WishboneDawn Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Clean up sugary spills on the bottom of your oven before running the self clean cycle. If you don't those spills can etch the enamel. Some manuals may mention this, mine didn't. Ah well, from my research it seems the self clean function can ruin a range after some time anyway so maybe it's not horrible that I can't use it ever again. My next range will be a used, $50, 30 year old electric coil range that takes house fuses and has no fancy features. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WishboneDawn Posted January 24, 2014 Author Share Posted January 24, 2014 Hot sugar is really insanely hot. Doesn't totally surprise me. I once completely annihilated an expensive food processor with hot sugar.I think it's the acidic properties it has that really cause the damage. I have a few little pits on my glass top that are probably due to sugar as well. I hate my range. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El... Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Good to know! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In the Rain Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 When we had our last oven repaired the repairman cautioned us that ever using the self clean function was a bad idea. He said they are a common cause of damage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lara in Colo Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 I once bought a glass top. I was not happy with it either. I ended up selling it to my former landlord (I bought my own stove when we lived there because the one she provided was really sucky). When I moved I had gas (which I love better) so I didn't take the stove with me. I will never buy one like that again. You'd think cleaning those things would be easy because it's this smooth flat top. Nope. It was actually harder to clean! harder to clean and it only has two settings--- water won't boil and everything boils over hated that stove--- when it finally died I bought a 25yo stove with coils and I am super happy (I'd be happier with gas but that is another story) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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