How do you clean an oven?
Getting started with the oven
Before you start cleaning, let the oven cool down and remove all grids and baking sheets. You can clean your oven with the tips below. Make sure that no moisture or cleaning agent gets into the electrical part and the fan when you clean.
- Tip 1. Use oven cleaner
- Tip 2. Use dish soap
- Tip 3. Use lemon
- Tip 4. Turn on the self-cleaning program
- Tip 5. Keep the oven clean
Tip 1: use oven cleaner
The easiest way to clean your oven is with an oven cleaner. This allows you to safely dissolve fats and burnt-on food residues. Just spray, let it take effect, and wipe the dirt off with a cloth. Note: don't use the oven cleaner on catalytic surfaces. You can recognize a catalytic surface by its rough structure.
Tip 2: use dishwashing liquid
Don't have an oven cleaner at home? Use dishwashing liquid. Pour about 250 milliliters of water into the bottom of your oven. Add a generous splash of dishwashing liquid. Set the oven to 60 degrees and let it run for an hour. The dirt will loosen, thanks to the combination of water vapor and dishwashing liquid. Once the dirt in the oven has come loose, wipe and dry the oven with a cloth.
Tip 3: clean your oven with lemon
Lemon is not only delicious in lemonade, but also very suitable as a cleaner. Fill an ovenproof dish with water, the juice of half a lemon, and cut lemon slices. Do you have a lot of caked on dirt in the oven? Rub directly on the dirt with half a lemon. Let the oven run for 15 minutes at the highest temperature. Right after that, wipe all the surfaces clean and dry with a cloth.
Tip 4: turn on the self-cleaning program
Some ovens have a self-cleaning program. These ovens clean themselves with pyrolysis. When you turn this program on, the oven heats to about 500 degrees, so that all the dirt burns to ashes. All you have to do after this is wipe the ashes off with a cloth. A steam oven can also have a program that loosens grease and dirt with steam.
Tip 5: keep the oven clean
To avoid having to scrub very hard the next time, keep the oven clean. For example, use baking paper on your baking sheet, so that the baking sheet stays cleaner. After use, wipe the cool oven space and wash the oven racks. This way, you prevent dirt and grease from remaining in the oven for a long time.
