Is It Safe To Share An Oven (While It Is In Use) With Gluten Eating Family?

[MissPatient21]

Hi everyone,

I'm a little nervous that tonight, I'm sharing the oven. My sweet potato is in the oven, uncovered, with glutenous garlic bread and teriyaki chicken. The bread is on the lower rack and my potato is in a pan above it, which is next to a pan of chicken (I'm allergic to gluten, soy, poultry, etc. etc.).

Everyone is being careful of crumbs and drippings whatnot, but all of the steam...does the steam and air/heat carry allergens?

Or...am I being paranoid?

Do you folks who live in a gluten eating household share the oven while it's in use? Does the steam or particles in the air in the oven make you sick?

Thank you...

[Roda]

I don't know about the steam thing, but if it was my sweet potato I would wrap it in foil to be on the safe side.

[kareng]

I would cover my food if something else is in there that I can't eat. Or cover the other stuff. I have had some oven tragedies where I have pulled stuff out and it's slid off the pan or jumped off the pan into the oven. Evil oven! Not clumsy oven user.

[Skylark]

For me it wouldn't be a problem. I'm sensitive but not THAT sensitive.

[GlutenFreeManna]

I would wrap it in foil or "bake" it in the microwave instead just to be safe.

[Tina B]

For me it wouldn't be a problem. I'm sensitive but not THAT sensitive.

Not a problem. There is skin on a sweet potato or any other for that fact. Your worry seems excessive.

[gf-soph]

Personally, I wouldn't share the oven. I am very careful as I have had trouble getting my antibodies back to normal, and it seems like a fairly high chance of cc.

I wipe out the oven before I use it, and there is always some grime that can be wiped off easily. It's not from spills, but from small amounts of the food that gets airbourne.

Saying that, If you covered your food fully, I think it would be fine.

[Branny]

Steam causes cross contamination, and where it can get out, it can come in... so I'd say no. Not without wiping it down very well before hand or do what I do and do mine First and theirs second. Always after wipe down all appliances and cooking surfaces before using them again. It also helps to have a Gluten Free Area of your own that you shouldn't have to be so aorried about in your own kitchen