There’s burnt sugar inside your oven!!! Don’t worry, read these simple steps.

Burnt sugar is a nightmare to clean – it’s famous for being impossible to remove from any kind of surface. That includes the inside of an oven. There are, however, ways to clean it – it’s not impossible.

You will need some ammonia, a glass dish, some eye protection, a plastic ice windshield scraper, a heavy-duty scouring pad, a pair of rubber gloves, some paper towels, and some Easy-Off Oven Cleaner.

1. Turn the oven off and make sure it’s completely cool before you start cleaning.
2. Before you do anything, put on the rubber gloves and the eye protection. Pour some ammonia in the glass dish until it’s full to the middle and then put it on the oven rack. Be careful not to spill it. Close the door and take off the gloves and eye protection.
3. Leave the ammonia dish in there overnight. Don’t use the oven during this time. The ammonia fumes are sure to loosen the sugar, and also all other stains and dirt that there is in the oven.
4. Before you continue, put on the gloves and the eye protection again.
5. Open the oven door, take out the dish and dispose of the ammonia in the appropriate way. Keep on your protection gear until all of the ammonia is gone.
6. Without removing the gloves, try to scrape away as much of the sugar and anything else in the oven as you can, using the plastic ice scraper. It won’t damage the oven, as it is plastic. If you need more room to work, remove the metal grates.
7. Use paper towels to wipe away all of the dirt that you’ve loosened in the previous step. Continue scraping, and wipe again from time to time.
8. When you’ve removed as much as you can, start removing gunk with the scouring pad. Wipe again periodically with the paper towels.
9. When you can no longer do anything about the messes, that is, you’ve scraped away as much as possible, spray the insides of the oven with the oven cleaner.
10. Read the label to know how long you have to let the oven cleaner set.
11. Still having the rubber gloves on, wipe away the oven cleaner with paper towels.
12. Rinse the oven with a cloth dampened in clean water.
13. When you’re done with all, the oven should look new and sparkling.

Be careful when dealing with ammonia, as its fumes are very strong. Don’t breathe in when your head is directly above it, and open some windows. Don’t let it come in direct contact with any part of the body.

If you’re worried that your children or anyone else will try to open or use the oven while the ammonia is inside, tape it shut and put on a sign.