Proven methods for cleaning the oven from grease and carbon deposits

A soot-covered oven delivers a lot of grief to housewives. The presence of plaque inside it leads to the appearance of smoke and an unpleasant odor during cooking. If you are one of those people who are trying to replace roasting with baking, you will sooner or later ask yourself the question: “How to clean the oven of fat and soot?”

How to wash the oven?

The easiest way is to wash the cabinet immediately after cooking, then the fat will not have time to dry and it will be much easier to do this. Pre-stocked with sponges, gloves and household cleaning products.

The main stages of the process:

1. Remove all shelves from the cabinet.
2. If there is a fan, it must be covered.
3. Moisten the walls and glass liberally with dishwashing gel or spray with a special detergent.
4. Set the temperature to low and warm the oven for 10 minutes, then immediately wash the walls with a sponge, often rinsing it with water.

If necessary, all actions are repeated again. Unfortunately, cleaning the oven of burnt particles of food requires some effort. Today, cabinets with a self-cleaning function are on sale. If you do not belong to the lucky owners of such a wonderful technique, and dried fat is disappointing, you can use folk tips.

Acid Cleansing

At home, you can wash the oven with vinegar and lemon juice. Vinegar or lemon juice diluted in water is abundantly moistened inside the oven and left for a couple of hours, then washed with water. Acidic ingredients are known to help get rid of obsolete fat because they make it softer. If the raid still remains, hard brushes will come to the aid of the hostess.

The method is not the most effective, sometimes after applying these funds on the side of the cabinet a plaque forms, moreover, after vinegar, the smell may persist.

By the way, if necessary wash the electric stove, use this recipe: the vinegar essence is diluted in half with water, wiping the door and the walls of the stove. Stand for 15 minutes and rinse.

Steam cleaning

At home, you can quite quickly clean the oven from fat with steam. To do this, pour water into a baking sheet or large container, set the temperature to 100-150 degrees and leave the liquid to evaporate. For greater efficiency, you can add to water:

• dishwashing liquid;
• citric acid (or spread lemon slices on the bottom of the pan);
• grated laundry soap.

The cabinet doors close for 30 minutes. The resulting steam softens old fat deposits, and the cleaning agent further enhances its effect. After the indicated time, it is recommended to cool the stove, and then wash the oven with plenty of water.

Soda

Over time, a brownish coating accumulates on the inner surface of the door. You can clean glass at home with soda. It is poured onto the inside of the plate and spread with a damp sponge. Leave for 30-40 minutes. After that, the glass is thoroughly wiped, removing the remnants of the product.

Soda is an integral ingredient in cleaning mixtures that are easy to make at home.

How to wash the oven using affordable and inexpensive means? Here are some recipes.

• The soda and fine salt are mixed thoroughly, the walls and glass of the cabinet are rubbed with a medium, you can warm it up slightly and leave it overnight. In the morning, the remnants of the product are cleaned with a damp cloth.By the way, this same tool perfectly eliminates unpleasant odors.
• Soda is mixed with citric acid and the product is applied in a dry form to contaminated places. To enhance the effect, the inside of the cabinet is treated with spray water. The mixture is removed with a damp sponge - this is how easy it is to clean the oven. This tool can be replaced with ordinary baking powder, which consists of a mixture of the same ingredients. The cabinet is moistened with water, then powder is used. Old fat is collected in lumps that can be quickly removed with a moistened napkin.
• A mixture of vinegar, soda and laundry soap helps to clean the oven from burnt fat. Mix all the ingredients until gruel, it should foam well. As a result of a chemical reaction, hydrogen is released, it is the tool that helps get rid of stubborn dirt, old fat and food debris. The mixture is wiped inside all available places and left for 3 hours, then the cabinet is thoroughly washed with a sponge.

Good pasta

Many housewives do not seek to use corrosive household chemicals and therefore are looking for homemade ways to clean the oven from soot. A paste consisting of a dry cleaning agent (“Comet” or “Pemolux”), citric acid, and dishwashing detergent worked well. A bag of citric acid is mixed with a teaspoon of cleaning powder and a tablespoon of liquid detergent. The paste is applied to contaminated places on gas stoveleave for 15 minutes and rinse. The mixture dries quickly, then it is sprayed with water.

Most likely, the ingredients cause some kind of chemical reaction, as a result of which fumes with a rather unpleasant odor are released. Therefore, try not to inhale this “aroma” and use gloves to remove it from the surface.

Ammonia

Another odor remedy, but ammonia makes it easy to get rid of old fat. Cleaning the oven of a gas or electric stove with this tool is carried out in the evening. With ammonia, the cabinet is liberally moistened and left until the morning. Needless to say, a large amount of water is used to wash the oven. This work is also done with rubber gloves.

How to wash the oven with ammonia without lubricating the walls? Two containers are required: boiling water is poured into one, and ammonia is added to the other. A vessel with water is placed on the bottom of the oven, and a container with ammonia is placed on the top shelf. Leave for several hours. Remove the remnants of the product with water, to which ammonia and dishwashing gel are added.

Household chemicals

Of course, folk recipes will not cause much harm to health, but if time is not enough and you want to finish with unpleasant work faster, household chemicals will come to the rescue. Today many solutions are sold that are specifically designed to clean the cabinet. Reviews show that Amwey and the German brand Frosch have good cleaning properties.

Israeli tool “Shumanit” for cleaning the glass and the inner surface of the oven rightfully takes the leading place. “Shumanit” can be used on any surface, it removes grease, scale, burnt food in just a couple of minutes. However, the product does not have a pleasant aroma and strongly corrodes the skin.

It should be remembered that household chemicals are also capable of causing allergic reactions, contact dermatitis. If you decide to quickly deal with pollution, it is advisable to use a respirator when cleaning the oven and protect your hands with rubber gloves.

There are many ways to clean the oven at home. However, it is better not to allow the solidification of fat, and start washing immediately after cooking.