Whether it’s made of glass or gas, cleaning the stove can be tricky. Left alone, burnt-on food and grease can accumulate and be hard to remove. But, treated well, there is no better centrepiece for a kitchen. For a sparkling clean stove, follow the tips below!
Ceramic glass stove tops can look beautiful if kept clean and shiny, but they are very delicate. Make sure you only use products designed especially for ceramics, such as Cif Cream Cleaner. Other products can easily scratch and damage the surface.
How to Clean a Gas Stove Top
Perhaps more than any other type of stove, cleaning gas stoves is a matter of necessity. Food can easily lurk below the pots, getting increasingly burnt and even becoming a fire hazard.
Remove various parts of the stove top. Both the burner grates and the rings of the burners themselves should come off. Soak these in warm, soapy water while you get on with the rest.
Now that the burner rings have been removed, the burners themselves will be exposed. Take care not to clog these with water. You can avoid running this risk by using a simple kitchen cleaning spray – apply it, wait for a few minutes, and then wipe away with a damp cloth or sponge.
The nooks and crannies around the burners can be very hard to clean with a sponge. A good tip is to use an old toothbrush to get into small crevices.
Cleaning a Gas Stove Top: Final Touches
Retrieve the grates and rings – wipe with a dish cloth or sponge, rinse, and leave to dry.
Finish tricky or stubborn stains with a small bristled brush. Dry with a cloth.
Reassemble and use as normal.
How to Clean a Glass Stove Top
Fortunately, vitroceramic stove tops are much more simple to clean. Unlike gas stove tops, there’s no messing around lifting parts or tricky gas nozzles to get at trapped food. Instead there’s just a simple, flat plane.
Work gently at it using a little vitroceramic cleaner (e.g. Cif Cream) and a clean, damp cloth. However, be careful not to scrub too hard.
If there’s an especially stubborn stain, leave a hot, damp cloth over it for a few minutes until it’s easier to lift off.
Don’t use kitchen scrapers – these might scratch the stove surface! Always remember to read the instruction label of any cleaning product you use.
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Cleaning a Glass Stove Top: Extras
If you wish, use a cloth to polish the surface of your new clean stove to a shine.
Protect the quality of your glass stove top by cleaning regularly, so that there’s absolutely no need to risk damage by scrubbing.
Choose the right cleaning agent for your stove stop.
Be gentle on glass tops. You can be a little tougher on gas ones.
Regularly clean stove tops to avoid a build up of grime.