To have not cleaned my oven once in 6 months.

[Brooksey5]

And don’t I bloody regret it. Currently trying to make the inner glass clear again whist I wait for the cleaning stuff to work on the inside.

Haven’t cleaned the oven once since we moved in May. How often do you normally clean your oven?

Always seems like such a big job.

I’ve had various different ovens in different houses over the years and I’ve never cleaned any of them. I’ve owned my most recent oven for over 3 years (new when I bought the house) and I’ve never cleaned that either. I’ve got better things to do and if I was bothered (which I’m not!) I’d get someone in to clean it.

Doesn’t it smell?

Never. Not in 15 years. . But I've just realised my new kitchen has planned glass door ovens. Currently have a range cooker. Civilised. Will be changing that pronto

@Heartburn888 It must

I’m quite shocked by this thread and how many people never clean their ovens. I do mine about every three months. I use ovenbright on the insides, on shelves, which go in the special bag provided and then use my steamer to ensure all the chemicals have been removed. I don’t consider myself to be obsessive about cleaning but I do enjoy having a clean house which includes the oven. But I also do not judge people who don’t clean theirs and never actually notice other people’s ovens or standard of cleanliness.

If you’re not meant to use oven pride on the glass, what equivalent product can we use which is just as good?

I think I’ve done the oven about twice and DH has done it twice in 20 years. It’s fine as we use it a lot but don’t spill things in it generally.

I do wash the grill pan reasonably frequently though as that does used a lot and get quite dirty.

Once in 12 years, no guilt!

I think if you take (few seconds) time to wipe the glass door with a hot, soapy cloth each time after using the oven then you don't need anything 'special' to clean it with?

My son and his partner have just moved into an amazing 4 bed house which looks like something out of just living magazine - the previous owners had spent 10's of thousands renovating it - no expense spared in fixtures and fittings.

I spent SIX BLOODY hours cleaning the beautiful cream aga that had only been in for just over a year - the ovens were encrusted with black, oily grease and that was with taking out all the trays and putting in ovenpride bags overnite, rubbing on the oven floors. Why spend so much money and not take basic care of something that cost you thousands?

That isn't a stealth brag before anyone starts I live in a 2 up 2 down rented cottage - albeit one with a clean oven

I think mine would fall apart if I actually cleaned it now lol..

We had ours about 5 years before I got someone in to do it.

@Pardonwhat

It’s not the bacteria, it’s the grease & food particles building up.

It’s not even difficult to clean them.

Fluffy I could say the same about you, how minging a cook do you have to be that your oven is covered in food? My oven isn't particularly manky despite not being cleaned. It heats up to a high enough temp that any residue is basically carbon. It's not like not cleaning the loo!

Never, it’s a self cleaner, but I do occasionally wipe up spillages before the self cleaner thing happens. Doors get a clean a few times a year.
Anyhow, from a food hygiene perspective, food poisoning bugs can’t survive the working oven temperatures anyway, so cleaning is purely cosmetic.

Didn't even know you were supposed to. Isn't it an annual thing?

Is this a MN wash your towel every day thing?

No way I am wasting my life cleaning the oven. [Slattern here.]
We pay 2 lovely chaps £50 every year to come and clean it. No problem, takes them about half an hour to do what I'd probably spend all day doing. Oven looks brand new when they've finished. Total no brainer.

Once a year and pay someone to do it.

🙄 that doesn’t make sense @Ribbityrib, it’s a fan oven and the fan blows any grease around.

Things get dirty, you clean them.

We rented once, the range oven was disgusting and you could smell burnt fat when you walked in.

I don't clean mine, DH puts the racks and and side supports in the dish washer now and again. But once a year I have the lovely Jonathon from Ovenu who cleans it for me. Woth evey penny. There are some jobs I refuse to do, cleaning the car and the oven are two of them.

the fan blows any grease around.

Grease, by its very nature, sticks to surfaces. No fan can make it airborne.

Never understand why people pay £50!

We pay more than double that (we have a big range) and it's worth every penny. We had 2 people here for 3h both cleaning (1 in the van doing the removable sections, one inside the house doing the rest). For 6h work it's a bargain. They send us a reminder once a year so I'm guessing that is the most usual timeframe for cleaning your oven.

Ooh, here's a tip. I place wide shallow trays in the bottom to catch stuff and throw them out clean them every few years. Is that less bad? @workhardpartyharder @gingergiraffe

Mine is ten years old and I've never cleaned it. I've cleaned the shelves and use Lakeland oven liners. It's not dirty at all.

I was being not entirely serious, fluffy...

But equally, my oven isn't minging and doesn't stink. If you like the interior of your oven to be sparkly, all power to you, but don't start claiming any moral superiority for your superior hygiene.

I pay a nice bloke £20 who comes and leaves the oven and hob sparkling
Was done maybe 5 months ago and still looks fine