yukk!
Does no one in the world clean their oven anymore? The stove is nice, and God knows rare, but for the price he is wanting the least he could have done is take the trouble to clean the oven.
Even at friends houses, it seems like the oven is always filthy. Not to sound snobbish, but I wasn't raised that way. Mom had a touch of Joan Crawford when it came to cleaning, and wouldn't have tolerated anything that nasty in the house.
I can't even use real oven cleaner due to a childhood incident involving some chemicals. One whiff and I am in for a major attack, and my choice of a trip to the ER or the rest of the day spent sitting down feeling like I am suffocating.
Yet my oven does not look like that. Bon ami and a scrubber, SOS pads for the worst spots, and a healthy lining of foil in the bottom at all times.
What happened to the old ads from easy off, don't put food in a dirty oven, you wouldn't cook in a pan that dirty, etc etc?