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Cleaning Stainless Pans
I inherited a set of stainless steel pans (not nonstick). They're
pretty decent quality - they're a heavy duty Costco set I gave them to
my Dad a few years back.
They all look kind of grungy - not dirty, exactly, but like someone just
put them in the dishwasher without really scrubbing them, and any food
residues that didn't come off right away got baked on. The interiors
just don't look shiny and clean the way my pans do. (My pans are well
worn, but I really scrub them to get them clean, every time I use them.
I don't expect them to look like new, but I want them to be really
clean.)
Some gentle scrubbing with bar keeper's friend and a scrub pad didn't do
much to help. Before I start attacking these with more elbow grease and
my favorite stainless steel scrubbie, is there anything that would work
better? I want to get them really clean but I don't want to hurt the
pans (and less elbow grease would be nice).
Karen
I inherited a set of stainless steel pans (not nonstick). They're
pretty decent quality - they're a heavy duty Costco set I gave them to
my Dad a few years back.
They all look kind of grungy - not dirty, exactly, but like someone just
put them in the dishwasher without really scrubbing them, and any food
residues that didn't come off right away got baked on. The interiors
just don't look shiny and clean the way my pans do. (My pans are well
worn, but I really scrub them to get them clean, every time I use them.
I don't expect them to look like new, but I want them to be really
clean.)
Some gentle scrubbing with bar keeper's friend and a scrub pad didn't do
much to help. Before I start attacking these with more elbow grease and
my favorite stainless steel scrubbie, is there anything that would work
better? I want to get them really clean but I don't want to hurt the
pans (and less elbow grease would be nice).
Karen
Re: Cleaning Stainless Pans
In article <1hqjov2.73r7msnafcv0N%kwheless@gmail,com >,
kwheless@gmail,com says...
> I inherited a set of stainless steel pans (not nonstick). They're
> pretty decent quality - they're a heavy duty Costco set I gave them to
> my Dad a few years back.
>
> They all look kind of grungy - not dirty, exactly, but like someone just
> put them in the dishwasher without really scrubbing them, and any food
> residues that didn't come off right away got baked on. The interiors
> just don't look shiny and clean the way my pans do. (My pans are well
> worn, but I really scrub them to get them clean, every time I use them.
> I don't expect them to look like new, but I want them to be really
> clean.)
>
> Some gentle scrubbing with bar keeper's friend and a scrub pad didn't do
> much to help. Before I start attacking these with more elbow grease and
> my favorite stainless steel scrubbie, is there anything that would work
> better? I want to get them really clean but I don't want to hurt the
> pans (and less elbow grease would be nice).
>
> Karen
Heat the pan with some slightly diluted white vinegar in it, then after
it cools down, scrub it out with the regular detergent or cleaner that
you normally use on SS. Might help.
In my experience some of the stuff that Costco sells is just hard to
keep shiny. We have some nicely made pans (Tramontina brand from
Brazil) that we got there, and they don't come out really looking clean
and shiny as easily as some of the other SS we use regularly. (I'm
talking about the insides of the pans; the polished outsides, handles,
lids, etc. look like new for the most part.)
Bob
In article <1hqjov2.73r7msnafcv0N%kwheless@gmail,com >,
kwheless@gmail,com says...
> I inherited a set of stainless steel pans (not nonstick). They're
> pretty decent quality - they're a heavy duty Costco set I gave them to
> my Dad a few years back.
>
> They all look kind of grungy - not dirty, exactly, but like someone just
> put them in the dishwasher without really scrubbing them, and any food
> residues that didn't come off right away got baked on. The interiors
> just don't look shiny and clean the way my pans do. (My pans are well
> worn, but I really scrub them to get them clean, every time I use them.
> I don't expect them to look like new, but I want them to be really
> clean.)
>
> Some gentle scrubbing with bar keeper's friend and a scrub pad didn't do
> much to help. Before I start attacking these with more elbow grease and
> my favorite stainless steel scrubbie, is there anything that would work
> better? I want to get them really clean but I don't want to hurt the
> pans (and less elbow grease would be nice).
>
> Karen
Heat the pan with some slightly diluted white vinegar in it, then after
it cools down, scrub it out with the regular detergent or cleaner that
you normally use on SS. Might help.
