With Christmas day over, many households will be taking on the necessary yet tedious task of cleaning the oven, but one woman has shared her method that means she has to do it just once a year.
While juicy turkey, crispy roasties and fluffy stuffing make for a fantastic meal, the festive foods can leave a wake of grease and grime in the appliance.
Not only is cleaning the oven tedious, but it's also time consuming. If bending over for what feels like hours paired with endless scrubbing doesn't sound appealing - one woman's ingenious hack may be the answer to your prayers, the Express reports.
Sharing her wisdom on social media, TikTok user Mac has said the ingenious hack leaves her oven squeaky clean - and she only has to clean it once a year.
The neat tip only involves a few household items - baking soda, dish soap and vinegar - which can have your oven sparkling in a few hours.
Sharing videos under the username @healthylittlepeach, the cleaning enthusiast recently shared the recipe for her homemade oven cleaning solution - and it's been praised by fans.
In the clip shared with her 355,000 followers, Mac said: "I'm not going to lie to you all. I'm definitely the type of girl who cleans her oven once a year but when I clean it I've got to clean it."
The miracle mix contains just half a cup of washing up liquid, one and a half cups of baking soda and three quarters of a cup of white vinegar. The best bit is this solution can be completely eco-friendly if you look out for a washing up liquid with natural ingredients.
When mixed together the ingredients combine to make a white paste which can work wonders on those grimy oven racks.
Mac said: "I remove the oven rack and add it to a hot tub of water. I soak that with some washing up liquid, some laundry detergent and some baking soda, then let it sit."
While the racks are in soak you can apply the paste to the interior of the oven and that can be left to sit for two hours.
"Then I scrub the mess out of it, this is the hard part. You've got to scrub it. I have a little water bottle of spritz in case it gets crusty," said Mac.
"I take a whole roll of paper towels and wipe it all down. I go to the bathtub and clean those racks, and add them back in."
Then the final part of the cleaning process is to spritz down the outside of the oven using an antibacterial cleaner and a microfibre cloth.
The video has since been shared over 2,400 times and others have been quick to comment with further advice.
One wrote: "Try boiling the vinegar before adding it to the mix. It will get more of the stuff off and is easier to scrub."
While another said: "This is even cleaner than the self-cleaner on the stove and much cheaper. It’s so pretty."
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