Gross cooker

wageslave

I am helping clean my cousins house, his "bidie in" has scarpered leaving unspeakable filth behind her.
On tomorrows agenda is an electric cooker that will take up my entire weekend if I can't find some shortcuts to cleanliness. The whole cooker is caked with burnt on food and grease and I am dreading even attempting to clean it
Help

kezlou

First thing I would do its shake baking powder all over it and, squirt malt vinegar on it.
Don't worry it will bubble like mad. After a few mintues, wipe clean and repeat once more.

Honestly doing makes cleaning the oven so much easier as the, baking powder cuts through grease.
After that I would clean with hot soapy water.

hope this helps

booter

I've used bicarb of soda with vinegar for the cooker top before, and I've also used biological washing powder (I think a Kim & Aggie tip?) mixed into a paste. Leave the paste on for a while to "dissolve" the grease. (But you do have to "rinse" well with this - by wiping over many times ) But the last time I did the oven, rather than the hob, I'm afraid I resorted to Oven Pride, which worked a treat on both the oven and the racks. I can't remember how much it was, but relatively inexpensive from Home Bargains. It can get a little messy, so I spread newspaper on the floor in front of the cooker to catch any "spills". HTH

Mrs_Veg_Plot

oven pride for me every time

harrys_nan

Oven Pride for me as well, its brilliant

Ruby_woo

Oven pride for me too, only used it twice but I'm converted! However, I will try the bicarbonate of soda and vinegar on the cooker top next time x

babyshoes

The old style methods do work, but tend to need a bit more elbow grease. The proprietry products may not be so environmentally friendly, but they make things a bit easier. Most things need to soak in, so leave it for as long as possible - the longest recommended time, then wipe up and if needed give targeted areas another long soak. Be sure to have windows open - some of those chemicals can be nasty to breathe in.

Don't aim for sparkling at first, get to 'reasonable' and then if you have time / energy you can give it another go-over. If you can't get it to perfect today, at least he will have a useable cooker which he can give another clean in a few days.

Butterfly_Brain

Oven pride for me as well it costs £2.50 in Wilko's at the moment, which reminds me I must get some more to put away at that price

Slinky_Malinky

I have seen Kim & Aggie Clean a filthy cooker top with bio washing powder and hot water left to soak for a while.

pigpen

Oven pride inside the oven and on the shelves. I use a wallpaper scraper for the worst of it before using the ovenpride and a wire brush for the shelves.

For the hob.. vacuum off the loose bits... scrape what you can off with a knife.

Sprinkle with bio wash powder and pour on boiling water.. leave to soak..

Mop up water with kitchen roll, most of the icky stuff lifts straight off having had a soak.. either repeat or use a knife on the remainder. If it is stainless steel type hob get a brillo pad to it!

Then when you are done.. come do mine because it is probably of similar proportions of disgustingness!

wageslave

I bought 2 lots of Oven Pride and it worked Far better than I imagined it would. However it still isnt sparkly so I am redoing it tomorrow. I am totally intrigued by the bio wash powder tip and am definitely giving it a try. The wallpaper scraper is a stroke of blooming genius.

Any tips for badly stained carpets ladies?