In my experience some of the stuff that Costco sells is just hard to
keep shiny. We have some nicely made pans (Tramontina brand from
Brazil) that we got there, and they don't come out really looking clean
and shiny as easily as some of the other SS we use regularly. (I'm
talking about the insides of the pans; the polished outsides, handles,
lids, etc. look like new for the most part.)
Bob
Re: Cleaning Stainless Pans
"yetanotherBob" <yetanotherbob@gmail,com > wrote in message
news:MPG.1ff0c0c2f5778a9798970d@news.erols,com ...
> In article <1hqjov2.73r7msnafcv0N%kwheless@gmail,com >,
> kwheless@gmail,com says...
>> I inherited a set of stainless steel pans (not nonstick). They're
>> pretty decent quality - they're a heavy duty Costco set I gave them to
>> my Dad a few years back.
>>
>> They all look kind of grungy - not dirty, exactly, but like someone just
>> put them in the dishwasher without really scrubbing them, and any food
>> residues that didn't come off right away got baked on. The interiors
>> just don't look shiny and clean the way my pans do. (My pans are well
>> worn, but I really scrub them to get them clean, every time I use them.
>> I don't expect them to look like new, but I want them to be really
>> clean.)
>>
>> Some gentle scrubbing with bar keeper's friend and a scrub pad didn't do
>> much to help. Before I start attacking these with more elbow grease and
>> my favorite stainless steel scrubbie, is there anything that would work
>> better? I want to get them really clean but I don't want to hurt the
>> pans (and less elbow grease would be nice).
>>
>> Karen
>
> Heat the pan with some slightly diluted white vinegar in it, then after
> it cools down, scrub it out with the regular detergent or cleaner that
> you normally use on SS. Might help.
>
> In my experience some of the stuff that Costco sells is just hard to
> keep shiny. We have some nicely made pans (Tramontina brand from
> Brazil) that we got there, and they don't come out really looking clean
> and shiny as easily as some of the other SS we use regularly. (I'm
> talking about the insides of the pans; the polished outsides, handles,
> lids, etc. look like new for the most part.)
>
> Bob
I've read on some groups previously that some pretty grungy pots and pans
can be cleaned up with oven-cleaner. I've not done this, but you might want
to google and see how this has worked out for others. Though I wouldn't
want to scrub them with any sort of abrasive pad while the pot had the
oven-cleaner on it.
Dee
"yetanotherBob" <yetanotherbob@gmail,com > wrote in message
news:MPG.1ff0c0c2f5778a9798970d@news.erols,com ...
> In article <1hqjov2.73r7msnafcv0N%kwheless@gmail,com >,
> kwheless@gmail,com says...
>> I inherited a set of stainless steel pans (not nonstick). They're
>> pretty decent quality - they're a heavy duty Costco set I gave them to
>> my Dad a few years back.
>>
>> They all look kind of grungy - not dirty, exactly, but like someone just
>> put them in the dishwasher without really scrubbing them, and any food
>> residues that didn't come off right away got baked on. The interiors
>> just don't look shiny and clean the way my pans do. (My pans are well
>> worn, but I really scrub them to get them clean, every time I use them.
>> I don't expect them to look like new, but I want them to be really
>> clean.)
>>
>> Some gentle scrubbing with bar keeper's friend and a scrub pad didn't do
>> much to help. Before I start attacking these with more elbow grease and
>> my favorite stainless steel scrubbie, is there anything that would work
>> better? I want to get them really clean but I don't want to hurt the
>> pans (and less elbow grease would be nice).
>>
>> Karen
>
> Heat the pan with some slightly diluted white vinegar in it, then after
> it cools down, scrub it out with the regular detergent or cleaner that
> you normally use on SS. Might help.
>
> In my experience some of the stuff that Costco sells is just hard to
> keep shiny. We have some nicely made pans (Tramontina brand from
> Brazil) that we got there, and they don't come out really looking clean
> and shiny as easily as some of the other SS we use regularly. (I'm
> talking about the insides of the pans; the polished outsides, handles,
> lids, etc. look like new for the most part.)
>
> Bob
I've read on some groups previously that some pretty grungy pots and pans
can be cleaned up with oven-cleaner. I've not done this, but you might want
to google and see how this has worked out for others. Though I wouldn't
want to scrub them with any sort of abrasive pad while the pot had the
oven-cleaner on it.
