How to clean a burnt stainless steel pan. The saucepan burned. How to clean? Looking for the most reliable way

Every housewife has enamelware in her kitchen. It is eco-friendly, durable and easy to clean. The new pans look very elegant and neat, many of them have a heat-resistant pattern. But over time, with improper use and care, the original appearance is lost. The pan darkens, becomes covered with cracks, chips appear on the enamel. How to clean a burnt enameled pan without losing the coating?

Types of contamination of enamel pans, ways to eliminate them

The main types of dirt on the outside and inside of enameled dishes that housewives have to clean:

• burnt bottom;
• scale;
• enamel darkening.

The bottom of the pot is quite thin. When preparing soups, broths, compotes, the pan warms up quickly and maintains the boiling point well. But while cooking milk porridge, jam, boiling milk, enameled dishes are likely to burn. Cleaning and removing this burn is not easy.

Scale and yellowness on the inner walls enamel pan appear in cases when hard water has been boiled in it for a long time. Wash dishes without additional funds cleaning will fail.

After prolonged use, the inside of the pot may become noticeably darker. Often this happens due to improper care of dishes or when cooking certain types of vegetables, such as beets.

Enameled pans are covered inside and out with a durable layer of enamel that does not come into contact with acids and alkalis. Therefore, you can store cooked dishes in them without fear that the food will have an unpleasant taste of metal. The enamel coating is very durable, but it can still be damaged by careless handling (scratch, burn).

These materials leave microcracks and scratches on the surface of the enamel, which contribute to the darkening of the inner surface of the pan. Microcracks subsequently get the smallest particles of detergent. The cracks widen, exposing the base material of which the pot is made.

The material can be different: cast iron, steel, metal alloy. There are no special requirements for its quality, since during the production process it is covered with enamel and does not come into contact with the food being cooked.

If deep scratches appear on the inner surface of the pan, you can no longer cook in such a pan, because now the food is in contact with the metal and can absorb elements harmful to the human body.

There is a possibility that a piece of enamel will break off during cooking in a scratched pan. Such a fragment can enter the esophagus and scratch the walls of the gastrointestinal tract.

Never cook food in an enamel pot that has chipped enamel inside! Now it is suitable only for the storage of bulk materials.

How to eliminate a burnt pan from the inside and out

Contaminants from an enamel pan are best washed immediately, as soon as they appear. Then the cleaning process is likely to be faster.

Do not use a melamine sponge, mild abrasive creams or cleaners for ovens and hob to clean the inside of the pot. All of them contain substances harmful to human health and are contraindicated for contact with food.

This information is usually written on the packaging. Be careful, do not harm your health. There are many other ways to deal with even the most "hopeless" burns.

We are trying to clean the bottom of the pan from burnt porridge

You can get rid of burnt food quite easily if you immediately fill the pan with warm water with the addition of detergent. Try rubbing the dirt with a soft sponge. If the burn has not gone away, leave the pot of water for 20-40 minutes. After soaking, the burns easily move away from the bottom of the enamel pan. It remains only to wash the dishes with warm water.

Efficiency: copes with light burns.

Everyday quick dishwashing with mustard powder

Mustard powder has long been used for washing dishes. It is completely natural and edible, so even if its particles remain on the surface of the dishes after washing, nothing bad will happen. Mustard powder softens leftover food and acts as a degreaser.

Mode of application:

1. Apply a little mustard powder to a dishwashing sponge.
2. Rinse the dirt on the pan by rubbing lightly.
3. Wash off with water.

Efficiency: mustard powder copes with light dirt.

How to get rid of darkening and yellowness with onion, sour apple or pear

Any of these fruits and vegetables can be used to clean an enamel pan from light dirt.

1. Peel an onion (apple or pear).
2. Boil in a saucepan for 20-40 minutes.
3. Wash dishes with soap and sponge.

Efficiency: light dirt is washed off, disappears bad smell soot.

We wash the dark plaque using whey

1. Pour the milk whey into the pan overnight.
2. In the morning, wash with a sponge and soap.

Efficiency: the main part of the dirt exfoliates and is washed off with a sponge.

Effective stain removers

Table salt or saline solution

1. Sprinkle salt on the burnt surface.
2. Add water 2 cm above the contaminated area and boil for 20 minutes.
3. Let cool.

Efficiency: copes even with strong soot.

Baking soda

1. Sprinkle 7 tablespoons of baking soda on the stain.
2. Add 1 liter of water, boil for 30-60 minutes.
3. Leave to cool for a few hours.
4. Wash off the lagging carbon deposits with a sponge and soap.

