How To Clean Oven Racks
Tired of dirty oven racks? Check out this easy no-scrub trick for cleaning oven racks. You can clean oven racks without a bunch of scrubbing using ammonia!
Servings: 1 Cleaning
Cost: $5
Ingredients
- 1 Heavy Duty Trash Bag
- 1 Packing Tape
- 2 cups Ammonia
- 1 Magic Eraser if desired
Instructions
- Place your oven racks in the trash bags being careful not to rip or tear the trash bags.
- I used two trash bags just to make sure I didn't have any spills or leaks.
- Then, in a well-ventilated area pour some ammonia into the bags.
- You don't need to cover the racks, just add about 1-2 cups of ammonia. The fumes from the ammonia are what actually does the cleaning of the oven racks.
- Once you have the ammonia added to the trash bags then you will want to seal up the trash bags.
- You want to make sure that the ammonia fumes aren't leaking out of the trash bag.I just used some packing tape to seal them up so they were fairly air-tight.
- Next, lay the oven racks down flat on the ground and let them soak for at least 2 hours.
- The longer you let them sit the easier they are to scrub, however, I have heard stories of the finish coming off the oven racks when people let them sit overnight.
- After you let them sit for a couple of hours then you can open up the trash bags and carefully remove the oven racks.
- Then take the oven racks to a kitchen sink so you can wipe them down.I recommend running hot water over them to help rinse away any ammonia cleaner still left on them.
- Even though the grime and gunk were still attached to the oven racks after soaking it quickly came off when I wiped them down. I didn't need to do a bunch of scrubbing to get them clean and shiny.