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There is nothing wrong with using the self cleaning oven feature on an oven, use you're head people.

There is a lot of "I heard" on this topic here, if you're worried read the oven manual, if you've never performed a self clean, read the oven manual, and if you've got lots of cooking "goo" caked on the oven, read the oven manual on how to use your self cleaning feature effectively.

There are specific steps to take when cleaning an over (again refer to your manual) some ovens even have the steps on the oven itself. Most important is to make sure your seal around the oven door is undamaged. Also a little common sense goes a long way, like not having anything flammable near your oven, on top of the oven, etc.

If your oven has a self cleaning feature, guess what, it can handle it. Most people do idiotic things like leave items on the cook top when self cleaning (there is a vent there ya know, but again read the oven manual) or leave items IN the oven (racks are ok, but again read the oven manual)

Yes it does take a long time to self clean, and yes the fumes could harm birds (just like certain non stick can also harm bird, birds are very sensitive to fumes, ever heard of "canary in a coal mine"? ) and yes it does get hot! Open some windows take the time and do it before going to bed,right after dinner and with only a really dirty oven, you'll find that you'll have a nice grey ash once done and the oven will look like new (interior that is).

If the feature wasn't safe manufacturers would not put that on their device and i'm pretty certain all of these "hear say" and "rumors" are either human error or just that rumors.

a clean oven is a safe oven, not to mention efficient!

-david
http://www.lunchemunche.com - my food blog.