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How to clean your oven without using the self-clean cycle

How to clean your oven without using the self-clean cycle

Hello everyone! As promised I have found a super easy super quick way to clean your oven without using the self clean cycle. I mention this is an earlier post, but the reason I wanted to do this is because running the self clean on your oven pushes it up to 1000° which can be very bad for your appliance. Now I am not saying that something goes bad every time a clean cycle is ran. However I have seen fuses, thermostats, and even control boards go bad from the temperatures and appliance replacement parts are not cheap! Oven cleaner is cheap though, I bought this stuff at Winco for $3. 

 A lot of people will say that they don't want to use oven cleaner because of the chemicals and fumes. I agree! I have used regular oven-off or easy-off and if you are not holding your breath or wearing a mask the fumes will knock you on the ground!
I found this stuff they claim is "fume free" and to be honest I was pretty skeptical in the store, but I know it cleans well so I decided to try it. And for the sake of the experiment I didn't hold my breath or wear a mask when I sprayed it on. I was pleasantly surprised it smelled like citrus not chemicals and it did not knock me over. So if you can find the fume free version it is worth it!

So as I promised, my oven was filthy!

Over filled apple pie...and this is after I scrubbed it with an SOS pad trying to break some stuff off so it would stop smoking every time I turned on the oven!

Okay, enough story telling. Just follow the directions on the spray bottle. Generously coat the affected area with cleaner. 

 And let it sit for 2 hours (overnight for super stuck on stuff)
I used the 2 hours to detail the rest of the kitchen and I even cleaned out the "junk" drawer!

After 2 hours just wipe with a damp sponge.

 All the gunk just wiped up! No hard scrubbing at all! (Make sure you get all the cleaner off the oven so it doesn't smell when you preheat it next time.)

 As you can see this is so much better. The door is pretty much spotless and all of major burnt on stuff is off the bottom.
I was surprised that it came off so well because it did say that tough messes usually require an overnight soak. I still might do an overnight soak because there is a little bit of texture left on the bottom.


So in conclusion this is way better than a self clean cycle. It is faster, it only took a total of 10 minutes to spray on and wipe off the cleaner plus the 2 hours wait time. The shortest clean cycle option you usually have it 2 hours plus cool down plus wiping out the leftover crud. The smell is better with the fume free stuff. A really dirty oven in the clean cycle can make your whole house smell like burnt stuff. And it could save you money. Like I mentioned I found the cleaner for about 3 dollars at Winco and I didn't have to use any electricity or gas to run the oven (or fix any potentially damaged parts)

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Thanksgiving is getting close!

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Now is the time to think about all the things we are thankful for. I'm sure that some of the things that we are thankful for that rarely make the list are the kitchen appliances that make Thanksgiving dinner possible. The refrigerator and dishwasher are definitely important components, but the oven is the centerpiece for Thanksgiving dinner.

One thing that we want to do from now until Thanksgiving day is to try and keep our kitchen appliances as healthy and clean as possible. However running the "self clean" cycle on the oven is not the best way to go especially as we get closer and closer to the big day. Heat and electronics don't go well together but that is what you need for an oven to work right. The electronics in your oven are fine with the 350°-500° which are normal operating temperatures. The self clean cycle can put your oven at temps of up to 1000°! This is hot enough to blow fuses, electronic control boards, or melt wiring. Manufacturers know that self cleaning cycles can be dangerous, but consumers demand the option.
As an appliance user/cleaner like everyone else I know the urge to just push that easy little button and walk away. Especially since I put an over-stuffed apple pie into my previously spotless oven a few weeks ago and now have a horrible charred mess in the bottom of it.
Keep an eye out in the next couple days I will figure out the easiest way to clean out a nasty mess in an oven without the self cleaning button and post it here! 

Happy Holidays Everyone!

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http://www.thekitchn.com/why-you-should-almost-never-use-the-self-cleaning-function-of-your-oven-175110

Halloween Refrigerator Craft Project

Spooky Halloween Refrigerator!!!

Halloween is only a couple days away! Here's an easy project to get your refrigerator in the spooky spirit! You could even make more surfaces in your house a little spooky, dishwasher, kitchen cabinets, or the front door. 

I did the refrigerator...

The french door style made it a little more difficult than a single door or top freezer style would have been. I just "wrapped" each door separately. 

At the dollar store I picked up some 

• White paper streamer
• Black construction paper
• Clear tape

Then measure the width of your refrigerator and cut a bunch of streamers in that length

My Refrigerator took about a roll and a half to cover both top doors. 

Now comes the slightly tedious part. You need to tape each piece of paper streamer to the refrigerator door from one side to the other. 

The next step is to cut out the eyes and mouth to make the ghost face. Add some tape to the back of each piece and stick them in appropriate places on the streamers. (I cut the mouth in half to allow the doors to open freely)

And for about 3 dollars and less than an hour you have a Spooky Ghost Fridge!

Happy Halloween!

Electrolux Plans to Buy General Electric Appliances

Good Tuesday morning!

         In the appliance world the last couple weeks everyone has been talking about Electroluxs plans to buy General Electric Appliances business. Here is a little more information on the deal...
Huffington Post-Electrolux Plans to buy General Electric Appliances Business

  

Have a Great Day!!!

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Welcome to the Just-in Time Appliance Repair Blog! We will not only be giving you some helpful tips and tricks about your appliances we will also be posting about local events, recipes, and a lot of other fun stuff! To start off we will tell you a little bit about ourselves. 

Just-in Time Appliance Repair opened its doors in September of 2014, but that’s not when our Service Technician began repairing appliances in Grants Pass. Justin had worked at T & N Appliance for almost 10 years running all the in home service calls and learning everything that the owner of more than 30 years could teach him. When Tom the owner of T & N Appliance decided to slow down a little bit he gave Justin the service end of the business so he could focus on fixing used appliance and selling parts. Justin is excited to give Grants Pass spectacular service and backs it up with a 6 month warranty on parts and labor with every repair! That’s at least double the warranty time of anyone else in the area.

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