Cleaning My Oven

781Florist · ‎10-16-2021

Help! Amazing as it may sound, I have managed to live almost 70 years without having to clean an oven, However, my luck has finally run out.

I have an electric oven (with the heating coil) and so I am leery of getting cleaning solutions on the coil. I have GP66, and it shows it doing a great job on an oven that

has no coil, but doesn't mention anywhere what to do if you have the coil.

Is it safe to spray stuff on the coil? If not, how the heck do I clean this thing?

Once again.....HELP!

ValuSkr · ‎03-15-2014

I have the same as you - an electric oven with an exposed heating element on the bottom. The oven manual says not to use commercial oven cleaner, rather to use the self-cleaning feature. I would have done that, though I'm wary of such heat. But it was creating too much smoke, setting off the smoke alarms, etc. (I had cooked a frozen pizza "directly on the middle rack" and it oozed olive oil everywhere. Hence the cleanup.) Ultimately, I cleaned it with a paste made of baking soda. I wrapped the element in aluminum foil so the paste wouldn't get on it.

It wasn't an easy job. Needless to say, no more pizza directly on the rack. But my oven was never cleaner.

depglass · ‎03-10-2010

I'm in the same boat. I've had self-cleaning ovens my entire life except for one stove when I was first married. I remember a gruesome job with that thing. Now we've bought a cottage with a clean it yourself oven. I hope to burn enough pizza on that coil and stove bottom to convince DH I need a new stove.

Skyegirl21 · ‎03-20-2010

Recommend to still use the self-clean option on a day when you can open windows. THat will burn off a lot oil and dirt. After that I have use a paste of baking soda and vinegar to clean the rest- Better than caustic stuff and it works. I've even soaked the racks in garbage bags or in the tub with that paste and it gets them clean - But after, you need to rinse off the soda residue. Yeah, it's not a fun job...

Desert Lily · ‎06-24-2011

I haven't had an electric oven for a long time, but I think I remember that the bottom coil lifted up a little from the front. I think I used to hold it up and spray oven cleaner beneath it. The coil was connected in the back and was up on 1-2" brackets.

scatcat · ‎03-15-2010

IMO I would not use spray chemicals in my oven. On so many levels it just screams bad. Again IMO

fthunt · ‎12-24-2010

If you have self cleaning feature - you're silly not to use it .

Yes, it stinks for a few minutes - then it cleans great.....leaving a small

pile of ash in the bottom for a paper towel wipe up..

RedTop · ‎09-01-2010

Unless the oven is really bad, I have put ammonia in a glass container inside the warm oven after I've baked something, and let it sit until cool. As the ammonia warms, it softened the grease spatters, and I was able to wipe the oven clean with a soapy dishcloth.

I don't always want to use my self cleaning feature, and I don't ever use spray cleaners. Dawn in dishwater and a Brillo pad is usually my go to when my oven is in bad shape.

bmorechick · ‎03-11-2010

So what I didn't realize is you aren't supposed to line the bottom of any type oven with foil...for a lot of reasons so I had to stop doing that to keep bottom clean. Supposed to use a piece of foil just large enough under the next rack down to catch spills...duly noted and done.

I too dont like the self clean feature but it's because that high of a temperature for a few hours skeezes me out. So, I use dawn, hot water and a microfiber heavy duty cleaning cloth. They have to be tossed afterward though because they get pretty dirty. cant use oven cleaner on a self clean oven. I typically don't let it get too bad, cleaning it maybe twice a year. The racks come out and I put them on my driveway on newspaper and spray with oven cleaner. Then go over them with the microfiber cloth while outside and spray off with a hose.

Works great! Oven sparkles ✨

edited to add I have an electric oven