Cleaning the oven.

Before moving out of my old house, I got a company to clean my old oven and it looked like new. When I moved to my new home, it was so filthy, I wouldn't even use it . I again got a company to clean it and again it was like new. I am now anticipating a regular yearly clean by him.

A hot water solution of Oxyclean (or similar) cuts through grease and is great for cleaning glass doors & shelves. Heavy deposits come off fairly easily with a scouring pad.

My mother used to call spillage etc in the oven 'clean dirt'. My advice is to get someone on.

A cheap handheld steam cleaner bought from cheaper supermarket works great. Also on coke stain on settee and coffee stain on white carpet. No effort involved other than putting together and taking apart.

Professional cleaner twice a year and wipe up spills between visits. Oven comes up looking like new! Worth every penny.

Twenty years ago I had a Neff oven which was brilliant - it had self-cleaning sides and it was just a case of wiping the bottom now and then. When I moved I bought a Belling from John Lewis - it was expensive and I assumed it would be good - It's been terrible - really difficult to clean and cooks too hot. Once I realised all this it was too late to send it back. I'll never buy JL again. How can someone design such a turkey when the technology exists to do better?

Yep, Oven Pride or get someone in to do it.

Oven Pride - brilliant!

Baking soda for the racks, just soak overnight and wash off. Don't know about the oven though.

I use Oven Pride, tried a cheaper one and it wasn't up to scratch. Happy to say also that I've delegated the oven cleaning to dh.

Grandelly - can't understand how you still had to scour the racks. We leave ours overnight and it just washes off. I'd certainly recommend the one I used.

I use Oven Pride too. I also clean the glass door with brillo pads, I find it the best thing and so far it hasn't scratched the glass. However, I am not recommending this to anyone who is unsure!

Some firms are better than others!! The last 2 I used were NOT good-first didn't put door back properly which cost me a new element & the second did a wonderful job but also could not put door back properly- I have removed door countless times with no problem- & I had to get someone in to mend it. ( I did not know when he left it was broken - mobile no. never answered & he did not come back to me)To be fair I have used several companies over the years who have been excellent but they all seem to have moved on. I've been using Oven Pride since then.

I've just cleaned mine including glass doors. It took somewhere in the region of 2 hours. I used one of those oven cleaning kits where you put the silver racks in a plastic bag and pour some sort of acidy stuff all over them, leave them and it is supposed to come off, but it doesn't, you still have to use a wire scourer!! I have to say that I do use this scourer on the glass as well. My oven is only a couple of months old and it is supposed to be self cleaning, what on earth is that, do little men come out in the middle of the night and do it? How does it self clean? Why didn't it self clean? I wouldn't have spent two hours cleaning the bloomin thing. EEEEEK

Our oven is self cleaning but smells terribly during the process. Makes my eyes sting. Maybe we leave the oven too long between cleans?

We've had a professional firm in to clean our (double) oven and it is brilliant. The man brought a van with cleaning equipment and took various parts away to the van to be cleaned. Glass doors, shelves, everything! Truly it came up like a brand new appliance. Not cheap at about £70 (we live in the NW) but worth it. We are in the process of selling our house and I am so relieved that when the oven is opened, it gleams!

Another vote here for Lakeland oven mate gel. Paint it on with the brush including the glass door and a couple of hours later wipe off. No smell either

Get a spray can of Gunk degreaser from Halfords or any other motor parts shop. Spray the door and let it soak for five to ten minutes and then scub it with wire scourer before rinsing it of. I did mine yesterday and it's sparking.It also works on the wire trays.
Other than that gert a professional oven cleaner to do it - it costs about 45 pounds.

I have a big blue tray from Lakeland - like a giant cat litter tray . I put that on the draining board and fill it with hot water and lots of soda. All the loose bits, pan rests and oven shelves go in to soak and then I paint Oven Mate gel cleaner on the gruesome areas in the oven. Leave for an hour or so and then the oven wipes clean and the soaked items need the gentlest rub with one of the aforementioned wonder steel scrubbers. I've tried just about everything over the years but this is the least painful. You also have a spotless oven!

I experimented with different oven cleaners until I found the one I think cleans best.

My advice is to buy a cleaner with a spray nozzle, spray the cleaner on the oven and the inside of the glass in the door, heat oven to 180 degrees C turn it off after 10 minutes and wash it clean with warm water after at least 6 hours. If possible leave it to the following day. Clean it regularly, depending on how much you use it, perhaps once a month.
The glass panel looks best if it is rubbed completely dry with a tea towel.

Oven pride every time, plus liners on the bottom that go through the dishwasher. My friend tells me barbecue cleaner is magic for glass doors. About to try that.

Nasty job. I put the oven shelves in the dishwasher - with two Finish tablets - any bits left on the shelves come off easily with a wire cleaner. I use Mr Muscle on the inside of the door - which comes off for cleaning. I am a bit mean - I was quoted £50 to clean - a bit much I thought.

Get a man in! Always worth it. My excuse reason is dodgy knees - I can't kneel down

For glass oven doors (and also stainless steel) I use Bar Keepers Friend. I use the powder but it also comes as a liquid these days. It's brilliant stuff and I have used it for years and years. It just doesn't scratch. Brilliant!

I have the oven cleaned once a year by a firm that do a really good job on it.In between times just wipe it over with fairy liquid and hot water.
Looks like a brand new oven and glass door when they do it, so it's worth it.

I must admit I have my oven cleaned once a year, and in between I use oven pride, in the bag cleaner. I hate cleaning the oven, but with a family of 5 plus extras !, the oven is used at least once a day