I ordered mine! I knew about the deal before I realized I had the email talking about it. Been wanting to buy the mop for nearly a year and finally caved a few days ago, and had the "Complete Cleaning Bundle" in my cart for a few days and been debating on waiting for a summer sale. This new sale had made me pull the trigger finally. The cost was sadly factor for not pulling the trigger sooner. But I hate that I have a small stock of cheapo microfiber cloths that leave steaks or really doesn't hold that much liquid, etc. Can't wait to fall in love with these items! PS I bought the Mop bundle and 2 large space kits. I can't wait to try the mop out on the base boards, this is one reason why I really want the mop. I live in the desert so everything gets dusty quick. I also wish I bought the mop when it was on sale for $45. (over a year ago or so)
I clean my oven racks in the dishwasher with my dishes. Just place it on the top of the dishes. Then I give it a little scrub if there is still some dirt left. It takes no effort since the dirt is loose from the dishwasher. Works wonders and no extra detergents or tools are needed.
I was pretty stressed in my home because it wasn’t as clean as I wished it was. I didn’t know the right way to clean. I had a week off, watched about 50 of your videos. I’m am a cleaning newb, so it took an entire week, but now my home sparkles and smells like paradise. THANK YOU SO MUCH for providing such wonderful knowledge to people and doing it in a fun and entertaining way! You are AMAZING!
This is a great tip for the oven racks! I'll have to give it a try. And yes, we use our oven to store all our cookies sheets and pizza pans. My kitchen is on the medium/small size and cabinet space is limited, so the oven has to double as storage. 😊
Yes our oven is part storage. My mom's is too and packed. Really like the dishwasher pods. I'm always ready for easy less scrubbing ways to clean. Thank you😊
I found a similar method to the dishwasher tabs many years ago that works brilliantly. Fill up the laundry tub with hot water and add Napisan powder, or a similar product to soak nappies. The active ingredient is an oxygen bleach, sodium percarbonate. Works great to loosen the baked on grease, then after a few hours, just need a light scrub and they come out sparkling.
As usual, when I am planning a major cleaning job, I tune in to your channel to see what you recommend to do the job. I watched your video about how to clean the oven racks and was inspired to do as you suggested for my GE stove. Armed with all of your helpful information and I went downstairs to start the job. Well, to my surprise my oven is equipped with gray porcelain-coated oven racks, not the shiny silver-coloured oven racks, so my racks are left in the oven during the self-clean cycle!!!!! 4 hours later, both the oven and racks were perfectly clean. A wonderful surprise. Moral of the story - read the owner's manual and learn more about your appliances to plan the job! Thanks anyway.
Tried it and it worked! I can't stop looking inside my oven, the racks look almost new! Oh, I used the dishwasher detergent and boiling water and let them soak for about 3 hrs.
There are many cultures where oven cooking isn't all that frequent. There is the occasional Thanksgiving turkey, but otherwise, it sits empty. Meanwhile, for storing something as big as a wok, it works perfectly! So it seems like it boils down to each person's needs and cultural habits.
Haha! Yes to oven storage!👍🏻 My mom never did that when I was growing up, but when I moved out...well I didn't have as much storage. It just sort of evolved and became a standard practice for me. Luckily, I don't use my oven very often, so emptying it out to bake something isn't a frequent chore.
I live in a tiny apartment with a kitchenette. I don't have a full oven, just a toaster oven/air fryer. There is no space for storage anywhere else than in the oven itself. It's not a "weirdo" habit, it's an efficient use of space.
Definitely use my oven for storage. There are items that won’t fit in the cupboards like cookie sheets and other miscellaneous things that are too big to store anywhere else.
