Convection oven, will it ever be clean?

[Melissa93]

Hey everyone,

 

I recently moved to a new apartment and didn't realize it had an convection oven. I'd never had one before and didn't think about how it is very difficult to clean. I feel like I've tried everything to clean it, but I still get symptoms whenever I used the convection setting (which is the regular setting). Has anyone dealt with this before and has any advice?

I've cleaned it myself with a anti bacterial spray which was unsuccessful.

Put it on self-cleaning for 2 hours at 500F, cleaned it after with mild detergent and water, still symptoms after using.

 

Should I just use the 'bake' setting, which doesn't use the fan? It doesn't work as well, but I'm really over it by now. You would think that it should be clean by now, I never put anything on the racks either. Ugh.

[Melissa93]

16 minutes ago, Melissa93 said:

Put it on self-cleaning for 2 hours at 500F, cleaned it after with mild detergent and water, still symptoms after using.

 

I meant 500C/850F for 2 hours. Which is supposed to be high enough to break down gluten protein.

[Scott Adams]

I think just using the bake setting makes sense, as you likely could not ever clear the insides of the fan area. You could also cover some things with foil or use casserole type pots with lids. It does seem like any gluten would eventually break down after regular use, and after running the cleaning cycle enough times.

[Melissa93]

On 7/13/2021 at 6:07 PM, Scott Adams said:

I think just using the bake setting makes sense, as you likely could not ever clear the insides of the fan area. You could also cover some things with foil or use casserole type pots with lids. It does seem like any gluten would eventually break down after regular use, and after running the cleaning cycle enough times.

Thanks for the advice Scott. I’ve been using it on bake setting with food wrapped in foil which is going well. I’m just hoping it will go well without the foil as well, as it’s hard to bake every dish or like a pizza that way haha. And I agree, it must eventually break down or sit on my food enough that I wouldn’t get a response anymore. Just knowing when is the question 😅. Will probably run the cleaning cycle again in the winter because in a one bedroom nyc apartment it was absolute hell.