Ovens need to be cleaned as food and grease can build up on the surface and become difficult to remove (Image: Getty)
Cleaning your oven is an important task to do before Christmas, but you do not need a pricy chemical-filled cleaning agent as all you need is one simple kitchen item.
tend to be tricky to as food particles and grease spill over while food is cooking and can become burned on the surface of the oven.
The longer these dirty marks are left to harden, the more difficult it will be to scrub them away which is why you need a very effective degreaser to remove these baked-on .
However, the experts from have shared that the best way to quickly clean an oven is simply using dishwasher tablets, which have already been designed to cut through grease.
They said: “You may well dread cleaning fiddly oven racks with their never-ending runs of wire and multiple nooks and crannies… however, there’s a nifty shortcut towards sparkling results with very minimal effort (and a dishwasher tablet!).”
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One of the best ways to clean a oven is using a dishwasher tablet (Image: Getty)
It may seem too easy, but dishwasher tablets contain enzymes and surfactants that can break down grease and proteins in tough food stains on dishes.
This is what makes it incredibly effective at cleaning both the glass door of an oven as well as the inside racks and trays.
Vinegar and baking soda are other items in the kitchen which can also be used to naturally get rid of some grease stains but it is not a very strong solution and will not work for heavy baked-on grease.
Dishwasher tablets are powerful enough to cut through grease that has been inside the oven for a long time and are abrasive so you will not have to spend ages scrubbing stains.
Your oven door will be completely clean in just 15 minutes (Image: Getty)
How to use dishwasher tablets to clean an oven
To clean the outside:
Slightly dip a dishwasher tablet in a bowl of warm water and simply rub it all over the surface of your oven door.
You do not have to apply lots of pressure or spend a long time rubbing the surface as the dishwasher tablet should begin to work immediately.
The expert said: “The burn marks and baked-on spots will come away easily. Just keep dampening the tablet as you rub.”
Once the stains are removed, rinse the surface with a clean wet cloth and your oven door will not be sparkling clean.
Leaves your racks overnight and they will be sparkling clean (Image: Getty)
To clean the inside:
All you need to do is put on a pair of rubber gloves and individually wrap each of your oven racks in tin foil.
Place a towel at the bottom of your sink to cover the plug and add the wrapped-up trays to your sink.
Add a dishwasher tablet on top of each wrapped-up item and then fill the sink with hot water.
Leave the racks to soak for a least two hours, but for best results, leave them overnight.
Once the time is up, drain the water, unwrap everything and rinse the trays with clean warm water and should now be completely cleaned.