Warning to the Wise

I got off work a little early today, so I thought I would put my time to good use. Last week my brother made baked potatoes and put a little too much oil on them. Some of the oil dripped into the bottom of the oven. The oven has been used a couple of times since then, and smoked a little, so I decided today would be a good day to clean the oven. My oven has one of those nifty self cleaning features, so I turned in on....I sat in the living room long enough to eat my dinner. As I rounded the corner back into the kitchen, I saw FLAMES in my oven. If you know anything about self cleaning ovens, you have to lock them, and you can't unlock them until the cleaning is done and the oven is cool. I'm sure that's a good thing because I can't imagine what an oxygen rush would have done to the fire! Luckily my instinct said to turn the dang thing off....I think I rounded the corner at just the right time or I may have had to have a visit from some of the local fireman. Now I have a mess to clean up and possibly a new oven to buy.....


Lesson for the day: NEVER turn on your self cleaning oven feature if there is ANY old or new grease/oil in the bottom of your oven!