Aluminum foil can be used in the oven. In the oven, it heats up and becomes a conductor. Alumnium foil can help foods retain moisture as well as keep pastries and baked goods from browning too quickly ...

Aluminum foil is safe for cooking, but never put it on the bottom of your oven.

If you’ve ever tried shimmying a fully loaded pizza dough onto a pizza stone in your oven only to have ingredients go everywhere, you might be all too familiar with deep oven clean-up. Whether it’s a ...

Cleaning your oven is rarely fun. Between burnt-on food, stubborn grease, and those hard-to-reach spots, it's easy to put off this daunting task. Still, deep cleaning your oven every few months is ...

Trying to avoid a mess can actually create other problems. Maybe you just cleaned the oven or you just had a brand new one delivered. We love baking but no one likes to make a mess to leave behind in ...

Claire is Lifehacker's Senior Food Editor. She has a B.S. in chemistry, a decade of food journalism experience, and a deep love for mayonnaise and MSG. Aluminum foil is a very useful, flat, and ...