Professional Oven Cleaning

Every time you turn on your oven, it gets spattered with fat, grease, spills and food particles. That leaves baked-on deposits on the inside, and messy bits on the hob, control panels and surrounding areas.

Doors, glass, hinges and seals

Cooked on grime can be incredibly stubborn to remove, and the only sure way to clean up is to soak your oven door in a large, deep tray filled with the right cleaning solution. The first step is to remove the oven door, which can be awkward, but we have never come across one we can’t take off. We take care of the glass, door hinges and seals too, so that the whole door assembly is ready to be slotted back onto your oven once it is all completely clean and dry.

Racks and rack guides

The racks in your oven are subject to all the grease and baked-on residues as the rest of your oven. Once again, soaking is the answer, as it is for the rack guides which are removable in many ovens.

Oven trays

You can try and keep oven trays clean by lining them with foil or baking sheets. But whatever steps you take, it’s impossible to give complete protection from the seepage of cooking juices and food scraps, and the high cooking temperatures that leave your oven trays spattered with dark marks. Our cleaning solutions will bring your trays back to the state you’d see in a showroom.

Fan/fan cover

Fan ovens help you to cook evenly, but they also circulate droplets of fat and cooking juices which stick onto all parts of the oven. The fan itself is almost always protected by a cover which can often be removed for thorough cleaning.

Oven cavities

Once everything which can be removed has been taken out of the oven, we get down to the business of cleaning the inside. We apply a powerful, odour-free cleaning agent and let it work away on the grime. We’ll repeat the process if needed, then clean off the residue and wipe down the interior so that it’s gleamingly clean and ready for use.

Whether it’s an eye-level, built-in or floor standing oven, whether it’s electric or gas, whether it’s a single or double oven, or a range cooker… we’ll get into every corner of the cavity and remove every last scrap of cooked-on residue, including on bulb covers, fans and linings. If your oven has features such as rotisserie mountings and spits, we’ll clean up these as well.

Hobs

Hobs bear the brunt of spillages when you cook. The high heat of gas burners and electric plates can make everything that’s spilled into hard, untidy smears and grime. The way we clean will return your hob to pristine condition. We’ll also look after your pan supports and gas burners. While ceramic and glass hobs are easier to keep clean, we’ll make sure yours is whistle-clean too.

Controls and knobs

Your cooker’s panel of knobs and controls can’t escape the spills and general usage that can leave them marked, greasy and in need of a good clean. That’s important from the point of view of hygiene as well as efficient operation.

Warming drawers

If your oven has a warming drawer, it can bear the scars of spillages and the build-up of greasy deposits and can get forgotten when it comes to cleaning. Our super-thorough approach includes making sure your warming draw is spotless and ready for use.

Extractor hoods

Extractors are another essential part of cooking equipment that sometimes gets forgotten. Yet anyone who has got to grips with a cooker hood knows only too well how much grease and unwanted residue can accumulate above your hob and oven. We’ll give your extractor hoods a deep clean, letting them remove odours and particles with full efficiency.

Self-cleaning ovens

A word about self-cleaning ovens. They provide an attractive sounding solution to oven-cleaning but are they as effective as you would like? 

Self-cleaning ovens use either high heat (pyrolytic) cleaning or steam. The pyrolytic approach involves running your oven at maximum heat for a prolonged period to reduce all cooking residues to ash. Ovens of this kind feature very robust construction and materials which are able to stand up to several hours of extreme heating. The downside is that you’re likely to experience plenty of ‘burnt’ odours and consume lots of power. You will also want to wipe out the oven to remove any residue.  

Self-cleaning ovens which use steam to loosen up residues are a lot gentler, but the steam clean approach is unlikely to deal with the most stubborn cleaning challenges. It’s a step in the right direction for a cleaner oven, but steam cleaning is not a comprehensive solution.

At Oven Rescue we are often called in to give self-cleaning ovens a thorough clean. For many clients, a professional clean is a great approach to be used with more regular self-cleaning operations. We use the same approach as for any standard oven, making your cooker as good as new.