Your oven's self-cleaning feature uses extreme heat to burn off food. Those high temperatures require precautions to protect you and the appliance.

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 ...

‘I love cleaning my oven!’ said no one, ever. Cleaning the oven requires a serious amount of elbow grease and it’s one of those jobs we're constantly putting off. That was until modern ovens came ...

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 ...

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 ...

Don't put off this cleaning project any longer! Luckily, self-cleaning ovens do most of the work for you. Is last night’s lasagna still lingering in the air after your bubbly, cheesy masterpiece ...

According to the pros, this function poses a serious risk. For most households, cleaning the oven is a despised chore. While cleaning the oven might be like pulling teeth, it’s a necessary evil to ...

Self clean, steam clean, or manual clean? Educate yourself about the benefits and drawbacks of each feature before selecting your new appliance. Katherine Martinko is an expert in sustainable living.