The BEST Way to Clean Your Oven (The Chinese Way)

Natural oven cleaning without chemicals - baking soda (pH 8–9) beats commercial oven cleaner (pH 13–14) every time. Here is the Chinese grandmother method. Most oven cleaners use sodium hydroxide - pH 13–14, the same alkaline level as drain cleaner - which slowly eats the enamel coating inside your oven with every use. The self-clean button heats to over 900°F and is the single most common cause of a blown thermal fuse, a repair that costs $100 or more. The oven manufacturer does not tell you either of those things. A baking soda paste at pH 8–9, left overnight, works through saponification - breaking fat molecules into glycerol and water-soluble soap molecules that wipe away cleanly. No fumes. No enamel damage. No chemical residue baking into your food next time you cook. What you need: Baking soda White vinegar Water Nothing else. Try it this weekend and come back and tell me in the comments how long that grease had been in there - and whether the paste surprised you. Tell me your city and how old your oven is. I read every one. My name is Mei. I share the old ways of keeping a home - passed from mother to daughter in the Chinese countryside, before there was a product for every surface. New videos every week. 🍵 #NaturalOvenCleaning #ChineseCleaningTips #BakingSodaCleaner #NonToxicCleaning #OvenCleaningHacks Chapters: 0:00 Why Your Oven Never Gets Truly Clean 0:36 Natural Oven Cleaning: The Chinese Grandmother Method 1:00 Why Oven Cleaner (pH 13–14) Is Damaging Your Oven 2:54 The Two Ingredients You Need 3:04 Who Is Mei? 3:35 Step 1: Remove and Soak the Racks 4:50 Step 2: Make the Baking Soda Paste 5:28 Step 3: Apply the Paste Inside the Oven 5:58 Step 4: Leave It Overnight (Saponification Explained) 7:02 Step 5: Wipe Clean and Finish with Vinegar 8:06 Two Warnings: Thermal Fuse Risk and What Never to Mix 9:08 Why Companies Don't Want You to Know This 10:16 Step 6: Monthly Habits to Keep the Oven Clean