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limey · 01-31-2009, 05:01 PM

I have no idea how US ovens compare with UK ones but my oven always (ALWAYS) gives off smoke and smells from the top burners the next time I use it after I've been roasting potatoes in it.
For me, roasting potatoes involves a Very Hot Oven and putting the potatoes in a tray of hot fat (which spits all the time) on the top shelf of the oven, thus guaranteeing that the top burners are covered in sprayed spat fat.
I figure this has to be burnt off, and that happens the next time I use the [oven-located, top-burner] grill thingy in my oven.
I try to remember to shut the door between the oven and teh smoke detector.
My recommendations are:
1 buy a fire extinguisher
2 remain in the kitchen for the duration of the smell from the oven; prolly ten minutes max ...

01-31-2009, 05:01 PM	#2
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	I have no idea how US ovens compare with UK ones but my oven always (ALWAYS) gives off smoke and smells from the top burners the next time I use it after I've been roasting potatoes in it. For me, roasting potatoes involves a Very Hot Oven and putting the potatoes in a tray of hot fat (which spits all the time) on the top shelf of the oven, thus guaranteeing that the top burners are covered in sprayed spat fat. I figure this has to be burnt off, and that happens the next time I use the [oven-located, top-burner] grill thingy in my oven. I try to remember to shut the door between the oven and teh smoke detector. My recommendations are: 1 buy a fire extinguisher 2 remain in the kitchen for the duration of the smell from the oven; prolly ten minutes max ... __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of