WARNING ABOUT SELF CLEANING OVENS

[CrazyCakes]

Someone in the bird community lost their Caique today from cooking with their oven. Apparently ALL Self cleaning ovens are lined with Teflon. She said she was making tater tot’s. Opened the oven and both birds immediately dropped from the top of the cage. One passed in the car on the way to the vet, the other is on oxygen right now. I wanted to pass this warning along because this is something a lot of us weren’t aware of. I don’t want to see any one else lose thier baby like she did. Here is her video

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[Shezbug]

Thanks for sharing and for the reminder.

Although self cleaning ovens are dangerous to birds and the self cleaning function should not ever be used with birds in the home, in this case there was no mention of a self cleaning oven killing the birds simply from being used at normal cooking temps- she said she used a teflon liner to catch the grease and stuff.

Teflon is in oven bags, hair straighteners, irons, ironing board covers, coffee makers, popcorn makers, sandwich presses, air fryers, many heaters etc The list is so long it is mad.
Basically if you have an item that heats in any way then research needs to be done as to its safety for use in a home with birds.

 

[Pixiebeak]

Thanks for sharing and for the reminder.

Although self cleaning ovens are dangerous to birds and the self cleaning function should not ever be used with birds in the home, in this case there was no mention of a self cleaning oven killing the birds simply from being used at normal cooking temps- she said she used a teflon liner to catch the grease and stuff.

Teflon is in oven bags, hair straighteners, irons, ironing board covers, coffee makers, popcorn makers, sandwich presses, air fryers, many heaters etc The list is so long it is mad.
Basically if you have an item that heats in any way then research needs to be done as to its safety for use in a home with birds.

It is horrid! And now they are substitute chemicals in the same family chain like cousins or 3rd fourth generation so a little different chemical name but the same toxic results...not only with these, but many other chemicals

 

[Toy]

My old stove has 2 ovens. One large, one small. The small one self cleans as you use it & I can smell it. No way to turn that cleaning part off. So I do not use it ever since we got the birds years ago. The large oven you set the controls to clean it. I also do not use that. We just wipe it out as needed. If these darn chemicals are killing birds in minutes, think what it's doing to us over time.

 

[Emma&pico]

So sad heartbroken for her

 

[expressmailtome]

My old stove has 2 ovens. One large, one small. The small one self cleans as you use it & I can smell it. No way to turn that cleaning part off. So I do not use it ever since we got the birds years ago. The large oven you set the controls to clean it. I also do not use that. We just wipe it out as needed. If these darn chemicals are killing birds in minutes, think what it's doing to us over time.

Some of the new ones have what they are calling a steam self cleaning cycle. It only goes to about 200-250 degrees, and then you wipe down what the steam loosens.

 

[Rebel]

My old stove has 2 ovens. One large, one small. The small one self cleans as you use it & I can smell it. No way to turn that cleaning part off. So I do not use it ever since we got the birds years ago. The large oven you set the controls to clean it. I also do not use that. We just wipe it out as needed. If these darn chemicals are killing birds in minutes, think what it's doing to us over time.

All in the name of people being too lazy to use elbow grease.
Also, im not convinced microwave ovens are harmless.

 

[Rebel]

Some of the new ones have what they are calling a steam self cleaning cycle. It only goes to about 200-250 degrees, and then you wipe down what the steam loosens.

Good idea.

 

[Clueless]

I specifically purchased a Whirlpool oven that requires distilled water to do the cleaning cycle at low temperature. I was always scared someone would turn on the self clean cycle by accident.

Here's an old thread about it

Oven recomendations

Hey everyone! My oven is on the fritz so I am looking to buy a new one. Every single oven I have seen has that self cleaning feature that is so dangerous for birds. Does anyone have any recomendations on an oven?

forums.avianavenue.com

 

[Aestatis]

Thanks for sharing and for the reminder.

Although self cleaning ovens are dangerous to birds and the self cleaning function should not ever be used with birds in the home, in this case there was no mention of a self cleaning oven killing the birds simply from being used at normal cooking temps- she said she used a teflon liner to catch the grease and stuff.

Teflon is in oven bags, hair straighteners, irons, ironing board covers, coffee makers, popcorn makers, sandwich presses, air fryers, many heaters etc The list is so long it is mad.
Basically if you have an item that heats in any way then research needs to be done as to its safety for use in a home with birds.

Thanks for the clarification, I was a bit confused for a moment. I also appreciate you mentioning teflon in air fryers. I was familiar with teflon in the other products you mentioned, but not those.

To add to the list if anyone is interested in 3D printing (or have someone in their house that is interested) know that many of them have Teflon parts that can get very hot. I think the machines can be modded to use stainless steel though.

 

[Shezbug]

Thanks for the clarification, I was a bit confused for a moment. I also appreciate you mentioning teflon in air fryers. I was familiar with teflon in the other products you mentioned, but not those.

To add to the list if anyone is interested in 3D printing (or have someone in their house that is interested) know that many of them have Teflon parts that can get very hot. I think the machines can be modded to use stainless steel though.

My son is into 3D printing and has quite a few printers, it really is surprising just how many household items use Teflon (aka non stick)- he has just told me the only printers he used in our house were ones without Teflon and his ones that have Teflon parts are in the shed.

 

[CrazyCakes]

I can’t edit my post but apparently not ALL ovens come with this liner. So just make sure you don’t have an oven liner in your oven. She explained more about it in her other videos. BUT I did learn some toaster ovens are coated with a PTFE coating so heads-up to make sure ur small toasters are not coated with it. And yes don’t ever ever ever use the self cleaning function.