Dee
Re: Cleaning Stainless Pans
On Wed, 20 Dec 2006 21:44:50 -0500, "Dee Randall" <deedovey@shentel,net > wrote:
>I've read on some groups previously that some pretty grungy pots and pans
>can be cleaned up with oven-cleaner....
There's also no reason why good stainless can't go through the self-cleaning
cycle of an oven and then have the inside polished with barkeeper's friend or
the like.
That's what I do routinely.
-- Larry
On Wed, 20 Dec 2006 21:44:50 -0500, "Dee Randall" <deedovey@shentel,net > wrote:
>I've read on some groups previously that some pretty grungy pots and pans
>can be cleaned up with oven-cleaner....
There's also no reason why good stainless can't go through the self-cleaning
cycle of an oven and then have the inside polished with barkeeper's friend or
the like.
That's what I do routinely.
-- Larry
Re: Cleaning Stainless Pans
On Wed, 20 Dec 2006 22:54:02 -0500, pltrgyst
<pltrgyst@spamlessxhost.org> wrote:
>There's also no reason why good stainless can't go through the self-cleaning
>cycle of an oven
MOST and maybe all oven manufacturers demand you remove all "external
items" from the oven before a self clean mode. Of course, the oven
shelves are designed to be left in the oven during the cycle.
Farberware makes good stainless.....mine are thirty years old...but I
would be concerned about the handles. Did you consider this with
your blanket comment?
On Wed, 20 Dec 2006 22:54:02 -0500, pltrgyst
<pltrgyst@spamlessxhost.org> wrote:
>There's also no reason why good stainless can't go through the self-cleaning
>cycle of an oven
MOST and maybe all oven manufacturers demand you remove all "external
items" from the oven before a self clean mode. Of course, the oven
shelves are designed to be left in the oven during the cycle.
Farberware makes good stainless.....mine are thirty years old...but I
would be concerned about the handles. Did you consider this with
your blanket comment?
Re: Cleaning Stainless Pans
On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 07:18:27 -0500, Ward Abbott <presby@terian,com > wrote:
>On Wed, 20 Dec 2006 22:54:02 -0500, pltrgyst
><pltrgyst@spamlessxhost.org> wrote:
>
>
>>There's also no reason why good stainless can't go through the self-cleaning
>>cycle of an oven
>
>MOST and maybe all oven manufacturers demand you remove all "external
>items" from the oven before a self clean mode. Of course, the oven
>shelves are designed to be left in the oven during the cycle.
They're covering themselves from a safety/liability viewpoint -- who knows what
junk some people would be dumb enough to leave in there!
Anyway, it is standard procedure to run cast iron pans through the self-cleaning
cycle when re-initializing their seasoning. Many people also run assorted iron
and SS racks, etc. from their outdoor grills through the self-clean cycle. I've
never heard of any resulting harm to either item or oven.
>Farberware makes good stainless.....mine are thirty years old...but I
>would be concerned about the handles. Did you consider this with
>your blanket comment?
Certainly not for anything with handles other than SS or iron. People do have to
be capable of rational thought on their own behalf. 8;)
-- Larry
On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 07:18:27 -0500, Ward Abbott <presby@terian,com > wrote:
>On Wed, 20 Dec 2006 22:54:02 -0500, pltrgyst
><pltrgyst@spamlessxhost.org> wrote:
>
>
>>There's also no reason why good stainless can't go through the self-cleaning
>>cycle of an oven
>
>MOST and maybe all oven manufacturers demand you remove all "external
>items" from the oven before a self clean mode. Of course, the oven
>shelves are designed to be left in the oven during the cycle.
They're covering themselves from a safety/liability viewpoint -- who knows what
junk some people would be dumb enough to leave in there!
Anyway, it is standard procedure to run cast iron pans through the self-cleaning
cycle when re-initializing their seasoning. Many people also run assorted iron
and SS racks, etc. from their outdoor grills through the self-clean cycle. I've
never heard of any resulting harm to either item or oven.
>Farberware makes good stainless.....mine are thirty years old...but I
>would be concerned about the handles. Did you consider this with
>your blanket comment?
