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Cleaning the cooker

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Pollaidh Wed 23-Oct-13 14:09:56

Oh help this is so sad (as in saaaaad). I have a Belling range cooker that is now 6 years old. It came with the house. I have been giving it its annual clean (more than a wipe down). The cooker (not in the cavities - but on the outside) is black shiny metal. Could be enamel. Cleaning seems to have robbed it of shine - yet I only used hot soapy water and resorted to cif/gentle rub with rough side of a sponge where stuff was stuck on. Can anyone tell me what I have done wrong please? And do you have any ideas about restoring/keeping the gloss on this very expensive bit of kitchen kit? Also the glass oven doors are all covered in burnt on stuff - washing does nothing for them. I'd love to know whether anyone has any ideas on how to clean these.

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Flowerofthewest Sat 14-Dec-13 22:46:31

I am booking a cooker cleaner for after Christmas, he is fully booked before. I do get a £15 discount the two weeks after Christmas. He assures me it will look like new.

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petra Sun 15-Dec-13 05:13:41

I take everything apart and put it all in a very hot bath with soap powder.

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kittylester Sun 15-Dec-13 08:05:09

My cooker man says he is really busy in the lead up to Christmas as everyone wants a clean oven for their MiL to check on. Seriously,how many of us go to someone's house and look inside the oven? tchconfused

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Flowerofthewest Sun 15-Dec-13 17:06:04

It's when he pulls it out I am most afraid of - I just do not know what lurks behind there. I may just go out for the morning and let DDH deal with it.

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Deedaa Sun 15-Dec-13 21:33:11

When I was working in a cafe we once took the oven apart to give it a good clean, and lurking at the very back we found a carbonised quiche. Heaven knows how long it had been there tchgrin

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MamaCaz Mon 16-Dec-13 13:54:50

Deedaa: that reminds me of many moons ago when we used to live on a narrowboat.
In the back cabin we had a little Rayburn stove that I occasionally used to cook in. One day I opened it up and was horrified to discover dog poo in the bottom of the oven, near the back.
Try as I might, I couldn't think how our dog, although small, could have got in there and done that.
Eventually I had to pluck up the courage to remove it. I got the coal shovel and scooped it up. That was when I discovered that it was actually a very charred (and misshapen) home-made croissant that must have fallen off the back of the shelf several weeks earlier!!!

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