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Community => Coffee Lounge => Topic started by: Bionic on May 22, 2012, 02:25:32 pm
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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
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bicarb?
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Get it really hot and burn it off.
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what tizalla said
open all the window and nuke it!!!
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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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try nukeing it - or a warm/hot oven with a bowl with lemon jice and water in it !
Emma T
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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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;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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some of OH's old socks, braised for half an hour at 180oC......
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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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I do hope we're still talking about the oven .....!
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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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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. :)
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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
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Of course you could always give up cooking and get OH to take you out to eat every day.
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MGM, thats the best response yet ;D ;D
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I have never cleaned an oven in my life!! so I am watching this post with interest.
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MGM, thats the best response yet ;D ;D
Thought you might like it. ;)
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Go on line to something like eSpares and buy a trigger pack of professional oven cleaner for about £7 inc P&P strip the oven out and use it on everythign that is oven cleaner safe. carefully using cloves leave it for several hours and hot soapy water was hit off , your oven will be like new .
From then on use a cassserole /lidded pot for roasting or roasting bags .
If you heat PIZZA in the oven slip a sheet of baking parchment under the slab so it does not burn onto the shelf wires.
If you open pan roast a veg medly slip that parchment on or use a roasting bag.
once you have cooked int eh oven slip a dish of hot water in it and leave it to cool down a bit then wipe out your oven with a slightly damp soapy cloth and anothe wipoe with it rinsed out.
The secret of keeping your oven clean is to clean it everytime you use it , prevent splashed of fat or food and never cook in a dirty oven as it bakes things on.
That professional cleaner from e Spares I spoke of is really the dogs . I've never found anything better .
The label shows :-
" Professional oven care 500 ml "
approved by Indisit , Hotpoint and Scholties ...
NOTE WELL
You must wear decent rubber gloves when using it and wash offf any splashes or smears as it stings like mad on bare skin
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Thanks Plantoid. I will have a look for the product. If you have seen my other post "I am obsessed with" you will know that rubber gloves are my forte ;D
I have never used a roasting bag beforeso I will clean the overn and then give the bag a try.
Sally