If it's stainless steel, try spraying the inside with oven cleaner, put
the cover on and let it sit overnight before scrubbing. Best scrubbers
for burnt on stuff are those thin blue teflon scrubber pads - Jenny
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See, what I do is buy pots that are black in the first place. Makes it
a whole lot easier! :)
Seriously, stainless steel isn't. I made the mistake of buying an
expensive Oneida one - kind with glass lid. I like the glass lid -
except that it makes an awful racket when boiling. But EVERYTHING
sticks to it. Never again. Only non-stick pans for me. I DO have a
stainless stock pot that I have and it probably looks very similar to
yours...bottom is burned black.
Brenda
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I've had luck with putting an inch of water in the pot, adding about 1/2
-1 cup of dishwasher detergent, depending on the size of the pot, and
boiling gently. Loosens most of it.
Barbara A. in Southcentral Virginia, Zone 7
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> June's burnt soup reminded me that I still haven't found a way of
> cleaning the stock pot. Stainless steel Hah!!. Burnt black. I have
> tried boiling vinegar, not very successful. Any other suggestions?
> Bob in Oz
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Quit using stainless steel. Stainless steel remembers a burn, and
recreates it every time it's used. Toss it.
Margaret L
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Mine doesn't as long as I don't allow it to burn again. It's not so much that there's black stuff crudded on - I know what Bob means - it's almost like the stainless steel is stained black. It's aesthetic more than anything.
I think too it depends on what kind of stove you have - the most common - old electric elements - are probably the worst for burning things. The new ceramic, or the hidden element ones are better as the heat is distributed better. Mom's old gas stove is also good because the flame covers the whole pot bottom. I can't count the number of times that I've burned things and it's burned on the bottom in exactly the pattern of the round electric elements! Probably SHOULDN'T be using SS on the electric elements.
Brenda
Date: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 6:59 am
Subject: Re: OT burt pots.
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Fill it with a layer of vinegar, or cook tomato paste in a shallow layer on
the bottom. Another way that has worked for me is to soak it in Coke. I
can't drink the stuff anymore so it has gone for other uses. Cleans copper
bottoms too.
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Food will burn onto the surface of stainless steel but I've had good
luck scrubbing it with baking soda dampened with just enough water to
make a paste. I've also just put an inch or two of water in the pot and
bring it to a boil, then turn off the stove and let it sit for a bit.
Does take a lot of elbow grease though.
George
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> Coke also takes bugs off your windshield and bumper and will digest raw
> beef if you leave the beef in it for awhile.
> George
Then it burps itself.
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George, that "sandwich" of metals makes all the difference. But if you use
100% SS, it will burn in exactly the same spot every time you use it. A
friend didn't believe me, and the next time she used a previously burned SS
pot, it burned, and she discarded it, convinced I was right.
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Coke also takes bugs off your windshield and bumper and will digest raw
beef if you leave the beef in it for awhile.
George
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That's strange, we've been using a set of stainless steel pots and pans
since 1979 and have never had a problem with it. Of course the set cost
$500 when we bought it but has been worth it over the years. It's, IIRC,
Wearever Permanent ware. Stainless steel with a cast iron sandwich in
the bottom and carbon steel sandwich in the sides.
George
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Hi Bob,
I did burn a stainless steel pot - I got it
clean but it was discolored from the intense
heat. Anyway, it cooks well.
June
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Yeah, I realize that now. Just pulled an El Cheapo stainless stock pot
out of the cabinet and found a burned spot in the bottom of it. I think
it started when Miz Anne was making fig jam and walked away for awhile
and ADD struck her between the eyes. Needless to say the fig jam burned
in one spot but I got it clean but see it is back again. I'll have to
keep that in mind.
George
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June's burnt soup reminded me that I still haven't found a way of
cleaning the stock pot. Stainless steel Hah!!. Burnt black. I have
tried boiling vinegar, not very successful. Any other suggestions?
Bob in Oz
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HAHAHA, Margaret.
I'm now going downstair to get a nice cold
Pepsi from the machine.
June
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