I hate my oven

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SpurgeonH

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I decided to try the self-cleaning oven method on the BSR Sportsman fish fryer I bought today. I put the piece in the oven, set the oven to "clean", and waited anxiously for two hours. Timer dings. I open the oven! The fryer is stone cold. The oven never heated! Ugh!!!

So, I try again. Because you can't fix stupid. Luckily, my wife sees what I'm doing and informs me, "the self cleaning function doesn't work anymore." Rats.

Time to get out the Easy-Off. Now I have to wait days, instead of hours, to see if there is beauty under all of that rust.

Frustration reigns.
 
Thanks. I have an e-tank (actually a big Home Depot bucket) I made for some small cast iron tools, but this fryer won't fit in it. I'll have to go with the vinegar bath. I'll post pictures when I'm done with it.
 
A bigger e-tank is as easy as using a large rubbermaid container instead of your bucket. If some of the fryer sticks out, just flip it and repeat after the submerged part is done. You'll get a little flash rust on the already finished part but the rust layer will be thin enough that a few minutes with some steel wool in cold water will clear it up easy.
 
I was using just electrolysis to clean mine but last week a made a lye tank and what a huge difference. 4 days in the lye and it looks clean enough to eat off. But then gave each piece a day and a half in the etank and I was amazed at the additional amount of gunk that came off. But the time was worth it, they look like they just came out of the molds.
 
NickFredsall said:
I was using just electrolysis to clean mine but last week a made a lye tank and what a huge difference. 4 days in the lye and it looks clean enough to eat off. But then gave each piece a day and a half in the etank and I was amazed at the additional amount of gunk that came off. But the time was worth it, they look like they just came out of the molds.
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That's pretty much what I do. Lye tank for 3-4 days, then into the e-tank for 12-24 hours to remove rust and clean out the pores of the piece. After that it's ready for seasoning.
 
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