Self-cleaning ovens
Cleaning an oven caked with baked-on grease-splashes is no-one's idea of fun. But modern technology has come to our aid to help minimise this chore.
Some ovens have removable 'stay-clean' liners on the walls, which can be taken out and wiped clean in the sink.
'Catalytic stay-clean' liners are treated with a product that absorbs grease and burns off the dirt at high temperatures.
The more expensive 'pyrolitic self-cleaning' ovens have a facility in which, when the oven is heated up to 500ºC (932ºF) for a couple of hours, the grease turns to ash and falls to the base of the oven, from where it can simply be swept away.
Other cleaning systems include grease filters that can be removed and cleaned in a dishwasher, and 'hydro-cleaning' systems, which make steam from water and detergent to loosen the grease.