Certainly not for anything with handles other than SS or iron. People do have to
be capable of rational thought on their own behalf. 8;)
-- Larry
Re: Cleaning Stainless Pans
On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 13:10:38 -0500, pltrgyst
<pltrgyst@spamlessxhost.org> wrote:
>Certainly not for anything with handles other than SS or iron. People do have to
>be capable of rational thought on their own behalf. 8;)
Larry.....NO THEY DON'T. Why would McDonald's have to put CAUTION
HOT CONTENTS on their coffee? Because some buffoon spilled the
contents in their lap and then had the nerve to sue and WIN.
Why would SEARS have to put DO NOT USE IN SHOWER on their electric
hair dryers?
This list is longer than the stupidity that roams among us.
On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 13:10:38 -0500, pltrgyst
<pltrgyst@spamlessxhost.org> wrote:
>Certainly not for anything with handles other than SS or iron. People do have to
>be capable of rational thought on their own behalf. 8;)
Larry.....NO THEY DON'T. Why would McDonald's have to put CAUTION
HOT CONTENTS on their coffee? Because some buffoon spilled the
contents in their lap and then had the nerve to sue and WIN.
Why would SEARS have to put DO NOT USE IN SHOWER on their electric
hair dryers?
This list is longer than the stupidity that roams among us.
Re: Cleaning Stainless Pans
On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 20:11:52 -0500, Ward Abbott <presby@terian,com > wrote:
>On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 13:10:38 -0500, pltrgyst
><pltrgyst@spamlessxhost.org> wrote:
>
>>Certainly not for anything with handles other than SS or iron. People do have to
>>be capable of rational thought on their own behalf. 8;)
>
>Larry.....NO THEY DON'T....
To complete my thought above, they do if they don't want to be strong candidates
for natural selection.
> ... Why would McDonald's have to put CAUTION
>HOT CONTENTS on their coffee? Because some buffoon spilled the
>contents in their lap and then had the nerve to sue and WIN.
>
>Why would SEARS have to put DO NOT USE IN SHOWER on their electric
>hair dryers?
Both are because of our infinitely screwed up legal system, and a population
that thinks it deserves protection and indemnification from its own mistakes..
>This list is longer than the stupidity that roams among us.
Of course it is. No need to make the list longer here in RFE by stating the
obvious.
-- Larry
On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 20:11:52 -0500, Ward Abbott <presby@terian,com > wrote:
>On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 13:10:38 -0500, pltrgyst
><pltrgyst@spamlessxhost.org> wrote:
>
>>Certainly not for anything with handles other than SS or iron. People do have to
>>be capable of rational thought on their own behalf. 8;)
>
>Larry.....NO THEY DON'T....
To complete my thought above, they do if they don't want to be strong candidates
for natural selection.
> ... Why would McDonald's have to put CAUTION
>HOT CONTENTS on their coffee? Because some buffoon spilled the
>contents in their lap and then had the nerve to sue and WIN.
>
>Why would SEARS have to put DO NOT USE IN SHOWER on their electric
>hair dryers?
Both are because of our infinitely screwed up legal system, and a population
that thinks it deserves protection and indemnification from its own mistakes..
>This list is longer than the stupidity that roams among us.
Of course it is. No need to make the list longer here in RFE by stating the
obvious.
-- Larry
Re: Cleaning Stainless Pans
On Fri, 22 Dec 2006 00:56:14 -0500, pltrgyst
<pltrgyst@spamlessxhost.org> wrote:
>On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 20:11:52 -0500, Ward Abbott <presby@terian,com > wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 13:10:38 -0500, pltrgyst
>><pltrgyst@spamlessxhost.org> wrote:
>>
>>>Certainly not for anything with handles other than SS or iron. People do have to
>>>be capable of rational thought on their own behalf. 8;)
>>
>>Larry.....NO THEY DON'T....
>
>To complete my thought above, they do if they don't want to be strong candidates
>for natural selection.
The problem is that too many of them manage to reproduce before they
kill themselves.
>
>> ... Why would McDonald's have to put CAUTION
>>HOT CONTENTS on their coffee? Because some buffoon spilled the
>>contents in their lap and then had the nerve to sue and WIN.
>>
>>Why would SEARS have to put DO NOT USE IN SHOWER on their electric
>>hair dryers?
>
>Both are because of our infinitely screwed up legal system, and a population
>that thinks it deserves protection and indemnification from its own mistakes..
>
>>This list is longer than the stupidity that roams among us.
>
>Of course it is. No need to make the list longer here in RFE by stating the
>obvious.
>
>-- Larry
--
Susan N.
