accidently scorched some veg oil in my frying pan and it burnt into the
stainless. any way to get it off? try bartenders secret, brillo pads, etc.
no joy. should i just write it off?

Try powdered dishwasher detergent and water, enough to cover the bottom of
the pan. Let it soak overnight. The burnt layer should come off more
easily then.

Good Luck!

Sharon


"timmy" > wrote in message
...
> accidently scorched some veg oil in my frying pan and it burnt into the
> stainless. any way to get it off? try bartenders secret, brillo pads, etc.
> no joy. should i just write it off?

"timmy" > wrote in message
...
> accidently scorched some veg oil in my frying pan and it burnt into the
> stainless. any way to get it off? try bartenders secret, brillo pads, etc.
> no joy. should i just write it off?

I thought you weren't supposed touse brillo pads on All Clad or other good
stainless. Ditto with cleanser, dunno about bartenders.

I have one pan that is now blackened, and I just keep cooking in it. I
figure it will come out eventually.

You might try boiling water in it. There is also some chemical you can soak
the pans in that cleans them up like new - what is that stuff, and where do
we buy it??

On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 08:04:40 -0400, "timmy" > wrote:

>accidently scorched some veg oil in my frying pan and it burnt into the
>stainless. any way to get it off? try bartenders secret, brillo pads, etc.
>no joy. should i just write it off?

ALl-clad is too expensive to pitch in the trash. Go to your local auto
supply store and get a can of valve lapping compound, either DuPont #7
or its equivalent. This stuff is a very fine grit abrasive in a paste,
almost like jewelers' rouge.

Either by hand or with a soft buffing wheel on a portable electric
drill, put paste on a cloth or the buffing wheel and buff away. You
will remove a miniscule layer of dull S/S amd return the pan to
a mirror finish. If this doesn't do it, I don't know what will. I've
used this method for years and it has never failed.

Alex

On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:10:18 -0500, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:10:51 -0500, Chemiker wrote:
>
>> Either by hand or with a soft buffing wheel on a portable electric
>> drill, put paste on a cloth or the buffing wheel and buff away. You
>> will remove a miniscule layer of dull S/S amd return the pan to
>> a mirror finish. If this doesn't do it, I don't know what will. I've
>> used this method for years and it has never failed.
>
>Isn't it easier just not to constantly burn your food?
>

Smart ass, squirt. You haven't changed have you?

NO, I used to be exclusively S/S, which, maybe someone
told you, doesn't season......

Periodically, I would GI (understand that term, squirt?)
my S/S to improve its surface by the method shown. After
some time, I could actually shave by the reflection in
those pans, and all the original toolmarks and scratches
from the mfr were gone. They performed wonderfully, thanks
to a process not economically feasible for the mfr.

NO, I don't routinely burn my food. But I DO take care
of my utensils. Hence my post.

Do you really get off insulting people, Squirt? Pity.
Maybe you'll grow up someday. AS if I gave a damn.

Alex, who bites his thumb at you. Your assumption that
I must abuse my cookware because I know how to care for
them, is a classic non-sequitur. Understand Latin, Squirt?

NO? Pity that, also.

On Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:41:17 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> wrote:

>On Thu 22 Oct 2009 05:04:40a, timmy told us...
>
>> accidently scorched some veg oil in my frying pan and it burnt into the
>> stainless. any way to get it off? try bartenders secret, brillo pads, etc.
>> no joy. should i just write it off?
>
>Forget cleansers, brillo pads, and any other advice you get about scrubbing
>or soaking in various solutions.
>
>Coat the affected areass liberally with oven cleaner and allow to sit for the
>prescribed time. If it doesn't completely clean it, apply again and allow to
>sit overnight. If you don't have a lid for the frying pan, cover the top
>with plastic wrap so that the area stays moist.
>
>Oven cleaner will *not* harm stainless steel, and it should removed any
>burned on oil, food, etc. Note that oven cleaner is used to clean the
>stainless steel interiors of ovens, as well as stainless steel oven racks.

Almost true, Wayne.

Oven cleaner is caustic, and S/S alloys are NOT uniform. Ergo, some
parts of the alloy will be eaten away, while the cleaning occurs. Yes,
it works. But it leaves the S/S porous for further invasion by gunk
and beasties. The polishing technique leaves a smooth surface with no
pits from chemical erosion, therefore a better final cooking surface.

Alex, the Chemiker.

Hallelujah! SWEMBO has agreed to Alaska, and then Prague/BudaPest.
We gonna' get us some REAL beer, yah!

