How do I clean my stainless steel pot that has burnt on food? I forgot about it on the stove.
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Use a Brillo pad and Barkeepers Friend
If you have the cream of tarter it is the best way to clean the pan. You add water to the pan, put in some cream of tarter, set the pan on the stove to boil, and then clean it with soap and water.
We did this quite by accident and it worked! I was shocked!
Left the stainless steel cookie sheet in the oven and ran the self cleaning cycle. The next day, I found it and it looked brand new. I was shocked!!! It started out pretty bad with lots of burned on stuff where it was clean, but stained if that makes sense.
After that I googled to make sure it was safe and that I just didn't get lucky that 1 we didn't have a fire and 2 that it came clean, and apparently this is a thing that others have been doing safely for years. Who knew???? I never had a self cleaning oven before, so it was a moot point.
If your pot is anything other than stainless DO NOT DO THIS.
OR if your pot has handles that are plastic or anything other than metal THEY MUST BE REMOVED before doing this AS THAT COULD START A FIRE.
If it is ALL STAINLESS, it should clean up nice in the self cleaning feature.
What I used to do before I had a self cleaning oven, was stick them in a black plastic bag after covering them with oven cleaner (Easy off or the generic kind). I would seal up the plastic bag with a twistie and set the bag(s) (one per bag) outside (the smell of oven cleaner always makes me sick).
I let them sit overnight and then hosed them off (away from the garden as the oven cleaner is not good for plants--especially edibles). That usually got most of the crud off and what was left, came off easy with an SOS/Brillo pad.
Safety first here!!! Check with your oven maker to make sure it is OK if you use the self cleaning feature!!
Hope it works for you!
Try Magic Eraser!
Thanks!!!!!
Terri
Try fabric softener sheets for the dryer, put hot water in pan, submerge 1 or 2 dryer sheets in hot water and soak for a hour or so. You'll be surprised.
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