Why are my eyes itchy when my oven in self cleaning? ?

Question

i turn my self cleaning oven on and smells like greasy smoke and my eyes are itchy.. it is not gas so it's not that..it was very dirty because of the people who used to live here before.. and this is my first time cleaning it.. cause i want to use it.. and i saw it dirty and i did not want to clean it before..

Answer 1

you get too close to it!!

Answer 2

It's the smoke from the self cleaning cycle. Crack a window open. The good news is that once the cycle is over the burning eyes will go away.

Answer 3

I would assume that it is the fumes from whatever  was in the oven.  It could also be that someone use oven cleaner in the past..