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No caustic oven cleaners allowed. No gritty oven cleaners allowed. Gotta be super-careful around door, vents, window, and gasket. Manual suggests warm soapy water w/ soft cloth, but OK to let soap soak on baked on crud for 30 - 60 mins.
So what's the best way to really get oven clean? Simple Green, vinegar, baking soda, some other natural, non-caustic, non-gritty cleaner? Grit-free toothpaste? Lemon juice w/ cornstarch?
Stumped for now. Old oven withstood sandblasting, Brillo pads, Easy-Off, pressure washer, etc.. Pretty much anything up to thermite. New oven is like a fragile Millennial child.
Thanks.
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It doesn't have a self-cleaning option?
If not how about a large pan of water and set the oven for a temperature above 212F. Let the water steam for a while. Then use a cloth to wipe surfaces clean. Make sure to wear decent rubber gloves.
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....that is hard.....all I can say is make sure there is no bun.....in the oven......
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New ovens seem to have thinner enamel. You can use the self cleaning option if it has one, only problem with that is if you have a bunch of grease on the bottom, it will make a lot of smoke in your house.
Try the pot of water to steam it clean. Google
Most suggest a paste of baking soda and water, let it sit overnight and scrub with vinegar. That seems to work the best, we use an oven cleaner. Not as caustic as older versions. But they still work.
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When I run self-clean, I build a tent with towels around the stove top to the exhaust vent. That channels the smoke up and out without bothering the rest of the house. I also put some pots, and the grates in the oven to clean them at the same time.
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no self-clean? it is a miraculous option and the main deal breaker the last time i needed a new oven.
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"New ovens seem to have thinner enamel." THIS.
I believe that YEARS ago, the government got involve re appliance recycling. Old appliances had near bullet proof enamel (which was a BEAR to get off so the steel could be recycled). "New" appliances have "government approved" enamel coatings which, relative to the "old" coatings", are paper thin. The new coatings are so thin that they start coming off before you want them to.
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It does have a self-clean feature, but it's not ready for prime time yet. Window open, w/ two fans blowing across oven towards window, and it still wrecked the place. Probably has that skinny enamel y'all are talkin' about, too. Been just using warm soapy microfiber towels, but there's always some schmutz left behind. I'm liking the steam thing, but I'm gonna guess we don't want to boil lots of water in there? Maybe covered pan with small hole to get hotter steam???
Weekend project will be to get the oven clean enough to start baking corned beefs to bribe the leprechauns that will be invading soon.
Thanks.
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Buzz,
Is your oven a true self-cleaning model or a light steam-cleaning model? The light steam cleaning models are becoming more and more common these days and they definitely don't do as good a job as the true self-cleaning models. The manual of your oven should have instructions for proper cleaning.
Robert