"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974
On Fri, 22 Dec 2006 00:56:14 -0500, pltrgyst
<pltrgyst@spamlessxhost.org> wrote:
>On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 20:11:52 -0500, Ward Abbott <presby@terian,com > wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 13:10:38 -0500, pltrgyst
>><pltrgyst@spamlessxhost.org> wrote:
>>
>>>Certainly not for anything with handles other than SS or iron. People do have to
>>>be capable of rational thought on their own behalf. 8;)
>>
>>Larry.....NO THEY DON'T....
>
>To complete my thought above, they do if they don't want to be strong candidates
>for natural selection.
The problem is that too many of them manage to reproduce before they
kill themselves.
>
>> ... Why would McDonald's have to put CAUTION
>>HOT CONTENTS on their coffee? Because some buffoon spilled the
>>contents in their lap and then had the nerve to sue and WIN.
>>
>>Why would SEARS have to put DO NOT USE IN SHOWER on their electric
>>hair dryers?
>
>Both are because of our infinitely screwed up legal system, and a population
>that thinks it deserves protection and indemnification from its own mistakes..
>
>>This list is longer than the stupidity that roams among us.
>
>Of course it is. No need to make the list longer here in RFE by stating the
>obvious.
>
>-- Larry
--
Susan N.
"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974
Re: Cleaning Stainless Pans
On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 13:10:38 -0500, pltrgyst
<pltrgyst@spamlessxhost.org> wrote:
>Anyway, it is standard procedure to run cast iron pans through the self-cleaning
>cycle when re-initializing their seasoning.
YOU have got to cite the reference to that one buddy.
Standard procedure???.....not in any professional and/or home kitchen
books that I have read. You must have a secret source you would
like to share now.
On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 13:10:38 -0500, pltrgyst
<pltrgyst@spamlessxhost.org> wrote:
>Anyway, it is standard procedure to run cast iron pans through the self-cleaning
>cycle when re-initializing their seasoning.
YOU have got to cite the reference to that one buddy.
Standard procedure???.....not in any professional and/or home kitchen
books that I have read. You must have a secret source you would
like to share now.
Re: Cleaning Stainless Pans
On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 20:13:45 -0500, Ward Abbott <presby@terian,com > wrote:
>>Anyway, it is standard procedure to run cast iron pans through the self-cleaning
>>cycle when re-initializing their seasoning.
>
>YOU have got to cite the reference to that one buddy.
>
>Standard procedure???.....not in any professional and/or home kitchen
>books that I have read. You must have a secret source you would
>like to share now.
You've been around here a long time, haven't you? It has been a frequently
recommended practice in this newsgroup since it began -- check the archives.
It's a much easier method of stripping a pan than messing around with toxic oven
cleaner in a trash bag -- which I've also never seen in a kitchen book.
I've done it with half a dozen grubby old Griswolds acquired on eBay, with
perfect results. I've done it with Le Creuset pots, which are fired at 2300
degrees -- an 850 degree self-cleaning oven is nothing to them. I also clean my
outdoor gas grill grates this way at least once a year.
If you don't like the idea, don't do it. That's easy. But it works, and it's
less messy than any other method I've heard of.
-- Larry
On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 20:13:45 -0500, Ward Abbott <presby@terian,com > wrote:
>>Anyway, it is standard procedure to run cast iron pans through the self-cleaning
>>cycle when re-initializing their seasoning.
>
>YOU have got to cite the reference to that one buddy.
>
>Standard procedure???.....not in any professional and/or home kitchen
>books that I have read. You must have a secret source you would
>like to share now.
You've been around here a long time, haven't you? It has been a frequently
recommended practice in this newsgroup since it began -- check the archives.
It's a much easier method of stripping a pan than messing around with toxic oven
cleaner in a trash bag -- which I've also never seen in a kitchen book.
I've done it with half a dozen grubby old Griswolds acquired on eBay, with
perfect results. I've done it with Le Creuset pots, which are fired at 2300
degrees -- an 850 degree self-cleaning oven is nothing to them. I also clean my
outdoor gas grill grates this way at least once a year.
If you don't like the idea, don't do it. That's easy. But it works, and it's
less messy than any other method I've heard of.
-- Larry
Re: Cleaning Stainless Pans
In article <1hqjov2.73r7msnafcv0N%kwheless@gmail,com >,
kwheless@gmail,com says...
