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psouper
True Blue Farmgirl
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 Posted - Feb 16 2006 : 05:18:06 AM
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I have a gas range/oven. It's a Kenmore and fairly new, but the self-cleaning oven part is broken. I love cooking with gas, but I"m sort of messy. The problem - dirty oven and stovetop.
I have tried baking soda, borax. Nothing seems to work like Easy Off Oven cleaner, as horribly toxic as it is.
Does anyone have any other tips for me?
Polly
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lonestargal
True Blue Farmgirl
607 Posts
Kristi
Texas
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Posted - Feb 16 2006 : 07:04:59 AM
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I know what you mean. I've used the baking soda and it's worked but takes a lot of time and elbow grease to get stuff clean. It also seems to make a mess (or maybe it's just me  ). Easy Off sure works good but I swear that stuff about kills me everytime I use it. I don't have any other suggestions but hopefully someone will because I'm fed up with the toxic fumes as well. |
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Nancy Gartenman
True Blue Farmgirl
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Nancy
West Seneca
New York
USA
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Posted - Feb 16 2006 : 09:53:48 AM
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Polly
I have good luck with non bleach soft scrub for the stove top and inside the oven door,if you have a glass window. put the soft scrub on , rub it around and let it sit a bit. use an sos or brillo soap pad as well on the inside of the oven door. As far as the inside of the oven, I have never been real big on trying to keep up with that, once in a while I scrape off any burnt on stuff and vacumn it out. funny huh? but it works.
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sleepless reader
True Blue Farmgirl
1022 Posts
CA
USA
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Posted - Feb 16 2006 : 10:00:36 AM
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"Old-wives" oven cleaner: Put a pie pan of (straight) amonia in the oven over night. The fumes will work to loosen dirt and grease. I'd air it out a bit before sticking my head in the next day!
I've had good luck using orange-clean concentrate and baking soda on the stovetop.
good luck,
Sharon
Life is messy. Wear your apron! |
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Libbie
Farmgirl Connection Cultivator
3579 Posts
Anne E.
Elsinore
Utah
USA
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Posted - Feb 17 2006 : 10:40:12 AM
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When things get crazy around my oven, I use really fine steel wool, baking soda and Dr. Bronner's Sal Suds. It's a bit of work, but the smell is nothing bad and it gets stuff off. You DO have to do some serious rinsing if you use too much soap, however, so if you go that route, watch out! 
XOXO, Libbie
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lonestargal
True Blue Farmgirl
607 Posts
Kristi
Texas
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Posted - Feb 17 2006 : 3:55:42 PM
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Originally posted by sleepless reader
"Old-wives" oven cleaner: Put a pie pan of (straight) amonia in the oven over night. The fumes will work to loosen dirt and grease. I'd air it out a bit before sticking my head in the next day!
I've had good luck using orange-clean concentrate and baking soda on the stovetop.
good luck,
Sharon
Life is messy. Wear your apron!
I just saw an episode of 'The Queen of Clean' and she did this. I'm willing to try it. Ammonia isn't my favorite of cleaners but it sure beats Easy-Off. |
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