Barrie
So you ask, "How did cat food get into your oven"? The short story is that a mouse decided to take up residence in the insulation in the bottom of my oven. (Goes to show how much cooking I do) Naturally he needed to eat and apparantly liked the brand of cat food we were buying. Now I understand why the cat was starving each morning. I fired up the oven on 2 separate occasions, once to cook and once to run the self-cleaning cycle only to have my house fill up with smoke -- I even got a short flame in the oven, yikes! We were puzzled bec. there was no evidence in the main compartment of the oven indicating a source of the smoke or flame. It wasnt until my husband took apart the bottom of the oven that we found our fury friends provisioned, bachelor (or bachelorette) pad. Let me tell you, refried catfood is one nasty smell. I was thinking of using baking powder and vinegar to scrub the inside of the oven but wanted to check with all of you first. Thanks for your suggestion
Ayanna
A great way to clean your oven with no smell and little money is to mix baking soda and water to form a paste. At night I put on a pair of disposable latex gloves and smear it all over the inside of my oven. Then throw away the gloves and go to bed. (leave the oven door open) The next morning when it is dry, simply use a wet sponge to remove the dried mixture.
Clarine
It doesnt smell great, but you can coat the enitire inner surface of the oven with non-diluted amonnia, leave it over night, then the next morning everything should wipe right out, leave the oven door open for a few hours to air out, then rinse with clean water, should be good as new.