How do you clean an electric stove?

Question

This is a Whirlpool electric stove. I never had an electric stove before, so how do you clean the coil things? How do you get underneath to get the food out? Thanks!

Answer 1

Yes, the coils pull out and can be wiped off. The metal pans underneath are hard to clean. Use Brillo or get replacements at a parts store. You can even find them in some supermarkets. Clean inside the oven the same way you clean any oven.  

Answer 2

The coils (burners) will lift up and can be pulled out of the socket. Then you may remove the pans (the silver part under the burners) and wash them in warm soapy water. Be careful when washing them cause they can lose their silvery finish and can look like c**p. Also, just use a damp paper towel on the burners themselves to clean off any burnt food. Also, in many cases, the top of the stove will lift up so you can clean under there. Lift up gently on the front lip of the top itself. If it lifts, look on either side for a small bar that you can use to keep the lid of the stove up. It will be attached to the stove---(think of the hood on a car--there is a bar that holds it up---same thing on the stove) However, I had a stove once in which I could not get the top off----but just removing the burners and silver trays allowed me to get a moist paper towel in to clean there. Make sure everything is dry before reinstalling all parts!

Answer 3

The cook top should flip up, just like on a gas stove. You will probably have to remove the heating elements first. You should be able to see where each one plugs in. Pull each element up and out and it will come un plugged. The elements should not be cleaned, because any soap residue left will burn and smell bad.

I am sure oven cleaner will work just fine on it.

Answer 4

The coil things unplug. like a plug in kinda. Just pull them til them come loose. Then you can take the silver tray underneath out and wash it and replace it, can even buy new ones if those are bad. The coil thing just wipe with a damp cloth to clean, don't immerse in water. Then plug it all back in.  

Answer 5

You use a magnet