Types of oven cleaning

Cleaning the oven is a manipulation that cannot be avoided while using the kitchen unit. There are different approaches to how to tidy up the inside of the oven. Each type of cleaning has its positive and negative sides.

Today, there are several types of cleaning ovens:

• hydrolytic;
• pyrolytic;
• catalytic;
• traditional.

Any appliance must be cleaned, regardless of what kind of cabinet it is: a built-in electric, gas oven or an independent baking unit. The processing method depends on the specific option.

Many modern models of kitchen appliances provide a special coating to facilitate the removal of dirt, as well as a special self-cleaning function.

The concept of hydrolysis cleaning is the removal of carbon and fat from the inner surface of the oven with steam. The advantage of this approach is that household chemicals are not used, which can affect the walls of the cabinet very aggressively. You can heat the stove not very much, without consuming a lot of electricity, and therefore money.

In conventional units, the process of steam exposure looks like this:

• water is poured into a metal bowl;
• a dishwashing detergent is added to facilitate the removal of fat;
• the bowl is placed inside, the oven is closed;
• the temperature is set to 200 degrees;
• waiting for some time for the steam to corrode the pollution;
• the cabinet turns off, after which it is necessary to wait for it to cool down;
• the surface is wiped with a clean cloth.

Some ovens have a built-in self-cleaning hydrolysis function.

The processing process is similar to the usual one: water is poured onto a baking sheet of the oven or into a special recess at the bottom, the door is tightly closed and a special mode of operation of the stove is turned on. Modern technology will signal the owner that the process is over.

After that, it remains to turn off the device to complete the cleaning process with a cloth. The door must be opened carefully so as not to burn yourself. If the dirt has not gone away, you can repeat the steam treatment procedure.

You can use a steam cleaner to remove deposits on the oven walls. Steam is supplied under pressure, due to which not only plaque is removed from the walls, but also all microbes are eliminated. Many people consider the use of such a device to be much more convenient than containers with water.

Pyrolysis cleaning radically solves the problems of the oven. All carbon deposits under the influence of high temperatures turn into ash. There is no trace of fat. But pyrolytic cleaning has its drawbacks.

• This method of removing dirt is used if especially durable materials were used in the manufacture of the oven, capable of withstanding a temperature of 500 degrees. There are ovens that provide a system for such a cleaning of the baking chamber. The price of these units is more expensive than other models, and it makes sense to choose them only with very intensive use.
• When the oven chamber is pyrolytically cleaned, a burning smell is inevitable.
• At high temperatures in the oven, even outside, it heats up noticeably.
• Pyrolysis treatment is energy intensive.
• The wiring must be rated for high power.

To process a self-cleaning kitchen unit, select a special mode on the oven control panel. The oven door is locked so that it cannot be opened and burned. Some ovens allow you to select the processing temperature. You may not immediately start firing at 500 degrees, but, for example, try to do it at just 300, if the dirt is not old. This focus will save a little on electricity.

When it comes to catalytic cleaning of the oven, it means the use of a special self-cleaning coating on its walls. It's kind of like a Teflon layer on the crockery. The undoubted advantage of the catalytic system is the ease of removal of contaminants. No exposure to very high temperatures and household chemicals is required - just wipe the inside of the stove with a clean cloth while cooking.

Catalytic cleaning also has its drawbacks. The inner panels of the oven have a limited service life and require replacement, although the catalytic cleaning cabinets themselves are not cheap. At the same time, a special grease-repelling compound does not completely cover the oven. So some elements of the inner space of the stove will still have to be washed by hand.

A rag, sponge and various household chemicals will help to clean the oven no worse than newfangled products. This approach is characterized by energy savings. On the other hand, your own temporary labor costs are also worth something, as are the various cleaning agents used in the kitchen. In addition, mechanical stress on the inner surface of the oven can damage it.

Often, before proceeding to thoroughly tidy up the inside of the oven, they use improvised tools available in any home, for example, such as soda, lemon or vinegar.

Previously, you can apply a paste of soda moistened with water to the walls of the oven and leave for a while so that sodium bicarbonate does not have time to dry, after which the surface must be wiped with a soft cloth. A significant part of the fatty deposits will go away.

Soda and vinegar are also mixed for cleaning. As a result of the interaction of one substance with another, carbon dioxide is formed, which contributes to the destruction of dried fat. Experienced housewives recommend treating the oven first with vinegar, and then apply soda on top with a wet sponge. After two hours, the cabinet must be thoroughly rinsed.

If the contamination is fresh, then you can use lemon juice diluted with water in a ratio of 1: 1. The oven is moistened with this composition and left for about an hour. Then, the remains of dirt and acidic cleaner are wiped off with a sponge.

The contents of the oven - baking trays and racks - must also be cleaned by wiping off the dirt with a sponge or placing these in a dishwasher.

The easiest way is to use laundry soap. It is cheap and always at hand. It can be used to clean the oven after every cooking.

However, if the fat is dry, then there is little benefit from this remedy.To carry out the treatment, a soap solution is made, with which the walls are wiped. Then the soap only needs to be washed off.

You can use gel formulations Oven Cleaner, Sanita and others, which work according to the same principle: they are applied to the inner surface of the oven, wait a while according to the instructions and rinse thoroughly. Considering that such products consist of strong acids, you need to work with rubber gloves.

Which method of cleaning the oven is better, each housewife will decide for herself. If the oven is multifunctional and allows you to "burn out" dirt, then the easiest way to use this function is choosing the most suitable time of day for cleaning the chamber when the electricity tariff is lower than usual.

Lazy people and those who do not use the oven much can simply install a unit with grease-repellent surfaces in the kitchen, spending a minimum of time cleaning it.

And if the oven is the most ordinary one, without any intricacies, then a manual cleaning method or a hydrolysis option will be the most suitable. For human health, "hydroprocessing" is much safer than using household chemicals, but to achieve ideal cleanliness in the baking chamber, such means are rarely possible to do without.

Another way to clean the oven is shown in the following video.