The “Effortless” Oven-Cleaning Trick Everyone Is Sharing — Here’s What Actually Works on Burnt-On Grease

The Bottom Line

The picture makes the trick look wonderfully simple: put a dishwasher pod in a dish, place it inside the oven, and watch years of burnt grease disappear.

The useful part of the idea is softening old grime before scrubbing.

The part worth skipping is heating dishwasher detergent inside your oven.

A cool oven, hot water for loosening grime, an appropriate non-scratch cleaning method, and a cleaner specifically approved for your appliance may not sound quite as dramatic as the viral hack—but it’s a much smarter way to get that oven looking clean again.