Besides the fact that some argue you should never use the self-cleaning feature on your oven at all, right before Thanksgiving is the absolute worst time. Here’s why: It could break your oven. The ...

Your oven takes a beating all year, from New Year's appetizers to dribbling turkey fat on Thanksgiving and Christmas cookie crumbs. Odds are, it could use some R&R. Did you pick up a weird burning ...

The self-cleaning feature makes it easy to clean an oven without much effort on your part. But there's one crucial safety tip ...

An expert's case against the common feature. Cleaning your oven the old-fashioned way is often more reliable than relying on the self-cleaning feature. Self-cleaning ovens use extreme heat to burn ...

Many modern ovens come with a self-cleaning function, which is intended to make the cleaning process simpler. The self-cleaning feature works by generating high temperatures in order to burn any food, ...

Remember the holidays? Maybe you did lots of baking and roasting, perhaps even a turkey or two. Now raise your hand if you’ve cleaned your oven since then. Or since LAST Thanksgiving, for that matter.

And why you shouldn't use the self-cleaning feature to do it.