Photocatalytically-activated self-cleaning oven

"SELF-CLEANING UTENSIL ON AND METHOD TO PRODUCE THE SAME". A tool is made self-cleaning of organic contaminants accumulated on one or more surfaces of the tool, by coating such surfaces of the tool with a photocatalytically activated self-cleaning coating. With the exposure of such coated surfaces to radiation of the appropriate wavelength, for a sufficient period of time, at least a portion of the organic contaminants present in the photocatalytically activated self-cleaning coating are removed. The coated surface is thus cleaned without the need for manual effort or high temperatures. The radiation is generally actinic radiation, and more particularly includes ultraviolet radiation.