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Cleaning the oven

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Mamie Wed 21-Mar-12 11:03:05

Haven't cleaned the oven for a while (!) and it is covered in baked-on black stuff (this would be followed by a blush emoticon if I had any square brackets on my laptop). Has anybody got any tips / favourite products to suggest? I think the oven cleaner I have got has died of old age. It is a Lacanche range cooker so it doesn't self-clean (presumably on the basis that it is meant to be used by professional chefs who have lots of minions).

Mamie Thu 16-Aug-12 13:14:49

As I started this all those months ago, I can report that the Oven Pride worked a treat, but it needs doing again now. Can also report that there are no peripatetic oven cleaners or handypersons round here - and I am one of the ladies at the Mairie....

Ariadne Thu 16-Aug-12 13:32:39

I have just cleaned my oven! Please feel free to drop in and admire it. Then I went to Lakeland at Bluewater to get one of their oven floor liners, only to find that they Lakeland) are closed for refurbishment. Boo! So there I was, in Bluewater, so of course had to have a wander round.....

I shall now revert to pre march out (Army) standard - once the oven was given the final clean, everything was lined with foil until the day we moved!

kittylester Thu 16-Aug-12 14:27:28

Barrow if you get a man in and he says anything about the state of your oven, refer him to my man for an explanation on a really dirty ovenblush

Mishap Thu 16-Aug-12 18:10:50

I daren't tell you what my oven/s look like!
The most embarrassing bit is the cobweb between the double glass of the door!

Wheniwasyourage Thu 16-Aug-12 19:24:50

It's nice to hear that I'm not the only person with an oven which would not stand a health & safety inspection (in fact any H&S inspector worth her salt would have to have 3 weeks off work lying in a darkened room). My mother introduced me to the very useful sentence "I haven't had so much fun since the last time I cleaned the oven" which is very useful when discussing a really awful experience.

Annobel Thu 16-Aug-12 20:05:07

I had a new kitchen six years ago. How does on clean the oven? confused

kittylester Thu 16-Aug-12 20:13:40

Me too Annobel - I've has the man twice - is that ok!!

Ella46 Thu 16-Aug-12 22:41:30

Great kitty but what about the oven?? grin

peaches41 Wed 29-Aug-12 11:09:49

Cleaning shelves - Fill the bath with hot water, pour in some biological washing powder, put the shelves in and leave overnight. Next morning, wipe with cloth - all clean and shiny.

kittylester Wed 29-Aug-12 15:39:47

Ella blush

peaches sounds like a dangerous job, carrying anything that dirty upstairs!

Ella46 Wed 29-Aug-12 16:24:56

Then spend the next few days cleaning the bath! grin

peaches41 Wed 29-Aug-12 16:49:00

A) I live in a bungalow
B) The bath only needs rinsing afterwards, the soap powder cleans it.

I'll think twice about posting any more hints.

Ella46 Wed 29-Aug-12 16:52:58

Sorry peaches just my sense of humour blush

Ariadne Wed 29-Aug-12 16:58:37

Before the days of oven cleaners, (and in the days when I had to clean the oven) when we were marching out of army quarters every two years, we ALL soaked as many moveable bits of the oven we could find in the bath. It worked- together with Brillo pads. Good to know it still works, petallus!

BTW - new house has a gas hob (a really posh one). Haven't used one for years. L******d do hob liners - anyone tried them?

kittylester Wed 29-Aug-12 17:51:19

Sorry peaches just messing about - anything really rather than clean the cooker. grin

absentgrana Thu 30-Aug-12 11:24:03

At this very moment Mr absent is removing the oven door prior to cleaning it and the oven. The shelves are soaking in their plastic bag of Oven Pride. Bless.

petra Wed 12-Sept-12 10:49:28

I put all the loose parts in the bath with soap powder over night. Job done.

harrigran Wed 12-Sept-12 15:39:52

Don't waste time cleaning, throw it away and get a new one grin

soop Wed 12-Sept-12 15:42:18

harri With your imagination, you should write a book on how to save time by not doing housework. grin

harrigran Wed 12-Sept-12 16:18:54

When I ran out of wardrobe space I convinced DH we needed another home, overflow and seasonal clothes get stored at the other place.