Professional Housekeeper Shares 3 Easy Ways to Keep Your Kitchen Truly Clean
We've all been there. It's after dinner, and the kitchen is cleaned up-or so you thought. Suddenly, the light shifts, and you see that the stove still has a thick layer of grease on it.
And that's not all: It's coated all along the backsplash. There are fingerprints across the oven door. What even is that in the sink?
It's not that you didn't clean: it's just that surface-level cleaning doesn't get to the stuff that builds up slowly (and thickly).
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Simple Steps for a Deep Clean
Former professional housekeeper @tidycademy shared the three areas she deep-cleans every couple of weeks to keep the kitchen looking maintained between larger cleaning days: the stovetop, countertops, and sink.
The video moves through each section step by step, showing the before-and-after difference as the buildup gets scrubbed away.
@tidycademypro The secret to keeping your kitchen really clean is to deep clean these things every 2 weeks! Here's everything I used and where: Dawn Dish Soap: all surfaces Bar Keepers Friend: stove top, grates, burners, ceramic sink Sprayway Glass Cleaner: stove top and glass Sep Stainless Steel Cleaner: stovetop #kitchencleaning#asmrcleaning#cleaningmotivation
original sound - tidycademy
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Why These Three Areas Need More Attention
- The stovetop gets broken down first. Burner grates come off before the surface beneath them is cleaned. The backsplash behind the stove gets wiped down next, followed by the oven front, where fingerprints and cooking splatters tend to collect.
- Then the counters get cleared completely instead of being wiped around smaller appliances and containers. Corners near outlets and the backsplash get extra attention, as crumbs, dust, and cooking residue usually settle there first.
- The sink area comes last. The sink basin, drain grate, faucet, and the tools sitting nearby are cleaned separately rather than as one surface. And not just cleaned-they get disinfected. Sinks can get pretty gnarly: they stay wet, and food, sponges, and other residue can create mold, germs, and other undesirable flotsam. But once the water spots are gone and everything is dried off, the whole side of the kitchen looks brighter again.
Part of what makes the video satisfying to watch is how completely each area gets reset before moving on to the next one. And none of the tasks are especially complicated on their own, but cleaning all three areas together changes how the kitchen looks afterward. The room feels lighter once the surfaces that are constantly touched are cleansed of their accumulated buildup.
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This story was originally published June 1, 2026 at 5:45 AM.