I thought I turned on the small back burner on my white smooth top Jenn Air stove. You can imagine my panic when I turned around and saw smoke rising from the front burner where I had left an iron skillet on top of a braided hot pad. I grabbed another hot pad, pulled the skillet and burned pad off the burner to reveal a blackened, burnt on mess. The burnt pad had plastic threading and that (plus the fabric) had melted onto the burner. Another second or two and I'm sure I would have had flames. I was ready to cry thinking I had ruined my very expensive down-draft smooth top stove but, for once in my life, I didn't panic.
Instead, I went to Google and found the ThriftyFun tip site after I googled "help, I left a hot pad that melted on my burner." I read the tips on burned plastic tried one that suggested letting it cool, testing to see what Goo Gone and Cerama Bryte would do. If they didn't work, it was suggested to turn the burner on high again for 12 minutes to see if the rest of the gunk would burn off.
Wow! I literally watched most of the black goo and crust disappear as it burned off. Finally, I turned off the burner, let it cool completely, wiped off the ash, and went after the remaining black spots with Cerama Bryte and a Scotch Brite Scrub Dots sponge.
Sweet Relief! Every speck of the burn is gone and my stove top gleams! The picture shows the blackened, burnt potholder next to the now clean burner! It didn't occur to me to take a picture before I cleaned it, but I wish I had. I am so grateful for this website that turned my disaster into a miracle!
Thanks.
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