How often do you set your oven to self-clean?

it takes sooooooo longggggggggg and now it's hot as hell in my kitchen

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we just did it the other night-- we started it after dinner and I guess it finished when we were in bed... it did warm up things, but now it's cleaN!!

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i am doing this now.....how long does it take. I wanted to cook something!

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I NEEEEEEED to do this desperately. If I have a lot of burnt food on the bottom is that a problem?

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I cannot stand the smell Just thinking about it makes me sick. Our stove is a year old..i've only done it once.

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I probably do it 2 - 3 times a year.

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Rarely...but then again my oven doesn't get dirty. I don't cook.

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every six months AKA twice a year!

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I run it once maybe twice a year usually at the beginning and end of winter. It doesn't get that dirty. It takes several hours between the cleaning phase and the the cool off time. It makes the kitchen warm but the rest of the place is ok but I won't run it the same time I am using AC.

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when its gross...

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I am way overdo - but I don't do it when it's hot out - it heats up the entire first floor.

It's actually pretty cool out now, maybe I'll go and do it .

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I've never done it. I don't know, we always did our own cleaning so never let the stove clean itself! I read the manual and it said there could be smoke and a smell and all that and I thought... not worth it.

Do you ever get smoke in the house when you do it?

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Never--it gets too hot and scares the crap out of me. I clean it manually.

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Probably twice a year....when it's cold.
I inevitably will spill sausage grease like the next night and the whole process was moot.

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I should probably do it more often but I hate the smell, it literally makes me sick but I don't like to leave the oven on when I'm not home.

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I hate the smell and the heat. I bought and used Easy off a few months ago, I had a party for my son's Communion and a tray of lasagne fell on my hot oven door so it baked right on. Easy off was so easy and the stuff came off LOL They make one with no fumes so it's not the old fashioned really smelly stuff. 1000x better than running my self cleaner, esp in June. I'm going to use it again next time bc it was that easy vs the heat and smell of the oven one.

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We have to do this as well b/c last and the first time I ran it, my neighbors called the fire dept. No using the self clean in our apt. building...I had the windows opened and watched the firemen look around our floor.

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I think I've done it 2x in the 4+ years I've owned it. I HATE the smell and I'm always afraid to leave the house.

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Posted by greenfreak

I've never done it. I don't know, we always did our own cleaning so never let the stove clean itself! I read the manual and it said there could be smoke and a smell and all that and I thought... not worth it.

Do you ever get smoke in the house when you do it?

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On the first cool day of the fall and right before it gets warm in the spring.

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here's a dumb question...

what does it really do?

is it better than cleaning it yourself?


I did this once.. and it stunk so bad.... then I just started cleaning the oven myself. I wasn't sure what the point of it was; in terms of how much it actually cleans....

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Posted by MrsKS

here's a dumb question...

what does it really do?

is it better than cleaning it yourself?


I did this once.. and it stunk so bad.... then I just started cleaning the oven myself. I wasn't sure what the point of it was; in terms of how much it actually cleans....

Re: How often do you set your oven to self-clean?

about twice a year. I make sure its a cool day & open the windows.