Trailblazer
Veteran Member
I am not a homemaker, and certainly not a handyman! I am a disaster in the kitchen, which is why I mostly eat TV dinners and pizza, things that require no cooking. However, at Thanksgiving and Christmas I make a turkey dinner with all the fixings. Over the Christmas holidays I made a turkey dinner and made extra stuffing because I usually have enough turkey to last for three weekends since I live alone.
So, when I went to cook the second casserole dish of stuffing, I had the lid on the casserole dish and all the butter spilled over onto the bottom of my oven. As soon as I saw that I turned the oven off and by then the stuffing was cooked so I took it out.
As soon as the oven cooled off, I proceeded to clean it with Dawn dish soap, but it was still smoking after I turned it back on so I turned it off and went to Plan B. I thought using Easy Off oven cleaner was the best was to assure it would get clean so I went to the store and bought some. When I could not get the top off, I decided to call the appliance store and ask what to do and he said I should never use Easy Off since my oven is a continuous cleaning oven, whatever that means. On the Easy Off can it says it is okay for self-cleaning ovens, but continuous cleaning ovens might be different. I have no idea because I have never spilled anything on my oven like this in all the 14 years I have lived here. There have been minor spills, but this was a lake of butter covering the entire bottom of the oven!
Of course, I looked on the internet and many websites said I could clean it with baking soda paste left on overnight so I tried that on Thursday night. Friday morning, I thought it had worked, because when I turned the oven on it was not smoking anymore, but I had the oven door open. Then last night, when I put the pizza in the oven and closed the door, the oven started smoking badly and the smoke alarm went off so I immediately turned the oven off. The man at the appliance store I called on Friday said it as okay if the oven smokes, it is not a fire hazard, and I should just let it smoke and burn the grease off, but I do not believe it is safe. I think it could be dangerous, besides the fact that the whole house smelled like smoke long after that.
On the website below it says what I consider logical: “If the smoke is heavy, turn the oven off immediately, allow it to cool completely and re-clean and/or rinse it again.”
Anna asked: My clean oven smokes. What am I doing wrong? I sprayed my oven with oven cleaner and washed it all off, but it smokes out the house when I turn it on. What can I do about this?
There are a couple of reasons that your oven may be smoking. The first is that there is still food or grease that remains on the surface or on the heating unit. When the oven is turned on, this is burning and causing the smoke. The second is that there is residue from the cleaning product left behind on the surfaces. In either case, the best way to fix it is to give the oven a thorough cleaning/rinsing to remove any remaining food or cleaning residue from the surfaces. It is normal for a light amount of smoke to occur when you first use your oven after cleaning, but it should stop quickly. If the smoke is heavy, turn the oven off immediately, allow it to cool completely and re-clean and/or rinse it again. For complete oven cleaning instructions, see our guide How to Clean the Oven.
https://www.howtocleanstuff.net/my-newly-cleaned-oven-is-smoking/
So that is what I did, I turned the oven off immediately last night, and cooked the pizza in the microwave and in a pan on the stove-top for crisping. Then this morning I cleaned the oven bottom with Dawn dish soap again, this time scrubbing harder with a Teflon pad, but I can still see the residue on the bottom of the oven so it will probably smoke again if I turn it on. Luckily, I do not need the oven for anything until next Friday, as I use the microwave for most of my cooking.
I am going to try turning it on again for a few minutes, but if it starts smoking I plan to turn it off and call my appliance repairman on Monday when he is open and get his suggestions, since he knows about these older ovens (1986), and is familiar with my oven since he once replaced the heating coil. If worse comes to worse I will have him make a house call and clean the oven. The last thing I need is a fire in this house! I am barely surviving in this house alone as it is with no man to help me.
On top of this, my furnace was making a burning smell a few days ago so I had to turn the thermostat down to 50 so it would shut off. I called the HVAC company I use and the technician is coming out to assess the problem on Tuesday morning. Meanwhile it is 57 degrees in the house, and that is only because it has good insulation. I can live with 57 degrees since that is the temperature it was in my older house that did not have central heat, when we did not have time to make a fire in the wood stove, which was four days a week.
