How to Clean Burned Stock Pots
Whether you're preparing Thanksgiving dinner for 30 family members or just making lunch for you and your spouse, accidents can happen during cooking. Food can get burned if you become distracted or try to take on too much, and this often means that your pots and pans suffer the most. If you have a badly burned pot that seems unusable, don't throw it away until you've tried these methods for cleaning the burnt stains out of them. Proper cleaning can leave your pots and other cooking utensils looking and cooking as good as new. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- Burned pot
- Water
- Stove
- Wooden kitchen utensil
- White vinegar
- Baking soda
- Dish detergent
- Ginger beer
Instructions
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Plain Water Cleaning
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Fill the burned pot with water from your sink, as if you were boiling water for pasta.
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Bring the water to a full boil. Allow the water to boil for two to three minutes in the pot.
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Empty the water into the sink and return the pot to the stove.
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Use a wooden kitchen utensil, such as a wooden spoon, to scrape the loosened burn stains from the pot. Rinse in warm water and repeat until all of the stain is removed.
White Vinegar Cleaning
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Mix 1 cup of white vinegar, 1 tbsp. of baking soda, 1 cup of ginger beer and 1 tsp. of dish detergent into the burned pan.
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Add as much boiling water as is necessary to cover all of the burn stains in the pot.
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Simmer the pan on medium heat on your stove top.
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Scrape at the burn stains while the mixture is simmering to remove the stains.
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Rinse with warm water and wash normally to remove stain or cleaner residue.
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Tips & Warnings
Add a dryer sheet before boiling the plain water to help remove the toughest stains.
You may see pieces of the burned stain floating to the top of the water while it is boiling; either scoop those out with your wooden utensil, or rinse it down the drain when you empty the water.
Be careful when working with boiling water and hot pots. Always use towels or pot holders when you move hot objects around the kitchen to prevent burning your hands.
Never use stainless steel, metal scrapers or harsh abrasives on non-stick cookware, as you will damage the non-stick coating.
