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I have a grill pan that is used on top of the stove, it is supposed to be able to be used on either side ( one is smooth and one is grilled)
we only use the grill side, it has never been a hassle to clean, but this last time it has been a nightmare. I made chicken teriyaki on skewers. The sauce had to have some kind of sugar in it because even though all I did was marinate the chicken in it ( and they cooked and tasted fine) it left a blackened burnt on residue. I have even used oven cleaner that was left on over night ( Twice) and also used an actual BBQ grill wire brush on it to no avail. What is the secret? How do I dissolve this burnt on mess? I have soaked it over night in hot soapy dawn dish soap water too...do not want to throw it away...suggestions? Thanks in advance...
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Have you tried a Magic Eraser sponge? Those things are MIRACLE workers! and cheap too.
This happened to me and it sure worked great.
Without seeing the pan, I can't tell if this is possible, but I know that you can boil vinegar in a saucepan to get the burnt-on stuff off the bottom of the pan.
I would have thought that oven cleaner would have worked.
Other than its appearance, is there any reason you can't just use it as is? I know most of my cookie sheets, etc are discolored from use, but it doesn't make them landfill!
Sugar when burnt becomes carbon. The carbon has probably become fused into the metal. (Steel is iron and carbon based.) A wire brush is your only hope or just letting it wear off.
I'd personally use the wire brush until I got tired of it and then just let the remainder wear off.
Good luck to you and yours.
Since it was made for high temps (can you check how high?),
maybe you could leave it in a cleaning cycle of your oven and let it burn off?