Efficiency: copes with burnt dishes.

Table vinegar 9% (apple, wine, alcohol)

With the help of table vinegar, you can clean the dishes and get rid of dark plaque, blackness, rust and burning. To remove rust, simply wipe the stain with a cotton pad soaked in vinegar. To remove the burn and "lighten" the inner surface, use the following method:

1. Soak the bottom of the pot with 9% vinegar for several hours.
2. Wash with soap and sponge.

Efficiency: plaque is washed off easily, burnt enamel brightens.

1. Pour 50-60 grams of citric acid into the pan.
2. To fill with water.
3. Boil for 25 minutes.
4. Drain the water along with the dirt.
5. Wash with soap and sponge.

Efficiency: discolorations from the enamel disappear.

Video: cleaning burnt enamel at home with citric acid

Photo gallery: products for removing strong burns

Baking soda can deal with severe burns Table salt softens the burn on the bottom of the pan Vinegar removes burn from the bottom of an enamel pan Citric acid effectively copes with darkening

Cleaning with a mixture of baking soda, salt and vinegar

1. A mixture of soda and salt is prepared in a 1: 1 ratio.
2. The resulting mixture is poured to the bottom of the pan, vinegar is added there so that the burn is filled with the resulting solution.
3. The pot is left for three hours.
4. After this time, a little water is added and the solution is boiled for 30 minutes on low heat.
5. After boiling, the pan is removed from the heat, after which it is aged for a day.
6. A day later, the contents of the pan are boiled again, after which the solution is drained and the pan is washed in the usual way.

Efficiency: even very strong burns are removed.

Video: how to effectively clean a pan from soot

How to remove smoke from milk with ground coffee

You can often find advice on cleaning enameled pans from boiled milk with natural ground coffee. Coffee acts as a mild abrasive and gently removes dirt.

1. Apply coffee grounds to burnt places, rub.
2. Leave for 1 hour.
3. Wash off the dirt with a sponge and soap.

Efficiency: burnt milk is rubbed off with a hard sponge with coffee.

Activated carbon

With activated charcoal, housewives cope with burns from milk and jam. Its adsorptive properties aid in the cleansing of food contaminants.

1. Grind activated charcoal tablets into powder.
2. Apply to contaminated areas, let stand for 20 minutes.
3. Add cold water. Let stand for another hour.
4. Wipe dirt under water with a sponge and soap.

Efficiency: easily copes with milk burns on the bottom of an enamel pan.

Video: how to clean a pan from blackness with activated charcoal

How to remove limescale inside an enamel pan

Lime deposits inside enamelware are formed when hard water is boiled in it for a long time. To eliminate it, the same means are suitable as for removing a strong burn. This is soda, vinegar and citric acid.

Baking soda

1. Fill a saucepan with warm water.
2. Add soda at the rate of 2 tablespoons per liter of water.
3. Leave overnight.
4. In the morning, bring the soda solution to a boil and boil for 1-2 hours.
5. Leave to cool with the solution.
6. Drain content.
7. Carefully remove the remaining softened plaque from the walls with a wooden spatula.

table vinegar

1. Pour water into the pan to the brim, add vinegar (2-3 teaspoons per glass of water).
2. Bring to a boil, boil for 10 minutes.
3. Leave to cool, then drain the contents.
4. If the softened scale remains on the walls, carefully remove it with a wooden spatula.
5. Wash the pot thoroughly with soap.

Using Vinegar and Baking Soda

1. Pour water into the pan to the brim, add soda (2 tablespoons per liter).
2. Boil 25 minutes, let cool.
3. Drain content.
4. Pour water with vinegar (half a glass for 4 liters of water).
5. Boil for another half an hour.
6. Drain content.
7. Remove the remaining scale with a wooden spatula.

1. Pour water into a saucepan to the brim.
2. Add citric acid (25 grams per liter of water).
3. Boil for 1.5 hours, let cool for 20-30 minutes.
4. Drain content.
5. Repeat the procedure if lime scale did not come off completely and can not be removed with a wooden spatula.

How to care for enamelware

Caring for an enamel pan is not difficult, you only need to know a few important points.

Any hostess in the house has a large number of dishes. It just so happened that the most popular and beloved by all is enameled. Outwardly, it is very beautiful, and at a price affordable to everyone without exception. But there is one caveat - enamelware requires delicate care, because enamel can be very easily damaged and spoiled.

