8 Steps to Clean your Oven

Putting off cleaning your Oven? We have put together this list of handy tips to help you get motivated and organised in your oven cleaning quest. Having a clean oven is a good idea to avoid health and safety issue and keep your home looking and smelling great.

So get yourself ready and in a few hours you can have a lovely clean oven.

Before you get started, it’s best to make sure you have all the correct materials ready. Depending on how dirty your oven is, its not a job you want to quit half way through, so its best to be prepared and make sure the oven is not needed any time soon. This is not the type of job you want to start on Christmas eve.

Check out this top list of materials and have them ready before you begin.

• A quality cleaner
• Rubber cleaning gloves
• Protective safety glasses
• Old newspapers or paper towels
• Damp cloth rag(s)
• Scouring pumice or microfiber sponge
• Large plastic garbage bag

Make sure your oven is cool amp; remove excess dirt

Begin by taking out all your oven racks to get them out of the way. Using a paper towel or old cloth, remove all those pesky little bits of burnt food from the base of your oven, wiping the bits straight into a dustpan pan or bin if possible. The more you remove now, the less you'll have to get rid of later.

Make sure your oven is completely cool before moving on.

Get Every Little Nook and Cranny Clean With an old Toothbrush or old kitchen dish washing brush.

Many of us use an old toothbrush to clean the bathroom, but it’s also useful for kitchens. Those hard to reach corners are best served by getting into them with a small brush.

Now, it's time to think about those oven racks! This is normally the hardest part of cleaning the oven, right? Well, it doesn’t need to. With the Oven Pride Complete cleaning kit, You place the racks inside large, re-sealable plastic bags, and then add specialist cleaning fluid.

A grimy glass oven door will stop getting a clear view into your oven.

Use a glass scraper, sponge or microfibre cleaning cloth to remove baked on foods.

Hob Brite comes with a glass scraper and works well on the oven glass as well as the top

Don't use harsh scourers such as wire wool, which may introduce miniscule scratches onto the glass, and weaken it. You may be able to remove the glass part of the door for soaking, which will allow you to reach the area between the inner and outer pieces of glass that make up the door, where grease can also accumulate. Check your instruction manual for guidance on how to do this.

Some chemical oven cleaners are suitable for use on glass, but don't use caustic-based oven cleaner, which will damage it.

How do you decide on the best oven cleaning products to use? That’s is a good question.

We will be publishing advise on the best oven cleaning products on the market. But for now our recommendations are:

Oven Pride

Oven Pride 500ml complete kit with SAFETY Gloves and SMART bag for Rack Grill Easy cleaning Degreases oven without need for scrubbing, oven pride complete oven cleaning kit

Hob Brite

Hob Brite Genuine Oven Cooker Ceramic Cream Cleaner 300ml and Scraper Kit

Yes. We have found that Baking Soda will make light work of removing grease and grime from your oven.

To get started with your homemade oven cleaner, mix up 1/2 a cup of baking soda with water to form a paste. Spread the paste all over the bottom of your oven (avoiding the heating elements). Use a tooth brush or old kitchen brush ( nothing scratchy ) to work the Baking Soda into the grime. And then leave it to do its work..

Always make sure you allow enough time to clean your oven and let any cleaning products do their work. Always follow the instructions to avoid damage to the oven and yourself, and be sure to keep children and animals away.

Allowing cleaning products such as Baking soda to work overnight can improve results, and you also need to make sure to give your oven a final washdown after all cleaning is finished and dried, so remove any residue.

Whilst you're at it, you may as well give the oven top a quick clean.

Use Hob Bright by applying the cream to the class top, smear it around with a damp cloth and watch it remove most burnt on grime.

Use the scraper to lift stubborn parts, and hobs are generally much worse where they are hottest, so this often needs some help from the scraper.

Repeat as necessary and following the instructions on the bottle the hob will look like new.