for one whatever and I'd rather
> have the counter space. I have no place to store one.

I have one but I have storage for it. It was nice if Charltte or I had
a hankering for a few tater tots or something. Less hassle than
cleaning up a toaster own and the amounts were too small to use the
oven.