# cleaning anova properly **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [June 22, 2018, 7:55pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/cleaning-anova-properly/15244 "2018-06-22T19:55:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jeffthejet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ea666f/32.png) [@Jeffthejet](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/Jeffthejet)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2018, 7:55pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/cleaning-anova-properly/15244/1 "2018-06-22T19:55:37Z")
what is the recommended cleaning procedure for the appliance? ---
**Author:** ![Ember](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.anovaculinary.com/ember/32/729_2.png) [@Ember](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/Ember)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2018, 9:31pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/cleaning-anova-properly/15244/2 "2018-06-22T21:31:11Z")
> **[How do I clean my Anova Precision® Cooker?](https://support.anovaculinary.com/hc/en-us/articles/204567914-How-do-I-clean-my-cooker-)** > > There are several ways to clean your Anova Precision® Cooker, but here are the top four. Cleaning is relatively simple and straightforward so choose whatever is easiest for you or best addresses yo... ---
**Author:** ![cbcon2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@cbcon2](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/cbcon2)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2018, 2:44pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/cleaning-anova-properly/15244/3 "2018-07-01T14:44:34Z")
It appears that the instructional video has confused clockwise and counterclockwise. ---
**Author:** ![Ember](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.anovaculinary.com/ember/32/729_2.png) [@Ember](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/Ember)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2018, 9:29pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/cleaning-anova-properly/15244/4 "2018-07-01T21:29:46Z")
That probably depends on which end of the unit you’re looking from. ---
**Author:** ![michihenning](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.anovaculinary.com/michihenning/32/1655_2.png) [@michihenning](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/michihenning)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2018, 12:38am UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/cleaning-anova-properly/15244/5 "2018-07-02T00:38:58Z")
> [@Ember](#): > > That probably depends on which end of the unit you’re looking from. It does, yes. When I watched the video, I ended up thinking that the directions were switched, too. Normally, the direction is given with respect to the thing I remove, looking at that component from the end I remove it from. That’s why a normal screw opens counter-clockwise. The Anova video has it the other way around. ---
**Author:** ![Ember](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.anovaculinary.com/ember/32/729_2.png) [@Ember](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/Ember)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2018, 3:08am UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/cleaning-anova-properly/15244/6 "2018-07-02T03:08:02Z")
Again, it depends if you are turning the sleeve or the head unit. 😄 Personally, tend to turn them both, one with each hand. I guess that puts me at a standstill. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![michihenning](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.anovaculinary.com/michihenning/32/1655_2.png) [@michihenning](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/michihenning)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2018, 8:56am UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/cleaning-anova-properly/15244/7 "2018-07-02T08:56:24Z")
> [@Ember](#): > > 😄 Personally, tend to turn them both, one with each hand. I guess that puts me at a standstill. 😉 🙂 It really is funny. Looking at the instructions and video here: [https://support.anovaculinary.com/hc/en-us/articles/204010284-How-do-I-disassemble-reassemble-my-cooker-](https://support.anovaculinary.com/hc/en-us/articles/204010284-How-do-I-disassemble-reassemble-my-cooker-) It says (in both instructions and video) to turn the skirt _clockwise_. But anyone who has ever been anywhere near anything mechanical would say that this is counter-clockwise, no matter which way I look at it: - If I look at the unit from the top and turn the head of the unit, holding the skirt stationary, I need to turn the head _counter-clockwise_ to remove it from the sleeve. - If I look at the unit from the bottom (sleeve end), holding the head stationary, I need to turn the sleeve counter-clockwise to remove it from the head. The only way to see this as clockwise is to look _through_ the top or bottom, respectively, at the thing that’s being turned. I suspect the person who did this is dyslexic or, possibly, doesn’t know which direction the hands on a clock turn 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ember](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.anovaculinary.com/ember/32/729_2.png) [@Ember](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/Ember)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2018, 11:55am UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/cleaning-anova-properly/15244/8 "2018-07-02T11:55:50Z")
Must have grown up with digital watches.