What’s interesting is Diana and I tested how to best clean a mattress and got a clear winner. Then we made another video with just the result. The video showing the test gets way more views. If I had a dramatic win I would’ve created a video with that. Instead, what I learned is there are a lot of different types of metal pans and one way of cleaning them doesn’t seem to work on all of them.
@@suzannehartmann946 Yes, there’s no need to use ketchup. The ingredient that’s useful is acetic acid which is just vinegar. Maybe if you warm it up in the microwave, it may work even better. Bar keepers friend is an acid too. She should have tried zep grout cleaner too which contains hydrochloric acid. Assuming it doesn’t ruin the pan, I bet it works really well.
Indeed. I have formerly silver pizza pans that are now black. They are amazingly non-stick, and only need a wipe-down to clean. I use them not only for pizza, but biscuits, cookies, tarts - far better than new silver pans or even non-stick cookware.
I’d die if someone tried to make my black sheet pans silver! 😭 Years of use has made them *perfect* My mama had a biscuit pan that she cooked only biscuits on and wiped down with a towel after she turned them out and put it directly back up. The little bits of oils leftover and come out from Cooking made it a nonstick surface. I have several and don’t even have to Pam them before use.
I have two baking sheets. One pristine and one intentionally seasoned black. The pristine one is for baking cookies so they don't burn on the bottom and the black baking sheet is for roasting vegetables. You get better browning on a dark surface. More fond.
My cookie sheets are hidden away, to be used for NORTHING but bread and cookies. They also don’t have edges on two sides- easier to slide cookies off of.
You might want to rethink which sheets you want to keep the patina on. I’m an avid baker and prefer clean ones to bake cookies and such. However, a good patina sheet is what I use for meats and vegetables. You are scrubbing away the benefits of that well seasoned pan. Think of it like a cast iron pan or stoneware that gets better with time. From Epicurious: That patina-which is really baked-on oil-carries a host of advantages. The darkened surface aids in the caramelization of whatever food is in direct contact with it. Epicurious food director Rhoda Boone always uses a well-worn baking sheet for roasting vegetables. "The seasoning gets the cut edges nice and golden brown," she says. "More so than vegetables cooked on a lighter baking sheet." She also prefers it for roasting chicken thighs and pork chops.”
The best biscuit pans are dark. It was an immediate firing if you ruined one of these by cleaning the seasoning off in certain a well known but unnamed chicken joint lol
I watched my Mom bake in Wilton pans for years. She refused to use any other kind, and our wedding cakes etc, always came out flawless. Now having my own… I’m just saying, I’ll hurt somebody for scratching them. I’m not fussy in general, but those pans, my kitchen aid mixer, Oooohhh I have to issue incoming hissy fit warnings…
@@jamesbumgardner1469I cleaned my Grandpa’s thinking I was helping. I was never allowed to touch them again, lol. I have my own cast iron now, had to learn by seasoning the wrong way several times (no you tube back then, lol)… My biggest lessons? NOTHING I’ve tried to season with olive oil turned out well! 😂😂
Even tin or aluminum foil has different uses for each side. One side is shinier and reflects more heat while the other side absorbs more heat and is better for inducting heat.
There's the baking/cookie mats but, I like my parchment paper. I use parchment for baking frozen cheese sticks, curds, fries and when they're done I slide the food & paper right in a basket (wicker or plastic) Big Thanks to you!
Baking soda and peroxide/vinegar "paste" doesn't work as a cleaning solution because the active ingredients neutralize each other. Baking soda is a base and peroxide is an acid. Use them on surfaces separately, or one after the other, but not mixed together.
Bicarbonate is a buffer that reacts with acids or bases. In fact, it is a primary buffer system in the human body that reacts with acids, such as preventing acidosis. (sodium bicarbonate has the salt ion attached, which can be released in solution, freeing the bicarbonate to act as the buffer).
But vinegar and baking soda are a typical combination. You’re right that baking soda neutralizes the vinegar, so if you need that vinegar to do its thing beforehand soak or apply vinegar first then throw/sprinkle baking soda on it and watch it fizz up
Wow!! You are one determined lady. I put foil on my new pans before cooking to keep them nice longer. I would never have the patience to do what you did here. Thank you so much for all that hard work finding the best way to clean pans. You are the woman!!!!!💯
If you get the pans cleaned each time, you wouldn't have to do what she is doing. I found using foil, it tears and makes a mess underneath. It also creates scorch marks on the cookie sheets for some reason under the foil, even without food leaking through.
