Burner Grates in Self-Clean Cycle?

I have a newish GE self cleaning oven. The instructions say not to put the enamel coated stove burner grates in the self-cleaning cycle. The instructions also say to remove the oven racks during self clean but I don't and they are fine (color is a little off, but I don't care). Am I going to ruin the grates? What I mean is - if they get discolored, I don't care, but are they going to get warped and unusable? Replacement grates will cost me $160, but I won't get them in time for Pesach, so I will have to wrap the grates in foil if I don't self clean them.

Advice???

Diamond Member Joined: Dec 07 2006 Posts: 3623

We self-clean the stove grates even though it says not to and have never had a problem of warping.
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Platinum Member Joined: Mar 24 2008 Posts: 6528

I put my grates in the oven when I bought my house to kasher them. The paint bubbled and they don't look great but they are still useable.

Last year for pesach we kashered them by putting a thick piece of aluminum across the top and turning the burners up to high for a few minutes (I forget the exact amount) and I thought they bubbled even more that way.

I don't think they will get ruined so that you can't use them. They just won't look great.

Platinum Member Joined: Jan 01 2006 Posts: 48155

Until we had our own stove, we kashered them in the oven and then covered them with foil. No, it's not good for them. Depending on the model and shape of your grates, I woudn't be surprised if it would ruin the shape.

When we got our own stove, I bought new ones.

Executive Member Joined: Jul 02 2008 Posts: 367

anyone ever used easy off on a stove top the burner pieces ? cause I heard it might get ruined?

Platinum Member Joined: Mar 24 2008 Posts: 6528

my burner grates had little rubber dots on the bottom
but I didnt want to spend money on another set of grates for pesach and I didnt know I could cover the chametz ones so I took the rubber dots off and self cleaned it
then pasted the dots back on
it was fine for a while but after many months the enamel started to crack ans some of it actually chiped off
since then ive bought a new set of grates and just cover them with foil for pesach

Mine says not to self clean either, but the only way to kasher them otherwise is to blowtorch it. My DH took them to be kashered this way the first time, burnt the little rubber feet right off, and it bubbled the enamel, too. So I figured how much worse could a self cleaning cycle be, so I did it, and it didn't get anymore ruined, except maybe some more bubbling.

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I believe my Rav said not to self-clean the burner grates, but to clean them, then put them in Kosher L'pesach oven for 45 mins on highest heat (500 or whatever it may be, as opposed to 800 when self clean is on).
I was a little confused by that- why would I put my chametz grates in my kosher l'pesach ovens? I would've asked, but I'm not kashering this year anyway.......

Silver Member Joined: Mar 20 2006 Posts: 963

I kasher my grates by putting a blech on top, and turning on the flame on the highest. leave it till the grates are red hot. Half a stove at a time. You have to be careful if you have a contol panel at the back though, b/c when I first did this, it melted it1 j I lost all the features of my oven, besides bake!

It can peel the enamel, just like any time you leave the fire on without a pot on top.

you can ask your rav. But I believe that even if you don't do the blech on top thing, running the flame on high for longer than you would normally cook anything on high is okay. Like for an hour. it might be less. ask your rav. The flame kashers out the grate. the blech raises the temperature of the flame. that's why ppl put the blech on.

Silver Member Joined: Mar 20 2006 Posts: 963

The Rov told me to use the blech. I think because, as you said, it makes it hotter. It also doesn't take an hour...

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Diamond Member Joined: Jan 19 2006 Posts: 4427

Ive been self cleaning all my oven pieces for the last 9 years, I never had a problem Smile