Self-cleaning features on ovens, which can be confusing and even controversial, were developed in the early 1960s for both gas and electric ovens, though the term “self-cleaning” is actually something ...

Your oven floor is covered with burnt-on remains of something, and the window is spattered with grease. I’ve been there—we’ve all been there. We use our ovens hard for weeknight dinners and holiday ...

CR’s in-house range experts offer their take on what might be your stove's most hotly debated feature Some folks would rather manually scrub away tough messes than activate an oven's self-clean ...

Credit: René Ramos/Lifehacker/NurPhoto, DaryaDanik/iStock via Getty Images In Lifehacker’s series, “A Guide to Automating Your Entire Home,” we’re highlighting all the ways you can power your home ...

While tough baked-on mixtures of tapioca, cheese, lard and cherry pie filling can often be removed after a self-clean cycle, ...

All of which is well and good for self-cleaning windows and solar panels that are exposed to sunlight all day, but it won't do much for the touchscreen in a car, or a laptop or tablet that's typically ...

The self-clean cycle might be your stove’s most feared and revered feature, depending on whom you ask. The allure? A self-cleaning oven gets the cavity squeaky clean without a drop of chemical cleaner ...