Cleaning oven glass is not a chore that’s often at the top of our cleaning to-do lists, which means that grease stains and baked-on food splatters can be left on there for weeks or months at a time.
Angela Patrone Senior Lifestyle Reporter and Michael D. Carroll
05:10 ET, 06 Oct 2025
A cleaning fan shared a ‘genius’ hack to remove burnt-on grease from oven doors – and all you need is a sheet of tin foil(Image: Ekaterina Platonova via Getty Images)
Cleaning oven glass isn’t typically a priority on our cleaning schedules, which means grease marks and burnt-on food splatter can accumulate for weeks or even months. When you finally tackle this oven cleaning task, it can prove to be quite challenging.
The key, however, is understanding how to accomplish it quickly and efficiently.
On his TikTok account @probablywothsharing, Marko revealed his preferred technique for cleaning an oven door, claiming “it only takes five minutes”. Demonstrating to followers his stained oven door transformed to spotless condition, Marko explained that “all you need” is baking soda. The advice emerges after a cleaning experts shares three TikTok cleaning hacks you should avoid.
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For this approach, dust baking soda across the oven glass, using just enough to completely coat the surface.
Remove baked-on grease from your oven glass in 5 minutes with 1 natural kitchen staple(Image: Getty)
The following step involves taking a damp sponge and scrubbing the entire glass area.
This transforms the baking soda into a powerful cleaning mixture, reports the Express.
Be sure to add more water if it fails to form a paste.
The baking soda has a tendency to form lumps, so work to distribute it evenly across the glass door.
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Allow the baking soda mixture to rest on the oven glass for five minutes.
Marko explained, “After five minutes, you should be able to remove most of the grime with a quick and easy scrub with the sponge.”
Nevertheless, if any persistent spots remain, apply additional baking soda since it “acts like a mild abrasive to remove the grease”.
The final step is simply to wipe down the oven door, and it will “look brand new”. Baking soda is a natural, gentle abrasive that softly scrubs away stains, grease, and grime accumulated on the oven door.
It also soaks up stains as the powder transitions from bright white to a brown mess during the cleaning process. This is the baking soda extracting those brown stains from the glass oven door.
While employing baking soda requires a bit more time and effort compared to using an oven cleaner, it definitely gets the job done, and without any harmful chemicals.
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