When I bought my first replacement Breville Smart Oven I just started using parchment paper under everything in the new one. It solved the problem & a year later & my oven still looks brand new. Side note, my first Breville lasted 6 years with extensive use (probably used it at least three times a day, every day). This thing is a BEAST!!

I appreciate your sharing things that didn't work as well as you'd hoped. It eliminates the things one wonders about.

I appreciate you being honest as to which areas in the oven won't be clean as it can be hard to get into those tight small spaces to reach. It still looks a whole lot better than before. Thanks for sharing.

I cut a non-stick oven liner in the bottom. I used to use the foil in my open but now use this. So much better

Trouble is - at the end it still looks less-then-clean. All those dark/black stains all over the oven's internals. I do love this oven, use it more than once a day on average - but Breville really messed up the design in making it almost impossible to clean - a fatal design flaw I say.

Who is this gorgeous woman. Thank you for making this video. I don't care if all of the oven doesn't get as clean as the rest, but this is a start and a simple one. Some parts I too stay away from. Baking soda and dish soap... priceless.

I clean after each use, as I don’t like seeing my kitchen dirty. But thanks for baking soda and dish soap, will definitely use that going forward.

thank you for this, ill be making use of these tips! i love this oven, ive not used my full-sized one since buying it (okay, literally once. that's all though)

I put my air fry basket and the shelf in my dishwasher often. I have learned to clean the grease catch pan after air frying. I use baking soda, vinegar, and dish soap to get really cooked on grease.

Okay, so that was really informative, and just in time. I was just today looking at my relatively new oven and thought it was due for a cleaning. Looks like I'll follow your procedure to the letter. Good stuff. Thanks for putting the effort in.

I’ve been using foil with the drip tray for years without any issues.

To make things easier just whip it with damp cloth each time after you cooked food and of course after it cooled down. Get few microfibre cloth for it.

The manufacturer doesn't say why you shouldn't use aluminum foil so here is why, lining an oven with foil increases the intensity of heat on oven surfaces that can lead to surface damage like scratching or chipping on the porcelain finish and damage to heating elements.

I scrub the heating elements with a soft Brillo I use simple green or purple power. They are durable and I have not had any issues.

Honestly Easy Off works really good on the wire racks and basket.

After soaking, Add lemon juice to the soap-baking soda mix. The acid activates the soda. Works much better.

Trick- I use this for microwave too-put a small oven safe container with a few drops of dish soap & water in the oven, or a bit of vinegar & water. Turn the oven on maybe 300 degrees & run for maybe 10 minutes til water is boiling. Let sit with door shut for 2 minutes then wipe out entire oven & accessory racks etc. Also racks & accessories are dishwasher safe

I soak my racks and air fryer basket in hot water with a little powder dish detergent (I got mine from Dollar Tree). Saw this hack somewhere and boy! does it work. Don't let them soak too long as it might discolor the racks. I even use this hack to clean my oven racks by putting them in the bathtub!

I use a roasting pan on stove top bring water just over the rack to boil then I put some baking soda to water the grease bubbles off. I also clean my over the stove fan filters the same way

Thank you for showing us this great cleaning idea.. I will try it, I do use the foil on the bottom too and keep my very clean but the inside it very bad. I will try your method. Thanks again

I never used aluminum foil and my tray is uncleanable. I’ve done oven cleaner, vinegar, baking soda, dish soap and scrubbed til it’s raw. It still looks black and greasy. Ugh.

any countertop oven is so hard to clean.... you can get around the elements....I use the foil on the bottom and if I've cooked something greasy/splashy I clean it immediately after the oven has cooled... this way I can pretty much keep it looking halfway decent all the time

Thanks for the demonstration 👍👍👍

Thanks for the cleaning demo! I’m thinking of getting one, but my current air fryer parts are washable in the dishwasher. Can’t believe the Breville parts are not dishwasher safe. Yikes 😬

Good tips, but I would DEFINITELY unplug the oven before diving in!

I wonder if heating up a container of vinegar might help to get all the grease build up, similar to cleaning a microwave.

Man my regular oven has never looked that dirty , here is much better cleaning solution . Don’t wait every few months to clean it so many parts can go in a dishwasher clean them if used once a week .

