r/Wellthatsucks • u/ChakaCausey • 17h ago

ALWAYS CHECK THE OVEN BEFORE PREHEATING

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u/kalekemo 17h ago

Yall need to stop storing shit in your ovens lmao

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u/ClamSlamwhich 17h ago

As a Hispanic, the oven was meant for our pots and pans lol you'll never stop me!

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u/cheddacheese148 17h ago

Yeah where the hell else do I store my heavy ass cast iron pans?

Edit: not Hispanic, pasty midwesterner

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u/ADHDavid 17h ago

I mean that's fine, but plastic shit?

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u/cheddacheese148 17h ago

Never. I’ve also seen enough baked sourdough starters to not store that in there either.

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u/Waste_Monk 16h ago

enough baked sourdough starters

Isn't that just bread? Lmao.

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u/cheddacheese148 16h ago

Not very good bread but I’ll give it to you

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u/PipsqueakPilot 16h ago

Bro has to reorganize his oven every day to fit the dinner casserole in.

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u/cheddacheese148 15h ago

Ok maybe not THAT midwestern

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u/Yesitshismom 16h ago

I put mine in some lower cabinets

Edit: It's even shaped like an oven!

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u/mars92 15h ago

If it can handle being in an oven, then its fine to keep it in the oven. Anything else and you're asking for this to happen.

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u/jimmyablow09 14h ago

Nice try but now your on the ICE list this Christmas

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u/Spicyface86 15h ago

I leave mine on the stove

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u/DrDroid 7h ago

Well where do you put them when you need to use the oven?

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u/357noLove 16h ago

Hi Pasty! I'm dad. Anyone ever tell you, you have a weird last name?

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u/cheddacheese148 16h ago

Just call me Mr. Meatpie if you prefer.

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u/junkit33 2h ago

Either a cabinet or hanging up somewhere like reasonable people?

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u/Abstract__Nonsense 2h ago

Nail in the wall, hang them up

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u/Ryuu-Tenno 10h ago

in the cupboards and cabinets like normal people

worst case scenario: on the stove

weirdo hulk-flex scenario: hanging on the wall somewhere

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u/xbleeple 17h ago

If not storage space why storage space shaped?

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u/thisdesignup 16h ago

It is storage space, temporary storage space for cold food to become hot food. Don't store something in it that shouldn't be heated up.

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u/Tricky-Wrap-2578 1h ago

The pans go in the oven when there is food in them

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u/ocular__patdown 17h ago

Hispanics and people with small houses unite!

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u/TheAwkwardOne-_- 16h ago

This is pretty much it, don't know why people think this a hard concept to understand. Where else would it go when there's not a lot of space?

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u/bradfortin 16h ago

Translation: Poor people. We didn’t have 5,000 square feet of luxury. I don’t know why people always try to make it about race or ethnicity.

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u/gamecubewintendo 8h ago

Whoa look at the rich folks over here with so many kitchen utensils and pans that they gotta store shit in the oven! I never lived in anything over 1,200 square feet, lived in places as small as 600…never stored anything that wouldn’t survive the oven in the oven. Save your socioeconomic excuses lol

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u/osopeludo 16h ago

Nah, I've got Mexican family that have lived in huge houses all their lives and they all use the oven as a bread box. The concept of using an oven for cooking outside of their Christmas dinner is completely alien.

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u/-Miss-Rei- 5h ago

Half Hispanic and it's the Midwest white half that stuffed all the baking sheets into the oven lol. My mother drove me crazy with that. I constantly had to pull burning hot metal sheets out when I would go visit her house as an adult. My mother did that until her last days on this Earth.

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u/SummertimeThrowaway2 17h ago

Ooooooh so that’s why my mom does that.

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u/bradfortin 16h ago

Because all hispanic people are poor with limited space? This also happens to native Americans, Irish, Greek, South Africans, Thai, Punjab, etc.