It happens that you are distracted by something in the cooking process, and the pan remains on the stove with jam or milk porridge. As a result, everything boils away, it begins to no longer boil, but fry, forming a “beautiful” soot. To cope with it qualitatively and quickly, without harming the enameled coating - this is the main task. After all, throwing away the pan every time is also not an option.

Cleaning methods at home

In order to clean your favorite pot, it is not necessary to spend money on expensive tools, because this can be done with improvised tools that can be found in every kitchen.

1. Cleaning with salt. When the pan is burnt, you need to wait for it to cool completely. Then pour five tablespoons of salt on the bottom and leave for three hours. After the time has passed, it remains only to wash hot water. If the soot has not lagged behind the enamel, then you can try boiling with saline: pour the same amount of salt with water and boil for about an hour.
2. Activated carbon. To get rid of soot, take one pack of tablets (you can buy at any pharmacy), grind into powder and pour soot on the pan with it. After an hour, fill with water (necessarily cold) and leave for another 70-80 minutes. The enamel coating is then easily washed off.
3. One of the easiest ways is cleaning with an acid (vinegar, lemon juice, citric acid). It is necessary to pour the acid into the pan, cover with a lid and leave for three hours. Now you can wash.
4. Soap solution. If the pan is not very burnt, then you can simply boil it with soapy water for about 40 minutes. Add liquid soap to hot water.
5. Serum. Pour the serum a couple of centimeters above the soot and leave for a day. After that, you can wash the pan in the usual way.
6. Soda. Make a soda solution: add about six tablespoons to water and leave overnight. Boil for an hour in the morning.

You may need to try a few to find your ideal cleaning method. After all, the degree of soot is different and the time and complexity of its elimination already depends on this.

Modern way

Enamel cleaning can also be done using food. This method is in demand mainly among young housewives who want to experiment.

1. Sparkling water. Many have already heard about the properties of such a carbonated drink as Coca-Cola: it is not only sweet and tasty water, but also an excellent cleaning agent that removes scale, plaque, soot, etc. Pour Cola into a saucepan and leave for an hour. If the pollution is very strong, then you can boil for half an hour.
2. Fruits and vegetables. Finely chop a sour apple, pear, or onion. Spread evenly over the bottom and fill with water. Boil for about an hour.
3. Coffee. Take coffee grounds (preferably from natural coffee) and apply on soot. Leave covered for three hours.
4. Mustard. Dilute the mustard powder to a pulp, cover the soot and leave overnight. Wash the pot in the morning.

To the above, you can add one more proven and good way cleaning - boiling in a paste. You will need a pot larger than the one that is burnt. You will need to pour water into it, pour out half a pack of soda and a tube of silicate glue. Boil the resulting mixture, and then immerse the burnt enameled dishes into it. "Cook" for about half an hour. Nagar should be well washed.

Cold soot removal

We've all had to peel the gum off our clothes at one time or another. The most popular way is to send your favorite item to freezer. In the case of soot, cold should not be neglected either. Place the enamel pan in the freezer for two hours. Then, under a stream of cold water, remove the carbon deposits.

If, after removing the soot, ugly dark spots remain, then generously lubricate the sponge with vodka or alcohol and wipe these places. After this procedure, the pan should shine again.

You can also use for cleaning special means, designed specifically for enamelware, but, as a rule, they are always expensive and some are not very effective.

It is strictly forbidden to use!

• means for cleaning carbon deposits in the grill and other ovens;
• various gels and powders for cleaning plumbing;
• chlorine-containing products;
• washing powders and other chemicals.

All this can cause significant harm to your health. Tools that are not intended for cleaning enamel, not only will they not help wash off carbon deposits, but it is also not known how they will behave when heated.

Proper storage and care

Every housewife should keep the kitchen clean and know the rules for storing dishes. Here are some helpful tips:

1. In order for the enamel pan to serve you for a long time, before using it for the first time, it is necessary to fill it with saline and boil it. After it cools down, rinse cold water.
2. Never pour into a hot pot cold water and vice versa. Enamel can crack from temperature changes. It is also undesirable to put a cold pan on a hot surface.
3. Always place your pot on the right size burner.
4. Do not expose any enameled utensils to impacts. After all, chips may form and the pan will no longer be suitable for cooking.
5. Always clean the pan in a timely manner. This will save not only your time, but also the quality of the enamel.
6. If your favorite pot is still burnt, cover it with a damp towel for twenty minutes to get rid of the pungent and harmful burning smell.
7. For washing, use only a sponge with soft bristles.

If you correctly follow our advice, then enameled dishes will serve you for a very long time and escaped milk or burnt porridge will not seem like something terrible and irreparable.

