Your oven's self-cleaning feature uses extreme heat to burn off food. Those high temperatures require precautions to protect ...

Self-cleaning features on ovens, which can be confusing and even controversial, were developed in the early 1960s for both gas and electric ovens, though the term “self-cleaning” is actually something ...

Ovens can vary quite a bit from home to home. You can have a gas oven, an electric oven, a convection oven, a double oven—the list goes on and on. Maybe you even have a vintage stove with a number of ...

Strong cleaning products come with limits. Oven cleaner works well in specific situations, but using it carelessly can lead ...

Alina Bradford has been writing how-tos, tech articles and more for almost two decades. She currently writes for CNET's Smart Home Section, MTVNews' tech section and for Live Science's reference ...

Corin Cesaric is a Flex Editor at CNET. She received her bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia. Before joining CNET, she covered crime at People Magazine and ...

Not all Pyrex lids can go in the oven. Discover which lids are safe for baking, how to avoid thermal shock, and alternatives to use if your lid isn't oven-safe.