Cleaning the oven: Foil trick from the Internet makes burnt-in items disappear in the oven

Created: 04/12/2022 15:03

By: Andrea Stettner

Burnt-in residue in the oven is often difficult to remove.

A trick from the Internet promises a sparkling clean result - without any scrubbing.

Fat from the last frozen pizza, cake batter or fries -

all kinds of leftovers accumulate in the

In the best case, these can be wiped away with a damp cloth and some washing-up liquid.

By the way, you should never clean your pizza stone with it.

But with burned-in stains, only stubborn scrubbing usually helps.

Burnt-on food is difficult to remove in the oven.

The cling film trick is often the last resort.

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Cleaning the oven: Trick loosens stubborn dirt

If you are dealing with stubborn dirt in your oven but don't feel like scrubbing for hours, you should try this trick.

The tip has been doing the rounds on the Internet for a long time and promises effortless cleaning even in hardship cases.

All you need is

, some time – and

.

And this is how the cleaning hack works for effortless oven cleaning:

• First remove loose food residue with a damp sponge.

• Then spray the tube generously with oven cleaner (do not forget gloves!).

• Then cover the foam with cling film on all sides of the oven.

  In this way, the oven spray cannot dry up and unfolds its full effect.

• Leave everything on overnight.

• The next morning, remove the foil and wipe out the oven cleaner and dirt - done!

  
  

  By the way, cling film should also be the last resort when the toilet is blocked.

Better without chemicals?

Natural home remedies for cleaning the oven

If that is too much chemicals for you, you can also use natural home remedies to remove dirt from the oven.

Try using

or

to rid your oven of fat spatters.

But

is also said to work wonders.

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