Ugh, cleaning range hood

[spinbaby]

Has anyone found a better way to clean a range hood? I'm chipping away at the gunk this morning using 409 and one of those steamer gadgets.

[HappyMe]

1. Would oven cleaner work?

[Little Star]

2. Goo Gone.....

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Goo-Gone-14-oz-Trigger-Foaming-Kitchen-Grease-Cleaner-and-Remover-1879/203603204#

[spinbaby]

3. Looks promising

Time for a quick trip to the big box store.

[Little Star]

4. Worked for me. Good luck.

[rdharma]

5. Bio-Green Clean works for me.

Really cuts cooking grease.

Bio Green Clean is made with 100% pure ingredients including amino acids, minerals, leafy green vegetables, edible seeds and seed-bearing plants. No harmful chemical crap or smell.

I use it for about everything.

http://biogreenclean.com/default.asp.pg-all_natural_green_cleaner

[cbayer]

6. Can you remove it?

If you want to avoid those horrible caustic chemicals, soaking in boiling water will give you a big head start.

[Warpy]

7. I think Windex works better than 409

because the Windex contains ammonia, a grease buster.

That square of metal filter should wait until hot weather, sprayed down with ammonia and left in a black plastic garbage bag in the sun. It's the only way i know how to clean those without stinking up the house.

At least you have a hood. I don't in my 1946 kitchen.

[spinbaby]

8. No filter.

My hood has a kind of squirrel-cage arrangement that spins the grease out into a metal box that can be put into the dishwasher. At least they told us it can be put into the dishwasher--the finish is coming off the metal box and now it rusts. I wound up waxing it with paste wax to deal with the rust after I ran it through the washer. The hood itself got a going over with something called Krud Kutter, which was recommended by a guy at Lowes. It seemed to work reasonably well without stinking up the joint. The squirrel cage had a lot of fuzz and crud on it, which mostly came off after a spray of Krud Kutter and a going over with the steamer.

We have a brand called Vent-a-Hood (http://www.ventahood.com), which claims to be easy to clean. I like that it's a really powerful vent fan, but easy to clean it's not. I clean it twice a year and it's torture every time. I honestly think it would be easier to just have a filter that I can run through the dishwasher every week than to try to clean that squirrel cage arrangement.

[Lars39]

9. Sounds totally wrong, but I used baby oil

to get that grease gunk off my over the stove microwave vents. Followed up by soapy ammonia water. The baby oil just cut right thru it.

[rsdsharp]

10. I don't have a hood

but what I use on the stove top when stuff gets burnt on is Mr. Clean Magic Erasers. They work very well.