Like everything that comes into contact with food, the oven must be impeccably clean. It is important to avoid the proliferation of microbes as well as bad smells and toxic fumes. How to do it? Here are our tips and tricks!
Cleaning an oven, if not done regularly, can be a real chore. Overuse, the fats are deposited on the walls and form a particularly tenacious sticky paste. If the oven does not have a self-cleaning program, to avoid using extremely aggressive products, here are natural, economical and just as effective alternatives.
Self-cleaning ovens
Two technologies coexist catalysis and pyrolysis.
In a catalysis oven, the interior is covered with catalytic plates. They absorb fat and char from 200 ° C. If the oven is very dirty, prior manual cleaning is required. These ovens are cheaper to buy, but the plates must be changed every five years.
In a pyrolysis oven, the dirt is charred at high temperature ( 500 ° C ). It is more efficient, there are no plates to change, but the operation generates odours and the consumption of electricity can be substantial.
When to clean?
After each use, when the oven is still warm. The fat will not have time to freeze. In this case, a sponge moistened with water and a little white vinegar is enough.
If the recipe allows, it may be useful to form a " protective wall " around the baking dish with aluminium foil to avoid strong projections.
It is imperative to clean small dry residues that have fallen to the bottom. Indeed, these crumbs and microparticles, by burning with each use, produce dangerous fumes. Added to the burned fat, it is a real cocktail of toxic substances, such as those found in cigarette smoke, which will settle on food. This also applies to the microwave and toaster ... To get rid of it, do not hesitate to use the small nozzle of the vacuum cleaner!
We take action, major cleaning operation!
My oven is moderately dirty
• Pour 2 glasses of hot water and 2 glasses of white vinegar into a dish. It's not dangerous, but beware, it bites your nose!
• Put in the oven for 45 minutes at 120 ° C (thermostat 4).
• While the oven is still warm, clean with a sponge.
This method is particularly effective for recovering the door glass.
In a microwave, you can directly put the juice of a lemon in a bowl of water and heat for 4 minutes at maximum power. Then wipe with a damp sponge.
My oven is very dirty
• Make a paste with baking soda (6 tablespoons of powder for 2 tablespoons of water).
• Spread with a sponge and leave to act overnight.
• At that point expel with a soggy wipe.
My oven is shamefully dirty
• Make a paste with baking soda (6 tablespoons of powder for 2 tablespoons of water).
• Spread with a sponge and leave to act overnight.
• Before removing the baking paste, spray it with a mixture of half water and half white vinegar.
• As soon as it stops foaming, after a few seconds, clean with a damp sponge.
You can optionally put a drop of black soap on the sponge. In this case, rinse. Better to put on gloves before proceeding. The same method can be used to clean trays and drip pans. For grills, black soap, lukewarm water and an abrasive pad will do wonders. If their size allows, do not hesitate to put the grids in the dishwasher.
Natural products do wonder!
• The soap is composed of oil and ground black olives and macerated in salt and potash. It is an excellent degreaser.
• The white vinegar (acetic acid) is limescale, degreasing agent and bactericide. Unlike industrial cleaning products, it is a food product. Be careful, never mix vinegar and bleach!
• The baking soda softens fat, absorbs and moderately abrasive. It is also a food product.
• The bicarbonate + white vinegar mixture is a natural surfactant. It allows the fat and water to mix, which makes cleaning easier. It also maximizes the degreasing effect of black soap or dish soap.
• An alternative for degreasing and moderately abrasive effect, the mixture of black soap and bicarbonate on a damp sponge.
• Caution, never use an abrasive pad in a catalysis oven. If it is necessary to scrape, do it with a wooden spatula.
There is nothing magical about these methods. It is sometimes necessary to insist on burnt or very oily places, but this is also the case with commercial products not more effective, but much more harmful ...
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