Getting oven from fleishig to pareve

amother

OP ↓

Sun, Sep 01 2024, 1:20 pm

Tried calling the ou several times and couldn’t get through. If I’ve cooked chicken in my oven, how do I need to clean/kasher so that I can make pareve baked goods?

amother

↑ OP ↓

Sun, Sep 01 2024, 1:34 pm

Debbig wrote:

I was told turn oven to the highest temp leave on for 1 hr. Then it’s pareve.

Thank you

tweety1

Sun, Sep 01 2024, 1:43 pm

Debbig wrote:

I was told turn oven to the highest temp leave on for 1 hr. Then it’s pareve.

I was told the same. But you have to make sure is spotless clean.

amother

↑ OP ↓

Sun, Sep 01 2024, 1:47 pm

tweety1 wrote:

I was told the same. But you have to make sure is spotless clean.

Can you just wipe it out with some dishwashing liquid and water?

#BestBubby ↓

Sun, Sep 01 2024, 2:46 pm

I avoid using chemicals like easy off.

I spray oven with white vinegar and put on 350 for 15 minutes.

I open oven every 5 minutes and spray with water or vinegar to make steam.

Then let oven cool a little.

Then wearing oven mitts I scrub with #2 coarse steel wool the walls and racks.
Then wipe with damp paper towel.

Then turn oven on for another 45 minutes.

amother

Raspberry

Sun, Sep 01 2024, 2:57 pm

#BestBubby wrote:

That is really nice but not halachically mandated.
It needs to be clean and burned out.
OP, ask your LOR.

↑ #BestBubby

Sun, Sep 01 2024, 3:39 pm

tweety1 wrote:

I was told the same. But you have to make sure is spotless clean.

Re " spotless"

I heard that if you sprayed spots and scrubbed but they can't be removed, it is OK.
Just turn on oven for an hour after cleaning as much as can be removed.

nicole81

Sun, Sep 01 2024, 3:43 pm

If you have steam clean on your oven, it's a great way to both clean and burn it out without messing with it the same way self clean does.

amother

Amber

Sun, Sep 01 2024, 4:21 pm

nicole81 wrote:

If you have steam clean on your oven, it's a great way to both clean and burn it out without messing with it the same way self clean does.

Kashrus agencies say that steam clean is not sufficient for kashering.

amother

Puce

Sun, Sep 01 2024, 5:03 pm

If I remember correctly don’t you need to wait 24hrs.
Clean it
Then put on the highest temp

You can always self clean

Molly Weasley ↓

Sun, Sep 01 2024, 8:09 pm

amother Puce wrote:

If I remember correctly don’t you need to wait 24hrs.
Clean it
Then put on the highest temp

You can always self clean

You have to wait

amother

Zinnia

Sun, Sep 01 2024, 8:29 pm

No you don’t need to wait 24 hours if you’re burning out your oven (clean oven- meaning no visible meat pieces, but charred or stains is ok, 550 for 30-40 min) - this is Libbun all and it does not require waiting, at least according to the star k and my rabbi.
Obviously ask your own lor.

amother

↑ OP ↓

Sun, Sep 01 2024, 8:35 pm

amother Zinnia wrote:

Thank you.

Hashem_Yaazor

Sun, Sep 01 2024, 8:40 pm

Some definitely hold libun kal (highest temp, not self clean) needs 24 hours vs libun gamur.

It's really a good idea for people to have a Rav they can ask their shailos to.

↑ Molly Weasley

Sun, Sep 01 2024, 9:22 pm

amother Zinnia wrote:

Nonetheless, many contemporary halachic works recommend waiting 24 hours after cooking meat or dairy before kashering as an added safeguard. Before kashering commences, the oven surface and racks must be thoroughly cleaned (preferably with a caustic oven cleaner) to remove all residual matter. After a 24-hour down time, the oven is set at its highest temperature for one hour and it is then considered kashered

https://oukosher.org/publicati.....rt-I/

amother

↑ OP

Sun, Sep 01 2024, 10:18 pm

Molly Weasley wrote:

I think that’s going from fleishig to milchig, not fleishig to pareve. But I’d need to double check.