Easy hacks to get your kitchen sparkling & smelling amazing from tackling hidden dirt in sink to grim grease build up

Cleaning your entire kitchen from top to bottom can be a huge task and is often time consuming. However, these quick and easy hacks will make everything from your sink to your stove sparkle in no time.

We’ve rounded up the best tricks for spicing up everything from your kitchen cabinets to the scratches on your fridge.

You can soak baking trays and grids in hot water with a dishwasher tablet

Cleaning enthusiasts and savvy mothers have shared their methods of tackling kitchen chores on social media. So if you need a little inspiration to start your own business, look no further.

Whether you’re moving up stubborn stains with dishwasher tablets or using a teaspoon to uncover hidden dirt in the sink, the results will make you itchy to try these ingenious hacks for yourself.

It’s quick and easy and will have your kitchen like new in seconds.

Use dishwasher tablets for the oven, pans and refrigerator

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Doors light up after scrubbing with a dishwasher tabletPhoto credit: Facebook

Tired of your oven door looking dirty and smoking, then ditching your usual dishwasher tablet cleaning products to keep your oven shining.

Dishwasher tablets look a dream on all parts of the over, including the greasy floor and all of the trays and racks.

Take a dishwasher tablet, soak it in hot water and gently scrub it on the oven door glass. Keep submerging it in the water to keep it wet and the dirt to fall off immediately.

Even less elbow grease is required for baking trays.

You can just pour hot water, add a dishwasher tablet, and then cover with aluminum foil to let it soak for a few hours.

One mom raved, “After years of using strong chemicals and a ton of elbow grease to clean my oven, I am amazed that it only takes a dishwasher tablet, warm water, and a light scrub.”

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Dishwasher tablets have a burnt pot that looks shiny and newPhoto credit: Facebook

Dishwasher tablets work the same with pots and pans that no longer look so good thanks to stubborn stains and burnt debris.

Boil the kettle and fill the pans with hot water, throw a tablet into it and let it soak for a while. Your pots and pans should be shiny and new.

“Fill a saucepan halfway with water, bring it to a boil, then let it simmer for 10 minutes. I’ve done this a couple of times and it completely cleaned my pans,” revealed a fan on Facebook.

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Stick a dishwasher tablet in half a lemon and scrub your refrigerator with itPhoto credit: Facebook

You can even clean your fridge and keep it smelling as fresh as ever by using a dishwasher tablet and half a lemon.

Food stains are inevitable and there is nothing more annoying when something leaks and sticks to the shelves.

Before you begin, take any groceries off the shelves and soak a tablet in warm water. Place them in a lemon with the flat side and get to work.

Stains should lift easily and remove any remaining residue with a damp cloth.

Use toothpaste to remove scratches from stainless steel

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Toothpaste can do wonders for scratches on stainless steel in the kitchen

Say goodbye to pesky scratches on your stainless steel fridge, oven or microwave as a mother from Australia shared a simple trick to get rid of them completely.

Mom of four, Liz Amaya, revealed her simple three-step process of only whitening toothpaste and a soft-bristled toothpaste.

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Scrub over the scratch with a toothbrush and toothpastePhoto credit: liz.amaya.style/Instagram

Apply the toothpaste to the scratch and scrub with the toothbrush – the abrasiveness of the toothpaste will help remove the scratch.

Wipe with a microfiber cloth and finally wipe the area with any type of oil to buff the surface and make it sparkle.

Use flour to remove any build-up of fat on kitchen cabinets

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Flour is the secret key to removing fat buildup from your kitchen cabinetsPhoto credit: Instagram

Another place that might have hidden dirt in your kitchen is in your cabinet doors, as pointed out by a cleaning fan on the Blossom Instagram account.

Turns out your cabinets may need some urgent cleaning and we’re not just talking about the inner shelves. After a storm comes to a boil, fat can easily build up in the grooves of cabinet doors, but all you need to get rid of is a packet of flour.

Cover the entire cabinet surface with flour, then use a piece of card to scrape off the layers of fat.

Use a teaspoon to remove any hidden debris in the sink plug hole

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Sinks can be freshened up with white vinegar and soda bicarbonatePhoto credit: Facebook

Cleaning the sink is rough enough as it is, but Ms. Hinch revealed that there is likely a hidden dirt bag that you never knew needed some TLC.

She had fans on the floor when she shared her secret teaspoon hack, which used the spoon to unscrew the stopper hole and reveal the plate.

She showed how dirt can build up underneath and often go unnoticed – which likely causes the kitchen drains to smell.

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Mrs. Hinch swears by her nifty teaspoon hack to tackle hidden dirt in the sinkPhoto credit: instagram @mrshinchhome

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Dirt forms under the plate of the plug hole, which often goes unnoticedPhoto credit: instagram @mrshinchhome

To clean up, the influencer swears by placing a spoonful of soda bicarbonate over the stopper hole and pouring white vinegar over it before following with boiling water.

The combo reacts together to easily clean the inside of the flush pipes. Ms. Hinch adds a trustworthy dash of zoflora to make her drains smell amazing too.

Use fabric softener to keep your entire kitchen smelling great

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A woman swears by this simple fabric softener trick to keep the kitchen smelling freshPhoto credit: @ mymammybetterthanurs / TikTok

When you finish your cleaning and your kitchen is sparkling, make sure it smells amazing too – just as amazing as fresh laundry.

One woman showed in a tutorial video on her TikTok account, MyMammyBetterThanUrs, how she keeps her home smelling good by using fabric softener in every room.

Louise explained how she put the plug in her sink and a cap of fabric softener over it.

All you have to do is put the plug in your freshly cleaned sink, add boiling water from the kettle, and let it sit overnight.

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