After leaving a pot unattended, the sugar I was trying to boil burned to a cinder. The entire pot is coated with black "tar". It is a standard stainless steel pot (sauce pan) with a lid, it has a double clad bottom. I hate to throw it away. The pot alone would be $40 to $50 to replace.
I burnt my stainless steel pot 3 days ago and I tried all of the usual tricks including baking soda and vinegar, dishwasher soap, etc. Nothing even made a small dent in the black gunk stuck to the bottom of the pot. I was at my wit's end until I saw the Hydrogen Peroxide tip. It was absolutely incredible. I just covered the bottom of the pot with the Peroxide and turned it on to boil. Within seconds it started to lift and it less than one minute it was completely off. Thanks so very much!
OMG. The hydogen peroxide worked so fast! I had already boiled Sprite, white vinagar and lots of elbow grease and nothing worked. My pan looks good as new!
I would like to thank everyone who suggested using Hydrogen Peroxide and boiling it to clean burnt sugar from my stainless steel pot. You saved my pot, that is fairly new, and this was the first time I used it! I am thrilled! It works like magic, and all I had to do was very little rubbing on the inside of the pot with a wooden spoon to help it along a bit, and my pan is all shiny again! Yay! Thanks so much!
Thank you one and all for your advise! I can tell you honestly that the hydrogen peroxide worked, with very little effort. When I said that the pot was covered with a "tar" like coating, that was really an underestimation. It was more as if you took a spray machine and coated the pot with a thick coating of black, hard epoxy. UGH! Imposible as it seemed, I tried the peroxide, only because so many others said that it would work, and it did. Once again, many thanks!
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Request: Burnt Sugar in a Stainless Steel Pot
Archived on 06/02/2009
How to clean burnt sugar water residue from stainless steel pot?
Gladys from Coronation, AB
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RE: Burnt Sugar in a Stainless Steel Pot
Only one product: BARKEEPER'S FRIEND! It is sold with Bon Ami, Comet, etc. and it works great! Will even take off rust! (08/10/2006)
Put water in the pan so it does not go dry. then add 1/2 cup of baking soda. Bring to a boil and then turn heat back to simmer and let on for about an hour. It should come out. (08/11/2006)
Scrub out as much mess as possible with a wooden spoon, rinse and dry with paper towel. Then spray well with oven cleaner and let it sit overnight with the lid on. Repeat until clean. THIS WORKS! I know - I started out on this housekeeping business 30 years ago and I have saved many pots and pans this way. DO NOT USE ON ALUMINUM. (08/13/2006)
By Willem
RE: Burnt Sugar in a Stainless Steel Pot
A little bit of automatic dishwasher detergent will dissolve anything burnt on. Just let it sit a while. It has to be able to do this - in the dishwasher nothing is physically in contact with your dishes except the water. (08/15/2006)
The method with baking soda and water/boiling and such WORKS!!! I had a very expensive pot that i tried to make fudge in. When I was done it looked like I had to throw it away. I soaked it for over a week! and it didn't work. I found this website and tried the baking soda and boiling water method. The result was amazing. The pot looked like new in 30mins. Thank you NellieMary, you are great!! (10/07/2006)
By Brad Wood
RE: Burnt Sugar in a Stainless Steel Pot
I tried all of the above with mixed results. This one works like magic:
Remove the loose burnt sugar, then cover the burnt sugar layer with Hydrogen Peroxide Solution sold at all drugstores. Soak for a day or two with the lid on and the burnt on layer will lift right off. Amazing! (08/15/2007)
By Tom
RE: Burnt Sugar in a Stainless Steel Pot
I had the same problem. I used vegetable oil and heated it. The layer of burnt sugar just bubbled up and flaked off. (01/27/2008)
By Janet
RE: Burnt Sugar in a Stainless Steel Pot
Thank you for the hydrogen peroxide idea. Worked like a charm. I put sugar in a hot ss pan it went black immediately. I was sure I ruined the pan. I found the peroxide suggestion online and covered the stain with the peroxide and heated it on the stove until boiling then turned off the heat and let it sit. I checked it periodically and it lifted off by itself as I swirled the pan. I was so tickled. No scrubbing needed. (04/12/2008)
By Laurie S
RE: Burnt Sugar in a Stainless Steel Pot
Just to add to this, I tried everything and nothing worked until I put a thin layer of hydrogen peroxide into the pot and boiled it. The sugar just lifted off - it was incredible! Thanks, folks (06/25/2008)
By Nutmeg
RE: Burnt Sugar in a Stainless Steel Pot
Boiled hydrogen peroxide in the pot, the burnt-on sugar flaked off. For the pieces that didn't, once the liquid cooled I wiped it out with a sponge. Spotless!
