The Well Equipped Guide to Cleaning Your Kitchen
The best tools for doing the dishes, mopping the floors, scrubbing the stovetop, and ridding the fridge of mystery odors. This is our comprehensive hub for all things cleaning.
How Clean, Really, Do Our Kitchens Need to Be?
We talked to a few experts to get their philosophy and strategy when it comes to kitchen cleaning.
How to Do the Dishes—And Maybe Actually Enjoy It
Are Flour Sack Towels the Only Towels Your Kitchen Needs?
According to one food editor, the answer is yes.
Sweep, Mop, and Vacuum
This Adorable Mini Vacuum Keeps Your Kitchen—and Keyboard—Crumb Free
Get the teeniest vacuum for the teeniest of kitchen messes.
Cleaning Your Tools and Appliances
The Scrub Brush That Actually Cleans My Travel Mugs and Water Bottles
A cleaning tool for the new era of reusable cups, mugs, and everything in between.
Clean Enough
What Is Dish Spray? And Which One Is Best?
Our cleaning columnist explains why it’s so effective and ranks nine popular options.
Shopping
My Spotless Countertops Owe It All to This Spoon Rest
It might seem superfluous, but actually a spoon rest can make all the difference in maintaining a cleaner, more cohesive kitchen. I tested and found the best one.
Clean Enough
The Absolute Best Cloths for Streak-Free Glassware (and Eyeglasses)
I never leave home without one. They’re stashed all over my house.
Amazon Prime Day
The 46 Best Prime Day Cleaning Deals of 2023: Save Big on Shark, Miele, Dyson, and More
Everything on this list is at least 30% off. Yes, even vacuum cleaners.
Shopping
Are Waffle Weave Towels Really Better Than Terry Cloth?
We did the research—and the testing—to find out if waffle towels were more absorbent and faster-drying than their competitors.
Product Reviews
We Tested 12 Vacuum-Mop Hybrids to Find the Very Best
A mop vac will cut your floor cleaning time in half and probably also change your life.
Shopping
You Can’t Have Enough Kitchen Towels
Every kitchen deserves a stack for sopping up spills and a stack for drying hands and dishes.
Shopping
Why You Need Two Different Spray Cleaners for the Kitchen
It turns out that all-purpose stuff is really only for some purposes.
Shopping
I Thought These Drill Brushes Were a Joke. Then I Used Them.
There are a few places in the house they really do work better.
Shopping
I’m Obsessed With My Cordless Mop Vac—Here’s Why
This smart vacuum-mop combo is truly life changing for parents, pet owners, and exuberant cooks.
Clean Enough
Are We Still Defrosting Freezers in 2023?
If you have a newer model, this probably isn’t something you need to worry about. But you can’t completely ignore your freezer, either.
Clean Enough
39 Tools to Make Spring Cleaning Your Kitchen More Fun
Including a few super-functional “fashion” accessories.
Clean Enough
Let’s Spring Clean Your Kitchen’s Secret Dirty Spots
It’s time to de-gunk those places you probably haven’t touched in months (if ever).
Clean Enough
The 3 Things Everyone Should Have Under the Kitchen Sink
One can save you lots of trouble. And money.
Clean Enough
I’m Obsessed With This Tiny Broom for My Kitchen Counters
It’s the only thing that’s helped me break my paper towel habit and it works better in corners and crevices, too.
Clean Enough
23 Tools to Help You Clean As You Cook
Keep your counters tidy with tiny trash cans, big dish brushes, sprayable dish soap, and the tried-and-true bench scraper.
Clean Enough
This Old-School Floor Sweeper Doesn’t Suck
I had to know if something without a motor could clean my floors as well as my pricey Dyson, and the answer is: sometimes.
Shopping
We Asked a Fridge Restock TikToker for Pro Organization Tips
Read her two most crucial recommendations for making your fridge look like the pristine ones you’ve seen online.
Clean Enough
26 Staff-Favorite Cleaning Tools and Products for a Cleaner Kitchen in 2023
Colorful dish scrubbies, microfiber cloths for streak-free glass, and tiny trash receptacles are just some of our favorites.