SOS pads or some Ajax put on rather thickly and with just enough water to make a thick paste then left to soak. Lots of elbow grease either way. Yuck. Bacon grease.
If it's a nonstick pan I find the plastic scrubbies (not the green flat pads, the ones that look like plastic trying to be steel wool) work quite well.
But yeah, lots of soaking and elbow grease, that's the key.
The aforementioned green flat pads I believe were first used in the military. . . with a little elbow grease they'll get anything off of anything. Including any special surface that might be on the pan. But if bare metal is what you want, green flat pads are the way to go.
Yes, that's why I suggested the plastic equivalent of those copper 'Chore Boy' scrubbies. They scour well, but won't damage a nonstick finish.
The green things are great for baked-on cheese on glass casserole dishes, but I won't let them anywhere near my (only) nonstick pan.
For my stainless pans, I prefer SOS pads. Nothing's quite as effective as steel wool for scouring metal, IMHO. And I prefer stainless because you can take steel wool to it. (Circular reasoning? Moi? *g*)
For my stainless pans, I prefer SOS pads. Nothing's quite as effective as steel wool for scouring metal, IMHO. And I prefer stainless because you can take steel wool to it. (Circular reasoning? Moi? *g*)
If it does the job, why mess with it?
Nonstick pans are useful, but I think my cheap spatula has scraped most of the nonstick coating off my equally cheap nonstick frying pan. It was a nice alternative to oiling down the pan (or extensive post-cooking scrubbing, if when I burned stuff) while it lasted.
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Date: 2004-08-26 09:57 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-08-27 08:58 pm (UTC)Yeah. The nasty side effect of yummy bacon. Much easier to do this in a microwave, on the whole.
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Date: 2004-08-26 11:04 am (UTC)But yeah, lots of soaking and elbow grease, that's the key.
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Date: 2004-08-26 08:35 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-08-27 06:17 am (UTC)The green things are great for baked-on cheese on glass casserole dishes, but I won't let them anywhere near my (only) nonstick pan.
For my stainless pans, I prefer SOS pads. Nothing's quite as effective as steel wool for scouring metal, IMHO. And I prefer stainless because you can take steel wool to it. (Circular reasoning? Moi? *g*)
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Date: 2004-08-27 09:07 pm (UTC)If it does the job, why mess with it?
Nonstick pans are useful, but I think my cheap spatula has scraped most of the nonstick coating off my equally cheap nonstick frying pan. It was a nice alternative to oiling down the pan (or extensive post-cooking scrubbing,
ifwhen I burned stuff) while it lasted.(no subject)
Date: 2004-08-27 09:01 pm (UTC)