Comments on: Never clean the bottom of your oven again

By: Criss

Criss — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 02:47:28 +0000

Yeah, I’d save the money and use foil, which is recyclable, or an old cookie sheet, which is washable and probably ultimately recyclable too. Aside from killing birds, Teflon is a product that involves staggeringly toxic manufacturing byproducts that have shown up in basically every living thing on earth, even in remote jungles and suchlike. No thanks!

By: pam kueber

pam kueber — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:49:05 +0000

denise, we read up on parakeet care when we got ours – so, no, no teflon disasters here!

By: nina462

nina462 — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:48:16 +0000

I’ve always used foil….and I have a self cleaning oven.
Foil is something my Mom taught me.

By: denise

denise — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:27:05 +0000

uh oh, Pam, I hope you didn’t find that out from experience….

By: pam kueber

pam kueber — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:53:58 +0000

Teflon: Kills parakeets when stuff burns it…alas.

By: Deb

Deb — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:23:24 +0000

Unfortunately this is made of Teflon, which has gotten a lot of bad press lately. I also use an old cookie sheet in my oven to catch drips. It’s not very pretty, but it works.

By: sablemable

sablemable — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:06:13 +0000

I bought one of these but haven’t used it yet. For gas ovens, it goes on the bottom rack.
I’ve always put my pies on a jellyroll pan to catch the drips, as I despise cleaning ovens, LOL!

By: Annie B.

Annie B. — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:53:37 +0000

Not a bad idea for those of us who have self-cleaning ovens.
(There should be an industrial use for blueberry pie drippings!)

By: MidCent Keith

MidCent Keith — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:19:15 +0000

I’ve learned from mom to use a piece of alluminum foil to catch any drips – not cleanable, but it does the job. Just remember to keep the circulation holes along the edge of the oven floor uncovered.

By: denise

denise — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:31:46 +0000

when you find the pie maker, could you send him/her to my house please…yum. I especially like pumpkin and ya know….it is the season.