NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Turkey, stuffing and pies! Your oven’s big day is coming up. But it may need a little attention before then.

Well, if it’s covered in last year’s drips and splatters, you might be in for more smoke than sizzle. So you'll want to clean it and the self-clean cycle may not always be the best choice.

Between boiling, broiling, and baking, experts in Consumer Reports' range lab also put every oven’s self-clean cycle to the test.

They rate how a tough baked-on mixture of tapioca, cheese, lard, and cherry pie filling can be wiped away after the self-clean cycle. Most ovens pass the test, but Consumer Reports editor Paul Hope says people still wonder about the safety of the self-cleaning cycle.

“It’s easy to find a lot of horror stories online about people who say the

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