I found it very easy to remove the oven elements. More important, there is a silicon oven liner
that has SAVED my butt. It's thin and fits the entire size of the oven bottom. Anything that drips just slides right off.
I know I didn't pay the Amazon price. It was more like $14.99 and I used a 20% off coupon at Bed, Bath & Beyond.
Picture a 10" cake pan overflowinggggggggggggg.
Now picture me gloating as I slid the entire bottom out and watched the burnt cake batter slide down the garbage disposal. (Well, picture me swearing FIRST as I watched all the batter overflow, then doing this) Rinsed it off and slide it back into the oven for the 12" cakes.