When cooking, every housewife at least occasionally has to use a stove or oven. However, even a completely new oven without proper care will quickly accumulate grease and soot and lose its neat appearance.
A big problem when cooking in a contaminated oven is the burning and smoking of adhering fat. In addition, the food itself, prepared in such conditions, can absorb this unpleasant odor. When buying a new stove, housewives often do not think that caring for the oven can become a problem due to its complex design.
Currently, stores and supermarkets have a lot of special chemical detergents that will help remove dirt from a gas or electric oven. If you don’t want to clean the stove with chemicals, there are no less effective folk methods of dealing with pollution, which are also safe and harmless.
How to properly clean the oven
Initially, it should be noted that dirt will be washed off faster if the oven is slightly warmed up. Therefore, before cleaning it should be turned on at high temperature for a short time.
If the stove oven has a built-in fan, as a rule, it needs to be covered to prevent excess fat deposits from getting into it.
Funds from the store.
As previously mentioned, supermarkets have a huge selection of products that will help overcome dirt in the oven. As a rule, these are cleaning gels.The most effective “fighters” against smoke and congealed fat are gels from the brands “Frosh”, “GreenClean”, Silit Beng, Amway, Kommet, Mister Muscle for the kitchen. Using such tools is quite simple. To clean, you just need to apply the product to the dirty surface and leave for 10-15 minutes (sometimes the instructions for the product itself stipulate a different time). Dried fat and carbon deposits quickly fall away and can be removed with a rag.
Working with such chemicals requires basic precautions. When cleaning with gels, it is imperative to use gloves and open windows to ventilate the room. At the end of the oven cleaning process, thoroughly wipe the inside of the oven with soapy water or dish soap to remove any special detergent residue that may have gotten into your food.
It is important to know! Products that contain acid can damage the oven surface.
You can make your own oven cleaning paste. To do this, you need to take Pemolux or Comet, citric acid and dishwashing detergent. Mix the above substances in equal quantities and apply to the inner walls of the oven for half an hour. After half an hour, you need to wash the oven with hot water.
Ancient methods without chemicals
If the housewife has no desire to use chemistry where food is prepared, she can use the methods of our ancestors. Those who do not want to use detergents containing chemicals are encouraged to resort to folk remedies. They will quickly clean the oven and make it shiny and shiny.
The following remedies are good helpers in the fight against grease and burnt deposits in the oven:
- acetic acid,
- salt,
- baking powder for the dough,
- laundry soap,
- ammonia.
Using an abrasive sponge.
Using an abrasive sponge, you can quite simply and quickly get rid of congealed grease on the oven walls and other contaminants. However, we must not forget that this method can damage the walls by scratching them.
Using soda.
Baking soda is a kitchen helper and makes cleaning the oven easy. Old stains will have to be rubbed off diligently. If the oven glass has become brown due to soot and grease accumulated on it and is spoiling the entire kitchen room with its untidy appearance, soda will help it become clean. The method is quite simple to apply. Open the oven door, pour soda on it so that the entire glass is covered with a thin layer, slightly moisten it and leave. After an hour, remove the plaque and use a wet cloth and rub the glass.
Use of acetic acid.
Acetic acid actively fights kitchen stains. To clean the oven, you need to generously wipe the walls and door with 7-9% vinegar, which housewives use when cooking. The oven, greased with vinegar, must be left closed for a couple of hours. During this time, the dirt will soften and become easy to remove.
Using baking soda and vinegar.
Soda, when interacting with vinegar, releases hydrogen. This combination of substances will help overcome even the most severe fatty stains. To use this method, you need to rub the inside of the oven walls with acetic acid, then sprinkle them with baking soda.
Using lemon juice.
Citric acid will make cleaning the oven easier. You need to squeeze the juice from the lemon into half a glass of water and wipe the walls with the resulting raster. There is another way to use lemon acid. Place the lemon, cut into slices, into a small container of water and place it in a slightly preheated oven (no more than 100 degrees). Leave the container in the oven for half an hour, then remove the fat with a sponge or cloth.
Using vinegar, soda and citric acid.
All of the above components, mixed together, will help the housewife overcome the unpleasant deposits inside the oven. A slightly heated oven will be easier to clean.
Using laundry soap.
Modern women practically do not use laundry soap in everyday life, which used to be an indispensable assistant for our grandmothers and mothers. To clean the oven, prepare a container that will not be damaged when heated, put a small piece of laundry soap there and wait until the soap dissolves a little in the water. After this, the container is placed in a burning oven. After some time, the dirt is removed from the surface.
Steam cleaning.
Enameled ovens are best for cleaning. Housewives often clean them with steam. The method is to place an iron bowl filled with water and detergent inside the oven. The oven must be running, then the steam will soften the dirt and it will be possible to remove it.
Using ammonia.
Ammonia should be used with caution for health reasons. They need to generously moisten the walls, bottom, grates and doors inside the oven and leave for 12 hours.After time, the fat will be removed with a slight movement of the hand using a sponge treated with any detergent.
Using baking powder for dough.
Who would have imagined that baking powder, which housewives are accustomed to using in cooking, could have another purpose. To use this method, you need to moisten the walls of the oven and rub them with baking powder. It will take this substance several hours to roll the fat into lumps.
Use of salt.
Salt can also remove burnt-on fat. To do this, sprinkle salt on all problem areas and turn on the oven. The guideline for completing the procedure will be that the salt turns brown.
Self-cleaning function.
Nowadays there is a lot of “smart” technology in stores. In particular, not so long ago it was possible to produce ovens or cookers with built-in ovens equipped with a self-cleaning function. It works by dissolving fat when heated.
Housewives remember that it is easy to clean the oven, the cleanliness of which is regularly monitored. Newly formed grease and carbon deposits can be removed more easily than burnt and hardened dirt.
