I think if he had actually bothered to ask a woman, he would have got quite a different answer. Personally my vote would go towards the type of oven that either self-cleans....or I'd even settle for an easy to clean model.
Obviously mine currently is not! (I'm sure the one I have now is second hand dating back to the time when Mrs Noah was renovating her kitchen on the ark) For starters the elements don't just unplug so you have to try & work around them, without getting the cleaner on them. Anyone who has cleaned an oven can tell you that's an impossible feat in itself. Secondly the inbuilt model we have doesn't have an oven door that you can remove...unless you want to dismantle half of the appliance in the process. The female body (well mine at least) is not designed in such a way that it is easy to reach the inner back wall of the oven with the freaking door open!
I had decided on Thursday that my oven was well overdue for a decent clean so proceeded to pull out all the racks & applied my eco-friendly non toxic stuff as per the directions. Well after wiping it out it seemed that my efforts were wasted, it truly looked no less filthy than when I first started. So Friday I headed for the store with the full intention of buying one of those nasty smelling oven sprays but ended up buying a gel type, which I have to admit has done a pretty good job. But it's now Sunday afternoon and my oven cleaning still isn't quite finished. Have I mentioned that I !@.#.$.%.&. *. HATE this job!!!
At least I'm not planning on cooking dinner tonight.....in fact I don't think I'll ever use the damn thing again lol
I just want to end this rant with these thoughts....... I know that oven design has drastically improved, but even the so called self cleaning models do require cleaning. I can't help thinking that like pregnancy, there would be a cure for oven cleaning if men had to suffer through it.
I've never cleaned an oven in my life and I'm not about to start now lol
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ReplyDeletelol, well you seem to have the same problemo as me, but with my infinate pearls of wisdom I make Tony do it, only because of my arthritis, cause I havnt the strength. We used something called Oven pride we got it at our walmart, it comes with a self sealing bag for you to put the racks in etc, and you pour this stuff in and leave it for a while, Tony used it on the oven too, and i must say it did do a good job. Anyways youve just reminded me that I need to buy some more, as the oven needs a spring clean yet again.
ReplyDeleteDon't tell Tony I reminded you :D
ReplyDeleteI still haven't finished, it's gonna have to wait til Tuesday now lol
I'm with Donna. No cooking=no cleaning. *smiles*
ReplyDeleteI'm so tempted to join your club! lol
ReplyDeleteI agree, a hateful task. Maybe that's why most Korean's don't have ovens. Everything is cooked on the stove top. Let's true of most Asian countries. Smart, eh?
ReplyDeleteI was thinking that if I had stuck to my new years resolution a little better I would have used my wok a lot more! maybe this was the incentive I needed.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't want to be you, Angie. I did a major cleaning of an oven once (my fault - something boiled over - won't happen again). The microwave and Foreman grill are much easier to clean ;o)
ReplyDeleteFor fear of being beat up, I am staying silent lol
ReplyDeletewell, dont look over here. my grandfather worked for whirlpool as a design engineer, but he was responsible for WASHING machines, not ovens.
ReplyDeletei'm lucky. somehow i ended up with the one apartment in the building with a glass top range with a self cleaning oven. its FANTASTIC!
Ive reminded Tony that oven needs cleaning again, so hopefully he will have taken the hint, watch this space, the hint could go on for months lol
ReplyDeleteI'm not thrilled about oven cleaning, either, Angie. There's a brand here in Canada called Easy-Off Oven Cleaner (I use the least stinky sort) that is horrendously messy but it more or less does the job when I need it. I do most of my meat on the BBQ - even in winter - and if there are any dishes that are liquidy or drippy I put a layer of tinfoil on the lower rack to catch any drops which helps a bit.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely not my idea of fun, this oven cleaning chore.
I hate cleaning ovens, absolutely hate it, so by the time I get round to doing it, it really is the job from Hell.
ReplyDeleteHowever much as I hate to agree with that freaking pope on anything at all, I must admit to really, really, really, loving my F&P Automatic Electronic Washing Machine. I cannot imagine how I ever lived without it.
I got a gas stove. It's kinda small - my large cookie sheet just barely fits inside the oven! I hate cleaning it too, can't really use those sprays, may explode myself when the spray makes contact with the pilot light flame. Ya, knowing me... KABOOM! It cooks very well though but I don't recommend roasting marshmallows over the open flame on the burner, because if you're not watching what you're doing the marshmallow may fall off the skewer into the flame and that's heck to clean (don't ask me how I know this).
ReplyDeletelmao I'm actually guilty of doing this myself!
ReplyDeleteWe should set up a support group : The Flaming Marshmallows .... hey wait a minute that sounds like a name for a new rock band... heavy metal or something. ;-)
ReplyDeleteWow...hows that oven thing goin for you Angie???I have been SOOOO out of the loop these days...Hopefully will be able to enjoy your site a little more...Take care! xoxo
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