I’m wondering if there was a lot of grease on the oven floor, that could certainly be a source of ignition with the super high temps during a cleaning cycle.

Eddie

The worst thing that ever happened to me was the time I put a Cast Iron pan in upside down.  I mean I am a transplanted Northerner what do I know about Cast Iron pans?  The story is I had never cooked in one.  For whatever reason my Mom only liked Stainless Steel and that's all we ever used.  When I moved to the south he said I had to have one so we picked one up at an estate sale.  He said he throws them in a fire to fully clean them and then he re-seasons them in a low oven.  He told me he had read that you can put then in the oven during a cleaning cycle and it would do the same thing.

Well....that was a mistake.  I didn't have flames but I had smoke like I have never seen before.  I switched off the oven right away and waited for it to unlock and that was the last time I attempted that.  The smoke alarms were going crazy as you can imagine.  What a nightmare that was.

My stove is the solid black version of yours Dave.  I have never used the self clean cycle.  I'd rather just use fume free easy off.

When I get an old cast iron utensil that needs to be reseasoned, I put it on the gas grill on high for a while and it burns everything right off.  Hmmm, I have a muffin pan of my grandmother's (possibly great grandmother's) that needs attention.

GE is By far the best built, WP-MT the most energy efficient and reliable, WP-MT uses smart ignition for the oven and broiler so you don't have a hot surface igniter consuming 400 watts whenever the burner is on that burns out and has to be replaced at a cost of $150-200 every 3-8 years depending on how much you use your oven.

In reality there is not as much difference in ranges as there is in laundry appliances and DWs so you can probably buy what you like.

I would differently stay away from fancy Electrolux ranges [ too many control problems ] and Samsung& LG [ they are pretty but really cheaply built when you are taking them apart to fix the ovens etc. ]

John L.

Hi Dave, there is likely no real damage to your range from the fire, I would remove the oven floor and clean any ash and unburned residue and then test the oven and run it through a clean cycle.

Grease and food soil that is not burned on should always be wiped up before running a clean cycle.

Dave it sounds like you had grease etc that spilled into the sub-pan under the oven floor, if you have a major spill in any gas oven self-cleaning or not it needs to be dissembled and cleaned before using it again.

John L.