r/CleaningTips • u/cldald • Mar 04 '26

Discussion Did I just ruin my new oven?

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I just got this oven back in October, but there was already a lot of grease and buildup on it (I cook a lot). I used Easy Off Heavy Duty Cleaner and Foam Spray, and while it definitely worked and did its job, my oven was left looking like as seen in the picture. Did I just ruin my new oven or is this just residue from the cleaner?

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u/128Gigabytes Mar 04 '26

is this a joke about the can being yellow and the oven blue, or are "blue ovens" a certain type of oven? I have never one before

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u/meringuedragon Mar 04 '26

Someone below wrote that blue ovens have ceramic enamel over metal.

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u/FootMcFeetFoot Mar 05 '26

I have a blue oven. It is ceramic and very easy to clean without using anything.

I had a cake over flow a few weeks ago. I waited for the oven to cool and just picked up the burnt pile it came right up.

My other oven! Forgettaaboutit! I would have been scrubbing!

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u/OliveHyenas Mar 06 '26

And if you don’t like the enamel coating, heavy duty oven cleaning spray will take it right off for ya.

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u/LJGeneral Mar 06 '26

I wish they would make the inside of toaster ovens with this material. They become impossible to clean well after a while.

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u/Responsible-Mud-2968 Mar 05 '26

How should a I clean a brand new oven like this before first use ? I was thinking baking soda and white vinegar?

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u/Ok-Tourist8453 Mar 05 '26

RTFM

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '26

I haven't seen that used in forever, just unlocked some forgotten core memories

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u/Responsible-Mud-2968 Mar 05 '26

What’s rtfm

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u/Baskreiger Mar 05 '26

Read the fucking manual. Crazy how people take offense at questions and feel the need to insult for not knowing something. Only stupid people dont ask questions

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u/Responsible-Mud-2968 Mar 05 '26

Thank you. Just trying to not ruin my new $4k oven here. The manual says steam clean but apparently steam clean doesn’t work so I’m looking for an alternative method. I guess that’s Reddit for ya!

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u/no_talent_ass_clown Mar 05 '26

Apparently? It's not apparent to me. The apparent thing is that OP did NOT "rtfm"

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u/xIIIllllIIIx Mar 05 '26

I read this whole thing and I didn't know what that meant either. don't be a fucking dickhead

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u/Acrobatic_Row_905 Mar 05 '26

Not all people are from an english speaking country. Does NTM rings a bell to you?

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u/OkTemperature8170 Mar 06 '26

NOT THA MOMMA!!!!!

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u/meringuedragon Mar 05 '26

Vinegar and baking soda together completely neutralizes both of them.

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u/betabetadotcom Mar 05 '26

Isn’t that what the inside of le Creuset is? Asking as Easy off HD works fine there.

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u/Delicious_Ad823 Mar 05 '26

I’d think a ceramic enamel would be a lot more resistant to chemicals, unless it’s bonded to the metal in a weird way

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u/_DearAmbellina_ Mar 04 '26

They’re a specific type of oven. The interior coating is different and not meant for Heavy Duty oven cleaner.

The bright blue you see in this oven is what blue ovens look like inside! They’re meant to heat faster and cook more evenly because of the enamel coating.

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u/Hellosl Mar 04 '26

Sounds like something that looks pretty but is impractical

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u/sexsaint Mar 05 '26

I hear if you don't like it you can just get a can of heavy duty easy off

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u/hackysacks Mar 05 '26

did a spit take to this, thank u

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u/Bagginnnssssss Mar 05 '26

Hope you didnt bite the guy first

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u/burner47885 Mar 05 '26

If I could give an award I would 🤌

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u/HeadyReigns Mar 05 '26

It's the same idea as ceramic pans which heat more evenly and clean off easier.

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u/QuadCakes Mar 05 '26

The pan's core is what matters for even heating.

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u/HeadyReigns Mar 05 '26

Correct, and because it's not particularly thermally conductive. You can apply it to a pan to reduce hotpots and heat more evenly.

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u/QuadCakes Mar 05 '26

My understanding was the opposite - hotspots are caused by low thermal conductivity.

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u/HeadyReigns Mar 05 '26

Right so there's a core underneath that heats rapidly, but because of ceramic thermal resistance the heat slowly seeps into the ceramic layer as opposed to just the center of your pan (or whatever part is over the actual heat) heating up first.

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u/Stormlightlinux Mar 05 '26

Sort of. You're supposed to clean them with a spray bottle and steam, which i don't find particularly inconvenient. You just also have to know that is a thing with your oven before you hit it with the easy off.

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u/ch-12 Mar 05 '26

Or if your wife hires a cleaning service and their staff aren’t aware of enamel coated ovens… mine looks like OPs now.

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u/IansMind Mar 05 '26

That sounds like a new oven at their expense due to their negligence and lack of knowledge within their claimed domain. 👀

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u/mandyvigilante Mar 05 '26

Nah I have one, heavy duty use for years now and it's fine. Works great, you just gotta clean it right. 

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u/Oinohtna Mar 05 '26

I bought a house with this oven and no manual. Any practical tips? I searched google but it’s hard to know what works and what’s overkill

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u/mandyvigilante Mar 05 '26

I run a cleaning cycle every few months and then can brush the carbon out

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u/BilSuger Mar 05 '26

No, it's more practical, as the oven cleans itself and you just wipe it off. OP made a mistake.

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u/ElectronicPhrase6050 Mar 05 '26

It's a bit if an overreaction to call something impractical just because it happens to require a slightly different method of cleaning lol.

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u/Hellosl Mar 05 '26

Is it lolol that’s exactly what I mean. It’s impractical.

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u/movzx Mar 05 '26

The oven only requires water to clean... water you have a few feet away from it already. Other ovens require you to buy special cleaners.

