One of the chemical cleaners I dislike the most is oven cleaner. I use homemade solutions but there always comes a time when I find that I must use the commercial product.

What safe or homemade solutions have you found that works for cleaning the oven?

 

I use the oven cleaner cycle on my oven. It takes a few hours, but when it's done and cool, I just wipe it down with a damp sponge and my oven is clean! A word of warning - if your oven it really dirty, it can get pretty smoky in the kitchen so you'll need good ventilation.

 I'm afraid I've never seen a mess that baking soda and vinegar didn't take care of especailly if you put the baking soda on while it is still fresh.

baking soda and vinegar...I sometimes let the vinegar sit a while.

 And i've used "citrisolve" in the past.  I buy the concentrate and don't dilute it too much for use in the oven. It doesn't smell as bad.

Bumping up, with a question:  I have a temporary tenant who broils food in my toaster oven every day, as close to the heating elements as he can get his food, and never wipes out the inside.  I didn't realize how bad it was (it's been about 6 weeks) until I went to wipe off the door and had to scrub for several minutes to get it clean.  We discussed this a few minutes ago when he came upstairs and found me scrubbing out the toaster oven with a steel wool pad (a plain one, not the kind with soap in them), the only non-chemical item I've found that will touch the grunge inside the toaster oven - and even it's not taking off anything.  I've gotten a lot of it off, but some of it is so baked on that just scrubbing won't touch it - and I'm not sure about using baking soda and vinegar in the toaster oven, for fear it will get inside the works.  Does anyone have any other suggestions?

this is why i have a self cleaning oven lol.

Karen, have you tried spraying the gunk down with very hot water, letting it sit for a minute then scraping with some kind of plastic scraper? I have a little tupperware scraper, but an old credit card would do in a pinch.

I make a paste out of baking soda and water. I use an old wash cloth to slather on the paste inside my oven. Let it sit a few hours and wipe it out with wet rags. My oven is sparkling clean and I don't have to smell any noxious chemical odors that make me feel like I am having a asthma attack.

 Darn it!  Saw the title and was sooooo hoping this would tell me where to find a safe person to come in and clean my oven!

lol..grame!. realized I am home all day and going no where so flipped on the  self clean switch because the oven needs it!  I hate cleaning the oven.

What about spraying with vinegar and water and letting it soak?  I do that with the microwave spray and then turn it on for a minute to heat up and steam stuff off.