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👩🏽‍🍳 Cleaning Kitchen Hacks 👩🏽‍🍳

Mz iMac — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 11:00:44 GMT

Do you have one you would like to share? Here's mine......

Grease splatter

I HATE cleaning up grease behind foods that splatter all over the stove. YUK!!

I decided to put Bounty to work by dampening the sheets & placing them around the electric rack prior to cooking foods that splatter.

Below pic is what my stove looks like while fixing a hamburger pattie.

After hamburger was done & in my bun, I wiped the 2 tiny exposed areas w/the damp paper towels. My stove was still clean.....no grease splatter.

Using a top/cover/splatter rack did not work for me. When I took the top off to flip and/or stir it's splatter time!

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We rescue cats — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 11:36:33 GMT

This ia a great time saver! Thank you.

I too hate it so I very seldom brown burger. I buy in 10+ pounds at a time and then 'brown' it on cooking sheets in the oven (350-400 for 15-20 minutes, drain the fat and pack it in 1# bags that go into a larger vacuum freezer bag and into the freezer. When I need it I grab a bag, defrost it and dinner is started.

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Ainhisg — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 11:48:51 GMT

When I need to spray a baker with Pam or Baker's Joy, I open the dishwasher door and set the baker on the open door. Then when I spray, the overspray is on the dishwasher door and not the floor or counters. It's washed away in the next load!

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Still Raining — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 12:18:24 GMT

I love my silicone, floppy lids for use in the microwave. Keeps steam and splatter off walls and just put them in the dishwasher. Several years old and going strong.

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cindyNC — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 12:26:17 GMT

We have black appliances which are just nasty with water spots after cleaning. I end up using windex and a paper towel to get the water spots off.

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Bhvbum — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 13:02:11 GMT

I saved old towels that I cut up to use for different projects and they works well to prevent splatters. (I use a number of different sizes) I keep them in a drawer right next to the stove top and pull them out and lay around.

I tried using paper towels, but they tend to catch fire so easy, and the cotton toweling only chars a little bit. After a few uses I toss them in the laundry. I use Windex to clean the wells around the burner. I also use a splatter guard on top of the skillet.

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JeanLouiseFinch — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 13:29:45 GMT

I have a husband...😄

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m0rgan — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 13:31:55 GMT

Using peroxide on cutting boards sanitizes them for the next use.

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ID2 — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 14:43:50 GMT

Sorry but I would NEVER put paper towels so close to a hot burner! Perhaps just put the lid on the pan to prevent grease spatter.

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goldensrbest — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 15:22:24 GMT

@ID2 wrote:
Sorry but I would NEVER put paper towels so close to a hot burner! Perhaps just put the lid on the pan to prevent grease spatter.

YES.

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Zhills — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 16:29:37 GMT

Use a bigger pan! Yes, it works!

I also found that wiping cool spatters with Charmin soaks it up easier and better. Wet towels and spatters do not mix!

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Venezia — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 16:40:08 GMT

@JeanLouiseFinch wrote:
I have a husband...😄

@JeanLouiseFinch - OMG, so do I. And he's the reason for all the splatter and mess!!! For some reason he never sees it!

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Q-Checker — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 16:53:18 GMT

I seldom fry foods but, when I do, I use a splatter guard and then put it in the dishwasher Actually, the splatter guard lives in the dishwasher, which is right next to the stove. I just pull it out when needed and it takes up very little space behind the dinner plates in the dishwasher. When needed, I use Weiman Cook Top Stove Cleaner to wipe off the stove top.

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JeanLouiseFinch — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 17:33:21 GMT

@Venezia wrote:
@JeanLouiseFinch wrote:
I have a husband...😄
@JeanLouiseFinch - OMG, so do I. And he's the reason for all the splatter and mess!!! For some reason he never sees it!

Uhoh, @Venezia. Mine never cooks a thing. He's more the grab and go type but he's also the cleaner. I cook, he cleans up - that's our system.

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Mz iMac — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 21:59:03 GMT

@ID2 wrote:
Sorry but I would NEVER put paper towels so close to a hot burner! Perhaps just put the lid on the pan to prevent grease spatter.

@ID2 I NEVER use "dry" towels. They are ALWAYS damp/wet. When done cooking, wipe the tiny exposed spot(s) & trash. Splatter grease DOES NOT touch the stove top, ever. Besides, the towels are not near the electric burners as they sit up from the stove.

As stated previously, lids do not work for me when I have to stir and/or flip.

If I had a gas stove I would probably use the splatter thingie a few have mentioned here.

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Moonlady — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 23:55:12 GMT

I've been using these from Dollar Tree for years. They're great for sauce, too.

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Flatbush — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 07:27:03 GMT

After I finish frying something, I use a paper towel with a tong to wipe the pan out.

Then it is not so greasy/messy when I wash the pan.

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catter70 — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 13:51:39 GMT

When I needed a new fridge a couple of years ago I took compartments out from the old fridge and use them to put things in that might spill or leak onto shelving in the new fridge.

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CelticCrafter — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 10:40:21 GMT

So you waste 4 sheets of paper toweling and even though it's an electric stove that creates a fire hazard.

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Jo1313 — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:11:11 GMT

I'm short and shrinking in height only!..I put my mixing bowl in the sink to mix things..splatter on goes in the sink and it's easy for me to use.

I don't fry many things..but when I do.. I use a deeper pan or pot..less mess on the stove top.

When I got a new fridge..I kept all the clear "drawers"...I use them in my pantry to hold items that don't "stand" up well and I can see what I have.