Barbara L
Traveling Welcome Wagon
My Pampered Chef stone also broke in the oven after 5 or 6 years of use, but since I don't have a self-cleaning oven I know it wasn't because of that. I think it was just one of those things. There can be an unseen flaw that just all of the sudden causes it to break.I wonder if this type of stone has a limited life regardless of exposure to high heat or if that was the cause for its demise.
Any thoughts?
Speaking of self-cleaning ovens, I doubt I would be able to use one in my current house. I remember my mom always had to take the batteries out of her smoke detector when she cleaned her oven, since it always went off when she did. Our smoke detectors are hard-wired and tend to go off sometimes when I just open the oven door, so I know I would go nuts having to listen to them go off through the whole cleaning cycle!
Barbara