The man who came to mend my oven said.......

Sounds like a jolly expensive way of cleaning an oven

If the man who came to clean your oven tells every customer this phoenix he may no longer have a job as the man who comes to clean ovens

I have never had my oven on maximum temperature. I think it would probably explode!

I wonder if vinegar would work as well as the lemons, phoenix.

Hmm! . Think I'll stick to Lakeland oven cleaner.

Let us know if it works please!

Isn't that what you have to do with self-cleaning ovens? Has yours got this function without you realizing? I would be surprised if it would work on the shelves of mine, which are usually the dirtiest.
It's Oven Pride for me any day! It is so easy I almost enjoy using it!

Weird! I post a comment casting doubt over some oven cleaning method, then go into the kitchen and find a large baked potato has explode all over mine! God, what a mess!

Mine is supposed to do something similar; pour some water into the bottom with some washing up liquid in it, turn it on full then 'wipe clean'.

I suppose if you do it every week (and stop ignoring it) it would work!

DD's has a self-cleaning function which is extremely hot - and it does work.

I think mine has a self-cleaning function, but I've only had it for nine years, so haven't tried it yet.

PS I did take the shelves out and set the dishwasher at maximum. They came out gleaming.

annodomini

Thats how I clean my microwave - lemon juice and water on full power for 5 minutes. It works like a charm. (Excepting if you forget to put enough water in with the lemon juice - then you end up with a stinking bowl of black cement and an oven still dirty!)

KatyK he didn't come to clean my oven, (Mr P does that) if you look at the OP, he was the man who came to mend it!

I would be miffed if I bought a self cleaning oven to find out I still had to wipe it clean!

Self cleaning yes but why is the top and the bottom not made of the self cleaning stuff? They seem to be the bits that get the most filthy as splashes go up and drop down!

shysal I agree the shelves are also hard to clean. annodomini I don't have a dishwasher!

Then there are the glass double doors that you have to unscrew!

Have just spent several hours cleaning small (grill) and large ovens so this is very pertinent!! Granted they haven't been done in 18 months but they do get a quick wipe most weeks!

I use lemon method, in cup, for microwave, white vinegar for kettle.
Wipe any spills asap with oven.

The glass double door thing is so stupid. I didn't know about that when we bought our cooker.

The inner glass door on mine slides out.

You can get a liner for the bottom of the oven which can be easily washed in the sink after each use. The top is a problem though. I got the liner from Lakeland.

I get a fellow in every 3 years or so to clean it for £45 and to me it is worth every penny because I am like Anno. I could and I will put the shelves through the dishwasher and see if that makes a difference. I do not know what the answer is apart from not using it after it has been cleaned.

I feel phoenix that it would cost a lot of dosh to run it on its highest setting for 45 minutes.

I buy lemon juice which I squeeze out of a container, would that be the same or does it need the actual flesh of the lemon to work?

I use a liner for the bottom. I got it from Aldi and it's brilliant.

I do the same as charleygirl and the same price too! I call him every year, and that yearly clean keeps things shiny ( it's like a brand new oven after the treatment.)Due to back problems I cannot clean it myself, and tbh for that price it's well worth it.