Self cleaning oven ?

Dee1028

I just started a clean cycle. How bad are the fumes? Should I go sit on the deck and read a book?

crownedbee

When my mom did her clean cycle we always had to take all the animals and leave the house for like 6 hours.

The clean cyle is basically the oven getting to a ridiculously high temp to burn everything away.  Definitely don't stay in the house.

Mama_SAS

I've never noticed bad fumes, but that oven is going to get extremely hot to the touch. Just beware of that, you don't want to lean against it accidentally.

ETA: because of the heat we usually do this at night when DS is in bed and we can close the cats in our room. So I guess I don't know about the fumes.

MrsVonKikabee

I tried this recently and didn't notice any fumes at all. I did have the vent on the entire time, though, so that may have helped.

ginifred

Depends on how bad your oven is.

We usually remember to do ours once, twice if we're lucky, a year.  It gets pretty bad.  When we run it, it makes a haze in the house and smells awful.  I also get a headache from it because it smells worse than just old burned food.  We usually pick a nice cool day in the spring or fall, open all the windows, and go out and do yard work.

Our oven does a 5 hour slef clean cycle.

giaM28

ive never noticed any fumes, Do you use a cleaner in there or just run the cycle? i run it with out cleaners-my oven also has a fan inside so im not sure if that has anything to do with the fumes.