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Rachel 09-09-2010 09:23 AM

This tip works great for grill grates too!

SuziC 09-09-2010 11:40 AM

OH NO Not the oven! I haven't done that in a LONG time.
I guess i need to put that on the "to do" list :lol:

mtkoldra 09-09-2010 11:44 AM

I make a baking soda paste, let it sit overnight, then wipe it off.
Most baked on stuff comes off easily this way.
afraid to use any chemicals in the oven, but it is my thing

zyxquilts 09-09-2010 12:01 PM

Thanks for the tip - not that I use my oven much, but you never know!
I do use the microwave & have found that the easiest way to clean it is this - get out my biggest measuring cup, fill it about 3/4 full with water. Then cut up a lemon - into 4 pieces works fine - & put it in the water. Stick it into the microwave & set it for 5-7 minutes, so it gets good & steamy inside. I let it sit in there until it all cools off, then just wipe it out! Nice & shiny & smells good too!

debbieumphress 09-09-2010 01:15 PM

I clean mine out once a week as I do not like cleaning when I have to scrub so hard. ANd I don't trust cleaners with my Propane stone. Thanks for sharing the tips though everyone. I love the ones who don't know where the kitchen is or if there is a stove. That will be me when and if I am ever alone again.LOL

pinecone 09-09-2010 02:13 PM

I like the hosing outside tip. I keep one grate in the oven and only pull the other out from hiding when necessary. The dirty grate, I turn over and spray the bottom and let the gunk sit. I may try the trash bag idea on the Weber Kettle bbq grate.

piney

dungeonquilts 09-10-2010 05:37 AM


Originally Posted by leatheflea
You cleaned your oven? Early this morning I started cleaning my oven (hadnt been done in a year). Thought I'd share a little tip I learned a few years ago while working for a cleaning co. Cheap Dollar store oven cleaner. Remove racks, put them in a trash bag and spray them down, close bag by just folding it under, take them outside and lay them in the sun. The heat activates the cleaner. Hose them down after a couiple of hours. (Time for some quilting while waiting). Spray down inside the oven turn on 200 just long enough to get it warm in there then shut it off. Let set for an hour or two while quilting. the gunk just slides off. No scrubbing! Works on old cookie sheets and pizza pans too!
Shoved them in a bag set them outside and couple hours later looks like new.

Have done this for years....it is the only way to clean an oven. Happy that you found this little "trick" so now you can quilt more instead of clean!

hazeljane 09-10-2010 05:54 AM

My oven is my beloved 1948 Chambers, Buttercup. I use baking soda, because I am not sure she's safe to use oven cleaner on. After I bought her, I paid a small fortune to the stove hospital to have her thoroughly cleaned and her top re-chromed, so... I keep her clean!

sandpat 09-10-2010 05:57 AM

I found a way to cure the need to clean it.....I just don't use it!:wink:!! She stays clean as a whistle!

Roberta 09-10-2010 07:06 AM

I had to relay what happened to my sister the other day. She was baking cookies, guess people still do that. The first batch came out so she put in the second. As she closed the oven door it locked and began the "clean" cycle. She freaked out, she's 80 by the way and subject to that even when she was a teen. They ended up having to call the local fire dept. who came out, pulled out the very hot stove and unplugged it. Of course the stove had to cool down so she left it until morning. When she finally opened it, there was another perfect batch of cookies, not burned at all. :thumbup:


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