I know it's a shot in the dark on this forum, but does anybody have any old school ideas on how to remove baked/burnt on crud from an aluminum cookie sheet-pizza pan.

Obviously I'm looking for something cheap. At least cheaper than buying a new pan. I have several that look like this.

Thanks and ready for the comedians!
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Buy new. That's just gross.

Baker Boy Wrote:
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> I know it's a shot in the dark on this forum, but
> does anybody have any old school ideas on how to
> remove baked/burnt on crud from an aluminum cookie
> sheet-pizza pan.

Buy a box of baking soda, a good scouring sponge, and white vinegar.

Mix the baking soda with a bit of water until it forms a paste. Wipe this wet paste all over the pan. Use alot (baking soda is cheap).

Let it sit for a few hours until it dries and cakes onto the pan.

Put the vinegar in a spray bottle with a teaspoon of dish soap. Shake it, then spray it on the caked up baking soda and scrub. This will take some elbow grease. It will come off but there will be some tougher spots that require effort.

Try scrubbing them with a thick generous paste of baking soda and water and use a green scratchy pad.

Sometimes you just have to give up and buy new.

I heard somewhere hydrogen peroxide and baking soda will make them good as new but I've never tried it.

Those things are pretty cheap. I'd toss them.

LMGTFY: https://www.google.com/search?q=remove+burnt+on+grease+from+pot&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

Also, if you have a self-cleaning oven, put it in for a cycle.

Also, there's some violent chemical stuff you can buy. I have some, haven't needed to use it, and am too lazy^wbusy ATM to go find it and tell you what it is.

Your mama didn't teach you right. Cameo and a scouring pad would take that back to a proper shine. You can pick it up at Wegmans or low class it at Walmart. The cheap bastards here just buy new.

Good Lord, what did you do to that pan? That's not from pizza or cookies. Looks like something you should have been cooking in a casserole dish, sprayed with PAM. In any case, you can try the cleaning methods identified here, but there is a good chance that the crud has pitted or discolored the pan. Somehow, I'm guessing you don't care about that. I'd just buy new; cookie sheets especially are really quite cheap. In the future, if you want to cook whatever that was on that type of pan, cover it in silver foil first.

Ewwww! Wrote:
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> Good Lord, what did you do to that pan? That's not
> from pizza or cookies. Looks like something you
> should have been cooking in a casserole dish,
> sprayed with PAM. In any case, you can try the
> cleaning methods identified here, but there is a
> good chance that the crud has pitted or discolored
> the pan. Somehow, I'm guessing you don't care
> about that. I'd just buy new; cookie sheets
> especially are really quite cheap. In the future,
> if you want to cook whatever that was on that type
> of pan, cover it in silver foil first.


Hahaha. Actually about 15 years of never being cleaned. And aluminum foil is always involved. I always wrap it.

Heat it up with some water in it and the burnt items will scrape right off.....

It's called deglazing.

Greybeard Wrote:
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> LMGTFY:
> https://www.google.com/search?q=remove+burnt+on+gr
> ease+from+pot&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8
>
> Also, if you have a self-cleaning oven, put it in
> for a cycle.
>
> Also, there's some violent chemical stuff you can
> buy. I have some, haven't needed to use it, and am
> too lazy^wbusy ATM to go find it and tell you what
> it is.


I thought about the self-cleaning oven, but, just how do you do that? You are supposed to take the racks out when you are running the cleaning cycle. So, where would you put the pans during the cycle?

PAM just creates a thick, sticky residue. Don't ever use that stuff. You can also use parchment paper to line the pans.

Urinate in it, and then bake with the urine in it at 400 degrees for an hour. The ammonia in urine de-emuslifies the charring and lifts it right off, far easier than scrubbing.

Suzy Homomaker Wrote:
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> Urinate in it, and then bake with the urine in it
> at 400 degrees for an hour. The ammonia in urine
> de-emuslifies the charring and lifts it right off,
> far easier than scrubbing.

Bet that makes the house smell lovely

Geez, just spend a buck and get a new pan at Dollar Tree.

Stop stealing deep dish pizza pans from your employer.

Ajax powder works wonders and a sponge and some good ol scrubbing

meddy the king of petty Wrote:
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> Ajax powder works wonders and a sponge and some
> good ol scrubbing


Ajax is toxic and causes Autism and leukemia.

Barkeeper's friend. It's a gold can/bottle by the ajax in the cleaning aisle (powder or gel) and will take that shit right off!!

Old Mother Wrote:
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> I thought about the self-cleaning oven, but, just
> how do you do that? You are supposed to take the
> racks out when you are running the cleaning cycle.
> So, where would you put the pans during the
> cycle?

