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You can nearly always get a Groupon voucher for an oven clean - about £35 I think. Worth the money. My Oven looked like new as they use industrial strength cleaner the the powerful hands of a workman.

I did have a professional oven cleaner in a couple of years ago but ended up having to replace the griddle plate on the hob as it was badly scratched after he'd finished. I would be very hesitant to get someone in again

pensionpat I've just used the stuff you talk about. It's called Oven Mate. Very efficient & easy

Finger arthritis finally prompted my decision to have my 4 y o double oven cleaned a couple of weeks ago by someone found on Safe Local Trades.
After initial email there was a follow-up phone call for details & reminder he'd need "lots of hot water"; he arrived 10 mins early, covered nearby kitchen surfaces & floor, took the 2 hrs he said it would, cleaned worktop surfaces & sink thoroughly, charged the agreed, pre-stated amount (£50) & gave me a handwritten receipt & business card with the parting shot "I find that people who have had their oven professionally cleaned for the first time usually don't do it themselves again"!
He's been doing the job for 25 years
He'll be right in my case!

I get the professional oven cleaners to come and do it once a year.It costs £50 and looks like a new oven afterwards.Worth every penny.
Have just spent that same amount at the dentist seeing the hygenist.

In 40 years of marriage I've never cleaned the oven!! Just never occurred to me. Same cooker for 20 years. Only got a new one 5 years ago. Looks OK to me. Must be a slut. Am I bothered?

My late father was the master of the sweeping statement. He maintained you would never get a " right good dinner" in a house with a sparkling clean cooker.

( He also said he had never met an interesting non drinker, and he would never trust a man who had more than one good suit!)

Jane10...nothing, just buy a new one after around 7 years lol.

I saw a post on FB not that long ago about using white vinegar, bicarbonate of soda and washing up liquid to clean the oven (it looked like new in the 'after' picture ).

Can't remember the quantities and I won't recommend it on here as I would hate for anyone's oven to explode ! but I am sure posters could find it if they search the internet.

If you run it empty for a while at maximum temperature, most of the dirt burns off, Jane What doesn't burn off is then cemented permanently on, but there is no danger of it coming off onto the food.

I have recently used Oven Pride, and it worked a treat. Only drawback, the designer (man?) of our oven arranged for the lights only to come on when the oven is in use cooking something ? so had to faff around and find a torch to light up the corners.

I have used Oven Pride but you need to put on a complete head to toe overall and gloves up to your shoulders first.

Err what happens if you never clean the oven? Just wondering

A totally irrelevant intervention here: 'way back in the middle of the last century, my parents had a solid fuel Rayburn. One day, something terrible happened to a gingerbread I was baking and it overflowed all over the bottom of the oven. We had to let the fire go out and, when the oven cooled down, we scraped it clean, with the 'help' of our enthusiastic boxer. Dog power worked! But I was never allowed to forget that incident.

It is done. - is too early for a glass of wine?

I do mine regularly because I hate it do it when it gets really bad. I moved house once and it took me a week to get a supposedly new oven clean yuk

I have a Rayburn and can't use the usual oven cleaning products. Keeping the top clean is difficult, despite wiping it every time I finish cooking and I'm afraid the inside just gets brushed out occasionally I have had it cleaned professionally in the past - cost just over £100 as I recall.

I also put those thick non-stick sheets in the bottom of both ovens and the grill compartment and wash them when necessary.

I use Ovenu too and find them really good. My small range cooker with 5 rings, two ovens and a grill costs me £110. I have it done yearly so that is just over £2 per week. I do know someone who has it done monthly!!!!

The Ovenu man lives near you Teetime - just saying!!

My Sister swears by Oven Pride- I used it once and the stuff was semi-nuclear I think. I shall stick to Napalm - I really had better make a start on it and stop faffing around. Thank you for your sympathy.

I get the local Ovenu service (I am sure that there are others available) to clean mine for £45 I think. Mine is a simple oven, gas hob and electric oven. It is sparkling by the time the fellow is finished. I vow never to use it again but that does not last. I personally think that it is well worth the expense because I would never do it.

Get some Oven Pride, which works as pensionpat describes, available in all supermarkets and hardware stores . Does what it says on the box and really is just a question of leave overnight and rinse, no elbow grease required. It is almost a pleasure for me and so satisfying, and I hate cleaning! I incude my enamel baking tins in the bag with the shelves, they come out gleaming!
Good luck!

That sounds good Pat - I will look into getting this (and put in under the sink with all the other (unopened) oven cleaning stuff)

I have just discovered something wonderful for cleaning ovens. Can't remember the name but bought it at Wilko. Everything is in the box. You put on the gloves, pour the solution into a large ziplock bag, and put shelves into the bag, leaving it to soak. Magic!

Good luck. My most hated job.