Once I turned on the self-cleaner on our stove. I didn’t realize there was a cast iron pan inside. An hour or so later, it got so hot it was vibrating. Afraid it would explode, I figured out how to defeat the lock, opened the door and grabbed the super hot pan, I heaved it out the door into a snowbank.
That was 30 years ago. I cooked my dinner on it tonight.
Amazing it didn’t crack!