Lakeland Oven Mate

Oven Mate A job I absolutely hate but which obviously has to be done is cleaning the oven. I have over the years tried all kinds of products with a greater or lesser level of success and have started using this one. An oven, grill pan and barbecue cleaner, this promises to remove the most stubborn baked on grease oil and fat from most cooking surfaces. It promises me that I won't have to scrub and will not leave any of those awful oven cleaning smells. PRODUCT AND PACKAGING The product comes in a 500ml blue bottle with a red child safety top. All of the warnings instructions and information are clearly shown on the plastic ...  Read the complete review

In an effort not to write review after review in exactly the same boring format, I decided to make this a live test. In other words, I'll be writing about my experience of this product as I use it! So if you're interested, check back in the course of the day to see how things are progressing. I should point out that my star rating is provisional, and may change. **The problem** I love messing about in the kitchen, and I cook a proper homemade meal from scratch most days. The result is that my oven often resembles a pigstye that has undergone some kind of arson attack. By January, after weeks of fatty Christmas cooking, it reaches a crisis point ...  Read the complete review

This is the sort of mate to have around the house. Tough but friendly, providing great cleaning power without the need for high pressure hoses and head-to-toe protective clothing. It works a treat. For £7.95 you get a box containing a 500ml plastic bottle, a nylon brush and a pair of thin plastic gloves. Shake the bottle, pull on the gloves, and use the brush to apply the contents of the bottle to the accumulated gunge in your oven. The stuff that comes out of the bottle is clear and gel-like in consistency. The instructions say to apply it "to the same thickness as the material to be removed" which I've always found a bit of a puzzle. I am far ...  Read the complete review