Hahabogus > writes:

>(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.
>
>The self-cleaning cycle on my current oven caused my oven racks to warp
>slightly as well as dis-colour. This makes them dificult to slide in and
>out, or reposition. Hopefully on the new oven (I expect shortly) I'll
>remember this and remove the racks before cleaning.

Sure, the clean cycle reaches 900 degrees F., and stays there for a few
hours... hotter than a gas grill grate ever sees... more than sufficient to
totally draw the temper from that thin steel wire, making those racks dead
soft.

Most folks get away with running the oven racks through the clean cycle, but
then most folks don't use their oven for anything heavier than an occasional
box cake. Some of the newer high end ovens include commercial style racks
(made with much thicker gauge wire), some are even porcelainized, and the
manufacturer says they can be safely run through the clean cycle, but still I'd
not.... 900 derees F. is just too darned hot for ordinary cold rolled steel
wire. But then again for me it wouldn't matter, in the seven years I've had my
present stove (GE Profile gas) I've never used the clean cycle, and I use the
oven often, and for all sorts of cooking... I've seen other folk's ovens, why
do people cook so slovenly, but then I look at everything else about their
house. Folks who live like swine, I rarely accept a 2nd dinner invite. I
actually have a friend, a very long time friend ( I never eat there), who when
he invites me over for drinks I bring my own glass... and he and his wife know
why, but like they say, they ain't gonna change and neither am I.


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