[billethkid]

Do you keep yours in the oven during the clean cycle. I understand that will turn them colors.....but if it is clean I would not care (I don't think).

There has to be an easy way to clean the shelves.

How do you do it?

[Medtrans]

I don't use my self-cleaning option. I still use Easy Off and spray the shelves with it as well. I feel like my oven gets cleaner with the spray.

[BobandMary]

You wait until your Husband retires and suggest that they need to be repaired. Ours are now spotless.

[CFrance]

Yes, leaving them in will not only turn them dark, it will leave them rough and harder to slide in and out, which is a problem, for instance, when sliding something liquid into the oven.

Take them out and use oven spray outside. Our self-cleaning feature works very well, and I would not use oven cleaner on a self-cleaning oven. Voids the warranty, and the interior surfaces are not supposed to be subjected to it.

[Wandatime]

I agree with CFrance -- take the shelves out. They won't be that dirty and hard to clean unless you practically cooked something right on them. Or sloshed. Or cooked while sloshed.

[CFrance]

My father-in-law had some deal he did with a garbage bag and a cup of ammonia. He left the oven racks in that mixture in the driveway overnight. It worked like a charm for him but never worked very well for me.

Brillo Pads or oven spray on the racks (outside) works the best for me. Or cleaning the racks more often.

[raynan]

Medtrans,
Big no-no using oven cleaner on a self-clean oven. It will ruin the oven liner and that's is very expensive to replace. Once done, cannot-be undone.

[Halibut]

A friend told me that, handed a box of Brillo and the task of cleaning the oven racks, he went out and bought new ones. He told me they're only about $20 each.

This is all hearsay, of course.

[Bonanza]

Originally Posted by CFrance

Yes, leaving them in will not only turn them dark, it will leave them rough and harder to slide in and out, which is a problem, for instance, when sliding something liquid into the oven.

Take them out and use oven spray outside. Our self-cleaning feature works very well, and I would not use oven cleaner on a self-cleaning oven. Voids the warranty, and the interior surfaces are not supposed to be subjected to it.

Originally Posted by raynan

Medtrans,
Big no-no using oven cleaner on a self-clean oven. It will ruin the oven liner and that's is very expensive to replace. Once done, cannot-be undone.

What CFrance and Raynan is saying is absolutely true.
Years ago I worked for a Whirlpool distributor and the appliance's warranty is void
if you use any of these spray-on oven cleaners.

[Medtrans]

Thanks but I have a 10-year old oven here in Chicago. That ship has sailed. I will, however, be sure not to do this with my new stove in our new home in TV. Thanks.

[CFrance]

I want Ina Garten's oven & racks (Barefoot Contessa). Ever notice that no matter what she puts in her oven or how long she's been baking, the inside of the oven is pristine? I can see my teeth in the reflections through the TV screen.

[Villages PL]

Huh? You mean ovens are supposed to be used for something other than storage? I've been living in The Villages for nearly 15 years and now they tell me.

[campy]

Originally Posted by CFrance

My father-in-law had some deal he did with a garbage bag and a cup of ammonia. He left the oven racks in that mixture in the driveway overnight. It worked like a charm for him but never worked very well for me.

Brillo Pads or oven spray on the racks (outside) works the best for me. Or cleaning the racks more often.

I pour the ammonia on a couple of paper towels and toss them in the black garbage bag with the racks and leave the closed bag in the sun for a couple of hours. I can wipe most of the dirt off with those wet paper towels when I remove the racks from the bag. What little dirt is left behind comes off easily with a wipe with the Brillo.

[Bonny]

I didn't know people in the Villages used their ovens enough to get them dirty !
I've been in this house 10 1/2 years. Turned the self cleaning on twice.
I think I could almost sell my oven for brand new. LOL

[redwitch]

I once cleaned a house for a lady here who had lived here approximately five years. She had the cleanest oven I had ever seen. I opened her oven to wipe it down and literally laughed so hard my sides ached. The oven manuals were stil in their plastic bags on the shelf.