Sad thread about oven cleaner

[mysterygirl]

My kitchen could do with redecorating and I've just seen the tops of my cupboards.

Im too scared to look at mine My kitchen needs redecorating as well - a job that was put off from last year and one of the reasons is that Im not sure I really need to know quite how dirty it is in there

 

[Geri]

I put a large piece of tin foil in the bottom. No need to clean it just chuck it away and put some new in.

You shouldn't do that apparently although I can't remember the reason why.

I usually put tin foil on the bottom shelf, to catch drips from the top shelf. It's not just the bottom of the oven that gets dirty though.

 

[kalidarkone]

I am very impressed at how this 'sad' thread has gone.

Yous sad bastards (including me)

 

[WouldBe]

You shouldn't do that apparently although I can't remember the reason why.

I suppose it depends on how your oven is heated. Mine is a fan oven so the heat comes in from the back. If you had a conventional oven with the element in the bottom of the oven then the tin foil could reflect heat back down making the oven cooler than it should be.