Baking trays…wash after every use….?

[BigDahliaFan]

I do, dh doesn’t always….

If food has been directly on them, yes. If it’s hasn’t (ie in a container) then not always.

If they’ve had food directly on them, I’ll wash them. If I’ve had a casserole dish, or apple pie dish on them, then I don’t.

Yes I do. Sometimes they get really greasy on the underside which I don’t like.

I don’t always wash my non stick frying pan though. I don’t have the heat too high, ever, so I wipe it clean with kitchen paper. Only wash it as necessary if something’s left a bit of residue. Heating it up will destroy any nastiest.

If there's none clean, and it's had something that hasn't left many crumbs or residue, I'll reuse without washing.

^^ what they both said.

Depends.

Leaky dried on cheese from a pizza? Wash.

no residue or a couple of breadcrumbs? Nah, I’d leave it.

Depends. Something greasy or messy, obv. Piece of bread toasting under the grill - shake over the sink and good to go. I tend to use foil or a silicon whatsit so if I've got one of those on, unless I make a pig's ear of it all, I wouldn't wash it then.

Oh dear god yes, always! You’ll have rancid food residue and grease on it otherwise. Yuck.

Depends whether it's dirty or not. We tend to use baking paper in them for a lot of things so the baking paper goes in the bin and the baking tray goes back in the drawer.

Yes, unless it’s one of those things in a foil tray with instructions to place on a baking tray and there are no leaks.

I just ignore those instructions and put them straight on the rack! I have oven liners though.

OP, I wash my over liners once a year or so (or if I have a leak, but that isn’t often). So if your DH is using the baking tray like that, he’s probably ok. I was envisioning actual food placed directly on the tray, and not washing in that situation would be grim.

I just put a piece of baking paper on my trays before I put the food on. No sticking and mostly no washing.