Cleaning the oven

[martyna]

It's quite a time since I asked my boyfriend to clean the oven and at the time he said he had/knew a super-foam-cleaner (or something like this) and would do it in a whiz, but when I asked him a couple of days ago, he wasn't able to recall neither the promise nor the product.
We've never used the oven much and back at home mum basically kept it tidy and there wasn't such a mess as is here now, especially since we tried out some recipes recently. (And today's has really spilt over. *wince*) I've done some surface cleaning over the time, but what I'm looking is a real cleaning.
How do you do it? Is there any special product you use? (If you're in France and can name the shop, even better!) Or maybe you make a product yourself? Does heating lemon in water (as in microwaves) help at least a bit? Not at all? Help me? *feels helpless*

Comments

[littlebutfierce]

What I've done is pour in tons of baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) on the floor of the oven, then spray on lots of vinegar. Then I leave it to fizz & sit there overnight, & then in the morning I just wipe it all out, which takes out all the crud. Then I spray it w/vinegar again to wipe it clean.

I've never had a huuuuuuuugely messy oven but this seems to work for regular sorts of mess/usage, including burnt bits that have dripped onto the bottom.

[martyna]

I think the name is the same in France and hopefully easily found, because that sounds like a good solution.