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How to get burned goo off nonstick baking pans? (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Got a silly adulting question: how in the heck do you get burned sticky grease off metal nonstick pans? In previous lives I don’t remember this ever being an issue for me. I guess I either had a dishwasher, had different cookware or just was cooking much less in general?

But every time I roast anything, the residue does not seem to fully come off the pan. I’ve googled this, I’ve tried baking soda, vinegar, soaked them in boiling water with dish soap, etc. What am I doing wrong? Do I just need to use foil forever? I can’t switch back to glass pans, with some health stuff they’re now too heavy to be practical.

Edit to say: thanks everyone!!

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

All my favorite cookware are fucking heavy, so on that front I don’t have much advice. One thing I can say though is to experiment with lowering your cooking temperature. I know sometimes we can be in a hurry and we crank it up, but often we could have gotten the same result with a lower setting and a tiny bit more patience. This can make a huge difference with how hard the residue gets stuck. Finally, the nonstick film unfortunately gets worn out after a while and at that point everything will stick non stop. At that point there’s not much to be done but replacing the pan sadly.