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How to Clean an Asko Cooktop

On an Asko the glass is the easy part. It is the stainless surround around it that records every wrong wipe.

3 min read · Written by Oven Valets, cleaning cooktops across Sydney and greater NSW for 15+ years

Clean the glass with a ceramic scraper and cream cleaner, then do the stainless surround along its brushed grain rather than across it. Asko finishes are premium and unforgiving, so nothing abrasive touches the metal at any point.

Asko hobs are Swedish design under the Gorenje group, sold at the premium end, and the surfaces are the consideration rather than the technology.

The surround, not the glass

Standard glass care handles the cooking surface: cool, wipe loose material away, ceramic scraper at a shallow angle, cream cleaner, buffed dry. Our cooktop cleaning guide covers it.

What is particular to an Asko is the surround. Where the hob is framed, that frame is brushed stainless of the same quality as the Pro Series appliance fronts, and it carries the same rule: work along the grain, never across it, and use nothing abrasive.

Cream cooktop cleaner is correct on the glass and wrong on the stainless. It is a mild abrasive, which is exactly why it works on baked residue, and on a brushed metal frame it dulls the finish. Use a separate cloth and warm soapy water for the frame, and keep the cream cleaner strictly on the glass.

That distinction is the single most useful thing on this page, because the two surfaces are within an inch of each other and one product looks like it should do both.

Induction dominates the range

Most current Asko hobs are induction rather than gas, so this is a glass and metal job rather than a burner job. If yours is gas, the trivets and caps take the usual approach.

Dry it

Brushed stainless holds water spots in the grain rather than on the surface, and most Sydney water leaves them readily. Dry the frame after cleaning rather than letting it air.

The controls, and what they are printed on

Asko induction hobs put their controls on the glass rather than on the stainless, which is fortunate, because the glass tolerates a great deal more than the frame does.

They still lock out when wet. Moisture on the panel triggers phantom touches and the hob protects itself by refusing input, which reads as a fault and is not. Dry the control area deliberately after cleaning rather than letting it air, and give it a few minutes before deciding anything is wrong.

Nothing abrasive crosses the controls either. On models where the markings sit on the surface rather than beneath the glass, a scourer wears them away permanently, and a hob with unreadable controls tends to get replaced rather than repaired.

What actually goes wrong

Cream cleaner used on the stainless frame, which dulls it permanently.

Working across the grain, leaving swirls that cannot be selectively removed.

Water spotting, from letting the frame air dry.

Should you do it yourself?

Do it yourself, with two cloths and two products.

Get someone in if the frame has already dulled, or alongside the Asko oven below and the Asko rangehood above.

Asko cooktop questions

Can I use cream cooktop cleaner on an Asko stainless frame?
No. Cream cleaner is a mild abrasive, which is precisely why it lifts baked residue from glass, and on brushed stainless it dulls the finish permanently. Keep it strictly on the glass and use a separate cloth with warm soapy water on the frame. The two surfaces sit within an inch of each other, which is why this catches people out.
How do I avoid marking an Asko stainless surround?
Work along the brushed grain rather than across it, use nothing abrasive, and dry it afterwards. Brushed stainless holds water spots in the grain rather than on top of it, and most Sydney water leaves them readily, so air drying produces marks that then need another pass to remove.
Are Asko cooktops gas or induction?
Most current models are induction, so cleaning an Asko is generally a glass and stainless job rather than a burner one. Gas models exist and take the usual approach of lifting trivets, caps and crowns and soaking the enamelled parts, but they are the less common case in the Australian range.

How Oven Valets cleans a Asko cooktop

  • Our products are non-caustic and biodegradable, so coatings, trim and seals are not at risk and the appliance is safe to use as soon as we leave.
  • Removable parts come out and are cleaned separately rather than wiped in place, and every piece goes back where it belongs.
  • We tell you what we find, including when a part is past saving, rather than cleaning around it.
  • Fully insured, with fixed GST-inclusive pricing and no call-out fee.

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