Ok. To preface, I had no idea if this would work or not, and was really hoping I wasn't wasting my time. My oven is N-A-S-T-Y. You should know that we bought our 50 year old house, about 5 years ago. And for 5 years I've been looking at 50 years of someone else's baked on mess in my oven. You should also know I am TERRIFIED to try to run the "clean" cycle on this oven...or any oven. I'm also not a fan of oven cleaners because of the smell and harsh chemicals. I'm sure you're starting to see my dilemma. So, I decided to try and tackle it the old fashioned way. Basic things from my kitchen, and a lot of elbow grease.
Here's pic of how disgusting the oven door was...just so you know I'm not joshing you.
Gross, I know.
First I heated up my oven for a bit, to warm up and soften the goo on the oven door. Makes sense, right? Then, I gathered some baking soda, vinegar and a scrub brush. This is where it gets a little McGuyver-y. Remember those volcanoes you made in middle school, by combining vinegar and baking soda. Yup. You're going to do that. Alllll over the oven door.
Then I let it sit. And sit. And sit. I took a couple calls from work, ate a burrito, etc. Then the little bit of hard work starts. With your scrub brush, get to work. It comes off pretty easily, but you do have to put your back into it a bit.
The result???
A cleaner oven door! It worked! Huzzah!
If you're cleaning along with me, congratulations on successfully cleaning your oven without the use of harsh chemicals or the scary oven clean setting.
Why didn't I clean the entire oven? Baby steps, my friend, baby steps.