I have used tin foil in my airfryer, I put some pork chops on it it didnt do mine any harm and mine doesnt say you cant use tin foil on it.@@jac4TH-cam
I am a frequent baker. I have very expensive fancy cookware. Believe it or not : the BEST cookie sheets/pans -- Rachel Ray's @ Kohls. The style that has the orange silicone insets in the handles. Yep. Picked it up on a whim. It's now my go-to bakeware. Cleans up with just a wipe. Who knew?!! ****you can also extend the life of your cookie sheets by using silicone/silpat liners. I got some cheap at Aldi.
I was going to talk about and show liners but forgot to include it. I use them all the time. Thanks for the tip and now I really want to get a Rachel Ray pan!
That darkness is called seasoning and as younfound out is rock hard --use these for cooking meats and vegetables you want to brown and have a shiny one for baking. Ammonia should not be used on aluminum and other things. Easy Off not for aluminum
Yup, agree. Keep baking ones and cooking ones separate. When they get too beat I’ll use them in the garage for cleaning/parts trays and if not it scrap time. For the cost of new ones I’ll just buy new. They’re 100% recyclable.
The juice of an actual tomato works way better than ketchup. I found that out a long time ago when some tomato juice sprayed onto a discolored stainless steel burner cover, when I was cutting it, and the discoloration disappeared where the tomato juice had landed.
They ARE tough to clean and baked on sugar residue can cause smoke when you bake. Years ago I started putting parchment sheets on the baking pans for cookies, under pies to catch dripping. It has really helped preserve my favorite baking pans. 😁
Some cookie sheets are easier to clean than others because of how they are made and what they're made of. So I think a more reasonable experiment would be to section off just one cookie sheet with tape, then clean each section with the different cleaners. It seemed that the one with ketchup was actually one of the easier to clean sheets, regardless of the cleaning solution. It also started off more clean than the others.
I agree that your suggestion is better scientific investigation. The chemistry between the pan material or coating and the products is a key point, aside from the mechanical action of scrubbing . . .
Can't read all the comments but I notice she didn't try vinegar. Since the ketchup seemed to be the best, I'm thinking maybe the chemical reaction between the vinegar and tomato paste may be the winning ticket. I don't have any stained sheets right now or of try it. Anybody else?
@@linamarie84 Paper airplanes are made of paper. Paper airplanes are made by *folding* the paper. "How they're made" and "what they're made of" point to different things. If this still confuses you, I'd recommend referring to kindergarten/1st grade educational material.
I love using a steamer for the oven, we don't have a self clean oven but I did get a $40 steamer at harbor freight and it has been life-changing for cleaning and floors and tubs and tile. But it rocks inside an oven!
According to Wiki: In 2018 Prestige Brands sold the Comet brand to KIK Custom Products Inc. I can't prove it but I think they changed the formula. It just doesn't work as well as it once did, and I've been using Comet for over 40 yrs. Like you, I've always used Comet and steel wool to scrub pans...after every use...and never let them get a greasy build-up.
I have that kit from The ‘Zon. I like using it on my tub and tile, though I only use it every year or so as a deep clean. Still a lot of work but it comes out great. And obviously it’s a much larger area than a baking pan. 😅
The real secret to getting those types of pans clean is baking with them on 400 degrees farenheit for 15 minutes and then cleaning them while they are hot. It works all the time for me without too much scrubbing at all and just a little hot soapy dish water.
I never thought of that factor. I was so focused on the heat and fumes from self cleaning but it saves time and money. The cleaning cycle takes several hours and you may need your oven sooner. But now I want to figure out the cost too.
But DONT put soap on a hot non-stick. You will regret it. I speak from experience- I had one pan with a swirl of missing non-stick coating where the soap hit the hot pan first.
I take my roasting pans outside and spray them with oven cleaner. Let them sit overnight and spray them down with the hose. Works great. Sometimes I give them a double dose.
I suspect the active agent in the ketchup was acetic acid (vinegar). If you do this again sometime in the future, you might use vinegar instead (not as messy and more concentrated).
I once burned food in a pan, and I poured Awesome into it, and then let it simmer for about 15 minutes, then used a scrubby pad. Got most of the burnt black off, did a second treatment and pan was about 95% cleaned. Also made the house smell nice, lol.
People should keep in mind in haphazardly mixing together kitchen chemicals some react with others, some becoming toxic, (ex..bleach + ammonia) so be careful with items you mix together.
