burnt pan...what to use?

avinabacca

exlibris wrote: »

You could also try boiling heavily salted water in it.

Quality response - worked like a treat last night when I left a panful of potato and swede to boil dry and burn.

Covered the bottom with ordinary salt, added about 3/4in water, let it boil for ten minutes or so and then left it to cool overnight. The carbon and bits of spud came off with a rinse and a soft sponge this morning

bullet_2

I have a pan in a similar state after I tried to make fudge. Apparently sugar and condensed milk can get very attached to the bottom of pans. I tried soda crystals but didn't realise you had to boil them, so they didn't work. Will try boiling the soda crystals now and if they don't work will try the cola. I boiled the salted water but it wouldn't shift anything.

bigmuffins

Whenever I have burnt pans, soaking overnight with washing powder has always lifted the burnt on stuff no problem! If really bad, I use boiling water and washing powder.
With sugar - just leave pan to soak in water, sugar will dissolve - may take a while but better than having to scrub in my view!
:beer:

mummyfrugal

Hi Rosie Marie, someone who I know had a fire and found that a steamer got rid of the smell of the fire off the walls, maybe you could borrow one off someone? This may also work on your pan too. It might be worth getting one yourself, but I'd buy one of the small ones not the big ones because they do the same job and are easier to store and heat up quicker. Hope you manage to rescue the pan!

Slim4Summer

Hi all
I stupidly put on a pan with some oil and was distracted and it burnt away leaving a black mess at the bottom of a stainless steel pan! Lucky I didnt set the house on fire.....
I cant get it off by washing and scrubbing it.
I seem to remember that there is a clever thing you can do by boiling something in the pan in water - an onion? A potato? A lemon? All 3 at once? LOL!
Any advice appreciated. Thanks

bigsteve

I seem to remember being told to put an inch / however so much of the pan is burnt of washing powder into a burnt saucepan. The put in just enough water so no dry powder is visible and leave overnight.

Worth a try.

Nile

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onetomany

try boiling some washing up liquid?

shelly

onetomany wrote: »

try boiling some washing up liquid?

Oh please don't!!! Unless of course you planned a foam party


I remember as a youngster a friends Mum had a dishwasher...was very posh to have a DW when I was a kid .... anyway, she asked us to load it and put it on.
Had no idea what actually went into them cleaning aid wise so we filled the dispenser with fairy liquid and went out.
Came back a few hours later and we could hear her shouting up the street!
Her utility room was knee deep in suds! It was amazing!

julie_toots

Hi, i did the same thing and managed to get rid of it by covering bottom with jif lemon and salt, leaving ovrnight then scrubbing it with pan scourer. Had to do it twice but IT WORKED:j.