I am so sick of this house I could scream and the poor cats are hearing me scream and wondering what is wrong. I cannot continue living in this big house alone, with no man to help me, but that will have to be the subject of another thread!
So, when I went to cook the second casserole dish of stuffing, I had the lid on the casserole dish and all the butter spilled over onto the bottom of my oven. As soon as I saw that I turned the oven off and by then the stuffing was cooked so I took it out.
As soon as the oven cooled off, I proceeded to clean it with Dawn dish soap, but it was still smoking after I turned it back on so I turned it off and went to Plan B. I thought using Easy Off oven cleaner was the best was to assure it would get clean so I went to the store and bought some. When I could not get the top off, I decided to call the appliance store and ask what to do and he said I should never use Easy Off since my oven is a continuous cleaning oven, whatever that means. On the Easy Off can it says it is okay for self-cleaning ovens, but continuous cleaning ovens might be different. I have no idea because I have never spilled anything on my oven like this in all the 14 years I have lived here. There have been minor spills, but this was a lake of butter covering the entire bottom of the oven!
Of course, I looked on the internet and many websites said I could clean it with baking soda paste left on overnight so I tried that on Thursday night. Friday morning, I thought it had worked, because when I turned the oven on it was not smoking anymore, but I had the oven door open. Then last night, when I put the pizza in the oven and closed the door, the oven started smoking badly and the smoke alarm went off so I immediately turned the oven off. The man at the appliance store I called on Friday said it as okay if the oven smokes, it is not a fire hazard, and I should just let it smoke and burn the grease off, but I do not believe it is safe. I think it could be dangerous, besides the fact that the whole house smelled like smoke long after that.
On the website below it says what I consider logical: “If the smoke is heavy, turn the oven off immediately, allow it to cool completely and re-clean and/or rinse it again.”
Anna asked: My clean oven smokes. What am I doing wrong? I sprayed my oven with oven cleaner and washed it all off, but it smokes out the house when I turn it on. What can I do about this?
There are a couple of reasons that your oven may be smoking. The first is that there is still food or grease that remains on the surface or on the heating unit. When the oven is turned on, this is burning and causing the smoke. The second is that there is residue from the cleaning product left behind on the surfaces. In either case, the best way to fix it is to give the oven a thorough cleaning/rinsing to remove any remaining food or cleaning residue from the surfaces. It is normal for a light amount of smoke to occur when you first use your oven after cleaning, but it should stop quickly. If the smoke is heavy, turn the oven off immediately, allow it to cool completely and re-clean and/or rinse it again. For complete oven cleaning instructions, see our guide How to Clean the Oven.
https://www.howtocleanstuff.net/my-newly-cleaned-oven-is-smoking/
So that is what I did, I turned the oven off immediately last night, and cooked the pizza in the microwave and in a pan on the stove-top for crisping. Then this morning I cleaned the oven bottom with Dawn dish soap again, this time scrubbing harder with a Teflon pad, but I can still see the residue on the bottom of the oven so it will probably smoke again if I turn it on. Luckily, I do not need the oven for anything until next Friday, as I use the microwave for most of my cooking.
I am going to try turning it on again for a few minutes, but if it starts smoking I plan to turn it off and call my appliance repairman on Monday when he is open and get his suggestions, since he knows about these older ovens (1986), and is familiar with my oven since he once replaced the heating coil. If worse comes to worse I will have him make a house call and clean the oven. The last thing I need is a fire in this house! I am barely surviving in this house alone as it is with no man to help me.
On top of this, my furnace was making a burning smell a few days ago so I had to turn the thermostat down to 50 so it would shut off. I called the HVAC company I use and the technician is coming out to assess the problem on Tuesday morning. Meanwhile it is 57 degrees in the house, and that is only because it has good insulation. I can live with 57 degrees since that is the temperature it was in my older house that did not have central heat, when we did not have time to make a fire in the wood stove, which was four days a week.
I am so sick of this house I could scream and the poor cats are hearing me scream and wondering what is wrong. I cannot continue living in this big house alone, with no man to help me, but that will have to be the subject of another thread!
