How can one remove burned-on vegetable oil from a stainless steel pot?

Answer 1

Use a mild abrassive (such as barkeeper's friend -- available at Walmart or bed bath and beyond), wet the pot a little and rub with a scouring pad. If you are OK with a little bit of scratching, you can use the barkeeper's friend with a stainless steel scrub bud or steel wool. Don't use any soap -- soap will make the barkeeper's friend ineffective.

Answer 2

The best way is to add hot water up to the level of the burnt food and set it on low heat on the range top burner. As the water comes to a boil it will loosen the burnt food from the bottom and sides of the pan. Use a wooden spoon to stir and further loosen the food. Carefully dump water into the sink and fill again with hot water and liquid dish soap and use a scrubbing sponge to finish the cleaning.

Answer 3

Honestly, once you've scorched the outside of the pan, you can't really get it off. Next time, if you are cooking over an open flame, rub bar soap on the outside of the pan and only the soap will get scorched, and you can clean that off with dish soap and steel wool.

Answer 4

There are plenty of ways in order to clean burned food from stainless steel pots. However, one of the best ways to clean burned food from stainless steel pots is cooking cider vinegar to dissolve the crusty crap.

Answer 5

Squeeze some high-quality dish cleanser soap into the middle of the bottom of the pot, then place the pot center under the faucet, with very hot water already flowing, and at high pressure. The water pressure will help the soap to bubble and cover the pot more evenly. Hot water will help the stuck on bit come off more easily. Allow the pot to soak for a few hours, and then wash normally.

Answer 6

I had a burnt stainless steel pot and I used bleach gel. It worked.

what is the name of the bleached gel you used

Answer 7

let soak, overnight if necessary, remove all food particles ,then scour.

Answer 8

Use a Mr. clean Magic Eraser sponge. They work wondered on every type of cooking utensil and on everything in your kitchen and rest of the house too.

Answer 9

Soak it in water for a half hour or longer then scrub off with a brillo pad or steel wool.