I use the bottom drawer on my oven for frying pans I heard it was a warming drawer but I don't use it for that, got that from my mother it's what she used to do
I will have to give the dishwasher tab method a try, my oven is in need of a good cleaning. And yes I use my oven for extra storage (my Grandma and Mom both did it)
Melissa I tried the dawn & used 3/4 cup and the hot water. Soaked all three of my racks overnight in the plastic tub & I couldn’t believe how quickly the gunk came off. I had to use our basement shower for this soaking method. It took longer to empty out the water, taking it outdoors to dispose of it, than it took to clean the racks off. The cooked on mess just wiped off with a scrubby sponge. Thank you for this simple, cost effective, no fumes method of making my oven so shiny clean. 😊
Wow, using your idea, I used 1& 1/2 cups of liquid dish washing liquid. Since I didn't have a plastic tub, I put the racks in my laundry sink sticking half out. After 3 hours, the HEAVY burned-on grease easily came off. I found a fingernail brush worked great to clean the hard to reach areas. After cleaning half, I put the dirty part of the 3 racks in the solution & added a pot of boiling water. In an hour, the dirt is already loosening up. I never respond to these videos, but your's made my racks like new. THANK YOU! :)
My oven racks are shining like new! I've used other methods to soak racks, and this is by far the best way to clean them! I followed the instructions and for extra measure added some liquid soap detergent. I'm not sure I needed to but the stains that usually require some elbow grease came off instantly. I generally don't write comments after getting tips online, but all I have to say, the dishwashing pods did what no other cleaner could do!
I thought it was "normal" to store baking trays in the oven?! 😂🤷🏻♀️ @cleanmyspace you know how I love to clean my oven racks? Hot water and Lectric Soda powder (granulated like white sugar) I use it as a laundry booster too! And in my DIY all purpose cleaner. Just like Melissa loves bicarb soda, I love this product! Not sure if it's available in Canada though? About $4AUD for 1kg here in Aus. It's sodium carbonate, so you'd have something similar. *Lectric Soda, not a typo...love it!
You are genius. In less than 3 hours my racks look great. I dissolved 4 tablets in boiling water because I was soaking the racks in a bath tub. All I had to do was rub the racks with my hand and all the baked on gunk came right off. Thanks so much for this tip
Thank you for the tip!! I used your oven cleaning video first - the baking soda/detergent recipe was awesome! Did the racks in a tub with the dishwasher packs - worked amazing. I’m doing move out cleaning & these tips saved me! 🙏🏼
I’ve always used my oven as storage. All my baking sheets, baking pans, cake and pie dishes all go in the oven. If I use it in the oven it’s stored in the oven. (And if I wanna hide my Oreos from the rest of the family they’re going in the oven too! Lol)
Hi thanks for the oven rack cleaning tips, I have used your previous method of soaking overnight in laundry detergent, so I will try dishwasher tabs next time. I only store my baking stone in my oven as it doesn’t fit in my cupboard very well. 😀
I was very excited to try this on my dirty oven racks. Unfortunately it didn't take off ANY of the black on the grills. All 3 racks look exactly how I put them in the water 4 hrs later. I followed the directions exactly!
My building had a mice problem last fall, so I stashed food that I couldn’t put in the fridge in the oven! Other than that, I don’t use it for storage. I’ve tried it and I always end up preheating the oven when it’s full of pans!
Use just one dishwasher pod and less water if you can find a container that is wide enough to fit the racks flat (or use a bag) to keep the cost down. Thanks for another great cleaning tip!!
@marissabrueshaber5317 The boiling water is for dissolving the pods, warm water is sufficient for soaking the racks. You can use just a few cups of boiling water to dissolve the pods separately, then mix with warm water and put in a bag (if using). It would be so much easier to find a container that would fit the oven racks (laying flat).
It looks like your plastic bin doesn't quite fit the oven rack. I use a 26" x 18" baking bun pan I bought at a restaurant supply store. It fits oven racks perfectly. Because the bun pans are shallow, you don't need much water. Place the oven rack in the bun pan and add about 1/2" boiling water and a dishwasher tab. After a few hours or overnight, take out the oven rack and scrub over the kitchen sink until clean. Then just pour out the water from the bun pan into the sink.
request - can you show how to clean the toilet plunger and cleaning brush? (I don't mean the air dry thing... but how to clean it periodically..). Thanks!!
