The Kitchen Oven Is Reliable, But It’s Made Us Lazy. -Jamie Oliver
Let’s be honest for a moment. Stove cleaning is just one of those household chores that we attempt to avoid as for long as possible. Just the thought of this time-consuming domestic punishment will have you adding it to “The List” of things to do when you have free time. Not only is this chore time-consuming, but having several layers of baked-on meals requires you to use elbow grease and patience. Stove cleaning, though tedious, is instrumental to keeping a clean and healthy kitchen. However, there are also a number of dangers involved in the cleaning process.Cleaning Products
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Out of Sight, Out of Mind
Truth is, many of us stove-users aren’t bluntly ignoring the disaster building up in our ovens. It’s a fact that once that oven door closes, we don’t think about it again until its next use. This is convenient as we are pushing in a casserole to serve our family for dinner. It’s not rocket science to imagine what happens to your stove when you continue to cook at high temperatures with leftover cheese from last month’s burnt lasagna. The food or grease that has collected in your cooker will often stick to the hot plating, grills, and metal trays—continuing to burn. You and your family are now dealing with a smoke-filled kitchen. And if the smoke alone isn’t enough of a nuisance, there’s also the lingering smell and soot!
Most phone calls that Fire Departments receive are likely to be kitchen related, as full-blown kitchen fires actually account for more than half of accidental domestic fires, and the majority of those are cooking-related.
Is that Smoke for Dinner?
Firefighters and Fires aren’t the only hazards you have with cooking with a dirty stove. Another consequence is that a stove with sticky buildup will take a crucial toll on the quality of the meals you’re preparing. Imagine an oven that is full of smoldering oil, charred cookie dough, and burnt french fries. Not a pretty sight! Now imagine how all that build-up can ruin the flavor of your signature dish. Instead of the flavors, you love, now there’s a nasty, smoky taste. Not only can this ruin your dinner, but ingesting minute soot particles is not great for your health!A Headache-free Solution
Cleaning your stove regularly is essential to your safety, your health, and the quality of the meals you enjoy. But the process of cleaning your oven can feel so labor-intensive and time-consuming that it keeps getting pushed off for another day. When you’ve got a tough job on your hands, sometimes the best thing to do is to call the professionals. If you’ve been putting up with a dirty oven for way too long—give us a call! We’ve been making ovens sparkle for over 20 years, and our skilled staff will have the toughest ovens cleaned in no time.Click here to schedule your oven cleaning.
Cleaning it Yourself
Still interested in taking a bat at cleaning your stove yourself?
Carpe Diem Cleaning’s owner Wendy Clark recommends this #GreenCleaning method using environmentally friendly ingredients that can be found in your household.
