The Best Kitchen Finds to Help Prevent & Minimize Mess While Cooking

If your efforts to minimize mess in the kitchen has you in the mood to do a deep cleaning of your kitchen, this powder cleanser from Bar Keepers Friend is about to be your new bestie. Made from a bleach-free formula, this cleanser works to remove rust, tarnish, mineral deposits, and tough stains from most surfaces in your home. For the kitchen, you can use it on your sinks, stove cooktops and exteriors, non-stone countertops, porcelain or ceramic dishes, and more.

As one Amazon shopper explained, “This stuff is a staple for me. You don’t need much, or even very often if you don’t cook with stainless steel a lot, but if you want a worn pot or pan to look like factory finish again, this stuff is required. Think: the blackened bottom of a stainless steel pot, you might take that for granted, but this stuff can buff that away with just a normal scratch pad (or sponge with a scratchy side).”