McCulloch MC-1275 Heavy Duty Steam CleanerLast year, I flooded my kitchen during the Passover cleaning process.

We have granite counters in our kitchen. There are two ways to make it "kosher for Passover."

(1) Wrap it in tinfoil (you may want to see that post)
(2) Use boiling water to get any "chamez" (bread substance) out of the granite

We prefer to not cover our house in tinfoil, so we opt to use boiling water. Last year, it made a mess and I was not eager to go through that process again.

I heard that people use steamer devices, so we asked around in a local Jewish hardware store and they said, it is a very popular item. We purchased a McCulloch Heavy Duty Steam Cleaner and went on our way.

It is a neat device. You pour 16 oz of water into it. Turn it on and let it boil the water. Then you press the button on the house and it ejects boiling out steam onto the counters. The counters steam up and get really clean.

This is not only faster to work with, it is also much cleaner and much safer.

Oh, it was a ton of fun to use as well. I steamed everything - I felt like a kid.