She has this video that shows how to clean a plunger ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-VaFv1867kUY.html and this one for toilet brushes ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-z6uRdFubU_A.html
Hi Melissa, I have been in love with all your hacks, ideas and methods on cleaning. You are a great blessing to every household. Thank you so much to you and Chad!! I would greatly appreciate if you could do some videos on 1. Various sizes of beds and bed skirts to use or not to use, how to use and all. 2. What type of trash cans can be used for a small family, living in an apartment as I hate to use so much plastic besides hating the fact that the trash sits for couple days stinking the house (even if it is closed). 3. How to store raw onions and tomatoes when you cannot use it all and you cut it into half…. Atleast I am facing this issue where I cut the onion into half and wonder how to save it for next time use. Thank you 🙏
I’ve never used my oven for storage but I had a tenant who did. She left a few nice skillets! I knew three generations of women in one family who all used their dishwashers for storage.
I’ve never even considered storing anything in my oven lol. I use it too much and taking whatever is in there out to use it would probably annoy me but I get it. It’s like a really big (sometimes hot) cabinet!
Great video, simple and clear. I found a really cheap shallow plastic box in IKEA perfect for the rack and sides: SALMA 78X56 cm by 12cm deep. Perfect, as the rack sits flat.
No I don't use my actual oven for storage but having an electric stove, I do use the bottom tray for cookie sheets. I'm definitely gonna try the dishwasher tabs cause mine need a good cleaning!
Hey there! Guy housecleaner here. Just cleaned our oven racks and there is another method. Pour some dishwashing liquid into the sink and get the water into it at about 130 º F with loads of suds. Use a Scrubby Buddy from Amway or from Home Hardware (real cheap). These are stainless steel flat wire pads that absolutely will not scratch stainless steel anything. If you want to use rubber gloves (sissy gloves) that's OK. Simply dip the Buddy in the very hot sudsy water and lightly rub the rack. Watch how easily heavy baked on stuff comes off. Rinse and dry. These also work on smooth top ovens, baking pans, stainless pots and pans. Cast iron cookware. porcelain, Corning-ware and will not scratch glass if you do not press hard. I am not an Amway sales person.
Yes ma'am! I don't have a dishwasher and there is generally dishes in the sink when company is over at times. The oven is useful to hide some if I don't need it to cook anything!😉
I use my oven to store pots, pans, baking trays and my sauce pans/lids go in the slide out cabinet beneath the oven. I will definitely try the dishwasher tab method, thanks!!
My mother always used the oven for storage. I do not, because I don’t like having to pull everything out & leave them on the countertop while I do baking. Just put the pots & pans in a cabinet.
I am thrilled to learn the tip to clean my oven racks. 3 pods of Cascade, boiling water, and hot water, and 3 hours later, it did the trick just as demonstrated. Thank you! Thank you!
We have inherited pots & pans plus the ones we've purchased ourselves, so we definitely use the oven as storage from time to time. Mainly just for 1 pretty large frying pan though.
Dishwasher tabs are the best! They clean so many things so easily. I’ve used this a couple times to clean oven racks while running a self clean cycle. Edit. Soaking my racks with two finish quantum packs and running a self clean cycle!!
After checking my grocery store app, I found the savings to be with the dishwasher pods. 1 cup of soap at 18 cents per ounce costs $1.44. Three pods cost 30 cents each so 3 would add up to 90 cents. I have used straight washing soda, borax, and a little oxyclean and a bit of dish soap. I can’t remember the ratios. It made them come clean soooo easily. And yes they sparkled. My racks were waaaay worse than yours. I will agree however, HOT water is key.
I stored a toaster oven in my oven and forgot about it when I preheated my oven ,I caught it when I smelled it and realized what I did , luckily no damage done but not a good practice to store stuff in.