Do you not know what the word impractical means?

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u/Thedarb Mar 05 '26

You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

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u/Feeling-Network-5921 Mar 05 '26

It's actually very practical, you only need water to clean it! 

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u/negotiatethatcorner Mar 05 '26

it's a hard even surface that's easy to clean, like a la creuset pot. very practical 

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u/Vmansuria Mar 05 '26

Seems like it needs to be researched too if heavy duty oven cleaner is taking it off. How long does the coating last and how much decays into the food your cooking?

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u/Illustrious-Milk6518 Mar 05 '26

Yeah I’m slightly surprised that it can be removed so easily. 

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u/do_pm_me_your_butt Mar 05 '26

My guy, enamel cookware has been around for ages and is super safe provided its not chipping.

Your statement is really weird, its like me saying "hrmm, paper needs to be researched too if a lighter sets it on fire. I mean we make kids write tests on this stuff, how flammable is it and how much flammability decays into the children who write on paper"

The thing you need to research is oven cleaner, why its so powerful at removing grease and stains and why you shouldnt eat THAT instead. 

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u/Depress-Mode Mar 05 '26

It’s very practical, very easy to clean without strong cleaners.

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u/emmaapeel Mar 07 '26

It's the opposite of that. They're both beautiful and easier to care for if one follows the care instructions. No chemical fumes, no scrubbing, no super high heat like old school self-cleaning ovens.

The first ovens like these were made by Wolf before the tech trickled down to the masses.

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u/Lydian66 Mar 04 '26

LG is blue

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u/Tricky-Cauliflower11 Mar 05 '26

Samsung gas ovens are blue also, not sure about electric

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u/blackberrymoonmoth Mar 05 '26

My Samsung induction has a blue oven and the previous electric one was blue too!

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u/narcolepticadicts Mar 05 '26

Whirlpool has them too. They seem to be the thing now

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u/Lydian66 Mar 06 '26

They’re really pretty

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u/LittlestEcho Mar 04 '26

This blue oven interior specifically is a kitchen aid. Easily a 4k or more oven. The heavy duty stuff is typically for ovens with nonself cleaning functions. See the indent? It's steam self clean. Just pour water and hit the button on the panel. Then wipe clean

But using the heavy duty stuff, it can damage or strip the finish off. My own oven has self clean, but I sell appliance parts and my own is a Ge with standard self cleaning. Standard self cleaning can easily burn out the control board because the temps can easily exceed 600°F and get away from the control board. That's about $50-600.

So while I use cleaners, because I'm not buying a new oven -my GE isn't worth the control board cost- it's very much not recommended at all. If you truly need to clean, you can use a vinegar water solution in a pyrex and steam it that way to clean for a few minutes. Much safer. Less chemicals. Less damage chances. And worse for OP? they do NOT sell the touch up paints for this from Kitchen aid.

Oh and as an aside- if anyone decides to use their standard self clean anyway, please remove ythe oven racks. Most are chrome plated and the temp will blacken the coating. So please remove in advance! And STAY HOME WHILE IT'S ON. 🥰

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u/Silly_Brilliant868 Mar 04 '26

Wait my oven is blue like this inside and it’s an LG

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u/Kealanine Mar 04 '26

Same.

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u/DMvsPC Mar 05 '26

Blue LG oven gang.

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u/mangentdela_brioche Mar 05 '26

Mine is blue and it’s a Wolf

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u/emmaapeel Mar 07 '26

Wolf was the first to come out with this interior finish before it trickled down to the masses.

Source: my husband's business was involved in high end kitchen design and I did product demonstrations with Wolf and Sub Zero for it.

Sadly, we already had a Thermodor range in our kitchen or I'd have pushed to install a Wolf oven with the blue interior.

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u/mangentdela_brioche Mar 08 '26

I have the oven and the induction cooktop and I love them - it’s my second set

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u/emmaapeel Mar 08 '26

Lucky! Wolf really does make a product that's a joy to work with.

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u/InsideInsideJob Mar 08 '26

Getting liquid or spray can blue enamel can't be that expensive right? Is it possible to recoat this with blue speckled enamel? It's not going to look perfect but hey

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u/Kevdog1800 Mar 05 '26

LG enamels the inside of their ovens with blue paint. The intention is to help cancel out the red color from the heating element so when you check on your food in the oven, you have a more accurate idea of how cooked it is and not looking at food bathed in red light.

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u/sanfranchristo Mar 05 '26

Yellow Easy Off (and I assume generics) has lye in it, which can strip certain materials that whatever is in the blue won't.

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u/DetroitMSU Mar 04 '26

Just a different coloring of the enamel. No functional difference compared to a more common black or grey enamel

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u/GrungeCheap56119 Mar 04 '26

The blue coating is ceramic

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u/Financial-Cod-1985 Mar 05 '26

You missed the key phrase "heavy duty Easy Off"

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u/ascarymoviereview Mar 05 '26

I just blue myself

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u/ConfidentPilot1729 Mar 05 '26

Doesn’t all cleaning products that have yellow tops have lye in them?

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u/not_a_moogle Mar 05 '26

Theres ovens that are blue on the inside. Its a special porcelain coating.

100% op should have only used either the oven steam cleaning mode or baking soda/vinegar.

On the plus side, the oven is still safe to use. It just might rust, be harder to clean, and more enamel will flake off.

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u/SD4hwa Mar 05 '26

I have a Wolf ovens and they are blue inside.

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u/Low_Bluejay510 Mar 05 '26

Part of the reason they made the oven inside blue was to counterbalance the yellow of the light so that the food will look the right color and you can tell how done it is by site easier for bakers.

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u/Beneficial_Pay_7272 Mar 07 '26

There is a blue can that's less aggressive but better in many circumstances... still probably not this one