Topic: AD- Oven Spit Guard

[bighairybloke]

Hi chaps, my friend has an invention on Kickstarter he is trying to get noticed by foodies and I wonder if you'd have a look see if it's something you'd find useful?

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/968891328/the-oven-spit-guard-no-more-oven-cleaning

Ta peeps,

Steve

[Peripatetic Phil]

Well, it's a nice idea, but

[livo]

I bought a self cleaning oven, yeah right.  Never fall for that one again.

[Peripatetic Phil]

I bought a self cleaning oven, yeah right.  Never fall for that one again.

You mean, when you put yourself inside to be cleaned, you got burned ?  Same happened to me.  There should be a warning notice that the cleaning process involves extreme heat.

[Madrasandy]

Oh dear

[fried]

oh merde! I've just remembered, I'm supposed to be cleaning my self-cleaning oven this afternoon

[Peripatetic Phil]

Coming back on track, I do wonder whether the ventilation slots (which are the key to the whole invention) are actually necessary.  I treated myself to a rather smart rectangular vitreous-enamelled cast-iron casserole dish a few months ago, and have regularly used it since then to cook roast potatoes.  Now as everyone knows, to get roast potatoes that are floury in the middle and crisp on the outside (i.e., perfect), you must avoid them coming into contact with steam; yet my roast potatoes turn out perfect every time, despite there being no ventilation slots in the lid, and I therefore assume that the lid/base seal is sufficiently less than perfect for the steam to escape naturally, without any need for explicit steam vents.

** Phil.