I soak my oven racks in lye and water. Lye is also known as sodium hydroxide; it has an affinity for fatty acids. It will melt all burnt grease off the racks in 5 minutes. I use the same soaking solution to clean my vent hood baffles. The caustic is so potent all you have to do is rinse when you're done.
Had to change my double oven so got a top of the range one. Kept the small oven for storage and used the larger one. Met someone who did the same thing but in reverse! Haven't used the ultra high heat self cleaning cycle yet but its coming!
For cleaning the oven racks, I place them on clothes dryer sheets in the bath tub and add hot water with dish soap to cover. Let them soak over night and then wash clean in the sink, rarely do I need to scrub.
Thanks, Melissa. Nice tip. Its seems the older I get, the less concerned I've been about the state of my oven racks......so, they're in quite a state. Now that I think about it...my grandmother used her oven to store her cast iron cookware....as did my mother....then me. Seems to have been a family tradition.
I use my oven for storage. My oven doesn't get used very often since we have a toaster oven. The toaster over gets used year-round. Our oven mostly at Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year, and Easter, but that's about it. The rest of the time it's used for storage. Thank you for your tips. I never thought to use dishwasher pods to clean the oven racks.
Hi Melissa - I love watching your videos. Today I used your how to clean a self cleaning oven, how to clean oven racks and how to clean a microwave! Yes, my anxiety was going through the roof and I needed to channel it somehow. I searched your site for how to clean enamel drip pans and couldn’t find anything. I would love it if you had a easy peasy suggestion.
Omgggggg! GREAT QUESTION! I have thought the same thing! I thought it was just a Mexican thing? Because there are so many running on jokes and tiktok videos on how much you can pull out of your oven! I'm guilty of storing everything all my everyday serving dishes for easy access, to my cast iron skillet and skillet Lids I've learned to strategically use the oven rack to store the lids upright I place my large cookie sheets at the bottom yep! That is a lot of stuff in there but when you have an apartment and you don't have enough room use the next best thing is the oven. To be honest I hate doing this, it's one of my pet peeves! but I had to learn to live with it! Ughh! Buddy Love Momma Lucy 💖🍳💖🍳💖🍳💖 PS. Not being racist I Mexican to! Sometimes you just have to laugh at yourself.
curious if you would have wet the sponge with the dish soap and gave the rack a quick foamy sponging to distribute the soap directly onto the rack, then set the rack in an empty tub for at least 10-15min, then give it another quick sponging to emulsify the soapiness on it again and add the hot water with the additional soap. Then give it a check in an hour, 2hr, 3hr and see how it goes? It seems to me that giving the baked on debris a direct hit of the liquid soap might inspire activity faster than the diluted liquid soap. Just a thought. Thanks for your video
Next time I have to unpack the cast iron skillet, the heavy fry pans, the cookie sheets, the miscellaneous lids to pots and pans, and the huge Pyrex casserole dishes from my oven before using it I'll be thinking of all you guys doing the same 😂
I don't know about you but I am Puerto Rican and back home I didn't know anyone that would not use their oven as storage! So the fact that some people don't is just strange to me! 😂
I’m from Texas, and growing up I learned that it’s common in Mexican culture to use the oven for storage. This is most likely due to the fact that very few traditional Mexican recipes require the use of an oven. Many people even make flan stovetop.
I live in the UK and soak my oven trays in BioTex Stain Remover dissolved in hot water which works really well too. I think you can get this product in USA but not sure about Canada.
My mom is notorious for storing pots and pans on the range itself. It's a pet peeve of mine that everything has a storage place and the oven range is not a storage place!
Until our kitchen renovation, I have always had to store large items in the oven and warming drawer. Not a weirdo. Just taking advantage of the space. Have to ever lived in a tiny NYC apartment?
Your racks hardly need a clean. Just spray on Selleys Oven Clean, top and bottom, and leave it for 30 mins to do the job while you make yourself a coffee. No scrubbing required. For an even faster clean, heat the rack in your oven for 4 minutes at no more than 90 degrees C, then spray on the foaming cleaner. Easy!
