… a suicidal one decided to explode in our oven with a major BANG!
Any oven cleaning tips you want to share?
… a suicidal one decided to explode in our oven with a major BANG!
Any oven cleaning tips you want to share?
May 2nd,
2008
I love the oven thermometer! We have one right there in our oven too! :)
May 2nd,
2008
Theory: The water inside the potato expanded and changed into steam thus expanding its volume. For Some reason not enough water could escape from the potato and the pressure rose until the skin bursted.
Usually the Skin of a potato has holes and is punctuated allowing the steam to escape.
May 2nd,
2008
Es empfiehlt sich, die Kartoffeln vorher mit einer Gabel anzustechen. Aber das weißt du inzwischen ja wohl selbst ;-)
May 2nd,
2008
I've had that happen with an eggplant before! First a big *boom* and then a stringy mess all over the place. No self-cleaning oven feature on yours?
May 2nd,
2008
Whoa! No tips, but how surprising! The other potatoes even look shocked! Great pictures, btw.
May 2nd,
2008
[...] this just made me laugh. [...]
May 2nd,
2008
xD a potatoe that explode... i didn't know they are able to do that too. well, at least not all of your meal decided to blow themselves up so you still have something left to eat! ...and clean
May 2nd,
2008
maybe wrap them in a aluminium sheet?
May 2nd,
2008
I had to laugh out loud when I saw the photos! I always thought these kind of things only happen to me :o)
May 2nd,
2008
Have a auto-clean oven would be nice at this moments.
This was potato conspiration, something like an extremist potato, a suicide potato or somekind of rebelion.
I confess it made me laught, but what a mess...
May 2nd,
2008
Funny photos - couldn't you use the suicidal one for mashed potatoes?
May 2nd,
2008
I don't have oven cleaning tips but this made me chuckle because I have always been paranoid about piercing potatoes before baking them, thanks to the exploding baked potato in the bonfire in Farmer Boy that almost takes out Almanzo's eye!
May 2nd,
2008
Are these special potatoes that self mash? Amazing!
May 2nd,
2008
I admit I haven't had to deal with kamikaze potatoes before, though this is probably because I don't bake them whole all that often. However, if you want to avoid mishaps like this, you can pierce them with a fork. I've seen a celebrity cook on foodTV skewer them, and place them in the oven metal skewer and all. Apparently they bake faster because the metal skewer heats up, plus they don't "self mash." :-))
Cheers.
May 2nd,
2008
Apart from soap and water, I can recommend the professional oven cleaning firms that come around in a van. Just before we sold our last house we got our oven cleaned and it turned out really well - like new in fact. They just took the oven apart and dunked it in acid. I have absolutely NO affiliation with these firms by-the-way. By the looks of the picture soap and water should do the trick.
May 2nd,
2008
my goodness! but i love the image. so happy to see you posting more frequently again :)
May 2nd,
2008
Time for oven shopping! Oh, man that stinks - but happens to all of us. I have the exact same oven thermometer, by the way. Steel wool should help - and lots of scrub, scrub, scrub!
May 2nd,
2008
Just prick em with a skewer before you bung them in the oven. That normally works for me.
Awesome photos.
Soap and water works for me! I hate the harsh oven cleaners. God knows what chemicals you bung into your oven with those, that later evaporate around your food.
May 2nd,
2008
OH MY! i've never seen a spud do that! Thanx for the documentary.
May 3rd,
2008
I know it's gross, but I've used easy-off when I had a fire in my oven and had to use the fire extinguisher. It was a pain in the butt, but it worked like a charm.
(I've had this happen too!)
May 4th,
2008
Woah, you caught the explosion in action? Crazy - hope my potatoes behave themselves!
May 2nd,
2008
You aren't alone.... I've pulled this trick too. Get the shop vac out, suck out the big stuff and then turn it on to self clean.