The author's oven before and after cleaning
Before and after photos show how much gunk came off the author's oven using the lemon TikTok hack.Joey Hadden/Insider
  • 10 million views were earned by TikToker for an oven cleaning hack.

  • She put a lemon in a bowl of water and baked it. The oven is cleaned with a rag.

  • The hack worked better than any oven cleaner I've used.

A video showing how she cleans her oven with just one lemon has racked up 10 million views.

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I had to try the hack for myself because I don't like using cleaner because of the risk of chemicals in my oven. I used a rag dipped in lemon water to clean the oven after watching the TikToker, Dominika, heat up a bowl of water.

Left: the author's oven cleaner, right: the author with the lemon
The reporter's oven cleaner (L) and the reporter as she gets ready to try the hack (R).Joey Hadden/Insider

The inside of the oven was dirty before I tried this hack. The last name of the person who has 869,000 followers is not being revealed for privacy reasons. She said you should clean your oven every other week.

Inside the author's dirty oven
The inside of the author's dirty oven.Joey Hadden/Insider

If you want to preheat your oven, you should use the metric system. She recommended that I set my oven to 395 degrees.

An oven set to 395 degrees
The author preheats the oven.Joey Hadden/Insider

I sliced my lemon into pieces.

The author cuts up a lemon.Joey Hadden/Insider

I put the lemons in the bowl with the water and put it in the oven. I was waiting for about thirty minutes.

The lemon bowl sits in the oven.Joey Hadden/Insider

After turning off the oven and letting it cool down, I dipped a rag in the warm lemon water and wiped the oven clean.

The author dips a rag into the lemon water and wipes down the oven.Joey Hadden/Insider

I was amazed at how easy it was to clean my oven. If dirt is hard to remove, Dominika told Insider to mix dish soap and water and scrub.

The author's oven door dirty (L) and clean (R).Joey Hadden/Insider

Even stains that my oven cleaner couldn't clear in the past were wiped away on the first try.

Before and after photos show how clean the oven is.Joey Hadden/Insider

It only cost me 59 cents to clean my oven, and it was the easiest way to do it.

Inside the author's now-clean oven.Joey Hadden/Insider

The difference between a clean rag and the one I wiped my oven with was gratifying. I'll never have to clean my oven again, and I'll always have a lemon on hand.

The dirty rag post clean (L) and a clean rag of the same color (R).Joey Hadden/Insider

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