How to Remove Baked-on Carbon

Baked-on carbon in your oven can cause anything you bake in the oven, as well as your kitchen, to have a slightly burnt and unappetizing smell. These deposits result from grease and other food particles which have all the water inside of them baked out over time. The end result is a hard, crunchy crust of black carbon. Before cooking your next meal, try a simple method to remove baked-on carbon.

Use this simple method to remove baked on carbon in your oven.
  • Turn off the oven if it is currently on. Allow the oven to cool before starting to clean off the carbon.

  • Open the oven door. Remove the oven racks.

  • Scrape out as much of the carbon and other debris inside the oven as you can with the nylon brush.

  • Mix the bicarbonate and water together until it takes on the consistency of a thick paste in a container.

  • Apply the paste to the carbon deposits in the oven with your hands. Allow the mixture to sit on the baked on carbon for at least half an hour.

  • Scrape off the carbon underneath the paste with a wallpaper scraper or mud knife. Rinse off your tool when carbon begins to cling to the end and impede your scraping.

  • Rinse off any residue with fresh water from the sink and a sponge, if desired.

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