Greasy oven racks come clean with a long hot-water soak, a little dish soap and a baking soda scrub. Here is the method, the dryer sheet question, and how to keep racks sliding smoothly.
Burnt-on drippings look worse than they are. A soak, a baking soda paste and the right scrubber for your pan's material will handle most roasting pans.
The right fix for a scorched pan depends on what it is made of. A baking soda simmer rescues most pans, while oxalic acid cleansers, steel wool and bleach suit some materials and wreck others.
Three ways to get baked-on grease out of an oven, from the cheapest overnight paste to the high-heat cycle, and the mistakes that can damage the oven or fill the kitchen with smoke.
The fizz looks impressive, but the two mostly cancel each other out. Used separately, baking soda and vinegar are cheap, useful cleaners for different jobs.
You don't need a carpet cleaner for most carpet problems. A good vacuuming, a simple soap solution and patient blotting go a long way.
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