One tip I'm not seeing here and has helped for me is filling the pan with hot water and putting in a used dryer sheet, let it soak overnight. I've used a piece of a new one in a pinch. Also when you use oil, especially SPRAY oil, your pans will discolor with the heat.
You can put the pan in a plastic trash bag, pour some amonia in, lay it in the yard in the hot sun for a few hours and then hose it off. Works every time--may have to use a little bit of elbow grease, but not much. works with bbq grills, over racks, etc.
This is not a cleaning tip but it's something I do to help keep baking clean up at a minimum so it's for your future reference ;-) Use aluminum foil as a liner whenever possible. The foil can also be reused as a drip pan liner or simply as a drip catcher on the bottom rack of your oven to help keep drippings at bay (I say on the bottom rack because I heard that someone once placed it on the bottom of the oven itself when there was just a little bit of previous drippings and they had a heck of a time getting the baked on foil off after a long bake time - hope that made sense). You can also reuse it by placing on the bottom of your charcoal BBQ grill for easy ash cleanup. And you can always loosely ball the used foil up and use as a scrubber ;-)
Something that has always worked for me, no matter what the baked item is. If possible, fill the pan with very hot water, pour in a generous amount of baking soda, Let this sit for some time. If this is something that can be heated on the stove, keep it good and warm that way for awhile, but usually a good soak with plenty of soda will do the trick. On one occasion though, I did have to repeat the process, but it is still very inexpensive.
I sprinkle dish washer detergent in the bottom (enough to cover bottom) then fill with warm water. let it sit for several hours. Works great on glass baking pans or roasting pans. It loosens all the baked on food, then wash and rinse.
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Cleaning Pans With Baked On Food. Here's a little trick my grandmother taught me for cleaning pans with baked on food. Fill pan with a couple cups of water and about two squirts of dishwashing liquid.
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Here's a little trick my grandmother taught me for cleaning pans with baked on food. Fill pan with a couple cups of water and about two squirts of dishwashing liquid. Place pan on burner and turn on high until it bubbles. Turn off burner and let sit for about 5 minutes. Burnt or stuck-on food will come off very easily.
By Marnita from Cumming, GA
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RE: Cleaning (outside) Pans With Baked On Food
Try Dawn Power Disolver. It works and is available at Walmart. Be careful though. I think it can be used on stainless steel, but it may not be used on painted pots. (01/07/2007)
I take a couple of spoonfuls of automatic dishwashing soap, (the powdered Kind) run water to the top into your dish, add powder and let sit over night or for a few hours. It will eat all the burned on food off. I even use it for other dishes that are hard to clean like the glass casserole dishes. (11/14/2008)
