P-7 Cleaning...How long?

[sarahperdue]

Hi All,

I'm ready to fire up my new old P-7 double oven (only the top one self cleans) for a cleaning. How long should I clean it?

Thanks,
Sarah

 

[kenmore71]

The standard cleaning time for most ovens is 3 hours. I would give that try and see how it looks.

 

[spankomatic]

Depends on how dirty it is. If it is really bad 6 hours was the max on our Thermador oven. Remember to wipe out crumbs first.  Wipe out ash at the end of cycle when oven is cold. 

 

[whirlcool]

We always set our previous P7 for about 2 hours. They do such a great job cleaning. All you will have left is some lightweight ash. The time you choose depends on how dirty the oven is.

 

[dustin92]

I usually run our oven (whirlpool) for about an hour after the "oven heating" light goes out. then just wipe it with a wet cloth.

 

[neptunebob]

If you have not self cleaned in awhile, do it on a nice or even a chilly day, you will want to open the windows because of the smoke.

 

[frigilux]

RE photo above: Boy Howdy! I've never let an oven get anywhere near that soiled before cleaning it. Someone's going to have a smoky kitchen.

 

[whirlcool]

Actually the P7 that we had vented the smoke out of the roof vent attached to the unit. We had the double TOL wall model. So the room never got smokey while cleaning. At some point during cleaning you'd hear a fan inside the P7 turn on and run until about 15 minutes after the cleaning cycle shut down.

That was one feature I really liked about the P7, you could adjust cleaning time to what you wanted and not some factory preset. The only thing we didn't like about it was the color, Avocado. But it was probably the best oven we ever had. From 1969.

 

[maytagbear]

My 2011 Self Cleaning Natural Gas

Whirlpool range's oven has a cleaning default time of three hours, but can be varied from 2 1/2 to 4 1/2 hours. I've never used less than the three hour default time, and most often use the 4 1/2 hour time, not because I let this oven get *that* cruddy, but because I can. After not having a self cleaning oven for 9 years, I've been having fun cleaning this one. (Anyone anywhere else would think I'm quite insane......)

Lawrence/Maytagbear

 

[sarahperdue]

Thanks!

I'm setting it now. I'll let you know how it goes.

Sarah

 

[spankomatic]

Is it done yet? Tic tic tic...

 

[bajaespuma]

Debby Downer here

If the oven racks are still shiny DON'T LEAVE THEM IN THE OVEN DURING THE SELF CLEAN CYCLE!!! It ruins them. One manufacturer finally figured this out and offered porcelain enameled racks but I don't know how durable they were.

 

Also, one of the big disappointments we had with self-cleaning ovens is that all the grime on the periphery of the oven, which is almost invisible before, becomes very visible and harder to clean after the heat of the cleaning cycle. You might want to remove as much of it as you can. IHMO, after 20 years, I don't think self-cleaning ovens save you that much work. It would be GREAT if you could use pyrolitic cleaning to remove all the crap that attaches to the racks, but you end up ruining the chrome finish and the racks lose their ability to slide.

 

I think Frigidaire hit on the best system in the early Sixties when they offered modularized ovens where the bake and broil elements were completely removable and you could slide the oven cavity out where you had the option to clean it outdoors.