The Poultry Keeper

mojo · Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 2:26 pm Post subject: help an idiot

help please...... Embarassed

.... who knows a fool(me) proof way of cleaning a stainless steel pan of burnt(caked solid) chutney....................went to talk to french pal at the door and left it on the heat(told you i was a fool)..... Embarassed

.....its baked solid .used brillo...washup liquid.....astonise cleaner....silicia ....elbow grease and metal scourer to no avail.. Sad

..help please the pan is an old favorite and i would rather not dump it....... Crying or Very sad

..........so answers quik please regards mojo

Fenn · Joined: 16 Jun 2005 Posts: 2292 Location: Shrewsbury

I did exactly the same with my favourite pan last year! Laughing

Mix up a strong solution of washing powder and hot water and boil it for as long as you can bear (make sure it doesn't boil dry, or you'll make things worse!). Then use a plastic scourer to get the last bits off (I ended up having to chip it off with a knife Embarassed

).

Good luck Laughing

mojo · Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 2:49 pm Post subject:

thanks fenn..........any other ideas gang?

milkmaid · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 6895 Location: isle of lewis

thought i heard something about rhubard leaves boiled in pan can help clean it but just got back from work and problably am Embarassed

debcat · Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 3:33 pm Post subject:

boiling water with washing powder then leaving the lot to stand for 2 days worked great on mine
just boiling only took a bit off

rubychik · Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 3:53 pm Post subject:

I've done the same thing with my jam pan....will try the washing powder, thanks Wink

Itsybitsy · Joined: 11 Feb 2006 Posts: 1325 Location: Leicestershire

Having spent the early years of my life in Catering I have seen some burnt pans - and had to clean them Shocked

, but I once burnt one the likes of which I hadn't seen before Shocked

. It's a big pan and I didn't want to dump it, so I put it outside whilst I considered the situation, it was upside down so I didn't have the burnt staring me in the face - well many months later I decided to tackle it again, it had stood upside down all through the summer, imagine my surprise therefore when I turned it the right way up to be faced with all the burnt peeling off Cool

, what was left came off with no effort at all. Apparently the couple on How Clean is your House recommend washing powder farily neat too, so try that first, but if all else fails chuck it outside for a few months.

Itsybitsy Wink

Spana · Joined: 30 Apr 2005 Posts: 2062 Location: North Cornwall

What about oven cleaner, or have you tried that?

Gilly C · Joined: 22 Jun 2006 Posts: 2348 Location: South Cumbria

I have heard the washing powder thing put I think it has to be biological which I don't use as we have a septic tank ! so I soaked it with dishwasher powder and that worked had to do it twice to get really clean ! Good Luck !

mojo · Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 8:19 pm Post subject:

thanks folks will let you know how i get on.......thanks

Henwife · Joined: 31 Jan 2006 Posts: 2890 Location: Monmouthshire

If the pan is stainless steel you can boil bicarbonate of soda in it for mild disasters and washing soda for major disasters. If it's made of aluminium, it will pit, so don't. Spray on oven cleaner is remarkably effective tho' may need several applications. When I burn pans, I do a proper job of it.

AtomicRooster · Joined: 20 May 2005 Posts: 989 Location: Hampshire

put it in the freezer Smile

stephen · Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 8:40 am Post subject:

We've had success putting a dishwasher tablet into pans etc that won't come clean. The stuff in those is pretty strong compared to washing up liquid and washing powder, and if heated for a while it usually does the trick.

NannyP · Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 12:42 pm Post subject:

I will be checking this pan tomorrow and reporting back Wink

mojo · Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 2:34 pm Post subject:

too late cleaned and sparkling again..nanny..(the pan not nanny).....thanks gang the washing enzieme thingy (dishwaher tab) did the trick took two goes but back to normal ...........the pan not me........thanks all.....mojo