Oven cleaning help :-)

[Dawn]

On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 13:52:42 +0100, sick@spam.mers (Herself) wrote:

>Dawn <dawn@noyoudont.uk> wrote:

>The bottom pan I took out, put hot water and a capful of Comfort (since
>we have some that we never use) in it. Supposedly dryer sheets, put
>into a pan with burnt on food with water overnight, helps get the stuff
>off. Worth a shot :-). If it works, two fingers to Ainsley and his
>Fairy Power wash stuff :-).
I use Comfort. If it works I could, I guess, save the last clothes
rinse water to soak my baking pans in.
>Hey, what does washing soda do? For some reason, we have some in the
>house, and I'd love to use it. Would it work in the oven?
As long as it doesn't get on any aluminium it's good for cutting
through grease. I add a spoonful to my washing, my washing up and
sometimes in the bath to soften the water and I use it in a stronger
solution for cleaning floors, tiles, worktops.

[Herself]

Dawn <dawn@noyoudont.uk> wrote:

> On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 13:52:42 +0100, sick@spam.mers (Herself) wrote:
>
> >Dawn <dawn@noyoudont.uk> wrote:
>
> >The bottom pan I took out, put hot water and a capful of Comfort (since
> >we have some that we never use) in it. Supposedly dryer sheets, put
> >into a pan with burnt on food with water overnight, helps get the stuff
> >off. Worth a shot :-). If it works, two fingers to Ainsley and his
> >Fairy Power wash stuff :-).
> I use Comfort. If it works I could, I guess, save the last clothes
> rinse water to soak my baking pans in.

It's not bad...took off some of the worst caked on stuff. Of course,
the oven now smells spring fresh...

> >Hey, what does washing soda do? For some reason, we have some in the
> >house, and I'd love to use it. Would it work in the oven?
> As long as it doesn't get on any aluminium it's good for cutting
> through grease. I add a spoonful to my washing, my washing up and
> sometimes in the bath to soften the water and I use it in a stronger
> solution for cleaning floors, tiles, worktops.

Oooo...something fun to try. Thanks :-)
--
'Tis Herself

[Dorot29701]

My oven is okay - but I have a favorite aluminum tray like pan that has grease
baked on in the corners that is beginning to look really bad. I know you can
clean cast iron in the self cleaning oven, but what about aluminum? Would hate
to run oven just for one pan. If anyone knows how to clean up aluminum without
a lot of work please let me know. Thanks.

Dorothy

[Phisherman]

On 28 Sep 2003 22:05:23 GMT, dorot29701@aol.com (Dorot29701) wrote:

>My oven is okay - but I have a favorite aluminum tray like pan that has grease
>baked on in the corners that is beginning to look really bad. I know you can
>clean cast iron in the self cleaning oven, but what about aluminum? Would hate
>to run oven just for one pan. If anyone knows how to clean up aluminum without
>a lot of work please let me know. Thanks.
>
>Dorothy


Soak overnight with baking soda and hot water. The next day heat the
tray with the liquid in a 300 degree oven for 10 minutes then scub and
rinse. Repeat if needed. Do not attempt to use harsh cleaners.
Oven cleaners may pit and corrode aluminum.

[Mrs Bonk]

Phisherman <nobody@noone.com> wrote in message news:<use9nv4u2alegp5l5ulp0ejqt6vfttilf8@4ax.com>...
>
I have a "continous cleaning" oven and the owner's
> manual says never clean the oven. It does have some dried, baked on,
> black stuff on the sides but I just leave it be.

Wow Phish, I'm seeing you in a new light, I never thought you to be
the type that left yucky stuff in your oven!

[Phisherman]

On 3 Oct 2003 14:18:36 -0700, arse@cutey.com (Mrs Bonk) wrote:

>Phisherman <nobody@noone.com> wrote in message news:<use9nv4u2alegp5l5ulp0ejqt6vfttilf8@4ax.com>...
>>
> I have a "continous cleaning" oven and the owner's
>> manual says never clean the oven. It does have some dried, baked on,
>> black stuff on the sides but I just leave it be.
>
>Wow Phish, I'm seeing you in a new light, I never thought you to be
>the type that left yucky stuff in your oven!

Just following the manufacturer's written recommendations. Carbon
residue on a "continuous cleaning" oven is the nature of the beast.
What's left after food burns? Mostly black carbon. I guess it's not
much different than a chimney flue. This oven came with the house, and
if I should ever replace it it will be a "self cleaning" oven.

[Frogleg]

On 3 Oct 2003 14:18:36 -0700, arse@cutey.com (Mrs Bonk) wrote:

>Phisherman <nobody@noone.com> wrote
>>
> I have a "continous cleaning" oven and the owner's
>> manual says never clean the oven. It does have some dried, baked on,
>> black stuff on the sides but I just leave it be.
>
>Wow Phish, I'm seeing you in a new light, I never thought you to be
>the type that left yucky stuff in your oven!

The "yuckiness" of thoroughly burned residue that might cling to the
inside of a self-cleaning oven isn't anything that'd worry me. The
manual for my own, far from new, oven mentions a cleaning temperature
of over 900F. The same manual also mentions not using heavy-duty
oven-cleaning chemicals. If I were *extremely* picky, I might slap a
wet paper towel with some dish soap on a burned spot for a while and
see if the spot would dissolve, but for the most part, I can live with
whateve survived a sterilization of 900 degrees.