Comments on How to Clean an Oven

The gas man who came out to calibrate our oven showed me that vinegar on a sponge, cold and straight from the bottle, cleans all outside and inside baked enamel oven/range surfaces. Just wipe on and wipe off - no soaking or waiting at all! It's amazing! Many cleaners scratch or scour or otherwise mar the finish. My toaster oven, antique stove, and modern stove all sparkle as new.

The gas man who came out to calibrate our oven showed me that vinegar on a sponge, cold and straight from the bottle, cleans all outside and inside baked enamel oven/range surfaces. Just wipe on and wipe off - no soaking or waiting at all! It's amazing! Many cleaners scratch or scour or otherwise mar the finish. My toaster oven, antique stove, and modern stove all sparkle as new.

Sprinkle baking soda all over the area to be cleaned, dampen the baking soda with water or cleaner until it becomes a paste, crumble foil and scrub, wipe clean with water. You can also use sea salt in place of the baking soda, just remember to make a paste with the salt and scrub in the same manor.

Sprinkle baking soda all over the area to be cleaned, dampen the baking soda with water or cleaner until it becomes a paste, crumble foil and scrub, wipe clean with water. You can also use sea salt in place of the baking soda, just remember to make a paste with the salt and scrub in the same manor.

Before cleaning the drip pans and rims, spray each one with oven cleaner and place the items in an old, large shopping bag. Seal and leave the bag for about 20-30 minutes. Then take them out one out at a time and wash with soap and water. They will come out sparkling clean.

Before cleaning the drip pans and rims, spray each one with oven cleaner and place the items in an old, large shopping bag. Seal and leave the bag for about 20-30 minutes. Then take them out one out at a time and wash with soap and water. They will come out sparkling clean.

Fo non-self cleaning ovens: Line oven bottom with aluminum foil after you have cleaned it. Then, any drips from pizza, baking, etc will land on the foil, not your oven. Next time you clean, the bottom will be a snap, just reline it with foil.

Rinse the oven with white vinegar. I keep a spray bottle handy in which I've mixed 1/2 cup of white vinegar to a quart of water. Be sure to mark it to avoid confusion. I use it all over the house to cut soap and detergent film. And it's a natural deodorizer.

I clean ovens for many restuarants and my tip is safety! When using oven cleaners ALWAYS wear gloves, goggles, and a painter's mask. Do not use canned oven cleaners, use liquid. Canned oven cleaners will disipate all over when sprayed.

To remove large chunks of baked-on foods from the floor of the oven, use a blade scraper. Be careful to keep at about a 30 degree angle to prevent it from scratching the surface. When the larger chunks of food are removed, apply cleaner.

I've heard that, if you set your oven racks in the grass at night, by the morning, they should be able to wipe clean. ... Enzymes in the grass and moisture from the morning dew are supposed to work together.

When using an oven cleaner, always wear long rubber gloves that cover your forearms as well as your hands. Wear goggles to shield your eyes, wear a dust mask (so that your mouth and nose are covered) and you don't breath any spray mist into your throat and lungs, and put an apron on to cover your clothes.

Pull out the rounds from your stove as well as your oven racks and spray with oven cleaner. Then place the items in a plastic garbage bag overnight. Tie the end of the bag closed. Racks and rounds rinse with little effort and they are clean!

if, whilst cooking, your food spills over on to the oven floor, cover immediately with salt - lots of it. Carry on cooking and when the oven is cold the salt will just wipe away, leaving a clean oven.