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 ...

Ideally, you should clean your oven the same day the spills occur—steam cleaning is most effective with fresh spills.

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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.

CR’s in-house range experts offer their take on what might be your stove's most hotly debated feature Some folks would rather manually scrub away tough messes than activate an oven's self-clean ...

Oven cleaning is one of the messiest, most time-consuming and dreaded household chores there is, but it’s a job that needs to be done. A stained and greasy oven not only looks disgusting, but there ...