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JRscooby
Aug 13, 2020Explorer II
A not often practical, but effective way to clean DO;
One Christmas we had most of the ovens cleaned, but had only heated and dumped water out of the one that had baked the Turkey in. (As cleaning other ovens, dump dirty water in that one) Got dark, so left it set full of water. Next morning, it was froze solid. I built up the fire, and set the oven on firewood a few feet back. Still drinking coffee, hear a clunk.Lift DO off block of ice, and take block to vault. That oven was Clean! Just give a heavy grease and put away.
One Christmas we had most of the ovens cleaned, but had only heated and dumped water out of the one that had baked the Turkey in. (As cleaning other ovens, dump dirty water in that one) Got dark, so left it set full of water. Next morning, it was froze solid. I built up the fire, and set the oven on firewood a few feet back. Still drinking coffee, hear a clunk.Lift DO off block of ice, and take block to vault. That oven was Clean! Just give a heavy grease and put away.
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