All that grease build up is nature's teflon. It's called 'seasoning' and it doesn't need to be removed. I was taught that spotless bakeware is next to godliness but I have learned that shiny baking sheets aren't a sign of superiority and don't make food taste better. Chill, relax, enjoy life with well seasoned bakeware.
This is great to see all these together! Aurikaterina, a TH-cam cleaner, uses oven cleaner, a razor scraper and scrub daddy pads. She gets everything sparkling clean! It's amazing to watch her. There's a cleaner called L.A.Awesome in dollar stores that's an amazing degreaser!
OVEN CLEANER!! Then eats off eat?? that is a bad idea. we dont eaqt off the oven sides in the oven, and most most are looking for non toxic alternatives to oven cleaner--not more intimate apications of use! :/
Ammonia actually also works like a dream for that caked on gunk. It just has to sit a lot longer. And depending on the metal, can etch it. I usually soak my oven racks in a garbage with some ammonia (outside) overnight. The next day, the crud just falls off with a scrub brush. You def don’t want to try it on your non-stick pans though. I’ve heard that the fumes are enough to do the trick, not actually soaking in the solution, but I haven’t tried it.
I've done this a couple of times, since I'm not a clean freak: In the evening, warm your oven up to 250 degrees. Put a small dish of ammonia in the middle, shut the door, and turn off the oven. In the morning most of the crud will wipe right off. Probably could put the baking pans in there while you do it, if you want to get them clean.
I bought a can of that, which I figured would be like cleanser, but it’s all crumbly, like small pebbles and difficult to use. Maybe I just got a bad batch or moisture got into it before I bought it🤷🏻♀️
I worked at Bojangles’ for three years as a biscuit maker. The best way I found the cleaning these is to put the oven let them get hot, then take steel wool and scrape it.
If your cooking sheet can take it (probably most can't), put it in a self-cleaning oven for about three hours. When I have to resurface a cast iron pan this is my go-to method for removing the bad seasoning.
@@davidnasset9147Oh. wow! I just wrecked the 30+ year old seasoning on my cast iron pan. It came off in patches. I’ll have to try the oven to take the rest of it off. Thanks!
@@suew4609 If it is a self-cleaning oven with a cleaning cycle, put the pan in, preferably over something you know can take the heat you don't care about to keep the dust off the bottom of the oven, and set it for a full cleaning cycle. Just about every bit of seasoning will bake right off.
That was a lot of work, thank you for your effort. I believe that whoever has pans like the two small ones (oven easy off & ammonia) need to throw them away.
Oven grates and the grates on a gas range, and of course your cookie sheets, place in contractor’s bag with Louis Lye. Seal and leave outdoors over night and they come out brilliantly clean. Been using this for over 50 years.
I assume Louis Lye is just a local brand name for a lye product? A quick search did not bring much up. When suggesting things like this a link would come in handy.
I swear by Barkeeper's powder on my stainless pots and pans. All look brand new. On cookie sheets easy off works better I think because most are aluminum. Also I don't think you are supposed to let barkeepers sit on too long. It's one of those products you put on, scrub right away and rinse. I can't wait to try ketchup tho. Great vid.
Thanks and you're correct, you're not supposed to let BKF sit. It's an acid based cleaner. Ketchup has acid too. But it all depends on what the baking sheet is made of.
Easy Off, I find the yellow can with fume is better than the blue can without fume. I tested them both. Again you have to leave it overnight thats the main key.
Vinegar and baking soda cancel each other out. The foaming action when they are mixed is because one is acidic and one is alkaline. When mixed they become neutral like water.
Thanks, this was interesting. I have a seasoned pan, I was through using it, put it in the sink, later I noticed a circular spot that was super clean. I wish I knew what had spilled on that spot, I'd sure be using it.
Thanks, I found your video interesting and informative. There is only one thing that bothers me a titch. Much I appreciate someone finally testing such a variety of options in one reasonable length video, I know that there are a lot of cleaning products that don't go together very well. In fact, some combos can be quite dangerous. I wonder if you could emphasize for those intending to use a selection or combination of cleansers, that they must be super careful about what they mix and match (even including using Brillo pads after certain chemicals). I had a friend that passed out cleaning her toilet once because she mixed cleaners that created a toxic gas, so I know being careful with cleaning supplies (even 'natural' ones) is serious business.
