<Mike said: <<But, if you are worried about the cost of a gallon of bleach or less than $1 of electricity, you have chosen the wrong hobby>> There you go! Like Iris, I run a full load of pots, when the oven needs to be cleaned anyway (you cannot use chemicals in a self-cleaning oven!). At perhaps 5-6 times a year, I think the cost is negligible compared to scrubbing and bleaching and rinsing and dipping in fungicide, algaecide, viricide, soap, etc. And bleaching out the knees and hems of my jeans! After the oven-cleaning process, the only thing left in/on the pots and in/on the oven interior is a fine layer of white ash - I shop-vac it out. Regards - Nancy
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