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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