How To Unlock Oven After Self Clean

I was scared of using my self-cleaning oven.

Only I was even more scared of someone seeing the inside of it.

When I created the Kitchen Cleaning Checklist concluding week, I knew it was fourth dimension to take the leap and effigy out how to employ a cocky-cleaning oven.

It was easy. Non magic, but easy. First of all, I would advise that you lot read over your oven'south instruction transmission. I had no idea where mine was, so I didn't. But I did recall my own mother using hers, so I went for information technology.

Aye, information technology's a little scary. Yeah, I warned my kids that the oven was cleaning itself and not to get too close.

Basically, it works like this: The oven gets crazy-hot and burns up all of the dirtiness. My oven, my female parent's oven, and I would hope ALL ovens . . . require that the oven is locked in order for the cleaning feature to exist used. It then stays locked (information technology won't Let you unlock it) until it has cooled down after cleaning. (I learned from you in the comments that I should have removed the racks before cleaning!)

That picture to a higher place was my oven before I cleaned it.

Totally embarrassing.

After three hours on the clean cycle, and most 45 minutes of cooling time, it looked like this:

Yes. Those are ashes.

Hither was the inside of the door prior to cleaning:

And after self-cleaning:

BIG deviation. Merely non quite washed.

Later it was cooled completely (FINE, after a few days . . . ), I used an egg-turner to movement all the ashes together and and then wiped out the oven.

Information technology didn't take much endeavor to wipe it out.

And I do believe it was worth it:

Quite a big difference, don't you call back?

The skillful:

Very picayune effort is required. I just turned on the clean characteristic, locked it and three hours later information technology was done.

Oven Cleaner is known for existence one of the most horrible chemical cleaners out in that location. Using the self-cleaning characteristic meant I didn't have to employ whatever chemicals.

Although I rarely idea nearly the state of my oven unless a guest used information technology . . . I'chiliad amazed at how striking the difference is.

The bad:

That kind of heat is scary. I probably wouldn't want to leave the house while information technology was going. (And again, read your educational activity manual!)

Although there isn't a chemical smell, you can definitely olfactory property the burning off of the what-used-to-exist-food. Might exist difficult for someone with breathing issues.

How practice yous make clean your oven? How ofttimes?

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Daily in December daily checklist update: Information technology'south Tuesday and I was gone ALL mean solar day. I didn't feel like doing ANY of my checklist this evening, only did clean the kitchen, start the dishwasher, swept the kitchen, checked bathrooms for clutter, closed the cabinet door and did a mini-option-upwardly. Mini is in comparison to a 5 infinitesimal one, and then not much.

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