On Tue, 19 Jul 2016 03:40:51 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>On Monday, July 18, 2016 at 11:23:29 PM UTC-4, Jeßus wrote:
>> On Mon, 18 Jul 2016 19:21:22 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 >
>> wrote:
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>> >My Samsung oven wouldn't turn on after I used the self-cleaning feature one time because the temperature sensor was damaged by the high heat. My understanding is that it's a common problem. A replacement was around $12 on eBay. That's kinda lame, if you ask me. That was the first and last time that I'll use the self-cleaning cycle on that thing. Too bad, it's a handy feature.
>>
>> It's a stupid feature. A feature which technology hasn't mastered, yet
>> they still successfully sell it to the public because they're so
>> hopelessly self-centred and monumentally lazy. Just use some elbow
>> grease and clean the goddamned oven by hand.
>
>Bah. I've been using self-cleaning ovens for more than 30 years. It
>works better than my elbow grease, since I have no tolerance for
>sticking my head inside an oven full of strong alkali fumes, and
>my asthmatic husband has no tolerance for said fumes being liberated
>into the kitchen.
>
>Cindy Hamilton

I bought my GE Profile gas range new in April 1997, it has a self
cleaning feature. I used the self clean feature once about a year
after buying it, only because I was curious to see if it functioned,
haven't used it since. I cook in the oven often but it just doesn't
get dirty, the trick is to not over fill bakeware so nothing cooks
over and use larger size roasting pans to prevent spatter, and never
use the broiler. I don't know if my stove's broiler works, I keep
meaning to turn it on just to see if it functions but I never have
because I forget, broiling is not something I do, and I'll soon have
my new Weber.