Cleaning oven with baking soda and vinegar?

I think it would work very well. Can't hurt to give it a try!

If it has self cleaning, I'd take the rack out and clean that separately. Take the vinegar and soda and make a paste to clean the door and the areas that seal around the door. Then use the self cleaning. It should get the majority of it off. What doesn't come off, then I'd take the soda/vinegar and clean.

OMG!  No self cleaning?  My answer changed.  Get rid of the oven and buy new. 

I use various mixtures of baking soda, vinegar and dish detergent to clean almost everything in my house. 

I routinely use a baking soda and small amount of dish detergent (grease cutting kind like dawn) to make a paste to clean my stove top, sinks and other ceramic surfaces (think soft scrub consistency) and it works like a charm. I can't imagine that it wouldn't work on the inside of my stove also...particularly with the addition of vinegar.

I can't say that I have used it to clean the inside of my stove...but that isn't for any other reason than because I am lazy and it isn't really icky enough for me to think I should clean it. 

My Mom used to line the bottom of the oven with newspaper, then place a bowl with a small amount of ammonia inside the oven over night. You would not believe how much gunk the fumes removes. She would then wipe it down with more newspapers ( recycling before it was popular!), and finally wet paper towels. Amazingly clean oven.

I tried the baking soda/vinegar trick in my old house. BIG MISTAKE. The paste left a powdery residue on the inside of the oven. I eventually had to wipe it down about ten times before it was gone. Don't know why it happened (maybe the ratio was wrong? Maybe because it was a gas stove?) but I don't do it anymore. Now I use my self cleaning option in my new house with a wipe down of vinegar or lemon juice after to get the missed spots/hard spots out.

I read this the other day and bookmarked it.

CLEANING YOUR OVEN - The easiest way EVER!

Begin by preheating the oven to 150 degrees (or your lowest setting available). While the oven is heating, put on a pot of water to boil. Once the oven has reached 150, turn it off and pour 1 cup of ammonia into a heat safe bowl or baking dish and place it on the top rack of the oven. Place the pot of boiling water on the bottom rack, close the oven door, and leave them both in the oven overnight.

The next morning, open the oven and remove both the bowl of ammonia and the pot of water, keep the ammonia – you’ll use it later. Remove the racks and leave the oven door open to air out for 15 minutes. Add 1-2 teaspoons of dishwashing liquid to the ammonia, along with 4 cups of warm water, and using a heavy-duty nylon scrubbing pad dipped in the ammonia mixture, begin to wipe away the softened grease and grime along the sides and bottom of the oven. It should be a fairly easy job at this point. Wear some kitchen gloves, since ammonia can be caustic to skin. Rinse/wipe clean with a damp cloth.

Oven spray cleaner has come a long way, I don't think it is much worse than anything else you will use. No scrubbing etc. Just do whatever it says, heat the oven, spray it on and wipe off when it tells you to. If bad repeat. I have an overhead exhaust fan and if it smells at all I just turn that on while I clean it. Rather the smell of that over ammonia.

I use the ammonia method all the time.  It really does work.  I put it in the oven overnight and leave the oven light on to add a little extra warmth to the oven.  In the morning, just wipe up the gunk with newspaper or paper towels.  If your oven is really bad, you may have to do the ammonia a second time.  I tried the baking soda and vinegar too, but it left so much residue in the oven that it took forever to get it all off.

The ammonia also works great for cleaning grill grates.  Put them inside a plastic garbage bag, pour in a cup or so of ammonia.  I layed them flat on the cement patio keeping the open end of the bag propped up so the ammonia doesn't run out.  In the morning, rinse them with a hose, and they're super clean.

I have used the baking soda/vinegar/Dawn dish washing liquid many times. It works very well. Most of the time I leave it on over night. I was pleasantly surprised how well it works. I also put the racks in a garbage bag with ammonia overnight to get them really clean.

I think I am going to try this one   Thanks!