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Cleaning an electric ridged grill can be a huge task, especially when you've grilled meat. I wipe mine down with baby wipes first (make sure the grill is off) - the oil in baby wipes lifts cooked-on food and grease - then I turn it on, spray with cleaner and then turn it off again and wipe it over with a wet cloth when it's cooled. No scrubbing at all and because you're only using soft cloths, it saves the non- stick coating.

"Posted by Symmie"

I use white vinegar as a rinse aid in the dishwasher. I never get spots on the glassware and the inside of the dishwasher is always nice and fresh.

"Posted by Ivesberg"

Found a sippy sup under the couch? Or the old water bottle in the car? Fill with warm water and some baking soda and let it sit overnight. Wash like normal in the morning. Good to go.

"Posted by christyl"

If you chip or break crockery when cooking or cleaning up. Wash it up (carefully!) and store for use as drainage crocks when potting plants in the garden.

"Posted by Ewescool"

It helps to cut through grease and limescale naturally, and also leaves the dishwasher smelling zesty fresh!

"Posted by Samijo"

Cut a lemon in half and rub over wooden chopping boards to sanitise and remove odours!

"Posted by smooth&dark;"

To keep pots shiny, especially after boiling starchy foods like pasta and potatoes, add a few splashes of the cheapest vinegar you can find when you clean the pot with dish soap.

"Posted by ZeTallGerman"

Scrunch up kitchen foil and use instead of a pot scourer to remove stubborn stains from metal pots and pans.

"Posted by Fennel"

Fill the pot/pan/dish the hot water and add a tumble drier sheet, (you can even get a second use from one that you've used in the tumble drier already.) leave for 15 minutes to soak or use as you would a dish cloth. The food will just lift off no scrubbing required works on everything from lasagne to roasting pans!

"Posted by e1simone"

Do remember to rinse items thoroughly after soaking in bio washing powder.

"Posted by Doris W"

Sorry Margie, but if you have any chipped crockery you should throw it out as those chips or cracks harbour bacteria and germs and also not to mention the danger of someone actually swallowing particles of the damaged crockery while eating from the broken plate etc

"Posted by aivlis"

Any stubborn baked-on grease and food will slip off a dish if it is soaked in a tablespoon of dishwasher powder and warm water for a couple of hours. No elbow grease needed.

"Posted by Butterfly21"

Pour some hot water in the sink with a splash of washing-up liquid and put all the sticky spoons, spatulas and bowls when you are done using it. When the cake is in the oven you have a much easier job washing up or putting it all in the dishwasher.

"Posted by Millasmat.com"

My rule is if you cook, you clean. I would rather do my own clearing up than follow on from someone else being "creative" and imagining they have an army of washers up behind them!

"Posted by JC"

Use olive oil/veggie oil to keep moveable parts on kitchen equipment free moving

"Posted by Rhyleysgranny"

If you have a chipped plate or dish, always keep in on TOP of the pile so that you keep using it; that way, if you are going to break a dish, there's a good chance it will be the one that's already chipped

"Posted by margie"

Always get someone else to clean the oven!

"Posted by James"

When using fish, work with it on a glass or pyrex surface immediately rinse in cold soapy water, the smell does not linger, works for the hands too (Crafty cookie)

"Posted by Hettie"

Boil half a lemon or remains of used lemon in water in microwave to clean

"Posted by Rhyleysgranny"

Put half a lemon with a teasppon of salt in the fridge overnight, its antibacterial and will remove any odours

"Posted by cupcake chaos"

Boil vinegar to disperse cooking smells

"Posted by Rhyleysgranny"

White wine vinegar cleans up old grimy floorboards and gets old wax off.

"Posted by Velvetini"

To disperse cooking smells, boil some orange peel plus cinammon in a saucepan

"Posted by Shyvas"

When cooking something that can cause odours in the kitchen, for example, oven baked fish or a lamb shoulder, place a pierced lemon in the oven; it smells amazing pervades the room, and when removed, lots of oozing juice can be squeezed from the lemon with great ease to be used in cooking etc....

"Posted by Nancy"

Bio soap powder for soaking burnt on stuff in pots pans and dishes

"Posted by Rhyleysgranny"

To clean a granite pestle and morter leave half a lemon and boiling water in it overnight

"Posted by KitchenGoddess"

Use lemon juice to clean stainless steel pots and pans. Makes them nice and sparkly with no scratching

"Posted by donner"

Mix bicarb and a little water into a paste and this will remove any stains from your teacups/coffee cups

"Posted by Shazza13"

When you are cooking, keep one of those terrycloth facecloths handy. Make it damp even before you start cooking. If you have any spills near your hotplate, wipe it off with the cloth. As it is cotton, it won't burn easily. The terrycloth will absorb surprising amounts so even bigger spills get removed without trouble and before they 'bake in' and are a nightmare waiting for you when you're finished. Be careful though: damp fabric transfers heat very easily, so don't burn yourself. If you are scared of getting burned, use an ordinary cotton kitchen towel, the kind you use to dry your washing up.

"Posted by Edda"

Do you want eliminate the bad smells in your fridge? Simple put a little container with some bicarbonate of soda and bad smells will stay away

"Posted by Curlylu"

Boil half a lemon in your kettle to remove stains from the water

"Posted by jaxstar84"

If stainless steel pans need a clean inside heat up some vinegar in the pan, it removes the bluish stain you get from hard water or certain foods REALLY well.

"Posted by CustardCookie"