Karen AKA Kajikit said...

> I keep the OUTSIDE of the oven clean, that's easy... and I wipe down
> the stove top every time I wash the dishes... (and since I discovered
> that new burner liners cost less than five dollars each, they're taken
> care of the easy way - I'd rather spend ten dollars a year on new
> burners than scrub the old ones :P) but the inside is a mystery to me,
> and unlike the burners, it can't be replaced. I know they sell
> 'oven-cleaners' of all shapes and sizes, but I'm very sensitive to
> chemicals and we have a small apartment and three cats... is there an
> oven cleaner that is NOT fumey or toxic? how do I get the thing clean,
> especially the bottom? Does the element lift up or come out or do I
> just work around it? My parents oven had a slide-out tray in the
> bottom of the oven that you covered with aluminum foil and it caught
> all the ickies for you, but this one has a flat bottom with nothing to
> remove. Help please...


Karen,

Remove the oven racks. Do the side "rack height guides" lift up and angle
out (inward, etc.) for removal? That'll be your first clue. If so, from
there, the sides usually lift up and out and then the bottom.

My electric oven comes apart completely (with the exception of the ceiling
panel). The electric oven and broil elements just unplug.

Good luck,

Andy