What's the best substance for enabling one to remove baked-on grease
from the side of a pot? It has picked it up from sitting on the
stovetop for years of cooking beside it (I have little space).

409 or its equivalent has not worked. How about WD40? Vinegar? Any
ideas?

wrote:

> What's the best substance for enabling one to remove baked-on grease
> from the side of a pot? It has picked it up from sitting on the
> stovetop for years of cooking beside it (I have little space).
>
> 409 or its equivalent has not worked. How about WD40? Vinegar? Any
> ideas?
>

How about just using some spray on oven cleaner like EZ-Off?

IIRC it's basically lye.

Wear rubber gloves if you start scrubbing the stuff, it'll start burning
your skin pretty quickly.

HTH,

Jeff

--
Jeffry Wisnia
(W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)
"Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength."

> wrote in message
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> What's the best substance for enabling one to remove baked-on grease
> from the side of a pot? It has picked it up from sitting on the
> stovetop for years of cooking beside it (I have little space).
>
> 409 or its equivalent has not worked. How about WD40? Vinegar? Any
> ideas?
>

Oven cleaner. Read the instructions, use it outdoors if it's the stinky
kind.

wrote:
> What's the best substance for enabling one to remove baked-on grease
> from the side of a pot? It has picked it up from sitting on the
> stovetop for years of cooking beside it (I have little space).
>
> 409 or its equivalent has not worked. How about WD40? Vinegar? Any
> ideas?
>
What kind of pot? I've had good results getting the worst crud with a
razor blade scraper, then 3M pad with full-strength Dawn.

Put the pot in a 5 gallon plastic bucket. Pour ammonia into the inside
of the pot, and/or fill the 5 gallon bucket to the high burnt on grease
of the exterior. Let it sit in there for a day. If it's outside in
this hot weather, it's even better. It should just rub off with a
plastic scrubbie after that.

I also use that method for barbeque grills. I put them inside of two
sealed up, and doubled up plastic trash bags. Pour in the ammonia, and
put it out on the patio for a day. They clean up easily and without
hard physical labor.

Myrl Jeffcoat
http://www.myrljeffcoat.com

wrote:
> Put the pot in a 5 gallon plastic bucket. Pour ammonia into the inside
> of the pot, and/or fill the 5 gallon bucket to the high burnt on grease
> of the exterior. Let it sit in there for a day. If it's outside in
> this hot weather, it's even better. It should just rub off with a
> plastic scrubbie after that.
>
> I also use that method for barbeque grills. I put them inside of two
> sealed up, and doubled up plastic trash bags. Pour in the ammonia, and
> put it out on the patio for a day. They clean up easily and without
> hard physical labor.
>
> Myrl Jeffcoat
> http://www.myrljeffcoat.com

Nothing but ammonia? No water?

wrote:
> What's the best substance for enabling one to remove baked-on grease
> from the side of a pot? It has picked it up from sitting on the
> stovetop for years of cooking beside it (I have little space).
>
> 409 or its equivalent has not worked. How about WD40? Vinegar? Any
> ideas?

Hoooold on. What is the pot made of? Stainless Steel? Aluminum?
Cast Iron? Anodized Aluminum?

> wrote in message
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>
> wrote:
>> Put the pot in a 5 gallon plastic bucket. Pour ammonia into the inside
>> of the pot, and/or fill the 5 gallon bucket to the high burnt on grease
>> of the exterior. Let it sit in there for a day. If it's outside in
>> this hot weather, it's even better. It should just rub off with a
>> plastic scrubbie after that.
>>
>> I also use that method for barbeque grills. I put them inside of two
>> sealed up, and doubled up plastic trash bags. Pour in the ammonia, and
>> put it out on the patio for a day. They clean up easily and without
>> hard physical labor.
>>
>> Myrl Jeffcoat
>> http://www.myrljeffcoat.com
>
> Nothing but ammonia? No water?
>

Why dilute it?

I use no water with that!

JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
> > wrote in message
> oups.com...
>
>>What's the best substance for enabling one to remove baked-on grease
>>from the side of a pot? It has picked it up from sitting on the
>>stovetop for years of cooking beside it (I have little space).
>>
>>409 or its equivalent has not worked. How about WD40? Vinegar? Any
>>ideas?
>>
>
>
> Oven cleaner. Read the instructions, use it outdoors if it's the stinky
> kind.
>
>

But caution is required...

The OP didn't identify the material used to make the pot. Lye (the major
component of oven cleaner) is quite reactive with aluminum and will
destroy it.

"George" > wrote in message
...
> JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
>> > wrote in message
>> oups.com...
>>
>>>What's the best substance for enabling one to remove baked-on grease
>>>from the side of a pot? It has picked it up from sitting on the
>>>stovetop for years of cooking beside it (I have little space).
>>>
>>>409 or its equivalent has not worked. How about WD40? Vinegar? Any
>>>ideas?
>>>
>>
>>
>> Oven cleaner. Read the instructions, use it outdoors if it's the stinky
>> kind.
>
> But caution is required...
>
> The OP didn't identify the material used to make the pot. Lye (the major
> component of oven cleaner) is quite reactive with aluminum and will
> destroy it.

An interesting thing to watch, no doubt!

> wrote in message
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> What's the best substance for enabling one to remove baked-on grease
> from the side of a pot? It has picked it up from sitting on the
> stovetop for years of cooking beside it (I have little space).
>
> 409 or its equivalent has not worked. How about WD40? Vinegar? Any
> ideas?
>
First try: E Z Off-Fume Free. Leave it about an hour and wash.
Second try: Amonia up to covering the spots-in a plastic bag; close bag and
leave for 24 hours.(do this outside). Clean as usual.
Scrubbing with Brillo or some such will scratch the hell out of the pan.
If that doesn't work-consider how much a new pan costs. It't probably worth
it.

> wrote in message
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> What's the best substance for enabling one to remove baked-on grease
> from the side of a pot? It has picked it up from sitting on the
> stovetop for years of cooking beside it (I have little space).
>
> 409 or its equivalent has not worked. How about WD40? Vinegar? Any
> ideas?
>

Depending on what the pot is made of, try Dawn Power Dissolver or whatever
it's called. Read the label to make sure it won't harm the pot.

Donna

wrote:
> What's the best substance for enabling one to remove baked-on grease
> from the side of a pot? It has picked it up from sitting on the
> stovetop for years of cooking beside it (I have little space).
>
> 409 or its equivalent has not worked. How about WD40? Vinegar? Any
> ideas?

I bought a commercial product - I think it was "Goo Gone" - from the
Ace hardware store - it's a product not unlike paint remover - I used
it very successfully on the enamel outside of a non-stick electric
frypan. I wore disposable gloves, though ;-) If I find the name is
different, I'll post again, but I think that was it. It should be safe
for most any non-painted outside of a pot - but test it in a small
area. Or read the warnings.

N.

JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
> > wrote in message
> oups.com...
> >
> > wrote:
> >> Put the pot in a 5 gallon plastic bucket. Pour ammonia into the inside
> >> of the pot, and/or fill the 5 gallon bucket to the high burnt on grease
> >> of the exterior. Let it sit in there for a day. If it's outside in
> >> this hot weather, it's even better. It should just rub off with a
> >> plastic scrubbie after that.
> >>
> >> I also use that method for barbeque grills. I put them inside of two
> >> sealed up, and doubled up plastic trash bags. Pour in the ammonia, and
> >> put it out on the patio for a day. They clean up easily and without
> >> hard physical labor.
> >>
> >> Myrl Jeffcoat
> >> http://www.myrljeffcoat.com
> >
> > Nothing but ammonia? No wa

My ex's grandmother used that method for the oven - (not a
self-cleaning one) - put a big bowl of ammonia in the oven and let it
sit overnight - wipe off the crud. I never had very good results doing
it, but she did.

N.
> >
>
> Why dilute it?

"George" > wrote:
> But caution is required...
>
> The OP didn't identify the material used to make the pot. Lye (the major
> component of oven cleaner) is quite reactive with aluminum and will
> destroy it.

