I grew up in a home with three hard-working adults who cleaned the old fashioned way – a lot of hot water, soap, and elbow grease. Mom, Dad, and Grandma taught us through example that it wasn't really clean until you exerted yourself physically, and used a sufficient quantity of time, cleaning agents, rags, and cleaning implements. Years later, in a home of my own, it's little wonder that I was wary of using my self-cleaning oven for the very first time. Was it really true that my oven would be clean with so little effort?
To my amazement and a little consternation, it was. I marveled that technology had taken the drudgery out of cleaning an oven, but at the same time was dismayed that it was so easy. At the end of the chore, I didn't experience that good feeling of being tired from having done a good days' work, and felt rather guilty over having been indulged with luxury.
Now, many more years later, I've moved past the guilt and clean my oven more often than I ever would have because it is no longer a chore. Follow these simple steps to clean your self-cleaning oven, and use the time saved to do other things:
Most self-cleaning ovens reach temperatures as high as 900 degrees F, releasing the door lock after cooling to 600 degrees F. You can save energy by cooking something in the oven while it is still hot immediately after the cleaning cycle completes, and after you've brushed away the residue. Some older model self-cleaning ovens generate smoke during the cleaning cycle, and their manuals recommend removing pets and children from the kitchen until the cycle is finished.
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2020-09-29 16:12:24
Theresa Painter
I had a brain fart one day and and accidently cleaned my self-cleaning oven with Easy-Off spray. Need I say more. My question is can the oven be fixed? Can the enamel on the inside be restored/repainted? The stove/oven works fine but it obviously looks terrible. Thank you for your response.
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