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Oops, I made a mess! I managed to spill curry down the back of the oven, not only on the shiny surfaces, but also the rear is a gritty rough surface.
It's super stuck and baked on!

What's the best product you've used, online reviews are mixed as always...
 
Ok, I'll give oven mate a go, it does get good reviews.

It's only a small patch, so don't really want to pay for a whole oven clean, as we keep it clean normally.
 
I pay £55 a year once a year and have a lovely bloke come in and clean our double oven.
It takes an hour and it looks like new when done.
Seems damn good value to me.
The off the shelf stuff doesn’t come anywhere near the results but they do have their place.
 
My oven doesn't do pyrolytic cleaning. It does have catalytic cleaning cycle, but I'm sure it says it's only the sides, not the rear.
It did cross my mind the other day, so I'll double check!
 
I would suggest a spray called elbow grease. It’s a yellow colour and usually available in the £1.25 shops :D I have used this for so many things and it’s unreal for the price. Spray it on and leave it for a min, then microfibre cloth.
 
can you post a picture of the inside of your oven. i've run an oven cleaning company (https://www.mayercleaning.co.uk/) for 13 years so feel my advice is going to help a lot :p

oven mate is fine. but there's no doubt a step you'll currently be missing out on.

ChrisD. said:
The cleaning companies use stronger stuff which you can't buy unless registered.
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not true at all, but glad you've bought the myth put out to help convince people to book a professional ;)

there's 2 different stages to oven cleaning. cleaning done inside your house. and cleaning done outside in the van. the van stuff is way way stronger, but still nothing to do about being registered to use the stuff.

internal is still extremely strong, but easily bought with no issue, for instance

Vanquish Heavy Duty Oven Cleaner By Clover 304 5L : Amazon.co.uk: Grocery

Vanquish Heavy Duty Oven Cleaner By Clover 304 5L : Amazon.co.uk: Grocery
www.amazon.co.uk

is about as strong as any product you can get for oven cleaning. no one will have an issue placing an order for this stuff.

if anyone else has any questions regarding oven cleaning, ask away. happy to help.
 
Higher Than Average said:

Vanquish Heavy Duty Oven Cleaner By Clover 304 5L : Amazon.co.uk: Grocery

Vanquish Heavy Duty Oven Cleaner By Clover 304 5L : Amazon.co.uk: Grocery
www.amazon.co.uk
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wow that does look good stuff 20% sodium hydroxide step up from the 15% for patio cleaning.

and it's ok to use it on the non-enamelled oven surface, like the one OP describes we have too - gritty surface but it is not an oven with pyrolitic option ?

I'd be intrigued to try some on the non-stick pans I have with some burned in grease, although I suspect it would take the surface off.
 
Higher Than Average said:
there's 2 different stages to oven cleaning. cleaning done inside your house. and cleaning done outside in the van. the van stuff is way way stronger, but still nothing to do about being registered to use the stuff.
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It was my understanding that the stuff they use in the van is something you can’t easily buy.
 
jpaul said:
and it's ok to use it on the non-enamelled oven surface, like the one OP describes we have too - gritty surface
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To ensure we're on the same page, I assume you mean something like the light grey behind this side rack?


The product can't be used on that nor should anything. They burn the grease when heated above 200c so should for the most part he self cleaning.

The issue most people have when they clean ofens themselves is they just straight up put product in and expect the grease to disappear.

The step being missed is the most important one, which is to first remove the burnt on grease as much as possible use NG a flat blade, like the one linked below.

dirtbusters.co.uk

Heavy Duty Single Edge Razor Blade Holder Scraper

HEAVY DUTY SCRAPER Fixed blade heavy duty blade holder with removable safety cover.The more robust longer lasting alternative to our standard single-edge blade holders.This scraper will not click in like standard blade holders and have a longer handle
dirtbusters.co.uk dirtbusters.co.uk

(this can be bought from amazon but I can't quickly find it listed some reason)

This removes all the big stuff, leaving, for the most part, just a small thin amount of grease that the stronger product can easily then deal with. No matter how strong of a product you use inside the oven, without first scraping the big stuff off with a blade, you'll still be left with big chunks around. The scrapers are so good, you can often get away without having to use any strong chemicals, just a good cream cleaner/degreaser can often get you satisfactory results.

I hope this helps.
 
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