Help with oven cleaning

I use bio washing powder or pods,dishwasher tabs also work.

HousHouse

Damn!

Household detergent (the sort you dilute) mixed with old fashioned soda crystals is pretty good at breaking down grease.

I get a professional oven cleaner .....he charges £25. Well worth it. Due to my lung condition, I cannot expose myself to strong cleaners and abrasives.

Same as rosenoir.
Works great.

Do you have a bath? Put the racks in it with added soap powder.
When you do get it clean, put tin foil ( shiny side up) on the bottom. Or send off for an oven liner.

Washing soda soak for the moveable parts. Bicarb for door glass.

Thank you for all the suggestions so far!

"Astonish" works well, I've found

" Elbow Grease " the product not an instruction. I did mine to-day and it works well .

I just use Cif. To be honest I use it for all sorts - did my kitchen floor grouting with it yesterday. I find a steel scrubbing pad is brilliant for getting the gunk off the shelves and just use a sponge scourer for the door and oven bottom. Takes me about 30 mins. I do however wipe the oven door every week, and use an oven liner (Aldi do them, about £2.50 I think?) which helps a lot. I have heard that soaking the shelves overnight in the bath and some biological soap powder is good too.

£25? What's his or her number?

Ours quoted £60 so I cleaned it myself and always mean to keep it up.

I have spread a bicarb solution on before now and let it dry before washing off, it's ok ish. A Brillo pad? Although you're not supposed to brillo the doors.
Soaking the racks as other suggest sounds a good idea, I may try that.

Brillo other makes are available

In normal times, I use the local 'Grease Lightning' and they take stuff out to steam clean in their van.

Otherwise, bicarbonate of soda mixed with a little washing up liquid does a reasonable job of it. mbmb, get a Teflon liner sheet for the bottom -and maybe just ignore it until you can get the professionals in?

I use Oven Mate - brilliant. You can get it from Lakeland. They do one for the racks and one for the oven.

£25 to clean an oven? I live in NW London and here it is closer to £90 and his prices go up each year. Amazingly I have mine done every 3-4 years.

I no longer have a bath so I cannot soak anything.

Take all the racks out of your oven, and put them on a couple of old towels in the bottom of your bath. No bath? Shower tray perhaps? And block the drain. Nothing to harm the surface as long as towels are put down to prevent any scratches. From the hot tap and maybe a kettle of boiled water pour enough water over the racks to cover and mix in a dishwasher tab or 2, or gel. Leave in the liquid overnight.

In a dish mix up some baking soda with a little water - enough to make a creamy paste. Use rubber gloves to make using your hands easier and then smooth the paste over the surfaces of the oven (avoiding heating elements etc.,) Wipe over the door last with the paste and then leave overnight.

In the morning scrub off the racks in the bath with a hard brush or sponge and, if necessary use something like Cif on any remaining stains. Rinse well and dry.

Wipe off with a cloth wrung out in hot water all the surfaces of the oven. Any nooks and crannies or difficult parts can be sprayed with some white vinegar - which will cause the baking powder to bubble and lift off stubborn marks. Clean and dry, clean and dry the door.

Elbow grease required in some cases but no chemicals, no worries about splashes or fumes and most of us have the ingredients to mix up for cleaning purposes.

Ovenu
I have a range cooker with 4 ovens and a gas hob with cast iron supports. It is a brute to clean and think I paid about £70 or £80 to have Ovenu. Money really well spent.
They practically dismantled the ovens, the fans etc, replaced all the bulbs (which had died) and generally made it look like new.
There is no way an individual could have done it without the equipment and knowledge they have.

Oven cleaning! The most hated job, I wipe over when I remember and have it professionally cleaned once a year.... £50 and worth every penny.

I put the shelves in the dishwasher, they come out beautifully clean

I normally have my oven professionally cleaned about £40. I think it’s well worth it. I kept dithering about when to have it cleaned again...now I’ve left it to late ! It will be quite disgusting when the poor man comes to clean it again?

On a thread earlier this year I read what Maw posted about Ovenu. I made a mental note about it and found Ovenufrance, part of the international franchise. I contacted them and they quoted and confirmed they would travel to where we live.

Obviously the pandemic has halted all normal life but I'll definitely contact them when it is safe for everyone, health-wise. We have a Rangemaster which was in need of tlc when we moved in six years ago and although I've regularly tried to blitz it with a variety of products I think Ovenu would give me a chance to really get on top of the cleaning.

Carillion it is money well spent I think. It is a job I loathe and I only have an "ordinary" electric oven, not a Rangemaster. He spends around 3 hours here so heaven knows how long it will take for yours.

I make a paste of concentrated lemon juice and baking soda, let it sit for a day, scrub it the next- It works better than anything I've ever used-