I'm working on a video about what not to mix together. I can't recall if I mixed anything but the Brillo pads are disposable so I should get a new one if it's another chemical. Thanks for the feedback.
@@carolejones6812 yes. If you have used window cleaner (ammonia) on the mirror, do NOT use any bleach based cleaner in the rest of the bathroom for at least 24 hours and vice versa. Even a miniscule amount of combination will produce large amounts of highly toxic Chloramine gas.
@@Funknfritter one off the wall thing I use for baked on food and general cleaning is a fabric softener sheet. For very bad burnt on gunk soak overnight in warm water.
@@TacticalDraws - It makes it look nicer if you have company and it guards against any of that dirt getting baked on to your product. I always use it. Unless I run out and then I use waxed paper.
I just did all of mine!! Lots of elbow grease.. Stainless steel scrubby on appropriate pans and gumption paste.. Gleaming! Teflon.. Plastic scrubby with gumption the same and VERY HOT WATER!!! LIKE NEW!! ♥️ ♥️ ♥️
I wouldn't have tested the liquid scrub version of Bar Keepers Friend against the powder version of Comet. The powder version of Bar Keepers Friend is so amazing it was able to take the char off of my old stove, both the white surface on top and the actual gas burner caps.
Whatever you do you will always get brown stains on your bakeware. They are still safe to use (as long as you’ve removed food residue). The best solution I’ve found is my dark brown baking trays. They came with an oven that I had in 1991 and they are still perfectly fine. I just wish all my other baking dishes had the same finish.
We accidentally found out about tomato based cleaning while we were canning home made salsa. We had an enameled pot that had rust stains in the bottom from a canning rack that turned out was NOT galvanized....nothing I tried made even a dent in those rust stains, so I thought they were permanent. It happened to be one of my largest pots, and I needed a "non reactive" very large pot when making the salsa and that's when we found out that tomato will take off practically anything, even stains that other cleaners couldn't touch! Now I just hope those stains, spread out over 14 quarts of salsa won't be toxic....
After you get all those clean, line the baking sheets with either tin foil or parchment when they are used. Saves you a lot of work! Thank you for these experiments!
While watching this I looked up cast iron Baking sheet. I wasn’t sure it existed, it does! I think I will buy one of those rather than frustrate myself cleaning regular baking sheet!
I generally just use L.A.'s Awesome plus magic eraser, but the industrial purple degreaser is the best. Dawn Platinum over the foam - just like any foaming soaps the foam is a watered down version. So I just water down soap refills to fill a foam pump. Barkeeper's Friend (powder) plus magic eraser works well on enamel sinks. If memory serves BF and Comet don't play well together (hazardous). Borax works better in conjunction with a soap because it makes the soap more effective in the water by softening the water.
It's the vinegar in the ketchup you're wanting.. for rusty yard tools, I soaked them overnight in vinegar, and it really helped. You still need to scrub them, then oil them, but it works. Vinegar is quite corrosive. I've heard that Coca-Cola works, too.😊 Thanks for doing all the hard work for us. ✌️👍 P.S. I grew up with Comet and S.O.S. pads. It all comes down to "elbow grease" 💪😊 Also, Easy Off depends on heat for a chemical reaction.
Ketchup isn't surprising. I used to live in a town that had a tomato processing plant, and people who lived there longer all used to tell us not to drive behind the trucks hauling tomatoes because the acid would damage the paint on on our car.
The two things that have worked best for me is a thick paste-like amount of baking soda and rigorous scrubbing, and high heat deglazing with water or soapy acidic liquid. Just like you do to make a gravy or sauce from the pan drippings, add a liquid and turn the back up after you're done cooking, and use a spatula to scrape away any stuck, cooked on food or grease. A lot of stuff gets locked into the surface of the metal when it cools. You have to heat it up so the metal expands to unlock the cooked-in bits.
For uncoated sheets, try putting them in the oven on self cleaning cycle. This will convert the greasy residue to ash, which should then be easy to remove.
@@TrineDaely then try placing it in the oven and turning the oven on about 500 and allowing it to sit there for about 20min (that's the length of most self cleaning cycles) with another pan with about a cup of water in the bottom of the oven which creates steam which is what the self cleaning feature does.
@@laurenshifflett3445 why wouldn't it be? If it can hold up to being used to bake with why not use it to clean with? I've done this plenty of times over the years even with ovens without a self cleaning cycle. For those without a self cleaning cycle place a pan with 1 cup of water in the bottom of the oven to create steam and then turn the oven on about 500° and then have your pan that you're looking to clean above that.
