After washing I leave the baking tray slightly ajar to dry, not wet under another

The biscuits are already on the rack — and the baking tray is still warm, with paper and drops of fat. Easy to slide it wet under another tray “to save space”: by morning it stews between them, and on the next batch there are drips and the smell of damp metal. I lift the paper, rinse while the fat is still soft, and leave it slightly ajar — not with a wet base under its neighbour.

After washing I leave the baking tray slightly ajar to dry, not wet under another. Washing the roasting tin while the kitchen is warm is another note; leftover veg from the tray its own; oven gloves another story. Here it’s the baking tray after baking: paper off, fat rinsed, air between trays — not a wet stack overnight.

If fat has already set hard — only warm water and a sponge, not a knife on the non-stick. I don’t dry it on a hot hob until it warps. I’m not shopping for a new tray with a review in this note — it’s about the one that already lifted today’s biscuits.

I don’t need a tray that stews under another all night. I need a dry sheet I’m not ashamed to put new paper on. At yours does the baking tray breathe after washing — or already in the morning drip from the stack?