Caution is required, but that doesn't mean one can't successfully use oven
cleaner (the lye type) on aluminum. It depends how long one leaves the oven
cleaner on the pot, and how much one is concerned with a pristine appearance
on the pot. When I say "pristine", I mean how much the baked on grease
bothers one compared to the slight degrading of the aluminum surface.

I've used the Easy Off extra strong stuff on a big aluminum pot I used for
deep frying turkeys. The pot has a lot of burned on grease after doing that.
One can see a definite reaction of the oven cleaner on the aluminum, but
relative to the thickness of the pot, it would take a long, long time to eat
through it. A half hour is not going to cause a big problem. It will however
change the appearance of the aluminum, giving it a dull finish of a
different shade (darker or lighter I don't remember).

I wouldn't use oven cleaner on any of the anodized aluminum finishes though,
as it would eat through the relatively thin anodizing quite quickly and make
the surface very splotchy in appearance.

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"JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote:

>
> wrote in message
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>>
>> wrote:
>>> Put the pot in a 5 gallon plastic bucket. Pour ammonia into the inside
>>> of the pot, and/or fill the 5 gallon bucket to the high burnt on grease
>>> of the exterior. Let it sit in there for a day. If it's outside in
>>> this hot weather, it's even better. It should just rub off with a
>>> plastic scrubbie after that.
>>>
>>> I also use that method for barbeque grills. I put them inside of two
>>> sealed up, and doubled up plastic trash bags. Pour in the ammonia, and
>>> put it out on the patio for a day. They clean up easily and without
>>> hard physical labor.
>>>
>>> Myrl Jeffcoat
>>> http://www.myrljeffcoat.com
>>
>> Nothing but ammonia? No water?
>
>Why dilute it?
>

It's *already* diluted if you buy it at the grocery store. Undiluted
ammonia is an industrial product and fairly dangerous to handle.

D.
--
Touch-twice life. Eat. Drink. Laugh.

-Resolved: To be more temperate in my postings.
Oct 5th, 2004 JDL

"Derek Lyons" > wrote in message
...
> "JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote:
>
>>
> wrote in message
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>>>
>>> wrote:
>>>> Put the pot in a 5 gallon plastic bucket. Pour ammonia into the inside
>>>> of the pot, and/or fill the 5 gallon bucket to the high burnt on grease
>>>> of the exterior. Let it sit in there for a day. If it's outside in
>>>> this hot weather, it's even better. It should just rub off with a
>>>> plastic scrubbie after that.
>>>>
>>>> I also use that method for barbeque grills. I put them inside of two
>>>> sealed up, and doubled up plastic trash bags. Pour in the ammonia, and
>>>> put it out on the patio for a day. They clean up easily and without
>>>> hard physical labor.
>>>>
>>>> Myrl Jeffcoat
>>>> http://www.myrljeffcoat.com
>>>
>>> Nothing but ammonia? No water?
>>
>>Why dilute it?
>>
>
> It's *already* diluted if you buy it at the grocery store. Undiluted
> ammonia is an industrial product and fairly dangerous to handle.
>
> D.

Right, but you know what I meant: Why dilute it any further?

Angle grinder with wire wheel (4.5") at 10,000 rpm.
It will take a minute or two, but the baked-on stuff will fly right off
(do this outside).
For the remaining grease, some dish soap should make it squeaky clean.
Might have a few scratches in the surface if it's not stainless or cast
iron.

Stop being such a cheap s.o.b, throw the f*****g thing out and get a new
one. Doesn't get any simpler than that.

On 23 Jun 2006 10:09:12 -0700, wrote:

>Put the pot in a 5 gallon plastic bucket. Pour ammonia into the inside
>of the pot, and/or fill the 5 gallon bucket to the high burnt on grease
>of the exterior. Let it sit in there for a day. If it's outside in
>this hot weather, it's even better. It should just rub off with a
>plastic scrubbie after that.
-snip-

The only place we vary on technique is that I like to seal the greasey
thing in a bucket or plastic bag, but up *out of the ammonia*. In my
experience it seems to be the fumes that clean the best.

