Most ovens have a self cleaning feature that takes six hours or so to get done and you have to remove the oven racks to do it. Instead of trying to scrub those oversize racks at your sink, use the ...

Large appliances can be daunting to clean, with multiple parts requiring specific care. Take for example, ovens. While many ovens have helpful self-cleaning features, the oven racks need to be removed ...

Soaking greasy oven racks overnight in hot water with dish soap and dryer sheets is a surprisingly effective cleaning hack that leaves them gleaming. The active ingredients in dryer sheets break down ...

The oven is the workhorse of the kitchen. In my home, it’s responsible for everything from last-minute meals to enormous Christmas dinners for the whole family. I clean it regularly to ensure even ...

My mother never made a fruit pie—cherry, apple, peach—that didn't overflow in the oven, leaving sticky juices dripping from the oven racks. I learned from her mistake, but I still have messy racks ...

Oven shelves can quickly become a nightmare, as food spills and constant heat render them disgustingly grimy. Stubborn baked-on grime means that no amount of scrubbing seems to work, and even leaving ...

Baked-on grease doesn’t have to mean hours of scrubbing. Simple methods and smart habits can clean your oven faster with far ...

Baking, roasting and broiling can all leave the inside of your oven dirty and crusty over time. One spot that seems to get particularly dirty? The racks. Anything from overflowing cake batter to an ...