What is the easiest way to clean an oven?

Question

I have a VERY dirty oven. Baked on food and grease all over the place. I have been dreading cleaning it and have put it off for far too long. What is best way to get it clean?

Answer 1

first off, you've been a very naughty girl!! next, i want to warn you to not spray oven cleaner on the heating elements! if they are the plug in type, take them out first, then spray the walls and bottom of the oven. if they are not plug in units, unplug the stove, then tilt it up to spray under the bake unit. then cover the unit with foil and spray the sides. then lay plastic on the floor in front of the stove and spray the door. be prepared for nasty odors as the cleaner is awful smelling. what i have heard will cut your scrubbing work is to put paper towels soaked with white vineger and then lightly wrung out on the bottom of the oven. let them sit for a hour, remoisten if they dry out. this should soften the burnt droppings. when you get through with the scrubbing, rinse the oven out with a damp songe rinseing it out often. don't soak the insides as you don't want to get water in the insulation that surrounds the oven. wash the racks in the sink and wipe the heating units off with a damp sponge and put the stove back together. plug it back in and then consider if you need the self clean option. some smell is normal when you use the self clean cycle as the tempature gets up to something like 1500 degrees in the oven so as to burn the droppings to dust. for the future, get a heavy duty foil cookie sheet and remove the lip around the edge or a liner made for the bottom of an oven and place it on the bottom under the element. do not use aluminum foil as it will not stay flat and can cause hot spots on the element and cause it to burn out. at $30-40.00 each, treat them nicely. also when baking set the bottom rack as low as it can go and place an old cookie sheet on it to catch any spills. it's easier to clean than the oven, and can be thrown out if it gets too bad to clean. as this job will require some serious elbow grease, maybe bribe the man of the house with the promise of a nice meal in exchange for his doing the scrubbing. of course, this might only work once, then it'll be up to you to keep up with the cleaning!! good luck and just for the record her meal was delicious and now she keeps it up!!.

Answer 2

First, don't try using the "self cleaning" option if you have it. It takes a LOT of juice (or gas) to get your oven hot enough to "self clean"
Get a regular old can of oven cleaner, some big yellow gloves (or whatever color you want, as long as they're rubber) and a good sponge and bucket. The directions of the cleanser should say something about spraying the entire surface of your oven with the stuff and let it sit.
Do that & then get to wippin' it way. Make sure to change your water frequently. You may have to repeat this process and scrub a bit, (its a yucky job) but you'll get done.
Once you've cleaned it to your satisfaction, make sure to rinse away all the chemicl cleaner off. you will want a clean cloth & spong for this & again, change water frequently.
test your oven when you think you're done rinsng the oven out. If you smell somthing funny or see smoke, turn oven off IMMEDIATLY and re-rinse again.

Answer 3

If your oven does not have a Self cleaning setting, I would get a can of Easy Off, preferably the lemon scented kind. Just follow the directions, and trust me, its not that hard.

Answer 4

Easiest=get someone else to do it

Answer 5

hire someone to do it 4 u

Answer 6

try using a claener