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anonymous
March 19 2008, 14:23:20 UTC
I agree that drip pans are horrible. I think you are doing about the best that can be done--using foil and replacing the things when they get really bad.
Sometimes we just have to live with things that aren't perfect, and it doesn't mean that we are a bad housewife. I think drip pans can fall into this category. You might want to keep a spare set of them on hand for when you are entertaining or otherwise need your stove to look especially nice, and then just find a standard of cleanliness that you can live with for every day.
Remember, heat is a sterilizer, so even if they don't look nice, they are not likely to be harboring germs. You can also put them through the dishwasher routinely so you know they are clean. Scrubbing with baking soda can be a help as well. But I think the system of living with cosmetically imperfect drip pans and having a spare set for special occasions is a good system.
Ooooh, this one makes me nuts too! I have been searching for an answer as long as I've been married (10 years) and still haven't found one that makes me happy.
The best results I've gotten so far have been to spray the drip pans with oven cleaner (the no-heat kind), set them in the oven overnight (just to keep them away from the countertops, kids who might touch them, etc), and then rinse them down in the morning. That plus a little elbow grease with an SOS pad usually gets rid of MOST of the cooked on stuff.
I hate that I have to bring out the oven cleaner for this, though! But nothing else has given me very good results...
better than oven cleaner
anonymous
March 22 2008, 17:45:47 UTC
perusing your blog via anna's, and saw your question. I am sensitive to chemicals, so needed a way to clean the oven and stove top easily. Did you know that sprinkling baking soda over the area and than pouring vinegar over it, works better than oven cleaner? All you have to do is let it sit for half an hour or so, and then just wipe it all up. Rarely do you have to scrub. Paula steveandpaularunyan.blogspot.com
Here's what I do... ~Claire
anonymous
March 25 2008, 04:51:33 UTC
So I hate my drip pans, too, but am much less on top of it about keeping them clean. However, when the sight of them forces me into action, here's what I do
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Re: Here's what I do... ~Claireruizbe82March 25 2008, 20:37:33 UTC
Mine are black and they show everything, too!
That is what I usually do, let them soak and then scrub away with the brillo pads, but I guess I just want them to look NEW - but of course they never do. There's aways too much junk on them, or the little dark spots that never seem to go away no matter how much scrubbing I do.
I have a feeling the people who used to live in our house never cooked. The drip pans looked too good!
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Sometimes we just have to live with things that aren't perfect, and it doesn't mean that we are a bad housewife. I think drip pans can fall into this category. You might want to keep a spare set of them on hand for when you are entertaining or otherwise need your stove to look especially nice, and then just find a standard of cleanliness that you can live with for every day.
Remember, heat is a sterilizer, so even if they don't look nice, they are not likely to be harboring germs. You can also put them through the dishwasher routinely so you know they are clean. Scrubbing with baking soda can be a help as well. But I think the system of living with cosmetically imperfect drip pans and having a spare set for special occasions is a good system.
Ruth
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The best results I've gotten so far have been to spray the drip pans with oven cleaner (the no-heat kind), set them in the oven overnight (just to keep them away from the countertops, kids who might touch them, etc), and then rinse them down in the morning. That plus a little elbow grease with an SOS pad usually gets rid of MOST of the cooked on stuff.
I hate that I have to bring out the oven cleaner for this, though! But nothing else has given me very good results...
Hope that helps,
Tamie
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Thanks again for the tip!
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I am sensitive to chemicals, so needed a way to clean the oven and stove top easily.
Did you know that sprinkling baking soda over the area and than pouring vinegar over it, works better than oven cleaner?
All you have to do is let it sit for half an hour or so, and then just wipe it all up. Rarely do you have to scrub.
Paula
steveandpaularunyan.blogspot.com
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That is what I usually do, let them soak and then scrub away with the brillo pads, but I guess I just want them to look NEW - but of course they never do. There's aways too much junk on them, or the little dark spots that never seem to go away no matter how much scrubbing I do.
I have a feeling the people who used to live in our house never cooked. The drip pans looked too good!
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