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Advice needed. Bosch oven mistake
Posted on 11/27/23 at 2:18 pm
Posted on 11/27/23 at 2:18 pm
Wife cooked last week before thanksgiving and decided to put the oven on self clean mode. Problem is, she forgot to remove the little silicone oven rack guards. They completely vaporized and formed a fine white dust which covered the entire oven. Looked like someone threw a bunch of baking soda in there. We cleaned it throughly with dawn soapy water and then vinegar. Still has a white look to the metal. My question is, has anyone ever done this before and if so, is it possible to keep using the oven or should I replace it? Or at least replace the fan? My concern is putting food in there and some of the silicone particulate from the fan getting into food. Just more worried about safety than aesthetics.
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Posted on 11/27/23 at 4:19 pm to magicman534
Call Bosch...
Posted on 11/27/23 at 4:53 pm to magicman534
Can you keep trying to cook it off with self clean or high? My wife melted a pizza slicer onto the grates in ours. Luckily it didn't get on the oven. I took the grate out and burned the plastic off with mapp torch.
Posted on 11/27/23 at 9:55 pm to LEASTBAY
I had an oven repairmen tell me never to use self clean because there is almost no/little insulation between the oven and the circuit board above the oven that self clean is just asking to fry it.
Posted on 11/28/23 at 11:35 am to Teddy Ruxpin
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I had an oven repairmen tell me never to use self clean because there is almost no/little insulation between the oven and the circuit board above the oven that self clean is just asking to fry it.
I've also seen some prior posts on here saying the same thing from personal experience. I have a self-cleaning oven and never use that feature and just go old school with Easy-Off and elbow grease if/when needed.
This post was edited on 11/28/23 at 1:15 pm
Posted on 11/28/23 at 1:40 pm to Teddy Ruxpin
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I had an oven repairmen tell me never to use self clean because there is almost no/little insulation between the oven and the circuit board above the oven that self clean is just asking to fry it.
Absolutely, my MIL killed her double oven doing this and my mom's double oven was killed, both by the self cleaning cycle. The appliance repair guys both said the same thing.
Posted on 11/28/23 at 7:48 pm to PistolPete45
Every thing I’ve read after this debacle says the same. Never use self clean mode. Lesson learned. I’ve scrubbed it several times with easy off, dawn, and vinegar. Still has a white look to the metal. No silicone dust though. I think I’m gonna set it to 350 and run it for awhile and see what that does. A new one is 4K so I’d like to an avoid that avenue.
Posted on 11/28/23 at 9:05 pm to magicman534
When silicone is burned, the silica fuses to the enamel lining of the oven, keep in mind that enamel has lots of silica in it already. It's non-toxic but looks rough. Concentrated sodium hydroxide solution applied with stainless steel wool may knock it down but you better know what you're doing and have plenty of PPE along with ventilation before trying that route. Hydrofluoric acid would probably work better but an extremely painful death is a likely outcome if it's used.
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