Whilst cooking the Christmas turkey my wife placed the oven tray, containing the turkey and root vegetables in a foil-sealed parcel, upon our Halogen hob. This was a new oven tray.

Previously, she.has done this for several years, but with the tray from an old oven.

The turkey is boiled gently for a while, whilst it cooks gently in it's own steam and juices, before being placed into the oven - to finish off.

When she came to remove it from the glass hob, it had stuck!

Upon close investigation, the oven tray had warped by the localised heat, and when eventually removed, we were left with two indentations where the glass had actually melted.

I presume that the warped tray had applied the weight of the turkey to two small area of the glass.

Glass was also left on the underneath of the oven tray, and as it cooled it started to crack and fall off.

I'm assuming that it will now be dangerous to continue using the hob - especially on the two rings where the glass has melted and left craters behind?

Any advice would be most welcome, but I fear that our Christmas meal will have ended up costing us more than the price of a turkey....

On 25/12/2015 18:15, wrote:
Whilst cooking the Christmas turkey my wife placed the oven tray, containing the turkey and root vegetables in a foil-sealed parcel, upon our Halogen hob. This was a new oven tray.

Previously, she.has done this for several years, but with the tray from an old oven.

The turkey is boiled gently for a while, whilst it cooks gently in it's own steam and juices, before being placed into the oven - to finish off.

When she came to remove it from the glass hob, it had stuck!

Upon close investigation, the oven tray had warped by the localised heat, and when eventually removed, we were left with two indentations where the glass had actually melted.

I presume that the warped tray had applied the weight of the turkey to two small area of the glass.

Glass was also left on the underneath of the oven tray, and as it cooled it started to crack and fall off.

I'm assuming that it will now be dangerous to continue using the hob - especially on the two rings where the glass has melted and left craters behind?

Any advice would be most welcome, but I fear that our Christmas meal will have ended up costing us more than the price of a turkey....


When our induction hob was new we managed to boil the Christmas pudding
dry. Fortunately I managed to get the mark on the hob off using
household cleaners. We now use the microwave and put with the cooking
instruction power settings never matching what the microwave can do.


--
Michael Chare

On 25/12/2015 18:15, wrote:
Whilst cooking the Christmas turkey my wife placed the oven tray, containing the turkey and root vegetables in a foil-sealed parcel, upon our Halogen hob. This was a new oven tray.

Previously, she.has done this for several years, but with the tray from an old oven.

The turkey is boiled gently for a while, whilst it cooks gently in it's own steam and juices, before being placed into the oven - to finish off.

When she came to remove it from the glass hob, it had stuck!

Upon close investigation, the oven tray had warped by the localised heat, and when eventually removed, we were left with two indentations where the glass had actually melted.

I presume that the warped tray had applied the weight of the turkey to two small area of the glass.

Glass was also left on the underneath of the oven tray, and as it cooled it started to crack and fall off.

I'm assuming that it will now be dangerous to continue using the hob - especially on the two rings where the glass has melted and left craters behind?

Any advice would be most welcome, but I fear that our Christmas meal will have ended up costing us more than the price of a turkey....

To answer your question. I would not use the hob if there is any change
of a liquid passing through the surface. If the surface is water tight
I might risk a cautious approach.

I would be tempted to replace the hob with an induction hob especially
if you can't replace the damaged part cheaply. You might then see what
has happened as a blessing in disguise. Happy Christmas!

--
Michael Chare

He might then need to change all his pots and pans though!
Brian

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On 25/12/2015 18:15, wrote:
Whilst cooking the Christmas turkey my wife placed the oven tray,
containing the turkey and root vegetables in a foil-sealed parcel, upon
our Halogen hob. This was a new oven tray.

Previously, she.has done this for several years, but with the tray from
an old oven.

The turkey is boiled gently for a while, whilst it cooks gently in it's
own steam and juices, before being placed into the oven - to finish off.

When she came to remove it from the glass hob, it had stuck!

Upon close investigation, the oven tray had warped by the localised heat,
and when eventually removed, we were left with two indentations where the
glass had actually melted.

I presume that the warped tray had applied the weight of the turkey to
two small area of the glass.

Glass was also left on the underneath of the oven tray, and as it cooled
it started to crack and fall off.

I'm assuming that it will now be dangerous to continue using the hob -
especially on the two rings where the glass has melted and left craters
behind?

Any advice would be most welcome, but I fear that our Christmas meal will
have ended up costing us more than the price of a turkey....

To answer your question. I would not use the hob if there is any change of
a liquid passing through the surface. If the surface is water tight I
might risk a cautious approach.

I would be tempted to replace the hob with an induction hob especially if
you can't replace the damaged part cheaply. You might then see what has
happened as a blessing in disguise. Happy Christmas!

--
Michael Chare

On 25/12/2015 19:10, Michael Chare wrote:
I would be tempted to replace the hob with an induction hob especially
if you can't replace the damaged part cheaply. You might then see what
has happened as a blessing in disguise. Happy Christmas!

Wholeheartedly agree!

I'd also be concerned about any other possible damage such as to
switches. Is there anything in a halogen hob that could get damaged by
the overheating episode?

--
Rod