How to Clean My Sauce Pan

Boil water mixed with a bunch of baking soda in the pot and let that simmer for about 30 mins or so. Once thats done you should be able to clean the pot out
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fill with water and put either baking soda or dish washing liquid in the pan and put back on the stove. Bring it to a slow boil over medium heat. That should loosen the scorch.

Me I would throw it away because I don't have time to clean a burned pan. But with money being tight every where right now I would probably scrub it. Have you tried filling the pan with soapy water and letting that boil?

Put some baking soda or dishwasher detergent into the pan with some water and set it to simmer on the stove for a few minutes. This should loosen most of the burnt food and allow you to scrape and clean as normal. If you've got black carbon marks on the pan, you can use a brillo, or Bar Keeper's Friend, but I prefer Bon Ami. It's a mild abrasive that you scrub with, using just a little water and a scrub pad or regular sponge. It make take a few rounds, but your pan will look brand new afterward.

If heating water to a simmer doesn't work try filling the pan with water about an inch over the scorch marks and stick a dryer sheet in there let it soak for several hours or overnight. Sounds weird I know but it works!

I would put water in it and let it set.

If that doesn't work - what's worked for me is using "EASY OFF" on my pots and pans - however, you cannot use Easy Off on the pans with the coating.....

Just DO NOT put it in the dishwasher so it "bakes" it on there!!

Good luck!!

This is from my mom:

If you burned something to the bottom of a pan, wipe it out as best as possible. Add water and put it back on the stove and let simmer. Work the burned stuff off with a wooden spoon, until loosened, then dump the water and wash a normal.

She would also used to help clean the pot after Barkeepers Friend liquid cleanser and then wash the pan.

Good luck!

My FIL used oven cleaner on his pots and pans and they came out sparkling ( think he sprayed them, bagged them in trash bags and left outside, like you can do with grill grates). We have a pan that my husband burned something in and even after scrubbing, the bottom was blackened. We only use it now for things that don't touch the bottom, like boil-in-bag rice or veggies in a steamer basket or boiled eggs. It's been burned for over a year and just now, it's starting to release the blackened bits and underneath is my old perfectly good pan. There's about 10% of the black left. Probably not worth a year of your time to rescue a pan though!

dishwasher detergent does wonders with these things, soak it with some in the water.

I agree with the others about putting it back on the stove and simmering some water in it. Then scrape the burnt food off with a wood spoon or spatula. Think of it like you are deglazing the pot. Also, if it is an aluminum or stainless pot, once you have cleaned it all up, heat up some tomato sauce in it. The acidity in the tomatoes will make your pot shiny and good as new!

Put water in it and boil it on the stove. That should loosen the stuff on the bottom so that you can scrape it out

Get some bar keepers friend - that might work.

I add baking soda to my water when I'm soaking pans. If it is stainless, you can scrape it clean with a spoon as someone suggested. I have the most awesome kitchen gadget for scraping: http://www.rangekleen.com/product_info.php?cPath=3&pr.... I got it at Wal Mart for less than $1 and loved it so much it went in my mother-in-law's stocking this year. She loves it, too. (It is also great for cleaning anything that dries on surfaces like the table or counters.)

I have stainless cookware so usually soak messes in water with baking soda and then scrape everything right out. When I'm actually washing my pots I'll also use a baking soda and water paste with the washcloth to make things come off faster and polish up the pan.

Bar Keepers Friend is an awesome cleaner for pots and pans; especially when in this condition. I put it in the pan, add some Dawn, and scrub it with minimal water to make a paste.....let it sit if needed but usually it will get it right out!!! Cheap and the best stuff I have found for my stainless steel cookware.

Cover the bottom of the pan with water and a good amount of baking soda and bring it to a simmer. then turn it heat off and let sit over night. The crust should peel right off. If it doesn't cover with baking soda ( or borax if you have it, works great as well) then crumple up some alumminum foil ( a big piece of used alumminum foil is great for this ) and start scrubbing with it it. Either way, with a little ellbowgrease your sauce pan should get clean.

If it's not a nonstick, soak it then use a Brillo pad.

I burned pie filling in a sauce pan, and had the same problem.

You're going to have to put a fair amount of elbow-greese (translation: physical work) into getting the stuck on stuff off. I used a scraper made for my stoneware, but a dull butter knife might work too, to get the built up stuff off.
Then we had the scorched pan at the bottom than never seemed to go away (I could even cook and it didn't come off, I figured it was permanent), until someone introduced me to steel wool. A bit more elbow grease and my pan shines like new! (Mine is an old - like 40+ years - stainless steel, I think, if yours is new cheap thin stuff it might not work. But if it's sturdy and not aluminum it should work fine)

I've used both a simmer with vinegar and when I had zero time, oven cleaner.

Denture tablets work great!

I've heard the fabric softener sheet works wonders!

C., soak your sauce pan using cascade dishwashing powder.

I would say at least over night.

J. D. Lubbock, TX