Self-cleaning features on ovens, which can be confusing and even controversial, were developed in the early 1960s for both gas and electric ovens, though the term “self-cleaning” is actually something ...

Remember the holidays? Maybe you did lots of baking and roasting, perhaps even a turkey or two. Now raise your hand if you’ve cleaned your oven since then. Or since LAST Thanksgiving, for that matter.

Do you ever find yourself wishing that your house could just...clean itself? Unfortunately, it doesn't quite work that way—but there is at least one thing in your home that actually does: your oven!

Your oven takes a beating all year, from New Year's appetizers to dribbling turkey fat on Thanksgiving and Christmas cookie crumbs. Odds are, it could use some R&R. Did you pick up a weird burning ...

San Angelo suggests cleaning the outside of your oven door when you clean your kitchen . “The front of the oven door tends to get much dirtier than the outside with spills from cooking on the stovetop ...

If you haven't given your oven a much-needed refresh recently, now is it a great time to do so! Deep cleaning your oven using baking soda is fairly easy and only requires six steps, but just a word of ...

When was the last time you cleaned your oven? Have you ever cleaned your oven? You’re not alone if you answered “ummm” and “. . . no.” Carolyn Forte, director of the home appliances and cleaning ...

Know Your Stuff is a new column that unlocks the hidden secrets about the everyday products you own. As homes across the USA prepare for the kitchen marathon that is Thanksgiving, many will look at ...

Ovens tend to get a lot of use during the holidays, and between drips, drops, and turkey basting spills, they can get fairly dirty. And they may not get cleaned very often—in a survey by the American ...

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If you’re staring down a dirty oven, running the self-cleaning cycle might seem like a no-brainer. In the best ranges, there really isn’t anything quite like it, which locks the oven door shut and ...