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Tom’s Guide
Technology
Annie Collyer

Skip the baking soda and vinegar — I used this non-toxic substance to clean through my oven's grime, and I'm speechless

Before and after dirty and clean oven.

I haven't cleaned my oven since I moved into my home. Yes, fair enough: I've not lived here for years, and I do use my air fryer a lot, which takes some of the heat (see what I did there?) off my oven. But, it admittedly is gross. It could do with a deep clean, but truthfully, I don't really have the time. So, I wanted to find a way to make this the easiest chore on my spring cleaning list.

I asked AI how to clean my oven easily, and it told me to use one ingredient, which truly shocked me. Citric acid was the cure to a dirty oven, and luckily for me, I already had a bag of the stuff under my sink.

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