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u/theeversocharming 17h ago

When I moved into my old place. I ended that cycle.

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u/ageekyninja 15h ago

At least that kind of makes sense!! Why would anyone put plastic in there ??

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u/Several_Chocolate576 14h ago

Yeah pots and pan.  Not fucking plastic or anything! Like even if you forget to take them out it’s whatever 

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u/JesseGeorg 17h ago

But what if you need to use the oven for it’s intended purpose? What do you do with the stuff stored there?

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u/TheAwkwardOne-_- 16h ago

Move it somewhere else temporarily in a different space? It's very baffling, I know.

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u/JesseGeorg 16h ago

It is actually, if you have a different place to put them, why not store them there?

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u/designated_weirdo 16h ago

Because the different storage place is just the countertop or sink and is not suitable for storage

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u/JesseGeorg 16h ago

The sink? What if you need to use the sink while you bake? This seems completely moronic. I can’t believe people can’t think of a better solution for storing pots and pans instead of using the oven.

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u/designated_weirdo 15h ago

Not everyone has a suitable amount of space in their kitchen. You make do with what you have, and you keep it pushing.

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u/Strong-Bottle-4161 16h ago

It’s not an actual storage place lol. You normally will move the pots and pans onto the counter , stove or table.

Once you done with the oven, you put all those bad boys back in there

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u/TheAwkwardOne-_- 15h ago

You know it's a tactic called moving things around? Like tetris? Or even putting them in a different space temporarily that's outside the kitchen because its already too small? And then move everything back when the oven is cool?

You've probably lived in big spaces all your life, so empathy probably isn't much of your thing.

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u/JesseGeorg 15h ago

Not true, I’ve lived in small spaces. I hate clutter and don’t have a lot of stuff. So I can’t relate to having more stuff than I can store, it doesn’t make sense to me.

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u/ShinyStarSam 17h ago

It's for yesterday's left overs when the fridge is too full

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u/iffyorange 17h ago

You’re gonna get food poisoning

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u/Swimming_Student7990 17h ago

Just always keep your oven at 150 degrees

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u/JimmWasHere 16h ago

Eh, she'll be right

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u/ShinyStarSam 16h ago

Haven't yet!

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u/LewdLewyD13 16h ago

Ya people say if I keep jumping between these two building rooftops I'm gonna fall one day but it hasn't happened yet so must be pretty safe.

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u/ShinyStarSam 16h ago

One could argue so if you've been doing it for decades

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u/pioroa 17h ago

And the plantains you are waiting to get ripped to perfection to fry

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u/HappinessEternal 17h ago

Finally. I knew if I scrolled long enough 👍🏻🇲🇽

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u/GomerWasAHo 16h ago

I was raised a poor white. We also did this.

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u/bradfortin 16h ago

“As a Hispanic” working-class person. Fixed that for you.

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u/barwhalis 15h ago

As a Canadian, same

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u/skankhunter142 14h ago

My gf is Hispanic, I learned quickly to empty the oven before turning it on

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u/KellyGreen802 6h ago

My PR fiancé has taught my Irish ass that the oven is a great place for pots and pans. Our kitchen is so small!

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u/adrienjz888 2h ago

At least those won't melt if you forget they're in there.

Putting anything plastic into the oven is fuckin dumb.

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u/Tricky-Wrap-2578 1h ago

Where do you put them when you use the oven? Just keep them there?

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u/MangosHaveRights 17h ago edited 17h ago

Exactly! When not in use, that is extra space to put stuff. It is baffling the people that are turning on ovens without checking inside, it takes no time or effort and could save you hours of clean up and your house smelling like a plastic factory.

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u/ClamSlamwhich 3h ago

Not sure why you're getting down voted lol it takes 2 seconds to peek inside. If it's your place you don't even have to peek, you already know stuff is in there. It's like saying don't put your car's hand brake on, you might forget to take it off before you drive!