Chemiker wrote:
>
> On Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:41:17 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> > wrote:
>
> >On Thu 22 Oct 2009 05:04:40a, timmy told us...
> >
> >> accidently scorched some veg oil in my frying pan and it burnt into the
> >> stainless. any way to get it off? try bartenders secret, brillo pads, etc.
> >> no joy. should i just write it off?
> >
> >Forget cleansers, brillo pads, and any other advice you get about scrubbing
> >or soaking in various solutions.
> >
> >Coat the affected areass liberally with oven cleaner and allow to sit for the
> >prescribed time. If it doesn't completely clean it, apply again and allow to
> >sit overnight. If you don't have a lid for the frying pan, cover the top
> >with plastic wrap so that the area stays moist.
> >
> >Oven cleaner will *not* harm stainless steel, and it should removed any
> >burned on oil, food, etc. Note that oven cleaner is used to clean the
> >stainless steel interiors of ovens, as well as stainless steel oven racks.
>
> Almost true, Wayne.
>
> Oven cleaner is caustic, and S/S alloys are NOT uniform. Ergo, some
> parts of the alloy will be eaten away, while the cleaning occurs. Yes,
> it works. But it leaves the S/S porous for further invasion by gunk
> and beasties. The polishing technique leaves a smooth surface with no
> pits from chemical erosion, therefore a better final cooking surface.


I have no clue if this will work or not, but it's a trick I often use:
take standard "dry" automatic dishwasher detergent --- such as Cascade &
the like (the enzymes in these 'cleaners might help?) --- and put a good
2 or 3 Tbs of that stuff into the pan and add enough hot water until the
burned gunk is covered. It even helps to "cook" that stuff on the stove
until it boils -- stir around, turn off the heat, and let the solution
set for some hours -- then scrub with a plastic scrubber -- or even get
downright aggressive and use a metal bristle brush or some steel wool!
BUT, be sure to use rubber gloves -- that stuff is downright hurtful to
the hands ! It "might" do the trick (?).

Sky

--
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"timmy" > wrote in message
...
> accidently scorched some veg oil in my frying pan and it burnt into the
> stainless. any way to get it off? try bartenders secret, brillo pads, etc.
> no joy. should i just write it off?

thanks for all the good advise. this week end we recieved a sale on all-clad
ss same exact piece, a 12 inch for half price. we also have a 20% off the
sale price so for $50 and change i can replace it and get a free lid to
boot.

In article .com>,
"timmy" > wrote:

> "timmy" > wrote in message
> ...
> > accidently scorched some veg oil in my frying pan and it burnt into the
> > stainless. any way to get it off? try bartenders secret, brillo pads, etc.
> > no joy. should i just write it off?
>
> thanks for all the good advise. this week end we recieved a sale on all-clad
> ss same exact piece, a 12 inch for half price. we also have a 20% off the
> sale price so for $50 and change i can replace it and get a free lid to
> boot.

Where was this? I'd love to have one of those at that price.

jt

"jt august" > wrote in message
...
> In article .com>,
> "timmy" > wrote:
>
>> "timmy" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > accidently scorched some veg oil in my frying pan and it burnt into the
>> > stainless. any way to get it off? try bartenders secret, brillo pads,
>> > etc.
>> > no joy. should i just write it off?
>>
>> thanks for all the good advise. this week end we recieved a sale on
>> all-clad
>> ss same exact piece, a 12 inch for half price. we also have a 20% off the
>> sale price so for $50 and change i can replace it and get a free lid to
>> boot.
>
> Where was this? I'd love to have one of those at that price.
>
> jt

"cook wares". i don't know if they are national or not.

In article >, "timmy" >
wrote:

> "jt august" > wrote in message
> ...
> > In article .com>,
> > "timmy" > wrote:
> >
> >> "timmy" > wrote in message
> >> ...
> >> > accidently scorched some veg oil in my frying pan and it burnt into the
> >> > stainless. any way to get it off? try bartenders secret, brillo pads,
> >> > etc.
> >> > no joy. should i just write it off?
> >>
> >> thanks for all the good advise. this week end we recieved a sale on
> >> all-clad
> >> ss same exact piece, a 12 inch for half price. we also have a 20% off the
> >> sale price so for $50 and change i can replace it and get a free lid to
> >> boot.
> >
> > Where was this? I'd love to have one of those at that price.
> >
> > jt
>
> "cook wares". i don't know if they are national or not.

Found it. Their sale price is $89.99, but without the coupon, that's
the best I could get. And with the coupon, that only takes it down to
$71. So they must have had a bonus percentage in store. If so, great
find for the price.

jt

There are many ways to get it off but some will damge the metal, and it reallty depends what grade of Stanless it is.

I'm Mechanical engineer and come across this all the time in my job, but never with cooking appliancies.

try the other methods above, by all means, but a good way of getting rid is with distilled vinegar. Mix half water and half distilled Malt vinegar, and l;et sit over night, then use a sctochbright scouring pad to clean it up. Stainless has a better corrosion resistance to acid than stong caustics, but again it's all dependent on the grade of stainless, 304, 316, 318 grades all have different corrosion resistancies.

You can also use salt, with the scouring pad. the salt crystals act as an abrasion agent and the salt its self eats into the metal to help it clean.

Try this as it may help clean it up.