How clean is your oven? Help!

Kim, after my (now ancient) kitchen was installed, the fitter came back for some reason I've forgotten, and told me he'd fitted kitchens where even months later the oven was still like new - because they hadn't used it! It had to be kept in showroom condition.

Also my DM had neighbours who kept some sort of cooking facility in a shed in the garden - wouldn't use their new oven since it had to be kept pristine.
It takes all sorts. I don't think dh will ever care about the state of our oven, as long as it can still produce shepherd's pies.

I had to have a new oven recently and vowed that I'd wipe it out whenever I use it, so far I've stuck to it. I'm moving shortly I'm hoping I get a nice clean oven

I've tried every noxious chemical on the market to get some marks off the bottom of my oven without much success then I got a recipe for a bicarbonate and water spray from Instagram which works like a charm.

Get it done professionally. As it’s a let, the cost may be tax deductible .

Mine is pristine and impeccable (other than any supplier factory bugs?). It's so new and wonderful that I'm seriously thinking of never using it!

Get a professional in. We were so impressed by the results that we used him again, a year later, when we were selling our house. (The woman who actually bought the house was very impressed with the oven, on viewing.)

One of my most hated jobs, I've pencilled it in to clean mine this Saturday morning, but of course if the weather's good.........

I use Oven Mate from Lakeland Limited, the best £8 I’ve ever spent and makes cleaning the oven easy.

I think getting someone in to do the job is a very good idea, £65 well spent.
I don't mind cleaning the shelves but not the oven chamber.

That's the one Willow we call it the magic box in our house as delicious meals come out of it whilst I sit on the sofa looking at GN.

Get a professional in. My DD did recently and the results were amazing. And once it is clean, tell him to get a non stick oven liner for the bottom of the oven. They cost next to nothing and save lot of work.

I have just got a new oven so it's lovely and clean and I can see through the glass door , but it won't stay that way for long , I used Astonish on my old oven and it really does work , I got mine from Poundland, (and it was only a £1)!!

Is the oven that thing in the corner you're supposed to cook the dinner in

Why do self clean ovens have the hardest bit, usually the top, not self clean. I have meant to clean my oven(s), the top oven which doubles as a grill and the larger bottom one, which I use less frequently, since way before last Christmas. Yes the shelves are relatively easy as they can be put in those bags but the rest of it that you have to spray chokes you to death and drips all over the newspapers you have to put on the floor. As for unscrewing the doors and cleaning the glass bits yuk, and your hands get all sweaty and wrinkled in the gloves you have to wear? I really will have to face it soon as the smoke alarm keeps going off!! I did hope the 'muck' would eventually burn off but that hasn't happened.

Mr P usually does ours with Oven Pride, but as he seems to have so many other tasks in hand at the moment (I think he is going for the record in "how long does it take to COMPLETELY finish the decorating of the kitchen, even though the skirting boards are the only bit left to do, before the laminate is lifted so that we can properly consider the new floor) I am very tempted to get a quote for having ours done.

It's his birthday next month, perhaps it could be a surprise present for him!

jalima1108
I'll tell him about wearing gloves. He probably would have tried without!
Although I have a feeling we may be getting the professionals in.
Lots of useful comments. Thank you.

I must be odd. I keep my oven clean all the time.

I use Astonish Oven and Cookware Cleaner (recommended by Good Housekeeping). It's good for the glass door and enamel, (and the hob), it's a paste in a tub, £1 from places like Poundland and doesn't contain any harsh chemicals. I use it after messy cooking like roasting when the oven is still warm - even if there are no obvious splashes. The racks and glass covers for the oven lights go in the dishwasher every week. I spend far less time cleaning the oven now than I used to when I allowed it to get really dirty and then had to have a blitz. I like being able to see through the door, hate seeing the burnt on muck.

A colleague's sister just went and bought a new oven when her old one got so filthy, even she couldn't stand it any more.
I had to admire her style!

Must admit that mine is always pretty disgusting by the time I get around to it (once in a blue moon) but then I do quite a lot of hot temp roasts so it must at least be germ-free filth, Nobody's ever died of my oven-filth, anyway.

When I moved in to my apartment the oven, hob and cooker hood were so caked with burnt- on grease I priced up new replacements. I tried cleaning them myself, but no amount of chemicals, wire wool or elbow grease could clean them. However, I had a professional oven cleaner in, and she brought them up to look like new! So, yes, definitely get someone in, and then he can keep on top of it himself.

I've heard of those oven cleaners where you put the trays in a bag. From the comments they seem quite successful.
gmelon but tell him to be careful not to get any on his skin - it burns!
I bought some rubber gloves with extra length sleeves

Jane10
Yes, it can be done (but rarely)

Definitely get the professionals in. The finished results is as new. Personally, I have much better things to do with my time than clean an oven that doesn't look sparkling after a lot of hard toil!

I do mine quite frequently. Is there a Smug emoji??
I use a bit of oven cleaner round the edges next to the bits that you aren’t supposed to clean and the bottom. Always take the doors off,
my oven seems to be easy.
I just soak the shelves in washing powder then use a scourer.
If it was someone else’s manky oven I too would be tempted by a professional.

Ours is very clean atm, no thanks to me. My lovely husband cleaned it this weekend (using oven clean). Now we just have to make sure it stays that way till we move.

Oh am with Eilyann70 I absolutely loathe cleaning the oven!!! It's a horrid task...