In the 70's (gold stoves and appliances were popular) my parents remodeled their kitchen and purchased Kenmore appliances. The oven was a continuous cleaning type and it worked Wonderfully. In fact my brother now lives in the house and the stove is still being used. My mother NEVER had to clean the oven in all the years it was in use. The interior was as nice inside as when it was bought new. The secret to using the continuous clean feature was to use your oven often. The more you used it the cleaner it stayed. My mother probably used it 5 days or more throughout the week. She had to make meals for a family of 9 so she did a lot of roast and baking and pie baking etc. I purchased a Kenmore Self cleaning oven and I hate it. It never gets really clean inside even though I run it on the 4 hour cycle. The racks can't be left in to self clean and the first time I actually cleaned it the brown sootl from the cleaning came out of the stove top vent back splash and discolored the white plastic. It was still under warranty so Sears replaced the back splash. I now always put a very wet towel over the area to prevent discoloration. What I failed to realize that in the front of the oven door are several more vents and now I have brown discoloration in front. It is very disappointing and looks terrible. I am thinking of getting rid of it and buying another one and hoping they still make continuous cleaning ovens, When I complained to Sears the first time they told me I was the first person to ever complain about the discoloration. I don't know if it was just a design flaw or that they lied or no one ever bothered to complain. I would do better with easy off oven cleaner because it does look nicer when done and just more work and less expensive.
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6 years ago