EEEUUURRGGHHHH oven! How do I clean black bits?

sarahpenny

Hello everyone.
Has anyone any ideas for cleaning off the solid black bits that appear on the oven floor and the grill pan? I know I should have cleaned oven every time but...
As cheaply as poss, thanks so much

chocolate.orange_2

Stardrops is your saviour

I put neat stardrops onto a cloth and then wiped the bottom of my oven. Left it for an hour,well i think it was about 2 and it wiped off with very mininal effort.
For the grill pan use a diluted solution of stardrops and water again left for a couple of hours then wiped off

You can buy stardrops from most supermarkets or Wilco. Costs between 63p and 75p

HTH

purpleivy

I have one of those black 'magic carpets' on the bottom of one of my ovens, unfortunately haven't got one for the second oven yet!

squeaky

Direct from the Cleaning section of our MEGA Index...

Oven:
- Black marks on hob
- Burnt olive oil on base of oven
- Burnt on food
- Ceramic glass hob
- Ceramic hob - cleaner?
- Cooker hood
- Greasy oven dishes
- Grill element cleaning
- Heavy duty oven cleaner
- Plastic melted onto hob
- Shelves help please
- Stinky Oven!!!
- what's the best way to clean my oven
- Wood stove


Good luck

skintscotslass

Squeaky, I'm having a problem following the link to 'whats the best way to clean my oven'

squeaky

Eek!

We lost a few links when the software was last changed - the MEGA Index was so big it broke the new system!

I'll see if I can find it and edit back in here...

Edit:- Just checked and it works fine for me. Maybe your clicking finger is broken

mummyto3_2

skintscotslass wrote: »

Squeaky, I'm having a problem following the link to 'whats the best way to clean my oven'

I can't get it to work either it says "
Invalid Thread specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the administrator"

lil_me

I tried it aswell, won't work for me either.

Bongedone

For future just buy a cheap non stick baking sheet and leave it in the bottom of the oven to catch stuff. Sainsbury do one for a few £. You can then just take the sheet out and wipe it now and again.

lil_me

I find the oven liners work very well. Tescos do one called Cookaliner I think it is, I managed to get a couple from the £1 shop. Betterware and Kleeneze do them. Might find some on Ebay aswell. Lakeland also but very expensive there.

However that won't stop the black bits on the doors etc. When cleaning the doors if they are glass or have glass inserts be very careful, mine fell through, DP was sure it was held on with the muck (from when we bought it) and I cleaned it 'off'

I find a clean baking tray with white vinegar in placed in a warm oven works well, lifts it so you just have to rub it off. Starclens which is an ammonia based friend of Stardrops works well if it is yakky. Soda crystals solution is another that works well. Oven Pride a lot swear by which is expensive and very powerful (must use gloves!!) Baking trays and racks I put in bio wash powder solution which works well.

Pink.

Hi,

Squeaky's right, that thread was lost when the forum was updated. This is the most recent thread on oven cleaning:

cleaning the oven

I'll add this thread to that one later to keep all the suggestions together.

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