It Worked!

My gas stove was disgusting, with baked on grease from all the times I baked bacon in it. Let that be a lesson.

And now that I am preparing to move, I knew I had to address the mess. 

First I ran the self cleaning cycle and that worked OK. I still had to chisel off the window grease, which took major effort, but that is why I saved a small metal pancake turner to use as a scraper. I knew I had one of those razor blades in a holder...somewhere...and I found it AFTER the window was cleaned. arrghh.

The oven had a sensor that would prevent self cleaning if I left the oven racks in place, so I dutifly removed them. That's when I saw the undersides which is where the baked on grease really lived.  O dear.

I googled for help. Someone suggested soaking the racks in hot water with Dawn. Obviously. I do have a deep laundry sink, and the racks fit in half way, so at the least one half would be soaking. Then I happened upon a Pinterest site which said to use the bathtub (Duh!) and hot water again but this time with dishwasher pods, and leave them overnight. OK! It also suggested putting down a towel to prevent scratching the tub, which I thought couldn't hurt. 

O I should mention that I did all this at 1:30 am, when I woke up and couldn't get back to sleep. 

This morning the water in the tub had 'self drained' and I refilled it for another 3 hours of soaking, this time adding Dawn, which I thought couldn't hurt.

When I finally I got my loins girded to attack the racks, I was surprised how I could just wipe off 80% of the grease with just a dishcloth! The rest required a Brillo pad, but even that was minor. What a relief!