Using and Cleaning Your Oven Liner, Splash Shield and BBQ Liner

An oven floor covered in burnt-on drips, a range cooker lid crusted with fat, a BBQ grill caked from last weekend's cook, these are three different messes, but the fix works the same way in each case. A non-stick barrier sits between the mess and the appliance, so instead of scrubbing enamel or scraping a hotplate, you're wiping down a liner that was designed to take the abuse. Bake-O-Glide makes one for each job: the Extra Thick Oven Liner, the Range Cooker Splash Shield, and the BBQ Liners. Here's how to get the most out of each one, and how to keep them, and the appliance underneath them, properly clean.

How Do You Fit and Use an Oven Liner?

Cut the liner to size with ordinary household scissors and lay it flat across the bottom of the oven. The only rule that matters here is airflow: keep it clear of any air vents, so the oven still breathes the way it's meant to. Once it's in place, it catches every drip, spill and burnt-on splash that would otherwise bake itself onto the enamel below.

If your oven has heating elements built into the floor, keep the liner on the lowest shelf instead, at least 40mm up from the base, rather than laying it directly on top.

Cleaning and Looking After It

Burnt-on spills lift off in warm soapy water, and the liner is dishwasher safe if you'd rather it went in with the rest of the washing up. It's rated to 260°C and built to be reused hundreds of times over, so this isn't a once-a-year replacement item. One thing worth remembering: if your oven has a self-cleaning cycle, take the liner out before you run it. That heat is well beyond what any liner is designed to sit through.

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How Do You Use a Range Cooker Splash Shield?

The splash shield fits inside the lid of a range cooker, where fat and cooking residue would otherwise settle and bake on every time the lid comes down. It's rated to 260°C and works across gas, electric and solid fuel ranges, so the fuel type your cooker runs on doesn't rule it out.

Cleaning and Storage

It's dishwasher safe, and built to handle being reused thousands of times rather than just a handful. When it's not fitted, store it rolled up or laid flat, whichever suits your kitchen better.

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How Do You Use and Clean a BBQ Liner?

The BBQ liner is built for the cooler side of the grill, not the side sitting directly over the coals or burners. Set the grill up in two zones, direct heat on one side for searing and char, and the liner on the cooler side to cook food through afterwards. Keeping it off the direct flame isn't just a safety note, it's how the liner is meant to be used. Cut the liner to size before use rather than covering the whole grill.

Because it's non-stick, food lifts straight off rather than sticking to the grill bars, so cleanup afterwards is just the liner rather than the grill itself. It also catches oils and juices as they render out. That does two things: it stops fat dripping onto the coals and causing flare-ups, and it keeps those juices with the meat instead of losing them to the fire, so food cooked on the cooler side tends to come out noticeably more tender.

Cleaning and Storage

Give the grill a clean before first use to remove old grease, then wash the liner itself in warm soapy water or the dishwasher after each cook. Avoid metal utensils, scourers or scouring powder on the surface, as these will wear through the coating faster than normal use would. Store it rolled up or flat, never folded or creased, since a crease weakens the coating exactly along that line.

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What If the Mess Is Already Baked On?

A liner protects the appliance going forward, but it won't undo grease that built up before you started using one. For that, an oven and BBQ cleaner designed to cut through baked-on residue does the rest of the job, on the appliance itself rather than the liner. Our oven, grill and BBQ cleaning range is worth pairing with whichever liner you've picked, so the appliance gets a proper reset and the liner keeps it that way from here on.

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