This Simple Trick To Avoid Cleaning Your Oven So Much

It’s enough cleaning your dishes after a night of cooking—the last thing you want is to spend an hour scrubbing food remains from the oven as well, Cinderella-style. The next time you’re making a particularly cheesy casserole, save yourself the future work with this easy tip that many people have never thought of!

It’s simple, all you have to do is place a cookie sheet on the rack below a messy dish.

Easy, right? Placing the sheet underneath is far easier to clean than trying to maneuver around an oven. It also can do double duty: Try cooking broccoli on the pan as it’s catching drips from roasting sweet potatoes above. Nothing goes to waste, and your vegetables taste like candy. You could do the same with your favorite cheesy recipes, too! Lastly, it will dispel that awful burnt smell from your kitchen. The next time your pie runneth over, you won’t be stuck with charred sweet-tart cherry filling in your oven for years to come.