The oven is the workhorse of the kitchen. In my home, it’s responsible for everything from last-minute meals to enormous Christmas dinners for the whole family. I clean it regularly to ensure even ...

If you cringe every time you open the oven, it may be time to clean it. Bust through tough grease and grime with a pantry staple—white vinegar.

There are two types of cleaning that happen in my house—the daily organizing to make things appear clean, and the dreaded deep cleans that only happen a few times a year. Cleaning my oven racks is one ...

With regular use, unsightly discolorations inevitably accumulate on the oven rack. Cleaning it with conventional methods then becomes a chore. However, there's a trick to getting the rack almost clean ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." In the kitchen, there's always something in need of a deep clean — think food splatters on kitchen ...

When it comes to cleaning your home, tackling the kitchen is an oft-dreaded chore for many people, especially when it comes to cleaning your oven. It’s easy to brush it off and put it off until later ...

Oven racks might rank somewhere just below shoelaces when it comes to objects of interest, but think about it: If your shoelaces suddenly disappeared, every step you took would be a frustration and a ...

DEAR HELOISE: I'm writing in regarding the hint from Marilyn Rice about leaving racks out of the oven so that they don't get dirty. Years ago, I learned the easiest way to clean oven racks. Put them ...

My mother never made a fruit pie—cherry, apple, peach—that didn't overflow in the oven, leaving sticky juices dripping from the oven racks. I learned from her mistake, but I still have messy racks ...

Experts share their favorite methods for tackling the task. There are two types of cleaning that happen in our houses: the daily organizing to make things appear clean and the dreaded deep cleans that ...

Cleaning the oven rack often involves tedious scrubbing. But it doesn't have to be that way! Photo: Getty Images Dark spots or even hard crusts are not uncommon on oven racks. The latter, in ...