Video: how to clean an enamel pan

I like to use stainless steel utensils - they are stylish, practical and have a long service life. But even this material is prone to unpleasant soot stains. I have been looking for an answer to the question of how to wash a burnt stainless steel pan for a long time, and I found a few effective ways. Now I am sharing them with you.

Effective cleaning of stainless steel dishes

To wash a burnt stainless steel pan, it is not necessary to use special cleaning products, the price of which is growing every day. I assure you, dried spots can be easily dealt with with the help of products that are always found in the house.

Cleaning the pot from the inside: 3 ways

If you choose the right cleaning agent, then ridding the bottom of the pan from burnt will not be any problem. Try one of the suggested options.

Image	Instruction
	Method 1: Detergent or rubbed soap To remove stains from the bottom of the pan, Dilute the shavings of laundry soap or detergent in two glasses of water. Pour the resulting liquid into a saucepan and put it on fire. Boil the composition for 10 minutes, then treat the bottom of the product with a soft sponge. Do not use hard brushes, they can provoke the formation small scratches on a surface.
	Method 2. Activated carbon Pulverize coal tablets from several packs (whether white or black) to a crumb state. Dilute the powder with water until the consistency of not too thick sour cream is obtained. Lubricate the pan inside with the resulting paste. Wait no more than 20 minutes, then process the product with a sponge and large quantity water.
	Method 3. Soda Cleaning the pan with soda at home is in many ways similar to the method using a detergent: Fill the pot with soda and pour water at the rate of a liter of water per couple of tablespoons of powder. Put the dishes on the fire and boil the water in it for 10 minutes. After a similar procedure, washing pots from soot will become much easier.

Getting rid of soot outside: 4 recipes

I talked about how to clean a burnt stainless steel pan inside, now let's see how to remove dirt from the outside:

Image	Instruction
	Method 1. Vinegar essence In equal proportions, mix vinegar essence (70-80%) and clean water. Pour the solution into a container larger than the soiled pot. Put it on the fire and wait for the liquid to boil. Position the burnt saucepan so that the steam envelops its sides. After 10 minutes of the procedure, you need to clean the surface with a sponge with soda applied to it.
	Method 2. Lemon juice If the pollution is not strong, then metal utensils can be cleaned with lemon juice: For a glass clean water you will need a spoonful of juice. With the resulting solution, wipe the saucepan, bowl or stainless steel pan. Rinse the product and dry it. After that, it will shine.
	Method 3. Soda and stationery glue The combination of soda and stationery glue is another answer to the question of how to clean stainless steel dishes: Pour 5 liters of water, 100 ml of glue and half a pack of soda into a large enameled pan. Dip the item to be cleaned in water. Let the water boil and boil it for 15 minutes. Wait for the liquid to cool and rinse the dishes in hot water.
	Method 4. Coffee grounds Put the thick on a foam sponge and treat the contaminated surface with it. Then you just have to remove the coffee residue and rinse the product.

To make the care of stainless steel dishes even more effective, I suggest that you familiarize yourself with simple recommendations.

Illustration	Recommendation
	Rule 1: Clean Regularly Remove burnt food from the pan in a timely manner and wash it without delay. This will extend the life of the product.
	Rule 2: Don't use the dishwasher Stainless steel products are best washed by hand in warm water. Use a soft sponge and non-abrasive detergent for cleaning.
	Rule 3. Wipe the dishes dry Immediately after washing, wipe the product with a dry towel. If you leave it to dry on outdoors, streaks may form on the sides of the pan.
	Rule 4: Use Potatoes Periodically wipe the sides of the pan with half a raw potato. It will keep them clean and shiny.
	Rule 5. Read the instructions Using specialized detergents for stainless steel, always read the instructions for use carefully. And strictly adhere to the indicated dosages and cleaning times.

Summary

We all love to eat, especially the first one, when it is still hot, straight from the pan. But there are situations when we get distracted, leave, forgetting that we left something to cook in a saucepan, and then, when the saucepan burns, the mood falls below nowhere. Definitely at such moments you thought that the burnt pan is clearly no longer needed in everyday life. But if the vessel is not cheap, there is still a chance to return the pan to combat formation. How to clean a burnt pan, you will learn right here.

We clean the pan

Even for the most neglected cases, when a kind of fried brew came out instead of soup, there are means that can restore the material to its original state. Here are some of the ways that you will have to put into practice to clean the pan of burnt porridge or other food.

Method 1

Salt is the simplest and available remedy in the fight against fire.

Important! Salt corrodes food residues well, but it is advisable to use this method immediately after a problem occurs.

