How to Clean Your Oven

The latest, most modern batch of “self cleaning” ovens might have lulled you into a false sense of security but not me. Ovens do not clean themselves, oh, you can put them into “self cleaning mode”, they fill the kitchen with black smoke and then beep furiously until you re-set them, but do they really look any cleaner?  What about a self cleaning oven door, that would let you at least have a clue when dinner was ready (instead of waiting for the smoke alarm). I have a very efficient oven cleaner, the only problem is that he takes a lot of persuading to get to work and can only be talked into it under extreme conditions.

You see, she has to clean her “self cleaning” oven. It’s like an automatic washing machine, very misleading for some people . . . listen to me . . . even an automatic washing machine does not hang the laundry out to dry, fold it up neatly, press it and put it back into your bedroom drawers . . . you have to do that yourself (unless you happen to live with a mug like me). Nice gloves by the way, yellow, I’ve always had a peculiar preference for yellow gloves!

RED HOT TIP – if you’re like me and would put cleaning the oven at about number 3,699 on your list of your favorite things to do (just above poking yourself in the eye with a sharp stick) then take this red hot tip . . . the very minute your oven has been cleaned, don’t turn your back on it for a minute or another pizza will magically jump into it from the deep freeze and you’ll have missed your chance – cover the bottom with aluminum foil to catch any drips.