The clean starts with disassembly: racks, trays, side panels, the fan guard and the inner door glass come out, because carbonised grease lives in the joins and behind the panels where a wipe-down never reaches.
What happens part by part:
- Racks and trays – soaked and degreased separately while the cavity is worked on, so dwell time does the heavy lifting instead of abrasion
- Door glass – the inner pane comes out where the model allows; layered brown film is lifted with a dwell-time degreaser and a blade at the correct angle, not wire wool that scratches
- Cavity and element shrouds – degreased to bare enamel, so the thermostat reads true again
- Rubber seals – cleaned around, never soaked, because a perished seal leaks heat and smell
- Hobs and extractors – burners, frames and filters degreased when added to the visit
Everything is reassembled, run briefly to confirm even heating, and wiped to a finish that shows the metal, not a coating. Single, double and range cookers follow the same sequence – a range simply has more parts and more dwell time, which the price reflects.