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Bionic

  • Joined Dec 2010
  • Talley, Carmarthenshire
Cleaning ovens - I wasn't sure where to post this
« on: May 22, 2012, 02:25:32 pm »
The oven isn't that dirty but every time I put it on you can smell where hot fat from a roast has slattered previously.
I have cleaned it but the smell won't go away. Does anyone have a tip for getting rid of the smell?
 
thanks
Sally
Life is like a bowl of cherries, mostly yummy but some dodgy bits

deepinthewoods

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Re: Cleaning ovens - I wasn't sure where to post this
« Reply #1 on: May 22, 2012, 03:50:25 pm »
bicarb?

tizaala

  • Joined Mar 2011
  • Dolau, Llandrindod Wells,Powys
Re: Cleaning ovens - I wasn't sure where to post this
« Reply #2 on: May 22, 2012, 04:18:57 pm »
Get it really hot and burn it off.

bloomer

  • Joined Aug 2010
  • leslie, fife
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Re: Cleaning ovens - I wasn't sure where to post this
« Reply #3 on: May 22, 2012, 04:20:27 pm »
what tizalla said


open all the window and nuke it!!!


Bionic

  • Joined Dec 2010
  • Talley, Carmarthenshire
Re: Cleaning ovens - I wasn't sure where to post this
« Reply #4 on: May 22, 2012, 06:37:20 pm »
I had a feeling that might be the answer. 
 
Tizaala, if you see smoke near Talley its me going up in flames  ;D 
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pikilily

  • Joined Jan 2009
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Re: Cleaning ovens - I wasn't sure where to post this
« Reply #5 on: May 22, 2012, 07:22:30 pm »
try nukeing it - or a warm/hot oven with a bowl with lemon jice and water in it !

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Olly398

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  • Herts
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Re: Cleaning ovens - I wasn't sure where to post this
« Reply #6 on: May 23, 2012, 02:54:52 pm »
I have an idea for getting rid of the smell of fat. Bung 4lb of mackerel in there for half an hour! You'll have forgotten all about it!  ;D
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pikilily

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Re: Cleaning ovens - I wasn't sure where to post this
« Reply #7 on: May 23, 2012, 03:13:54 pm »
 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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pikilily

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Re: Cleaning ovens - I wasn't sure where to post this
« Reply #8 on: May 23, 2012, 03:15:18 pm »
some of OH's old socks, braised for half an hour at 180oC......
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Bionic

  • Joined Dec 2010
  • Talley, Carmarthenshire
Re: Cleaning ovens - I wasn't sure where to post this
« Reply #9 on: May 23, 2012, 03:59:21 pm »
I've neuk'd for an hour, put lemon in and still its there.  Now I've got a bicarb paste on it.  :(
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tizaala

  • Joined Mar 2011
  • Dolau, Llandrindod Wells,Powys
Re: Cleaning ovens - I wasn't sure where to post this
« Reply #10 on: May 23, 2012, 10:15:12 pm »
I do hope we're still talking  about the oven  .....!

aliceinwonderland

  • Joined Feb 2012
  • Victoria, Australia
  • one day, i will live in my very own wonderland
Re: Cleaning ovens - I wasn't sure where to post this
« Reply #11 on: May 24, 2012, 06:48:03 am »
Another method that I learnt from a housemate when I was a student - laundry washing powder, especially the super-stain-removing stuff. Use it like bicarb, but allow it to sit/soak for a while (if you can pull apart the oven and soak in a laundry sink, leave it over night - good for crusty baking trays). It works!


Obviously a little more difficult if it's on the sides/top of the oven, but just scrub it with a laundry powder/warm water mix.


Does the smell affect other food you cook in it?
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Sylvia

  • Joined Aug 2009
Re: Cleaning ovens - I wasn't sure where to post this
« Reply #12 on: May 24, 2012, 07:06:08 am »
When the smoke alarm goes off every time I open my oven door I steam clean it, then wipe it round with cider vinegar. That seems to work. :)

Bionic

  • Joined Dec 2010
  • Talley, Carmarthenshire
Re: Cleaning ovens - I wasn't sure where to post this
« Reply #13 on: May 24, 2012, 07:06:40 am »
Good tip Alice,
No, luckily the smell doesn't affect other foods that I cook.  I think the main problem is on the roof of the ven which is a bit more difficult to deal with.  I left a bicarb paste on it overnight and will wash it off this morning.
 
thanks
Sally
Life is like a bowl of cherries, mostly yummy but some dodgy bits

Lesley Silvester

  • Joined Sep 2011
  • Telford
Re: Cleaning ovens - I wasn't sure where to post this
« Reply #14 on: May 24, 2012, 11:11:44 pm »
Of course you could always give up cooking and get OH to take you out to eat every day.

 

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