Hi. I use Easy Off for my baking pans and oven racks! I spray put in garbage bag leave out in the sun! A few hrs later all baked on dirt washes off. Leaves clean and shiny pans and racks
If you spread dish soap or wet a dryer sheet and wipe all over first before using the blade, it comes up much easier. Also there are plastic razor blades that you can use to avoid scratching or use a damp dryer sheet under the blade.
I suggest you try the cleaner made for glasstop stoves. It has been one of the best cleaners I have found for my oven both inside and the glass window in the door. And it doesn’t scratch. I also use the razor to scrape the heavy grime off.
I use parchment paper for everything under 400; aluminum foil for above. My baking sheets are amazing until my husband makes fish and fries with no paper or foil. I will try the ketchup on the one baking sheet he uses as it is a natural product. All those other products you used are toxic and non food grade and that is important as you seem (most people do too)to put food directly on those sheets. You should definitely check out what happens once the coating on these are damaged and need to be replaced. I really appreciate you trying all these methods suggested by many on the internet for all of us. Looked like a lot of work. Thank you.
Just a note it works on on stove grates that are greasy with burnt on fog. Just put each one in a baggie spray well and wait no scrubbing. Let me know if you have a good experience
I have used easy off on Pyrex, heated to 300 degrees, and taken outside on the grass spread with newspapers. All accumulated brown ick just rinsed off 100%. I have been reluctant to do this with aluminum, due to warnings on cleaner.
The regular Easy Off works better for me than the fume free. I ventilate very well when using it because it is very bad to breathe. If I was in a house rather than an apartment, I would try spraying it on outside and hose it off afterward.
Thank you so much for your channel! I just found you after googling for some help on removing rust speckles. I’m so happy to find you and I’ll be viewing many of your videos. Again- thank you!
I think when it comes to Easy Off, the old one that we were used to back in the day that has that awful smell, is the sht. And cleans better than anything. It even works on bathroom tile with years of soap buildup.
Easy off has to be used in a warm oven to actually work. The heat is important. So is TIME! Chemist. Comet is essentially bleach so both for that and Easy off (or other oven cleaner) be sure to use gloves. I personally start with dawn (a decent and safe degreaser) and follow up with DAMP borax or baking soda. The powdery texture help scrub. Unless you have literally baked on the grease over time in which case definitely start with an oven cleaner and do two things at once, the oven and the pan. Oh and a pan of water added in the oven will help loosen dirt and grease.
I've tried a couple of these methods. I've cleaned one of my pans by soaking it with purple power then power washing it. Soaked another in ammonia then power washed it and I think the nonstick costing came off. I'm still searching for better, but power washing saves a ton of scrubbing. I also made progress with a harsh/plain steel wool, not sos or brillo. There's got to be something better!!!
I have successfully used the Mr. Clean Magic Erasers. I got the best results using Dawn and very hot water (as hot as you can stand) to cover the areas you want to clean. It's baked on grease so the heat is a key element to help soften it and make it easier to remove. You may still need to use some elbow grease but it's better than using a bunch of chemicals on something intended for cooking food on.
Made me all nervous using all those chemicals and going back and forth. Don’t watch this and think of mixing stuff together! Haha. Pretty interesting stuff though and you seemed to be pretty safe with everything. Personally, I use baking soda and citric acid for cleaning my pans, washing machine, dishwasher, sinks, my bathtub, showers and the countertop. Just be aware of what you can use this stuff on, if you try it. This can damage certain dishes, clothes and ruin cabinetry. For other things, I do make specific chemical mixes for specific jobs. You should do a test on laundry detergents next. I make my own, the base is usually homemade from ash and pig fat, but if I’m in a hurry, I’ll just pick up a bar of zote soap, essentially as my base. I haven’t used other sources of laundry detergent in a long time, so I would be curious to see the results.
I would recommend sand blasting. It would take about 3-5 minutes per pan and should only be used on pans that are not coated with a non stick surface. Another alternative is laser blasting. Both of these are used to remove rust, contaminants, paint and just about anything on a metal surface. I would challenge you to get a simple abrasive blaster like Harbor Freight's Gravity Feed Abrasive Blaster Gun with 20 oz. Hopper and just use play sand. It is $22 and would make a great follow up to this video. I would do it myself, but I am lazy and not prepared to go into the You Tube business. Great video.
