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If y'all're in spring cleaning mode and need to get your kitchen in order, turn to the oven.

In order to proceed your oven in tip-top shape, information technology'due south important to clean it beforehand. Ovens can trap grease and nutrient, and without cleaning, it can turn into an expensive problem.

It may surprise you, but ammonia is an effective overnight oven cleaner. With this unproblematic ammonia oven-cleaning hack, cleaning the oven is easier than e'er.

How to clean your oven overnight:

What you'll need:

  • 1/2 cup ammonia
  • Oven-safe bowl
  • 1 pot of water
  • Sponge
  • Dish lather

What you'll do:

  1. Oestrus your oven to 170 degrees.
  2. Boil a pot of water.
  3. When the oven reaches temperature, turn it off.
  4. Put the pot of boiling water on the bottom rack of the oven.
  5. Put a 1/2 cup of ammonia into an oven-safe basin and place it on the superlative rack.
  6. Close the oven with the bowl and pot within. Let it sit overnight.
  7. Take out the bowl and pot in the morn.
  8. Add a splash of water and a few drops of dish lather to the bowl of ammonia.
  9. Wipe downwards the inside of the oven, the racks and drinking glass oven door with the ammonia/lather/water mixture and a fresh sponge.

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This article was originally published on Nov. 11, 2015 on TODAY.com.