> They all look kind of grungy - not dirty, exactly, but like someone just
> put them in the dishwasher without really scrubbing them, and any food
> residues that didn't come off right away got baked on. The interiors
> just don't look shiny and clean the way my pans do. (My pans are well
> worn, but I really scrub them to get them clean, every time I use them.
> I don't expect them to look like new, but I want them to be really
> clean.)
>
> Some gentle scrubbing with bar keeper's friend and a scrub pad didn't do
> much to help. Before I start attacking these with more elbow grease and
> my favorite stainless steel scrubbie, is there anything that would work
> better? I want to get them really clean but I don't want to hurt the
> pans (and less elbow grease would be nice).
>
>
Try a soak in oven cleaner. Or try the Bar Keepers Friend again but lay
off the gentle - it takes a lot of elbow grease sometimes.
--
Peter Aitken
In article <1hqjov2.73r7msnafcv0N%kwheless@gmail,com >,
kwheless@gmail,com says...
> They all look kind of grungy - not dirty, exactly, but like someone just
> put them in the dishwasher without really scrubbing them, and any food
> residues that didn't come off right away got baked on. The interiors
> just don't look shiny and clean the way my pans do. (My pans are well
> worn, but I really scrub them to get them clean, every time I use them.
> I don't expect them to look like new, but I want them to be really
> clean.)
>
> Some gentle scrubbing with bar keeper's friend and a scrub pad didn't do
> much to help. Before I start attacking these with more elbow grease and
> my favorite stainless steel scrubbie, is there anything that would work
> better? I want to get them really clean but I don't want to hurt the
> pans (and less elbow grease would be nice).
>
>
Try a soak in oven cleaner. Or try the Bar Keepers Friend again but lay
off the gentle - it takes a lot of elbow grease sometimes.
--
Peter Aitken
Re: Cleaning Stainless Pans
"KarenW" <kwheless@gmail,com > wrote in message
>
> Some gentle scrubbing with bar keeper's friend and a scrub pad didn't do
> much to help.
Forget gentle. Think electric drill and a buffing pad.
"KarenW" <kwheless@gmail,com > wrote in message
>
> Some gentle scrubbing with bar keeper's friend and a scrub pad didn't do
> much to help.
Forget gentle. Think electric drill and a buffing pad.
Re: Cleaning Stainless Pans
>I inherited a set of stainless steel pans (not nonstick). They're
>pretty decent quality - they're a heavy duty Costco set I gave them to
>my Dad a few years back.
>
>They all look kind of grungy - not dirty, exactly, but like someone just
>put them in the dishwasher without really scrubbing them, and any food
>residues that didn't come off right away got baked on. The interiors
>just don't look shiny and clean the way my pans do. (My pans are well
>worn, but I really scrub them to get them clean, every time I use them.
>I don't expect them to look like new, but I want them to be really
>clean.)
>
>Some gentle scrubbing with bar keeper's friend and a scrub pad didn't do
>much to help. Before I start attacking these with more elbow grease and
>my favorite stainless steel scrubbie, is there anything that would work
>better? I want to get them really clean but I don't want to hurt the
>pans (and less elbow grease would be nice).
>
>Karen
Cameo Aluminum & Stainless Steel Cleaner, recommended by America's
Test Kitchen
http :// www .amazon,com /Cameo-Aluminum-Stainless-Steel-Cleaner/dp/B0006M64ZM
>I inherited a set of stainless steel pans (not nonstick). They're
>pretty decent quality - they're a heavy duty Costco set I gave them to
>my Dad a few years back.
>
>They all look kind of grungy - not dirty, exactly, but like someone just
>put them in the dishwasher without really scrubbing them, and any food
>residues that didn't come off right away got baked on. The interiors
>just don't look shiny and clean the way my pans do. (My pans are well
>worn, but I really scrub them to get them clean, every time I use them.
>I don't expect them to look like new, but I want them to be really
>clean.)
>
>Some gentle scrubbing with bar keeper's friend and a scrub pad didn't do
>much to help. Before I start attacking these with more elbow grease and
>my favorite stainless steel scrubbie, is there anything that would work
>better? I want to get them really clean but I don't want to hurt the
>pans (and less elbow grease would be nice).
>
>Karen
Cameo Aluminum & Stainless Steel Cleaner, recommended by America's
Test Kitchen
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