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Please help me understand
I'm sorry, this will probably be long and I hope it makes sense.
Last night I was making two freshly made (by the grocery store, ha) strombolis on the pampered chef baking stone in the oven. When they were done I put the stone, in the metal rack, on top of the stove (flat top kind). Ryan flips and tells me it's going to scratch the top. I set it there, I wasn't sliding it around, and I've done this before, but I moved it anyway. There was some grease down the side (yeah, ew, won't buy them again, I was just looking for something easy!) and Ryan tells me to be sure that I clean the stove top really well or it could start a grease fire. Okay whatever.
So we took one off to split and share and I put the other one back in the oven to keep it warm. We go back to get that one and more grease had seeped out (I know, gross, we covered this already) and Ryan's like omg, we have to clean the oven or it could start a grease fire.
I did clean the stove top last night... like I normally do. I did not clean the oven. I'm sure grease has gotten on the stove and in the oven before, isn't that kinda the point. Am I an idiot and this is really a hazard (and if I am, that's fine, please tell me) or is Ryan overreacting???
Re: Please help me understand
Ok so I know grease is flammable. I've seen people start grease fires in the kitchen before, when grease spills on an already hot stove burner. But, I've also forgotten that some grease popped onto one of the burners on our stove until I turned it on and smelled the grease burning (not on fire). It didn't ignite. Also, I tried to cook a bunch of bacon in the oven, and maybe I didn't do it right, but I had grease splattered all over my oven. It never got on the heating element, though. It didn't ignite while cooking. And I put off cleaning it, and forgot about it, too, until I was preheating the oven for something else and smelled it. Anyway, it also didn't catch fire that time.
(I'm incredibly clean and safe in the kitchen.
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It is a legitimate danger, but based on my own experience, I don't think it's as imminent as he makes it seem.
Soooo....
One time MH was cooking turkey bacon in the oven, he saw it on the Food Network or something.
5 minutes later the oven was on fire and all of our smoke detectors in our house (in the basement, on the main floor, and upstairs on the second floor- so about 6 or 7 of them) were yelling for us to evacuate. Yaaaah. I don't know what caused it or how, but I assume it was the grease. But I think it has to be close to the flame (if you have gas)
Please clean your oven. I get nervous now!!
I do think having gas v. electric makes a difference. I've never had a grease fire and have stuff in my oven (we have gas) but I just run the self clean every once in awhile and it seems fine.
It does seem like Ryan's making it a bigger deal than it is but I would still probably wipe the grease up just in case. Grease fires are a pain to put out!
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Hmmm, it's electric not gas, but looks like he's right, sigh. Lol. So I'm an idiot