Question from CC
Trying to conserve water, I had a cakepan with a plastic lid on it, (believe me i dont like plastic, and i have thrown almost all my plastic items away, but this was just a cakepan to use on occassion).
I cant believe i did this but I stuck it in the oven to save from washing it because it has some cake left in it. Ok, so i went to make a pizza and preheated my oven. I didn’t smell anything but i started seeing flames, so me not being a cook, or knowing much about this stuff, i had my mom take it out of the oven for me, and she threw it outside, and opened the oven door and then we opened the doors and windows and left for about an hour, and i came back home when it was not smelly anymore.
So we decided to catch a warm day to clean it out. My mom took a spatula and scraped the plastic out. It looked like all of it was gone, so she said we need to burn the stove out, so we turned it on and left. So when i came back it smelled AGAIN, and we turned it up and left again. Ok, now this time when i came home it didnt smell so i thought great i can use my oven again, so i put it on the self cleaning one more time to make sure and it STILL smelled like plastic.
You cant even see hardly any plastic in there, just maybe a spot, not even enough that can be got up, just looks like a water spot, Did i inhale toxic fumes? Is there any hope for my oven? Is there any safe cleaner that will help?
Debra’s Answer
Melting plastic definitely gives off toxic fumes. Sounds like you did all the right things, to open doors and windows and get out of there.
I have no experience with this, having never put plastic in my oven. Readers, any suggestions?
