Lesson learned #5- Vegtible Oil does not reduce smoke

I live in this unique house apartment along the river in good old Muncie, IN. I enjoy my apartment and chose it for it's uniqueness. It's an attic apartment, with a winding staircase and triangle rooms. It's actually quite spacious with two bedrooms, living room and kitchen (and bathroom), and at 325$ a month (includes all the necessities) it is a steal. Yet there are also quirks with this apartment that I have come grown used to. For one, The triangle shaped bathroom forces me to use the restroom in a sitting position. If I was to stand without leaning I would be just far enough away from the toilette to reduce to 93% accuracy. Also the shower is quite small and the shower spout is equal to my chest. For the first three weeks, before I got new shower nozzle, I had to shower in a crouched position. Another thing I noticed was that when I started using the stove, I noticed that three of the four heating coils lightly smoked. Not totally sure where it was coming from, I found I was able to eliminate the smoke if I sprayed water on the coil. This worked for the most part, except when the burner was on high. So, last week after continually spraying the largest coil, I decided a quick fix would be to pour vegetable oil on it. My thinking was that oil doesn't evaporate as easily and so would be less work. Well, as many of you know already my thinking was very wrong. I found out oil actually is worse in this situation due to it's tendency to sizzle and splatter at hot temperatures. And of course right then my ADD must have kicked in full gear because I pour water on the oil thinking it would reduce the temperature. This only resulted in the stove break out in flames. Thankfully that lasted a totally of five seconds, and immediately turning the burner down caused the smoke to subsided. Lesson learned, disaster avoided, dinner saved.