If the pot is aluminum and old you might need to use a little aluminum
polish on it afterward.

Jim

In article .com>,
wrote:

> What's the best substance for enabling one to remove baked-on grease
> from the side of a pot? It has picked it up from sitting on the
> stovetop for years of cooking beside it (I have little space).
>
> 409 or its equivalent has not worked. How about WD40? Vinegar? Any
> ideas?

Oven cleaner...

It works.

Very well.

I once made the mistake of using it to totally clean a cast iron lid
that was getting a bit cruddy. Stripped that puppy SO clean, it was
silver colored... and rusted like hell. :-(

Took me a bit to re-season it but I've found that grape seed oil
polymerizes faster than olive oil by far. ;-)

"Easy Off" brand and a bit of sunlight.
--
Peace!
Om

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch"
-- Jack Nicholson

In article >,
George > wrote:

> JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
> > > wrote in message
> > oups.com...
> >
> >>What's the best substance for enabling one to remove baked-on grease
> >>from the side of a pot? It has picked it up from sitting on the
> >>stovetop for years of cooking beside it (I have little space).
> >>
> >>409 or its equivalent has not worked. How about WD40? Vinegar? Any
> >>ideas?
> >>
> >
> >
> > Oven cleaner. Read the instructions, use it outdoors if it's the stinky
> > kind.
> >
> >
>
> But caution is required...
>
> The OP didn't identify the material used to make the pot. Lye (the major
> component of oven cleaner) is quite reactive with aluminum and will
> destroy it.

That's a good point.......

I once made the mistake of putting some dilute muriatic acid into an
aluminum pot to get the hard water deposits off.

BIG mistake!

Good thing I was doing it outside!!!!!!
--
Peace!
Om

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch"
-- Jack Nicholson

thank you all for the tips, i went with oven cleaner, which i already
have, and steel wool to finish it off. worked well. *maybe* a little
cosmetic damage, but not anything that i would care about.

wrote:
> thank you all for the tips, i went with oven cleaner, which i already
> have, and steel wool to finish it off. worked well. *maybe* a little
> cosmetic damage, but not anything that i would care about.

It was NOT Goo-Gone, which removes label stickies, but rather a product
called "Sokoff." It works really well.

N.

On 23 Jun 2006 09:39:54 -0700, wrote:

>What's the best substance for enabling one to remove baked-on grease
>from the side of a pot? It has picked it up from sitting on the
>stovetop for years of cooking beside it (I have little space).
>
>409 or its equivalent has not worked. How about WD40? Vinegar? Any
>ideas?

If it's on the outside of the pot, why worry about it? It's not the
most aesthetically pleasing look, but it's not going to ruin your
food. Call it a 'patina' :P

In article .com>,
wrote:

> What's the best substance for enabling one to remove baked-on grease
> from the side of a pot? It has picked it up from sitting on the
> stovetop for years of cooking beside it (I have little space).
>
> 409 or its equivalent has not worked. How about WD40? Vinegar? Any
> ideas?


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> wrote in message
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> What's the best substance for enabling one to remove baked-on grease
> from the side of a pot? It has picked it up from sitting on the
> stovetop for years of cooking beside it (I have little space).
>
> 409 or its equivalent has not worked. How about WD40? Vinegar? Any
> ideas?
>

I'd try Dawn Power Dissolver first. It works really well at cleaning that
sort of thing.

Ms P

Oh pshaw, On Fri 23 Jun 2006 09:39:54a, was muttering about...

> What's the best substance for enabling one to remove baked-on grease
> from the side of a pot? It has picked it up from sitting on the
> stovetop for years of cooking beside it (I have little space).
>
> 409 or its equivalent has not worked. How about WD40? Vinegar? Any
> ideas?
>
>

If the pot is stainless steel, you can use oven cleaner. Do not use it on
aluminum.

--

Wayne Boatwright
__________________________________________________ ________________________

I often wonder ...
What do people mean when they say the computer went down on me?

