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Dirty oven with burnt-on grease and food residues is a problem for almost every household. It’s no wonder: if you are a large family and cook several times a week, the oven is one of the most heavily used appliances in your home. What is surprising, however, is how easily this worry can be solved. Oven cleaning is actually not as difficult as most of us think.
Don’t postpone cleaning the oven
Let’s be honest, frequent baking in the oven is one of the main causes of its soiling, but what we contribute to it is postponing the cleaning. With each subsequent use of the oven without washing it first, we create more work for ourselves. Instead of wiping it immediately, we put in more and more baking dishes with food and thus soil it more, until we don’t feel like cleaning it at all. Grease accumulates, as do other burnt food residues.
Prepare the area
Preparation is important here too, as with everything we do. Before cleaning the oven simply remove everything you can, for example the rack, and soak it in a solution of vinegar and water. Before you wash the inside of the oven, the dirt caught on the rack will loosen and the vinegar will also degrease it, so you won’t have to scrub it by hand later.
Home remedies for cleaning the oven
You can clean the oven in several ways, or rather with many different home remedies that you have at home. These will help you:
- Salt
- Baking soda
- Vinegar
- Liquid soap
- Food starch
- Citric acid
Now we can look at how to use all these handy helpers so that your oven shines clean again.
Cleaning the oven
Sprinkle the inside of the oven with a thick layer of salt and heat it to 50 degrees. After a few minutes, once there is no risk of burning, you can wipe the surface with a damp sponge. You can also use baking soda. Mix about 50 g of baking soda with sparkling water and cover the entire surface of the oven. Heat to about 100 degrees and wait until all the liquid evaporates. This can take roughly 20 minutes. You have already used vinegar to degrease the rack, so why not use it to clean the inside of the oven as well. Mix it with water in a 1 : 1 ratio and spray it into the oven using a spray bottle. Let it sit for about 30 minutes and finally wipe everything with a wet sponge. You can also add 2 – 3 teaspoons of liquid soap to warm water and spray it into the oven. After a few hours, just wipe it off. Many people also praise another cleaning method. In a bowl mix 8 teaspoons of baking soda, 8 teaspoons of dish soap and 6 tablespoons of vinegar. Create a thick layer inside the oven and after 10 minutes wipe it off with a cloth. Alternatively, you can mix 50 g of baking soda with a teaspoon of citric acid and 1 tablespoon of food starch. Such a mixture will neutralize even the worst stains. But remember that even the strongest product won’t do all the work for you. Try to clean your oven regularly; you’ll save yourself a lot of work.
