Cooker Maintenance Tips

Many ovens, especially more recently, have started incorporating pyrolytic self-cleaning modes where the is heated to far higher temperatures than used for cooking, in order to clean itself. The extreme heat incinerates the dirt off the walls, leaving you to just sweep up the ash from the bottom of the oven, and it’s clean!

To prevent further excess dirt and gristle from building up on the floor of the oven, use a tray you can safely keep in the oven to catch dirt and spillages which can easily be removed and washed. This will prevent your oven from building up that greasy thick layer of gristle and keep your oven from smelling so bad.

A really easy, cheap, and effective way of getting stubborn grease off of your oven is to use steam. You can fill an ovenproof bowl of hot water and put it in the oven, turn it up to high heat and let the steam from the water loosen all of the greases on the inside – prepping your oven for a super thorough wipe down with oven cleaner.

Not only the oven, but the racks your food sits on while cooking get fairly messy too, so keeping them in good shape will help keep your cooker fresh too. They could go in the dishwasher or even just letting them soak in soapy water and then wiping them down will work.

While repairing and reusing your appliance is always the goal, there comes a point where they need to be replaced. We’re happy to help at any stage.