>: Rodney Myrvaagnes writes:

>>Nancy Young >
>wrote:
>
>>Rodney Myrvaagnes wrote:
>>
>>> We have separate gas cooktop and wall oven in our apt. They probably
>>> date from the 1960s. I can see how they mount and don't see any
>>> problem replacing them if we want. And, one can be replaced without
>>> disturbing the other.
>>>
>>> Onr thing we like is that the oven door makes a nice temporary shelf
>>> for dishes being loaded. Also, not having to bnend down to use the
>>> oven.
>>
>>Another advantage is is you are short and cook in the nude, you can
>>burn the living crap out of your right boob.
>>
>>At any rate, in my house, the wall oven, being old, was not easily
>>replaceable as they no longer made that size. New kitchen for me.
>>No new wall oven, thank you.
>>
>Point taken. Doesn't sound like fun. But we use the door as a shelf
>when cooking on the stove, not when the oven is hot.

You're far from alone in discovering your little trick, which is why every
owners manual regardless of oven type warns NOT to use the open oven door as a
shelf, besides risking springing the door so it no longer closes properly
they're not designed for weight bearing, and in fact relatively little pressure
in the full open position may unlatch the door removal mechanism... this is a
very dangerous habit, cease and desist immediately.

Btw, with free standing stoves placing weight on the open door is not likely to
have the above occur, because well before the door springs or releases, the
entire stove will tip, causing whatever is cooking inside the oven to slide out
into your lap and whatever is cooking on the top burners to go crashing to the
floor, causing whomever is nearby to be rushed to the local burn unit. Be sure
to properly install the anti-tip device that accompanies all stoves (the
majority do not, they're idiots), but still do NOT place anything on the open
oven door.
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