'spray' cleaner for hob, - what to use?

j.e.j.

Hi all,

I'd like to make or buy a cleaning product for our cooker hob top. I'm not too keen on the idea of harsh chemicals, so I thought about making one, but am not sure which would be the best product(s) to use for it?

It's an electric cooker, the hob is made of a kind of enamel (I think!) and it has metal rings. The outside of the rings and sometimes the rings themselves get dirty or greasy. This is a task that always gets left..

I had in mind spraying something on the dirty bits, leaving it to 'work' while I wash up, then wiping it clean afterwards. Would liquid soda crystals be ok for this, do you think? Thought of vinegar, too, but I'm not sure if vinegar would be enough to get the cooked-on food off..

How do you get your hob-top clean?:D

Linda32

Maybe I'm abit skanky but I just give it a wipe over with the dish cloth using the washing up water.

Maybe I'm tight as well in not buying anything special

jackieb

I use Astonish oven and cookware cleaner. It's a paste though. I've used it for years. Just put it on with a sponge.It only costs about a pound from discount shops.



http://www.amazon.co.uk/Astonish-Oven-Cookware-Cleaner-500g/dp/B000TBK7PI

Specially Formulated For Use Around The Home - Cleans All Types Of Enamel, Porcelain, Ovens, Cookware, Patio Furniture And Even Hands - Contains No Animal Ingredients Or Harmful Chemicals - Biodegradable - Removes Rust From Chrome And Tarnish From Metals - Recommended And Supplied With Aga-rayburn Cookers

If the cooker is the type i'm thinking of, then the rings come off and are easily cleaned in the sink. The paste would be good for them as well.

j.e.j.

Linda32 wrote: »

Maybe I'm abit skanky but I just give it a wipe over with the dish cloth using the washing up water.

Maybe I'm tight as well in not buying anything special

No, I'm probably just a messy cook

You can't really clean the hob-top till it's cooled down, and by then I think some of the food has burned on. Washing-up water will get rid of some of it, but maybe not the more stubborn stuff. My friend likes to cook noodles, soy sauce, eggy bread.. I swear he ends up with more on the cooker than in the pan :eek::rotfl:

ETA: jackieb no, the rings don't come off the hob-top

BitterAndTwisted

No, the radiant rings don't come off but my electric hob has silver-coloured metal rings that sit around the junction of the enamel and the rings.

These are removed and given a soak in any old cleaning solution I have in the cupboard. For the enamel hob-top I find it's always easier to clean if I give it a wipe with a dish-cloth while it's still warm. One of those green scourers will remove burned-on splashes quite easily if you do it regularly rather than leaving it to once in a blue moon. Any old cleaning solution works but for burned-on grot some bicarb on a dampened scourer should shift it.

jackieb

Yes, I meant the metal rings.

j.e.j.

It's one of these:
http://www.woolworths.co.uk/indesit-single-oven-electric-cooker-in-white-k3e1wg/644660882.prd

but not as clean..:o :rotfl:

Ecover apparently do a spray 'power cleaner' for about £4 but maybe that's a bit OTT for everyday cleaning.

smeeth

If it's just grease, and not burnt on food I just use dettol anti bac spray (a clear bottle with a blue spray nozzle) and just spray it over the hob and wipe off with paper towel. Cleans it up lovely.

I also dilute the dettol when it gets below half full, to make it go further.

freyasmum

I also just give mine a wipe over with a warm, soapy dishcloth, obviously it's best done if the spill is just fresh. If it's huge splatters of food, try turning the pan down slightly or covering it over a bit?

A little pool of salt over the splash will help stop it 'setting' as you're cooking if you don't want to wipe it up till you're done.

I have to say, I sympathise - I had a hob like that and found it to be a nightmare I have induction now