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 ...

Do you ever find yourself wishing that your house could just...clean itself? Unfortunately, it doesn't quite work that way—but there is at least one thing in your home that actually does: your oven!

Your oven takes a beating all year, from New Year's appetizers to dribbling turkey fat on Thanksgiving and Christmas cookie crumbs. Odds are, it could use some R&R. Did you pick up a weird burning ...