3 Ways to Clean Burned Pots and Pans!

[nataliescott]

Thank you so much. My husband thought the pot would have to be thrown out, but hydrogen peroxide came to the rescue and took off the black baked-in marks so easily.

[jesseherbert]

This just saved my $500 new maple syrup pan!!! "Thank you" barely does my emotions justice. Now, I wore safety goggles when using a spatula to gently and fairly easily remove the last of the most burnt syrup, as a drop of the concentrated H2O2 can permanently ruin an eye...I also bottled the gallon I had left after straining it as I can reuse it if needed in the future, as long as I store it in a cool dark place. Hope you read this, you just turned my very sad day into one that ended in gratitude for folks like you. By the way, the entire bottom of the large stainless pan was black with charred sugar, it was on so hard and thick my power drill and wire brush was not doing diddly...SO happy you did this comparison, you should get a Nobel prize for kitchen tips.

[theIAMofME]

OMG! THANK YOU!! I had tried EVERYTHING! Soaking, Vinegar, Baking Soda, even a flippin dryer sheet! NOTHING worked. This was caked on, thick burned brown sugar on my precious 30 year old 8 quart stock pot! The peroxide SAVED IT FROM THE DUMP. And it made me do a happy dance!!! It worked in like 5 minutes. I mean this pan looked HORRIBLE. Thank you so much!!

[gwillbe]

I tried the baking soda and the vinegar to no avail. I was about to give up and found your video. I’m so glad I kept looking! The hydrogen peroxide worked immediately, saving my favorite pan! Thank you!

[kathimostefai]

I just tried this with a very large stock pot where the rice, mixed with tomatoes, onions and spices, stuck to the bottom. I first scraped off what I could but it was still thick. I boiled once with he hydrogen peroxide and it got about 70% of the grime off, then I was able to scrub off some big spots with a minimum of effort. I then boiled again and the pot was about 95% clean. I scrubbed lightly and the remainder came off in less than 1 minute. I'm so glad I watched this video before trying the vinegar method which would have taken loads more time. Thank you!

[shannonwolff]

Thank you SOOO much for the peroxide trick!!! I have one of the copper colored non stick pans that got left on the burner on low and NOTHING would take it off without taking the coating with it!!! I have used the baking soda for years and actually usually it works but not this time. I tried the peroxide and within 10 minutes the flakes were starting to float to the surface!!! When things were really bad I would use baking soda boiling low on the stove and add some vinegar for stubborn spots but I ran out of baking soda doing things today and it hadn't worked well enough earlier so I grabbed the peroxide and POOF!!!! Back to a copper color non stick pan!!

[lizdavis]

Yes! Thank you for trying those out. I used the hydrogen peroxide and it worked! I'm so happy about that! Thank you!

[LuckyRainrig]

I burnt my pot today steaming some potatoes; at first I soaked the pot with vinegar and baking soda; I soaked it for hours ( too long to wait...) then I tried the peroxide. Voila! It worked like magic! It only took few seconds and the burnt was coming off so easily! Thank you 😊

[conniewheeler]

I had a favorite stainless steel pan I had burned terribly because I forgot to turn the electric burner on the stove off after removing a couple of fried eggs from the pan. It probably sat on that hot burner for over an hour before I discovered what I had done. The leftover butter had just burnt into a black and brown lacquer finish on the bottom and up the sides of the pan inside and outside. I tried barkeepers friend without success. I tried vinegar and water by using a big ss stock pot and submersing the smaller pan in it. That did removed the lacquer on the outside and a little help on the inside of my pan. But it left huge blotches of black burn spots on the inside bottom. Then I tried heating vinegar again directly on the inside of my pan. Hardly budged anything. Brillo wouldn't budge those spots. Then I tried hydrogen peroxide mixed with water 50:50 on the inside of my pan. Voila! Worked a charm. If I ever have something like that again, I will try straight peroxide, heating up.

[rubysohogirl]

You ma'am are amazing. Thank you for doing this. I tried baking soda. (Did not work) I tried vinegar (Did not work) I tried laundry detergent (Did not work) but the last one you showed (yes people you need to watch it) worked like a charm boiling for 7-10 mins. Saved me so much time. Thank you again!

[grandmachrys]

Good job! Thank you! You took all the experimental work out and saved me so much time. Now I have two proven EASY ways to clean my messy pots. You are amazing!

[mdauph]

Thank you for the cleaning hints. I also thought I would need to throw away the pot. Hydrogen Peroxide worked quickly with very limited scrubbing

[msbatwoman]

I just found your video and I have to say, Hydrogen Peroxide worked 100%! I had a very bad burn in my stainless steel pot. We tried everything and this really worked! THANK YOU!!!

[Nazzz]

You RULE!! Thank you so much! I've got a housemate that keeps me well-supplied with BURNT cookware!
This is AWESOME!! I'm going for the baking soda!

[wolfipaul]

Thank you for putting this together. I tried the Peroxyd version and it cleaned my deeply burned pot sparkle clean! So happy about it. The best!

[Catbooks]

My burned pan looked like your first one - the worst - except I hadn't bothered trying to scrape any of it off. I'd bet that hydrogen peroxide would have come in last place, so was surprised it came in first! Instead of bothering with the other methods, I went straight for the hydrogen peroxide, and it easily removed every speck of the burned-on and scorched food, just like it did for you! Now I have figure out how to get some minor scorching off the bottom and it'll be as good as new. Thanks!

[jamesjames]

Great job, I like the way you presented information. First time seeing you and you were very helpful.
Your little one is cute. Thank you for good information and a little chuckle

[dollypeck]

Thank you for this post! Unfortunately I tried vinegar first, didn't work! But hydrogen peroxide was awesome!!

[goodoakpress]

It works. I boiled some peroxide in a badly scorched pot. It came right off. Thanks for the tip.

[DimensionX-]

The peroxide method was amazing. I mixed peroxide with half water and covered the pots and simmered on low heat. I reused the same mixture on 4 different pots successively and then easily wiped each of them clean. I've tried many other methods and nothing compares.