Line your bathtub with dryer sheets and place the oven racks directly on top of them.
Cleaning oven racks dishwasher detergent.
Mix a cup of dishwasher detergent in a quart of hot water.
Grab your dishwasher detergent.
Lay the towel along the bottom of your bathtub this is going to protect the surface of your tub from being scratched by the oven racks or powdered detergent this is an important step so don t skip this one.
Further i d be concerned about damaging the chrome finish with electric dish detergent.
Pour the solution over them let soak overnight in the garage or outside.
Dishwasher detergent is designed to clean the type of messes left on oven racks so this method probably works great.
Cleaning oven racks with dryer sheets.
Place racks in a sturdy garbage bag and wrap in paper towels.
You can use either powder or liquid.
Why you should clean your oven racks.
How to clean oven racks in the bathtub fill the tub with very hot water just enough to cover the oven racks.
Next morning take a brush and brush them firmly rinse and put back in over.
Fill your tub with warm water so the grates are covered and then add a half cup of dishwashing liquid.
Cover the racks with hot water.
Fill your bathtub with very hot water until the oven racks are covered.
In the morning wipe clean and rinse the racks.
Nobody likes to scrub the stains from burnt on foods but we all have to do it or at least we should.
However using a cup of my favorite natural dish washing powder would cost around 5.
It s safer to scrub by hand.
Dishwasher tablets are made of concentrated dishwasher detergent and promise to cut through tough grease and leave your dishes sparkling.
It would be difficult to fit some oven racks in a dishwasher.
If you have to use a kettle and your tub s faucet.
Take your dirty oven racks and place them on top of the towel.
If you want to save your racks from repeated cleaning remove the ones not in use from your oven when cooking or wipe them down after oven has cooled to 100 degrees.
Especially since the tablets promise to remove baked on food.
Cleaning oven racks with dryer sheets is one of the easiest ways and requires the least amount of effort.
And stains in the oven are definitely baked on.
While i was at it i threw my toaster oven racks in there too.
Add up to 1 2 cup of dishwashing soap or up to 3 4 cup laundry detergent.
How to clean oven racks.
Turn the oven on.
Cleaning oven racks can be time consuming especially if it s been awhile since you cleaned it last.
Measure out a 1 2 cup of dishwasher detergent.
I d rather not waste that much dishwasher detergent for one cleaning.