Thank you. I watched again and see the glass being cleaned. Just before 3.20 in the video you say there is something you do not clean because you don't want to break anything, but I cannot tell what that word is. I think you say you clean the bars, upper and lower, but what is it you avoid please?

Oven cleaner is the best at disolving the grease

Mine is a hand me down and it needs such a deep clean! Nothing is coming off 😭😭 I’ve tried this method too 😭😭

I just clean my equipment after each use.....

I still have problems gettin off the grease buildup after using Dawn power wash. Tried using the baking powder and dish liquid but still had problems. Any suggestions?

Hi - very good video. I like how you showed methods that didn’t work so well (I.e., scotch brite pad on the mesh), so others can just avoid wasting their time with those. I saw you used a toothbrush; I tried a copper scrub pad, but had better luck with a stiff nylon brush. You don’t have Dollar Tree in Canada (maybe Dollarama?) but I found a Quickie brand brush which I used. It dislodged more (but not quite all) of the stuck-in food bits and grease Just curious what ratio of baking soda to dish soap you found worked best? Also you look a LOT like my niece (actually my cousin’s daughter). 😊

Foil can set alight! It's not safe so close to the heating element. If it burns your house will be filled with a very toxic gas!❤

Thanks

I clean mine between uses, but still can get gunky on the sides

Magic eraser works better than anything

I suggest you UNPLUG electric appliances before cleaning to avoid possibility of electrical shock

One of the grill plate says "do not use food that drips while cooking". Is that harmful for the oven? I did that one time

I do mine every time I use it

The stainless steel basket and grill: why mess about, soak in diluted bleach/water for a few min then use non-stick safe scrubber, or a even a stronger sponge - steel can take it. I have a Hysapientia 24L oven and last night I deemed it impossible to clean, and it's irritating to see all these great photos manufacturer shoes having it stuffed with things, oil and splatter must be going everywhere! Then they "wipe the interior"? give me a break. For stubborn stains they say make a paste out of baking soda and water - doesn't work!! What does is a tough scrubber sponge, maybe one suitable for non stick pans, I don't know why they don't recommend to use those? It's a stainless steel interior. The cleaning nightmare is the biggest omission manufacturers make, feels like a scam because honestly it's too hard to clean. Might as well not bother, let the fat stains stick like f. I just use a small frying pan and stick it inside the oven. I guess we'll eventually perfect it, a great air frying oven with dual capabilities, without a cleaning nightmare.

I thought you're not supposed to put foil on the bottom tray. we have a silicone mat there instead.

so mine just broke...this is my third...the cooking elements glass tube breaks on each at about 2 year mark. im probably getting another but need to figure out how to protect those elements from drips etc when cooking especially air frying. these are expensive to replace every 2 years. breville discounted my first 2 replacements. this time not so much. its a known issue.

I can barely hear you over the music. remix please

green side of that sponge will leave lot of swirl mark

If I ever get this I will use it for dry cooking only. Like fries, egg rolls, wontons, bread, cookies etc. it looks nasty when it’s dirty. I would end up throwing it out :(

Mine is cleaned after every use and still SMOKES and sets off alarms.

How am I supposed to clean that fan? Caked on oils

Did you have to buy your air fryer basket separately because mine didn’t come with one?

How do you clean the fan?

How did you clean the glass? This is not shown. What did you use on the bars? You don't seem to have filmed, or you edited out, the most difficult portions of the job.

music is too loud and annoying

Steel wool that's the answer

Why wait 2 months to clean...how about cleaning after use...oh my 😢

I'm confused. You speak about 'soaking' but I saw no evidence of any soaking. Rinsing is not soaking. To soak something you must immerse the thing in water for some time. A plug in the sink works well for that!

Sorry but background music was too loud and annoying.

Turn off the oven before cleaning ❤

Not that easy actually… I am not a big fan of this oven due to its difficulty for cleaning.

Omg what happened ? Let me guess… you were away for 2 months and left hubby in charge of the kitchen? 😂

I'm sorry, but who lets their oven get that dirty? We clean ours at least once a day when using.