Spills in the oven
If you are baking a pie, a piece of meat or a casserole, you often find that spills in the oven happen all the time. When you first notice a spill sprinkle the area with salt. After the oven has cooled down you can wipe the mess right out without much scrubbing at all.
Keeping your oven clean
No matter if you use gas or electric, you can keep a sheet of aluminum foil in the bottom of the oven to catch spills. This can easily be replaced with another sheet, and the aluminum can still be recycled so you are not being wasteful.
Deep cleaning
Is it time for a deep cleaning in your oven? For a deep clean in your oven, fill a pan or bowl with ammonia and close the oven. Letting the oven sit, not on, overnight will loosen the grease and dirt. Wipe down as much as possible with hot soapy water the next day. If you have stubborn baked on foods you can first wipe out the oven with ammonia again and then use a thick salt-water mixture to sour any very baked on areas. If you are out of salt you can make a very thick paste of sugar and water or baking soda and water to get stubborn baked on stains out of your oven. After your oven is clean wash out again with hot soapy water for a great shine.
Weekly cleaning
For weekly cleaning, wiping the inside of your oven down with full strength vinegar will keep grease and build ups from getting too far ahead of you.
Everyday cleaning
Keeping the top of your stove clean is also an everyday chore that must be done. For everyday cleaning using hot soapy water will bring up most little spills and crumbs. For tougher stains you can use a mixture of water and vinegar or water and ammonia to cut through the grease and to loosen tough baked on spills. Washing the stove while it is still a little warm will speed up this process a bit compared to when it has completely cooled down.
Add life to steel wool
Are you using steel wool that has been used over and over again but the soap is all gone? Your steel wool still has life left yet. Just add a little baking soda to the steel wool and sprinkle in the oven and then add a little scrubbing power, for a shine that will leave a deep clean in your oven.
