Is My Baking Stone Ruined After a Self Clean?

[renee.see]

My fiance did a self clean on the oven WITH the baking stone inside. It doesn't use any chemicals...but now my stone is nice and clean...

Can I still use it?! Or is it ruined?

 

[Jennie4PC]

I have heard of people putting it through thier self cleaning oven and still use it. I would not put my stone through the self cleaniong oven incase it broke

 

[janetupnorth]

If you put it through the self cleaning oven, it will "unseason" if that is a word. You can still use it but will have to reseason it again or some more.

My SIL used to be a PC consultant and she used to tell everyone this if they thought their stones were too seasoned or black. Don't know if it was PC advice at the time from HO or just from her cluster...she claimed it was PC advice though.

 

[cmdtrgd]

It is NOT PC advice!!!!! The self-cleaning cycle goes from cold to hot SO FAST that it can create hairline cracks. Remember, we tell our customers to let the stone cool down before running water over it. On another note, nothing is supposed to be in the oven when the self cleaning cycle runs.

 

[Jules711]

I know consultants who do this to clean their stones. I don't do it though.

 

[BethCooks4U]

It is NOT PC advice!!!!! The self-cleaning cycle goes from cold to hot SO FAST that it can create hairline cracks. Remember, we tell our customers to let the stone cool down before running water over it. On another note, nothing is supposed to be in the oven when the self cleaning cycle runs.

Not even the oven racks!

 

[speedychef]

REALLY?! Not even the racks? Uh oh!

Why would people want to un-season their stones?? I broke my large round stone and almost cried because I knew I'd get a new grey one and I'd have to work so hard to make it black!

 

[KellyTheChef]

REALLY?! Not even the racks? Uh oh!

I know with my oven, it specifically says to take the racks out too. Otherwise, it will damage the finish on them. Instead of smooth and shiny they would get dull and pitted- not easy to slide items in and out on a rack like that!

Hope your racks AND your stone are alright!!

 

[Teresa Lynn]

Also, when you use self cleaning cycle the oven will lock
If that stone catches on fire from the grease dripping it can cause a kitchen fire.

 

[Chefgirl2]

Also, when you use self cleaning cycle the oven will lock
If that stone catches on fire from the grease dripping it can cause a kitchen fire.

That happened to me last month. The oven was beeping F2 over and over and I couldn't get the oven to turn off. Luckily my husband was home because he had to go to the circuit breaker in the basement to turn it off.
I had left my 8 yr old, beautifully seasoned stone in there by mistake and ruined! It was reaking of greasy smoke. I asked around and found out that if it had gone through the full cycle I might have been able to salvage it, but HO doesn't reccomend doing this.

I just tossed it. I wasn't going to chance being at a show and have my stone change the food's taste.

 

[dcypcar.chef]

I know a woman that put her stones in the oven on the self-clean cycle and the oven caught fire and burned most of her kitchen. They had to tear down what was left and completely rebuild that part of the house. This is not recommended
and actually discouraged by the HO, because of the fire hazzard.

 

[janetupnorth]

REALLY?! Not even the racks? Uh oh!

Why would people want to un-season their stones?? I broke my large round stone and almost cried because I knew I'd get a new grey one and I'd have to work so hard to make it black!

I never did get why people would WANT to do that at all...

...and I'm sure PC does advise against it now...just don't know where it came from in the past or if it was a "cluster thing" or a policy that changed.

Wouldn't it be nice to have a Q&A on CC with "myths" like this...or past advice that has changed and why so we can tell customers these things?

 

[KellyTheChef]

Wouldn't it be nice to have a Q&A on CC with "myths" like this...or past advice that has changed and why so we can tell customers these things?

That is a great idea! Forward that onto HO!!!!

 

[speedychef]

I second that! CC "Product Myths"

 

[Chefgirl2]

My first product myth would be "that everything has a lifetime warranty." I can't tell you how many times people come up to me with something broken expecting me to replace it.

 

[raebates]

My first product myth would be "that everything has a lifetime warranty." I can't tell you how many times people come up to me with something broken expecting me to replace it.

Yeah, that's a pain in the patootie. I have had countless conversations with people who are "sure" that every product has a lifetime guarantee.

 

[janetupnorth]

That is a great idea! Forward that onto HO!!!!

Thought of it but haven't done it yet - will put it on my "to do" list for this weekend!

 

[Paige Dixon]

Doesn't Tupperware lifetime warranty everything? Maybe that's why they think we do.

 

[chefann]

Doesn't Tupperware lifetime warranty everything? Maybe that's why they think we do.

Yeah, but what good does it do if they no longer carry the item or make replacement parts for it? All you get is a little credit towards purchasing a replacement.