When your oven is dirty, using it can create smoke smells, set off your fire alarm, and result in burnt-tasting food. Cleaning it regularly will make cooking a much smoother experience, but many people avoid this task because it's hard to scrub food debris off the oven's floor and walls. To make it easier, here are a few tips for cleaning your oven and its appliance parts.

How to Easily Keep Your Oven Clean

1. Clean Proactively

Ideally, you should clean out the oven whenever you notice any grease or spilled food inside. The more you let this grime build up and bake on, the harder it is to remove later. But, wiping it up as soon as the oven cools takes just a few minutes. By cleaning your oven proactively, you can avoid using harsh oven cleansers and won’t spend hours scrubbing.

2. Use Baking Soda

For the inside of the oven itself and the glass of the oven door, make a thick paste of baking soda with water and apply it liberally to the oven's interior surfaces — including around and under appliance parts like the heating elements. Allow the baking soda to sit overnight. You can also spray the baking soda with vinegar to start a chemical reaction that will help loosen grime. Once the baking soda mixture has had a chance to sit, it should be easy to wipe it and the food debris out of the oven.

3. Soak the Racks

Place your oven racks in a sink or large tub full of enough warm water to cover them. Then add half a cup of dish detergent. Let them sit overnight to loosen the grime, then wipe them down for a sparkling clean.

If you need more than cleaning to get your oven in working order, visit Niceley’s Appliance Repair in Erlanger, KY. Based in Kenton County and serving Northern Kentucky, this one-stop shop offers repair and maintenance services, and appliance parts for your DIY repairs — including parts for kitchen equipment and heating and cooling systems. For questions about their selection of appliance parts, call (859) 342-9900 to speak to a representative. Learn more about their services online.