On 4/30/2021 3:44 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Friday, April 30, 2021 at 3:35:35 PM UTC-4, Michael Trew wrote:
>> On 4/30/2021 5:07 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>> On Friday, April 30, 2021 at 12:00:43 AM UTC-4, Michael Trew wrote:
>>>> On 4/29/2021 7:57 PM, Geoff Rove wrote:
>>>>> My $1200 Frigidaire Oven has a plastic sheet over the control "push buttons" which has now unglued and is floating behind the metal frame.
>>>>> This plastic sheet has the lettering for the setting for temperature, timer, etc. and covers the settings buttons.
>>>>>
>>>>> No way do I trust the "warp speed" production of vaccine batches which require precise mixture of ingredients.
>>>> Get a better stove. I have a 1950's Chambers oven, back when they made
>>>> things the proper way in the USA; built to last.
>>>
>>> Two words: self cleaning.
>>>
>>> I'll never use oven cleaner again.
>>>
>>> Cindy Hamilton
>> I'll assume that means you use an electric oven.
>
> No, I have a gas range. They've had self-cleaning gas ovens for decades.
> I bought my first one in 1990.
>
>> I'd lose my mind if I
>> had to switch back to an electric cook top. I much prefer a gas range.
>>
>> Electric self clean ovens use a ton of electricity, and can start a
>> fire. Not to mention, it kills the element much faster than normal oven
>> use.
>>
>> I wipe my oven quickly while still warm after using, and I've never had
>> an issue with built up gunk or garbage; my oven is always clean. You
>> probably wouldn't like my oven... it's match lit.
>
> My mother had a match-lit oven when I was a kid. I don't see the point in
> this day and age.
>
> Cindy Hamilton

The point being I paid almost nothing for it, it works very well, and
will likely continue working after you and I aren't here with simple
upkeep and care. These modern ovens with circuit boards, not so much.

Also, the Chambers ovens were heavily insulated, and they can "cook with
the gas off"... literally, the company designed a cook book where you
can cook a roast on say, 500 degrees for a half hour, cut the gas, and
it cooks on retained heat for hours afterward. When the gas is shut
off, it closes a damper in the oven so heat can't escape. It has a nice
deep well that can cook with the gas off as well.