How to Remove Kitchen Pot Burns

Soaking Non-Cast Iron Pots

• 1

  Squirt liquid dish soap on the bottom of the pan.

• 2

  Fill the pan with hot tap water. Do not use cold water, especially if the pan is hot off the stove.

• 3

  Allow the pan to set for about two hours and then rinse.

• 4

  Fill the pan with hot water and add ammonia, using 1/2-cup ammonia for every 2 cups of hot water. Do this if the stains are stubborn. Do not do this if the pan has a non-stick coating or is aluminum.

• 5

  Let the pan set for about two hours and then empty and wash.

Overnight Non-Cast Iron Pots

• 6

  Fill the pot with boiling water from a teapot.

• 7

  Add 5 tablespoons baking soda.

• 8

  Allow the pot to set overnight and then wash.

Non-Stick Pots

• 9

  Add 1 cup water, 2 tablespoons baking soda, ½-cup vinegar to a non-stick pan with burned on food.

• 10

  Place on the stove and boil for 10 minutes.

• 11

  Wash the pan in hot soapy water. Dry the pan thoroughly.

• 12

  Moisten a paper towel with a few drops of vegetable oil and wipe over the non-stick surface.

Cast Iron Pots

• 13

  Add 1 quart water and 2 tablespoons baking soda to a cast iron pot with burned on food.

• 14

  Place on the stove and boil for five minutes.

• 15

  Pour off all but about a cup of the water and scrub with a plastic scrub pad.

• 16

  Rinse the pot in hot water and dry thoroughly.

• 17

  Wipe the pot with a cloth soaked in peanut oil to re-season.