What to do:

• We simply cover the burnt bottom with salt and leave it alone for several hours. After a couple of hours, we thoroughly wash the dishes, getting rid of the black burning at the bottom.

Or the second option:

• We prepare a salt solution - five tablespoons are required per liter of water.
• Pour the prepared solution into a saucepan, put on fire and bring to a boil, then boil for forty minutes.
• During this time, all burnt food should move away from the walls and bottom of the dishes completely.

Method 2

Baking soda will help remove not only internal carbon deposits, but also a little external. It will only be necessary to boil the entire vessel in a solution of soda. For this:

1. It is placed in a large container.
2. Add a soda solution prepared at the rate of half a kilo of soda per 5-6 liters of water.
3. Boil for about two hours.
4. After boiling, both pots should cool down well so that they can be washed as usual.

Important! If there is no external damage, the procedure is repeated in the same way, only the solution is added inside the affected pan, and there is no additional container.

You can also try adding a little lemon juice to the baking soda and pouring it over the burnt spots. After an hour, try to remove the dirt with a hard sponge. This is especially effective method how to clean the pan from burnt porridge.

Method 3

When asked how to clean a burnt stainless steel pan, every good housewife will answer you with activated charcoal:

1. You will need two charcoal tablets to grind into powder.
2. Sprinkle them inside the pan and add a little warm water.
3. After half an hour, the pan can be easily washed with a regular sponge.

Method 4

How to clean an aluminum pan? — Very frequently asked question, and here's the simple answer - onions. You just need to boil it along with a few drops of ammonia in a burnt dish, and all the burnt food and its remnants with soot will lag behind the walls and bottom by itself. It remains only to wash the pan in the usual way.

Method 5

Vinegar is a “cool” thing, it is very versatile in the household, and this case will not be an exception:

1. It is necessary to pour a small layer of vinegar on the bottom of the dish and leave it with the lid closed for a couple of hours.
2. During this time, simply wash the pan with normal dishwashing detergents or liquid soap.
3. You can also wash the dish with a soapy solution, which is prepared as follows: the soap is rubbed on a coarse grater and dissolved in a container of warm water.

All burnt pieces of food should be well cleaned and come off on their own.

Important! This method of cleaning using vinegar is especially desirable for aluminum pans, because it helps to get rid of not only burning, but also removes black spots that have formed.

Method 6

Such a simple product as milk whey will help to wash off burns in an enameled porridge pan, as well as on an aluminum and stainless pan:

1. Pour whey into the pan, 1-2 cm above the level problem area and leave for 24 hours.
2. Next, drain the whey, wash the pan with detergent.

Important! Due to the various acids contained in the whey, the main pieces of burnt food should easily and without problems move away from the surface of the pan.

How else to wash the pan inside from the burn?

In addition to the above methods proven over the years, there are others, including the use of modern household chemicals. Let's consider them.

sour apples

An enamel pot can be tidied up by boiling sour apple skins or rhubarb in it. Try it yourself, in principle, there is nothing wrong here.

Specialized funds

Finally, we approached them, simply, without a second thought, buy products designed to remove burnt and stubborn fats. Of course, before using them, you need to read the instructions and make sure that the product is suitable for cleaning this type of pan. So, for example, “Shumanit” is suitable for cleaning an enamel pan, but it is forbidden to clean aluminum products with it.

That is, you understood the meaning and principle of buying funds.

Important! There are many more resources:

• Amway;
• "Sanita-gel";
• Cilli Bang.

Lemon

If you do not know how to clean the pan from burnt rice, then try using citric acid or lemon juice (sliced ​​lemon). Under the influence of acid, all food residues will go away, the procedure follows the same principle as the vinegar method.

soda

Coca-Cola, Fanta, Sprite and all those drinks really do the job. Pour soda into a container and leave to stand overnight. If at the end of this time there is still something left in the pan, boil the soda. After such an attack, there will be no stain left on the walls and bottom of the food.

Despite such a large arsenal in the fight against soot, you should pay attention to the following nuances:

1. The result will depend on how quickly you begin to fix the problem. Dishes that have been put away uncleaned for a long time in a distant drawer will have yellow spots even after using effective method eliminate burnt areas.
2. In no case do not fill a hot enameled pan with cold water, even if you know that best method how to clean the pan from burnt porridge - this is the one that is started immediately. First, let the dishes cool down, otherwise, with a sharp change in temperature, the enamel may crack and fall off. This problem is no longer fixable.
3. It is strictly forbidden to use a metal brush to clean an enamel pan - this can ruin the dishes.