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In article >,
(Steve Pope) wrote:

> Damsel in dis Dress > wrote:
>
> >What's the best (easiest) way to get the burn stains out of the pan?
> >Oven cleaner, maybe? We're dealing with stainless steel Revere Ware
> >with a copper bottom, if that helps.
>
> My algorithm is as follows: using detergent, if I cannot clean it with
> a dish sponge, I try cleaning it with a Tuffy (that being the name
> brand for a scrubber made from a jumble of yellow and orange plastic
> strands); if that does not work by itself, I use a nearly-dry
> slurry of coarse salt, which usually works. Sometimes it takes
> several go's at it with soaking in between.
>
> I will do the above for either stainless steel or enameled cast iron.
> However with stainless steel another option is steel wool.
>
> I would never, ever use oven cleaner.
>
> Just my opinion.
>
> Steve

I will use oven cleaner on cast iron, but NEVER on stainless. Yes I
have to re-season my pan, but that's no big deal. <g>
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