(07/26/2008)
By Jeff
RE: Burnt Sugar in a Stainless Steel Pot
I can't believe how well the hydrogen peroxide worked. I had made a nasty mess making plum preserves (got caught up in something else and didn't stir). I thought I had ruined one of my wife's favorite pots. I tried scrubbing, chipping, vinegar. Then i read this and tried the peroxide. IT REALLY WAS LIKE MAGIC. The nasty burned mass just flaked off! Thank you! Joe (08/03/2008)
By Joe
RE: Burnt Sugar in a Stainless Steel Pot
Thank you. I was making food for the hummingbirds - 1 cup sugar to 4 parts water. I failed to watch it. When I discovered it - big disaster. I bought 4 quarts of hydrogen peroxide 3% usp. I put it in the pan overnite, but nothing happened even though I covered all of the burned area with it. The next day I started boiling it. As it became hotter and to the boiling point all of the burned sugar/water just melted. Amazing!
Thank you for your posting.
S. Smith (09/04/2008)
By S. Smith
RE: Burnt Sugar in a Stainless Steel Pot
Just to add a tip for the hydrogen peroxide fans: the 3% solution used for oral rinses, etc., is not as effective a household cleaner as the 20% solution sold at beauty supply houses as a developer for hair coloring. Works great for cleaning granite, etc. (09/19/2008)
By Roberta Morris
RE: Burnt Sugar in a Stainless Steel Pot
Thank you so very much. With our orchard apples, I was cooking apple filling for pie and cake in my large stainless steel pot. I turned, sneezed, and came back to the pot, a favorite pot, which now had sugar burned thickly on the entire bottom. My apple pie filling was fine, but the pot was a mess. I tried vinegar - NO LUCK. I tried Googling, found this site, and the suggestion of using Hydrogen Peroxide.
Well I used Hydrogen Peroxide, boiled it in the pot, and most of the black crud lifted right off without any elbow grease. I used Hydrogen Peroxide a second time, the crud just lifted right off. The bottom of the pot is shinier than before the sugar mishap. Many thanks, Ellen (11/04/2008)
By Ellen
RE: Burnt Sugar in a Stainless Steel Pot
Worked great! Burnt English toffee in a stainless pan. Looked like the metal was actualy black. Used 3% and when it started boiling I used a wooden spoon to scrape the bottom. It offered very little resistance. (12/17/2008)
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RE: Burnt Sugar in a Stainless Steel Pot
I thought I would have to throw my stainless steel pot out after attempting and failing to make fairy food candy. Read the tip on hydrogen peroxide, tried it and couldn't believe the results! Amazing! What did we do before Google? (12/21/2008)
By Mary
RE: Burnt Sugar in a Stainless Steel Pot
Yep, the hydrogen peroxide works! I literally tried everything (Barkeepers, vinegar, easy off, etc). this is worked in 5 minutes and saved me from reordering my favorite pot! I boiled it and swirled it from time to time and finally the burnt pieces just swirled off the bottom edge of the pot! (12/24/2008)
By Gretchen
RE: Burnt Sugar in a Stainless Steel Pot
Awesome! Just don't be dumb like me and stand over the pot. It burns the eyes and nose. (02/25/2009)
