How To Clean Miele Steam Oven

Cleaning the Steamer and Combi Steamer

Cleaning the Steam Oven:

Most Steam ovens are easy to clean, basically they only ever get wet so there isn't any baked on grime. Steam ovens that have the bottle need fresh tap water every day, this bottle should be emptied and the inside of the oven cavity wiped dry after every use. The easiest way to cope with this is to put a large fat sponge in the bottom where the water pools as soon as you remove the food and leave the door ajar. While you are eating the cavity fan will continue to run and by the time your finished and ready to clean up most of the oven would have dried off anyway. Remove the racks if necessary, wipe out any remaining water residue and empty the rest of the water from the jug into the washing up water. The beauty about a steam oven is that you now only have the Stainless trays to wash up or put in the dishwasher – no piles of saucepans!

Before going on holidays ensure that the water container is empty and leave the door ajar.
Cleaning the steam oven

Please read your instruction manuals for your specific brand and follow the Manufacturers' advice on how to care and clean your appliance.

Cleaning a Combi Steam Oven:

A Combi Steam oven usually comes with a Soak or Cleaning Program. There is only one brand I know of that has a Pyrolitic cleaning system. I think eventually they will all go in this direction as this is definitely the preferred cleaning method in ovens. So for the rest of us that have a normal Combi Steamer that has to be cleaned you can use the Soak program after you have been roasting and wipe it after with a non abrasive sponge to remove any baked on dirt. Remember to always roast with the cover on the fan if your model has one as this protects the fan from getting fatty. Yes it does work – when I went to a customers home once, I opened the oven and couldn't even see the fan it was so filthy! This is what can happen if you roast a lot without having a pyro or fan cover. The Miele products have a special easy to clean coating that is applied to all exposed surfaces even including the racks so most of the time any grime can be wiped off with warm water and washing up liquid but if the back wall is dirty it can be sprayed with a Non Caustic Oven Spray such as Mr Muscle.

There is also a Drying Program built into the Maintenance section in Auto Programs this is great, I use it all the time. It does take about 30 minutes so to be honest I could have wiped it out in 5 minutes. I tend to use it as my oven is installed under the bench so access is not as easy as in the wall which I mentioned on the Combi Steamer 101 page.

These items are also on that fixed page for easy reference.