Homeowners know all too well the struggle of cleaning certain parts of the house, particularly the kitchen. Since it’s the hub for food preparation, it can get quite messy, especially around where the oven is concerned.
Baking trays are notorious for being stained with burnt-on food and grease, regardless of how much they’re scrubbed under the tap.
It can often feel like no amount of cleaning can make them look like new again. However, a cleaning expert on social media has shared a simple tip that can bring your trays back to their former gleaming state, reports the Express.
The useful advice was posted in a TikTok video by Cleaning With Ida, who has gained over 425k followers due to her handy organisation tips.
She believes in working ‘smarter not harder’ when it comes to household chores, as this approach usually requires less time and effort but still yields great results. Ida suggests an easy method for cleaning your greasy oven trays that doesn’t involve any heavy scrubbing, with most of the work done by the cleaning products themselves overnight.
All you need to do is take your dirty oven trays covered in food remnants and spray them with oven cleaner, available at most supermarkets, including Tesco and Sainsbury’s.
Ensure the entire tray is coated in the product, then cover it with a sheet of cling film. After sealing it fully, let the oven cleaner work its magic for a few hours or even overnight. In the morning, just give it a quick wipe and rinse, and you’ll find the grease slides off with no hard scrubbing necessary.
Ida mentioned: “Clean your baking trays by spraying them with oven cleaner. Cover with cling film and wait for a few hours or even overnight to wipe away grime easily without heavy scrubbing.”
Impressed viewers commented on the video – one eager user exclaimed, “Need to try the tray hack!” while another lauded the tip as ‘so smart’.