Oh pshaw, on Fri 25 Aug 2006 07:57:49p, Karen AKA Kajikit meant to say...

> On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 10:00:41 -0400, "Nancy Young" >
> wrote:
>
>>Normally I'm not big on things disposable. When I hear of yet
>>another disposable item, I just cringe. Having said that, I've developed
>>a taste for disposable cleaning cloths. For instance, the bathroom
wipes,
>>just to give things a cleaning without spraying stuff all over, it's
>>really handy. Hey, I'd be throwing out a paper towel, anyway, and the
>>spray stuff comes in a container, too. Cleans all types of things.
>>
>>(laugh) Have I justified enough?
>>
>>Anyway, last week I was looking for something else when I came
>>across this product: Weiman Cook Top Quick Wipes Range Cleaner.
>>I'm very happy with them. No spraying stuff on the stove that you then
>>have to remove. Just for a day to day thing, they work quite well.
>>I fried bacon earlier this week to make quiche. With my new range
>>I'm making an effort to keep it reasonably clean. You can see the
>>grease splatters.
>>
>>These things cleaned up the grease presto chango, no problem.
>>From time to time we get questions, how to clean the stove, thought
>>I would pass this on as a good way to avoid the big cleanup, as I'm more
>>inclined to do this often and not get to the big cleanup issue.
>>
>>nancy (did I really say I've developed a taste for cloths? Yikes)
>
> I have to say I've NEVER used any kind of special cleaner on the
> stove... when I wash the dishes I give it a quick wipe over with the
> sudsy dishcloth and that's enough to keep it nice.

But you're referring to a conventional coil-top range, whereas Nancy was
referring to a smoothtop. Entirely different cleaning issues.
Periodically, at least, they do need cleaning with a special cleaner.

> I bought new burner metal thingys last month because the old ones were
> really icky and one of them was rusted half away to nothing (I didn't
> know they could be removed for cleaning because I'd never had an
> electric stove before!) I installed the shiny clean metal trays, and
> then I went straight to the Dollar Tree and bought three packs of hot
> plate covers to keep them that way. I had to get three because our
> stove has one large plate and three small ones, while the burner
> covers come with one large and one small. Total cost of the operation,
> Fourteen dollars - eleven for the burners and three for the covers.

All good measures!

> Now the real mystery of life is how to clean the oven without killing
> myself on caustic fumes?

If you didn't get a self-cleaning oven, you probably don't stand a
snowball's chance in hell of totally avoiding caustic fumes. :-)

Using an oven liner on the bottom of the oven would at least help prevent
extensive cleaning from spillovers.

Using cooking bags for foods that notoriously spatter will help to keep the
oven walls clean.

Otherwise, call a service once a year and let them do it.

--
Wayne Boatwright
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