Fans of cleaning guru Mrs Hinch have shared an easy solution for tackling stubborn stains on your oven trays and get them looking ‘brand new’ again – and it’ll only cost you 9p
Cleaning your oven trays can be a pain, but there’s a 9p solution that could get your kitchenware sparkling again.
If you’ve been giving your home a clean in the run-up to Christmas, then you might have noticed there are a few things that are a real nightmare to tackle, especially if you haven’t necessarily kept on top of them in recent months. One of these difficult-to-clean items are the roasting pans and baking trays you put your food on when it goes in the oven – and you’ll need these to be clean if you’re on cooking duty for the Christmas dinner this year.
Thankfully, you don’t need to scrub at your trays for hours in the hopes that the burnt-on food somehow comes off, as fans of cleaning guru Mrs Hinch – real name Sophie Hinchliffe – have shared a genius method to get your trays looking “brand new” again – and it only costs 9p. The trick came to light on the Mrs Hinch Made Me Do It page on Facebook, where one group member asked: “Good morning. Any tips on how to clean this roasting pan? It normally goes through the dishwasher. I don’t really want to get rid of it as it came with the oven and slides into the shelves perfectly.”
Others were quick to jump in to try and help the member with their problem, and many suggested a simple solution – soaking the trays in hot water and a dissolved dishwasher tablet. One person said: “Absolutely soak in dishwasher tablets, [they] come up like new,” while another added: “Boiling water, two dishwasher tablets and leave overnight. You may need to repeat.”
Dishwasher tablets can be picked up for £3.70 from Tesco for a pack of 40, making each tablet cost around 9p. This means it’ll cost you less than 10p to clean one of your trays – unless you decide to use two tablets per tray, in which case it’ll cost 18p. Meanwhile, other commenters suggested using washing powder instead of dishwasher tablets, although the method of soaking the trays in hot water stayed the same. Someone wrote: “Soak in hot water and washing powder,” and someone else agreed, stating: “Biological washing powder boiling water and leave overnight.” To prevent your baking trays and roasting pans from getting caked in burnt-on food debris, you could try using kitchen foil to cover your trays, and then bin the foil after it’s been used.
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