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(PENMART01) wrote in
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> "Vox Humana" > writes:
>
>>I leave the racks in the oven and run the cleaning cycle. They do
>>turn a dull gray color but I'm the only one who sees them.
>
> A great way to remove the temper from the steel... next you roast the
> holiday turkey/lasagna you'll remember I told ya so while you're
> swabbing the mess from the collapsed oven rack... and chances are
> better than 50/50 the rack will collapse while you're maneuvering
> stuff, so you'll remember me forever, every time you look in the
> mirror at all your horrid scarring. Every stove's owner's manual I've
> ever seen WARNS against subjecting the wire racks to the clean cycle.

Yes, there usually is a warning, but those warnings usually describe
appearance changes to the plating on the metal. I don't recall ever
reading one that addressed damage to the temper or strength of the
metal.