Cleaning the oven is a breeze when you can remove the door
We can be as careful as possible, arranging dripping pans and other protections for the bottom of an oven to prevent food from dirtying it. We might also use bowls of vinegar or lemon to loosen the dirt frequently (and when the oven is still hot). We can do these, and many other things, to keep the oven clean, but every use of the oven will inevitably leave some residue and eventually, we need to do a thorough, deep cleaning of the oven.
If the oven is not high up on a wall, we have to bend down and remain a positions that is not very comfortable to to clean the over (especially the door and the inside surfaces). Sometimes, however, we can avoid this stress: not everyone knows, that there are models of ovens whose door can be disassembled!
This is one of the tips a cleaning expert has shared on TikTok. Brandon, who manages the @cleanthatup account, says that discovering the detachable oven door was one of the first tips he learned when he started working.
In a video uploaded to his account, Brandon warns that only certain models have removable doors and it takes a little practice to understand how to do this quickly and correctly. For this reason, you should always consult the manufacturers' instruction manuals: they could indicate this very useful function is available for your model of oven!
Imagine how much easier it will be to clean the inside of your oven without the door hindering your efforts!
However, if your oven cannot be disassembled in this way, do not despair: it could still be the case that the glass of the door can be removed easily. Sometimes, in fact, it is just a case of unhooking some brackets that holds the glass in place. If so can wash and degrease the internal surfaces of the doubled glazed glass which, especially in older models, gets dirty more easily.
As for cleaning the inside of the oven, we would like to remind you of some DIY alternatives can be useful: the grills can be soaked in a basin with equal parts water and vinegar (or in a proportion of 1/2 and 2/3, perhaps adding a few drops of dishwashing liquid). While these are soaking, prepare a paste with 6 tablespoons of baking soda, 2 tablespoons of hydrogen peroxide and 2 tablespoons of dishwashing detergent. The wipe this mix with a sponge on all the worst deposits of dirt inside the oven. Let this act for a while, and in the meantime, clean the glass.
If possible, separate the glass panels and then clean them with a mixture of water and vinegar in equal parts, to which you will also add some dishwashing soap (just a few drops). Leave this to act for a quarter of an hour and rinse off. If the glass sheets can't be seperated fully but there is a gap between the two sheets, you can slip a sturdy wooden stick wrapped in a microfiber cloth into the gap. Dip the stick with the cloth in water and detergent (and a little vinegar, if you want) and slip it between the glass sheets to do the cleaning.
Go back to the inside of the oven and remove all the remaining dirt with a damp sponge. Your oven will be reborn!