> wrote in message
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> What's the best substance for enabling one to remove baked-on grease
> from the side of a pot? It has picked it up from sitting on the
> stovetop for years of cooking beside it (I have little space).
>
> 409 or its equivalent has not worked. How about WD40? Vinegar? Any
> ideas?
>

A little unconventional, but diesel works wonders on cosmoline, which can be
considered a grease. Diesel won't hurt the pan and it isn't horribly toxic
or corrosive.

Personally, I would try something more conventional first, after all you
will be eating from this thing and it will be exposed to open flame
(possibly).

On 23 Jun 2006 09:39:54 -0700, wrote:

>What's the best substance for enabling one to remove baked-on grease
>from the side of a pot? It has picked it up from sitting on the
>stovetop for years of cooking beside it (I have little space).
>
>409 or its equivalent has not worked. How about WD40? Vinegar? Any
>ideas?

On the outside of a metal pot, I might use a bench grinder with a wire
wheel in place of the grind stone.

I have an aluminmum popcorn pot, with built-in stirrer, that is about
50 years old and has been used more than 1000 times for popcorn. It
keeps getting dirty on the INSIDE and I've been pretty successful
boiling water in it, until it runs dry and then leaving it on until
it's red hot. (This was a mistake both times, but it works.)

On the outside of a pot that doesn't have to look pristine, I use
steel wool, brass wool, or copper wool, depending. I forget the order
they go in but they are of different hardness. I use steel wool the
least because it rusts. The others can be left by the sink.

Jeff Wisnia wrote:
> wrote:
>
>> What's the best substance for enabling one to remove baked-on grease
>> from the side of a pot? It has picked it up from sitting on the
>> stovetop for years of cooking beside it (I have little space).
>>
>> 409 or its equivalent has not worked. How about WD40? Vinegar? Any
>> ideas?
>>
>
> How about just using some spray on oven cleaner like EZ-Off?
>
> IIRC it's basically lye.
>
> Wear rubber gloves if you start scrubbing the stuff, it'll start burning
> your skin pretty quickly.
>
> HTH,
>
> Jeff
>

Yep, if it won't damage the pot. Grease plus lye
makes soap!

I quote enough text that I don't look like a mental case.

--

Christopher A. Young
You can't shout down a troll.
You have to starve them.
..

> wrote in message
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I use no water with that!

why not just throw it out?

> wrote in message
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> What's the best substance for enabling one to remove baked-on grease
> from the side of a pot? It has picked it up from sitting on the
> stovetop for years of cooking beside it (I have little space).
>
> 409 or its equivalent has not worked. How about WD40? Vinegar? Any
> ideas?
>

Bob M. wrote:

> why not just throw it out?

Would you throw out a Bosch jigsaw because it got dirty? Price good
cookware sometime. And the quality does make a difference.

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>> What's the best substance for enabling one to remove baked-on grease
>> from the side of a pot? It has picked it up from sitting on the
>> stovetop for years of cooking beside it (I have little space).
>>
>> 409 or its equivalent has not worked. How about WD40? Vinegar? Any
>> ideas?
>>

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"Nancy2" > wrote in message
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>
> wrote:
>> What's the best substance for enabling one to remove baked-on grease
>> from the side of a pot? It has picked it up from sitting on the
>> stovetop for years of cooking beside it (I have little space).
>>
>> 409 or its equivalent has not worked. How about WD40? Vinegar? Any
>> ideas?
>
> I bought a commercial product - I think it was "Goo Gone" - from the
> Ace hardware store - it's a product not unlike paint remover - I used
> it very successfully on the enamel outside of a non-stick electric
> frypan. I wore disposable gloves, though ;-) If I find the name is
> different, I'll post again, but I think that was it. It should be safe
> for most any non-painted outside of a pot - but test it in a small
> area. Or read the warnings.
>
> N.
>
It is called Goo-Gone. Small yellow bottle, black label. It is primarily
used to take off gum and stuff like self adhesives.

>I bought a commercial product - I think it was "Goo Gone" - from the

I use Goo Gone quite a bit. It works well on Stainless Steel, but I
haven't tried it on any other pan surface. I also use Acetone with a
scotch brite pad for really tough spots. This will probably mar the
surface of the pot though.

DreamSong