The only reason they tell you to take the racks out is because the racks will discolor a bit. If the racks are grotty enough, you'll be happier with them cleaned. Leave 'em in. BTDT (had older oven, no instructions, left 'em in all the time; with new oven, one rack has roller bearings, so that one I take out!)

Easy-off oven cleaner, the smelly kind.

Spray it outside - let it set overnight. Use a green Scotch Brite pad, and scour it clean.

It will look like new.

After you get the crud off, get some Mother's Mag Polish, and polish it mirror shiny.

White vinegar & baking soda are cheaper and do the same job as Barkeeper's Friend or Easy-Off. Easy-Off is actually nasty caustic shit. Barkeeper's Friend is oxalic acid and some kind of abrasive chemical bleach. Both are poisonous, and will burn/peel your skin if you don't use gloves. I'd never use either product on something I plan to cook food with.

Vinegar & baking soda are completely non-toxic. You could eat these substances (if you wanted to).

Never underestimate the power of simple acids and bases.

homemade oven cleaner Wrote:
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> White vinegar & baking soda are cheaper and do the
> same job as Barkeeper's Friend or Easy-Off.
> Easy-Off is actually nasty caustic shit.
> Barkeeper's Friend is oxalic acid and some kind
> of abrasive chemical bleach. Both are poisonous,
> and will burn/peel your skin if you don't use
> gloves. I'd never use either product on
> something I plan to cook food with.
>
> Vinegar & baking soda are completely non-toxic.
> You could eat these substances (if you wanted
> to).
>
> Never underestimate the power of simple acids and
> bases.


Easy-Off has been cleaning ovens for decades. Yes it is some brutal stuff, and because it is caustic lye it can kill you if you ingest it.

Follow the instructions on the can, wear proper protection, and the user should experience no difficulties.

The family of fine Dow Chemical Products have been serving Americans for generations.

Not Difficult Wrote:
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> Yes it is some brutal stuff, and because it is caustic
> lye it can kill you if you ingest it.

The fumes are also poisonous and smell awful. Don't breathe it in. If you want to eat off surfaces that have been cleaned with caustic lye and chemicals that smell like a laboratory, go for it.

Best thing about vinegar & baking soda, they can be used to clean more than just your oven, and the smell dissipates in a few minutes.

homemade oven cleaner Wrote:
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> White vinegar & baking soda are cheaper and do the
> same job as Barkeeper's Friend or Easy-Off.
> Easy-Off is actually nasty caustic shit.
> Barkeeper's Friend is oxalic acid and some kind
> of abrasive chemical bleach. Both are poisonous,
> and will burn/peel your skin if you don't use
> gloves. I'd never use either product on
> something I plan to cook food with.
>
> Vinegar & baking soda are completely non-toxic.
> You could eat these substances (if you wanted
> to).
>
> Never underestimate the power of simple acids and
> bases.

Can you brief me on the instructions for this method? I have both available.

Do you mix together or put the vinegar on and them add the baking soda?

Take that pan to Parris Island S.C . U.S Marine Recruit Training Depot and see if the US Marines might help you to use it for K.P for recruits that need some special training. It will be Guaranteed to be Spic and Span and Squared Away if they will do it..

Or you could get some steel wool,and Comet and Pretend your a Marine Boot on K.P...When your finished you will leave no trace.. your Fingerprints will be erased..

SOS pads???

Baker Boy Wrote:
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> Can you brief me on the instructions for this
> method? I have both available.
>
> Do you mix together or put the vinegar on and them
> add the baking soda?


Read the 3rd post up top.

I must say, I'd probably just buy a new pan if mine was in your shape. I'd never let my pans get that cruddy. It looks like it's never been cleaned.

But if it's a kitchen item you're attached to (i know the feeling), scrub hard and be prepared to repeat the cleaning if needed.

Easy Off ingredients:

Butane - loosens carbon molecules that conglomerate when other elements evaporate at high temps. Severe health risks if inhaled.

Monoethanolamine- undergoes a reaction that neutralizes fatty acids and turns others into solvents. It is a volatile (breathable) organic compound which can cause confusion, nosebleeds, and cancer if inhaled.

Diethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether- A major component of brake fluid, it delays evaporation of the monoethanolamine, and dissolves fats and grease. Its vapors are poisonous to the kidneys and liver.

Sodium Hydroxide- caustic lye. very high pH that damages human tissue. When in contact with aluminum it reacts and releases hydrogen gas (highly flammable)

Diethanolamine- a foaming agent that prevents the other chemicals from evaporating too quickly. Known to limit brain development in the fetuses of pregnant laboratory mice.

You cheap fuck just go to Unique, or goodwill and get a new one for like $2