There was a post on Pinterest recently that caught my attention.
It was a recipe for products to clean your oven with harsh chemicals. Of course, I was skeptical, but, finally, tonight, I mixed the ingredients together and applied it to both the large, and the small ovens. I did not take a before photo of the Breville Smart oven, but I did of the large oven. Yikes.
I have baked several loaves of sourdough bread the big oven at 500ºF, and a couple of casseroles. Some of the casserole contents spilled out onto the floor of the oven, causing a bit of black charcoaled residue.
The Breville oven has been used, and abused, over the past 2 years. I weekly bake bacon, bread, casseroles, potatoes, steaks, pork chops, etc., most of which splatter all over the oven. It smokes like a house on fire whenever I cook something in it.
If this cleaning mix cleans the ovens, I am going to use it on the stove top and get rid of the covers I am currently using. They are great, but if I can get the stove top clean, then clean it will stay. How fun.
Until tomorrow, when I clean, again, all of the mixture away, stay happy, stay healthy, stay safe. Wash your hands, cover your mouth, and protect your loved ones.
Post script: I am sorry. Did you ask what the product/mixture was? Well, I will be happy to tell you. It is as follows:
1/2 c. Dish soap, 1 1/2 c. Baking soda, and 1/4 c. White vinagre. Mix them in a medium sized bowl of your choice, then, using a sponge, spread it all over the inside of your dirty oven, and shelves. Close the oven door. Go to bed. Next day, with a damp sponge, wipe it all off, and, with luck, be completely amazed at your beautifully clean oven.