Secret Oven Button

The hardest part is cleaning the glass, which is dirty and steamed up on the inside. Food residue makes it look dirty even after thorough washing the oven. The thing is that most ovens have a secret button that allows you to remove it. Most people don't even know about this option. Instead of pressing a cloth in between the two panes of glass, you can simply remove the inner layer.

Did you know about this button?

Had no idea.

I've heard about it, but never attempted to try it. With my luck, the glass would break.

I've done that for years.

However, SOME oven doors cannot be removed without taking out the hinge bolts.

Had no idea about this button. I would never try removing the door and then the glass. For me, that's an accident waiting to happen.

It's a bad idea to remove the glass on an older unit because the insulation around it probably won't go back easily.

On commercial ovens, the insulation is usually form fitted and held in with screws, and even then, you are just as likely to damage it, which is a bad, and expensive, thing.