Cooking ham in an oven with oven cleaner

If a ham was cooked for 20 mins in an oven before realising that there was a layer of oven cleaner in the oven, is the meat safe to eat?

Best Answer

I'm not sure what kind of cleaner you used, but either way, the heat changes the molecular structure of the cleaner used and 'gases' it, allowing it to permeate into your food. It is a shame, but throw it away.

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Can you cook with oven cleaner in the oven?

You can cook right away after having cleaned your oven with eco-friendly solutions. You need to heat up your oven for 15-30 minutes after having cleaned it with commercial products. Never clean a self cleaning oven with a commercial product.

What happens if you accidentally eat oven cleaner?

If swallowed, oven cleaners can cause vomiting and burns to the lips, mouth, throat, and further down in the digestive tract, like the food pipe and stomach. Symptoms of burns can vary depending on where the burn is. For instance, a burn on the lips can cause swelling, redness, and blistering.

Is Easy Off oven cleaner toxic?

DANGER: CORROSIVE. CONTAINS SODIUM HYDROXIDE (LYE). WILL BURN EYES AND SKIN. HARMFUL IF SWALLOWED.

Will oven cleaner burn off?

Unless they're completely rinsed from the oven interior, the strong chemicals in oven cleaners can continue to evaporate when you turn on the oven and try to use it.

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Answer 2

first off, what type of oven cleaner? If you are using a natural cleaning remedy such as baking soda, then yes, if using a commercial caustic soda based product I would say no. This is besides the fact that the ham will taste of cleaning product. Imagine using flavored 'chips' on your BBQ, that is in effect what you are doing with your oven cleaner. By stating that baking soda is natural I appear to have caused offense, no baking soda is not natural, however it is far less harmful than caustic soda, I have yet to find a recipe that calls for caustic soda (save olives from the tree - but that is off topic). There really is only one short answer here and that is, throw the Ham away, thoroughly clean your oven, turn the oven on afterwards to ensure that any traces of cleaner are burnt off, then start again...

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