Alternative kashering oven method without self cleaning?

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amother

Sat, Apr 04 2020, 8:48 pm

Is there a way to kasher an oven without self cleaning? I hate the toxic smells that come out when its on self clean.

ra_mom

Sat, Apr 04 2020, 8:50 pm

Yes. Clean it very well. Then kasher the oven at 550 for 40 minutes.

Reality

Sat, Apr 04 2020, 10:14 pm

Use an oven insert

amother

Brown

Sat, Apr 04 2020, 10:21 pm

Clean it out well and turn it on 550 for 45 minutes-an hour.

amother

Sun, Apr 05 2020, 12:26 am

Thank you. Also found out that you can put on high broil for an hour after cleaning it well.

amother

Burlywood

Sun, Apr 05 2020, 12:33 am

Please ask a rav. I was told you cannot properly kasher an oven for pesach and if you don’t have a self clean oven you need to use an insert.
It’s different from milchig to fleishig.

Ema of 5

Sun, Apr 05 2020, 1:13 am

amother [ OP ] wrote:

Thank you. Also found out that you can put on high broil for an hour after cleaning it well.

I hope you “found out” from your rav. There are many different opinions.

amother

Pumpkin

Sun, Apr 05 2020, 1:34 am

2 decades ago, before we personally had self-cleaning ovens, we would buy a small blow torch and go over every inch of the oven this way. It's very labor-intensive, but it never smelled as bad as the self-clean cycle.
Other methods I see people mentioning, turning the oven on hi or broil for a some period, were never acceptable as per our own rabbis and I know many hold the same. BUT with many leniencies in place this year it is worth asking your own rabbi if you may do it.

amother

Sun, Apr 05 2020, 2:59 am

Ema of 4 wrote:

I hope you “found out” from your rav. There are many different opinions.

Yes we asked a rav, but ask your own.

amother

Periwinkle

Sun, Apr 05 2020, 9:35 am

amother [ OP ] wrote:

Thank you. Also found out that you can put on high broil for an hour after cleaning it well.

I strongly advise against this unless your oven manufacturer says it's ok. I have a close friend who broiled something for a long time and it ended up frying the digital controls and she had to replace her oven.

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