Cleaning the oven is such a detested chore that some cooks admit to running the cleaning cycle of their range or wall oven only once during its lifetime. For almost as long, appliance makers have been ...

The simplest method involves boiling a pot of water in the oven and steaming the interior for 30 minutes.

Cleaning the inside of the oven may be one of the most dreaded household chores of all time. I know I tend to put it off — because I don’t want to do it, and because I know that I can literally close ...