How to remove burnt olive oil in base of oven.

Smiley_Mum

After baking a ciabatta bread with olive oil/basil/tomatoes/mozarella etc, a pool of olive oil burnt onto the bottom of the oven during the baking of it. It smoked like heck etc. How can I get the burnt oil off the enamel in the bottom of the oven without putting the oven back on, it smokes terribly. Any help appreciated. I think a brillo may scratch it, just tried elbow grease and some fairy but not shifting. Any info appreciated, vinegar any good/bicarb etc. Thanks muchly for any info.

Smiley_Mum

WOW!!!! Thanks very much for the quick reply, I'll shove some washing powder paste mix on it right now. Cheers for that. :-)

apprentice_tycoon

When you have it all clean you might want to line it with a sheet of tin foil just in case it happens again!

trafalgar_2

Bicarbonate of soda ,made into a paste with a little vinegar or even water and leave as long as you can..............................does a brilliant job ,I had burnt grease on the bottom of mine last week and it was the only think that would shift it ........................wipe off with hot water ,use gloves so you can get it as hot as possible ,or it leave a white powdery film

squeaky

I suppose it's too late to suggest the Cleaning section of the MEGA Index then?

Smiley_Mum

Haven't had a chance to wash it off yet to see the results as I've got the kitchen fitters in. Will let you know how I get on. Thanks for all the replies, appreciate it. I'll try the others if the washing powder mix doesn't work. Thanks all.

Sheel

I tried the washing powder paste on my oven and it didn't help much , so after a lot of elbow grease I bought a Magic Oven Liner from Lakeland to keep it clean

se999

Do check your oven instructions before putting a liner/tin on the base, some have a heating element there, and it damages the bottom of the oven if you put something on top.

Edit - Guess how I found out

culpepper

alternatively,if cooking something that has a risk of overflowing,stand it in/on a baking sheet.
Ive got one of those liner things (not from lakeland) Ive had it about 4 years,very useful.You could also use those light brown oven parchments that they sell in poundland as they are very similar.I use 2 together if doing oven chips and they are so useful for biscuit baking or pasties.

Smiley_Mum

I tried the washing powder paste and it didn't do too much, so I'll give a go with the other remedies too. I have a heating element in the bottom of the oven too, guess how I found out..... :-) Thanks for all the info, I'll get rid of the gunk on the oven one way or another. Thanks.