burnt pan...what to use?

maypole

Making chutney, stainless steel pan is black and burnt, it looks welded on:o any tips on cleaning please?

sancho

Also interested, my pan set in fire the other day and has burnt marks all over the base

steevie_b

Try using washing powder (what you'd use in the washing machine) and letting it soak. That's what I do with burnt oven dishes and it works a treat!
You could also try putting some water and washing up liquid in the pan and heating it up to boil. It stinks but gets the welded on stuff off.

Steve

maypole

Just read a tip and have tried it.

Pour boiling water to just cover the burnt, then I added half a tub of bicarb and let it soak, I have just looked and I have been able to scrape off some of the burnt with a plastic spatula. I used the small tub of bicarb that you buy from supermarket. It might need a couple of goes though.

Phew thank goodness, my pan was fairly new, I thought I had ruined it for good.

Always add the bicarb to the water, not the other was round as it might bubble right up

Thanks steevie b

sammyjammy

Mix really cheap biological washing powder with hot water, make sure you aggitate it to get bubbles etc (this is what activates the enzymes) and soak your pan in it overnight, should come up good as new.

WestonDave

Try the above and then get the brillo or equivalent on it (you can buy stainless steel scrubber things) - stainless steel pans will take a serious scrubbing unlike non stick pans, and unlike aluminium pans it will come off eventually without taking any noticeable amount of the metal off.

maypole

Thanks, it's all back to normal now, I will never leave it again when I was suppose to stir regularly:o

hazybubbles

i was watching how clean is your house the other day and the big blonde one (never know which one is kim and which is aggie!) was getting the bloke to heat cola in the pan that had all the burnt on stuff in it until it started to boil and then all the black bit came off. Not tried it myself tho.

Mayflower10cat

Just to add quickly; 'Astonish' brand oven cleaning paste (BUAV approved) sold in a lot of the £type shops in a tub is fantastic for disasters like this. Rub a generous amount of the thick soapy, oily paste into the soiled/burned pan/oven/hob and leave preferably overnight if badly damaged. Wash off in the morning. It isn't corrosive, doesn't hurt your hands and isn't tested on animals (insert smiley!!)

maypole

Some good tips there