Maybe you could try Scour Off by Shaklee to clean your pans. I used it to clean up the white interior of a brand-new microwave that I had burnt popcorn in. The interior had turned yellow and smelled horrid. The Scour Off has a very pleasant smell to it that made it a double win for me. It also cleaned up the burnt food bottoms of metal pots and pans. I am not sure if it would work on the non-stick coating pans without damaging them.
I use a 50/50 mix of baking soda and regular salt on anything that I want to clean that I don’t mind scratching. It is very gritty, but i mix them together, add 3 tbs of dawn, and enough water to form a paste. Cover the area to clean with a thick coat and wait 15 min. Scrub a bit, and wow it’s incredible!
Have you tried awesome cleaner from dollar tree the yellow one, I sprayed mine put it in a plastic bag and let it set for a couple days. Took them out washed them and did it again until it was shiny these were aluminum, stainless cleaned quicker and looked brand new. Then I used it on a colored Shirley the light blue was stained but the bottom was clean. Tried it ion many different kinds of very old to new. Went to goodwill and bought their pans that looked bad. Long story short this dollar cleaner worked, I had one pan that was so old that it took a week to clean and I use it today it was a small 9 by 10 sheet pan that had a pattern and was not aluminum. Hope this works for you.
I recall in 1984 or 85, they sold Awesome door-to-door salesperson were on the younger side. The bottles were super expensive. They would have you get some article of clothing that had a stain you couldn't get out. They would spray it on half the stain. It would come out. I was super surprised to see it being sold at the 99-cent store decades later. The price in 1985 was about a hundred dollars for the bundle or whatever came in the kit. I loved the product, not the price. Totally blows my mind seeing it at the 99cent store.
I really appreciate all of the hard work! Not to be a spoil-sport but the only acid in ketchup (aside from what's in the tomatoes) is distilled vinegar. I'm pretty sure that if you just soaked one in distilled vinegar it would be the best.
I really appreciate this video! I can’t believe that Ketchup turned out to be the best. That’s amazing! I’m going to go to the Dollar Store and pick up some cheap stuff to use. I think the pan without a sheen, the last one you showed, must be stainless steel or some other metal or mixture. It reminds me of some old pie tins I picked up at a flea market.
This is interesting video. I appreciate the semi- scientific method you used. I have a few comments. According to America's Test Kitchen, black pans cook better than the shiny pans.
Oh, no. I found one of those in a thrift store and almost bought it, but it was so heavy, and why was it a funny color? Maybe it wasn't really a cookie sheet? I put it back.
Extra strength easy off works best if take each pan and spray it down inside a trash bag, tie the bag closed and leave it outside overnight. Rinse the next day and repeat until you're happy with the result. I've been doing this for years and it does work. I do the same thing with my oven racks and grill grates too.
I cook bacon in the oven on a double payed cookie sheet with a lip. I scrape off most of the bacon grease with a spatula, then squirt on Dawn dish detergent and run it around with my fingers. And let it sit overnight. I was shook the first time I did this! It removed 95% of the gunk that had been on my sheets for years!
No...the ketchup was already the cleanest. The best is a combination of some of your tested products... Dawn with vinegar and baking soda. Make a paste and spread it on the surface. Leave it on, the longer, the better.
I have tried a lot of product for cleaning pans. The best one has been Earth Brite natural all purpose cleaner. I believe I got it at HSN TV. It cleans great and shines beautifully. You did a great job on checking all those cleaners. Who knew ketchup would work. I wonder what it does to our stomach. lol
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For those lacking patience (me) go to 14:32 for final results on what worked best (ketchup, which is acid-based).
What’s interesting is Diana and I tested how to best clean a mattress and got a clear winner. Then we made another video with just the result. The video showing the test gets way more views. If I had a dramatic win I would’ve created a video with that. Instead, what I learned is there are a lot of different types of metal pans and one way of cleaning them doesn’t seem to work on all of them.
Apple cider vinegar is also acidic and is a wonderful addition to water one teaspoon once a day.
@@CleanFreakGermaphobe But....that first sheet that you held up....the one that was shiny for a year...how did you get THAT one clean?!
@@suzannehartmann946 Yes, there’s no need to use ketchup. The ingredient that’s useful is acetic acid which is just vinegar. Maybe if you warm it up in the microwave, it may work even better.
Bar keepers friend is an acid too. She should have tried zep grout cleaner too which contains hydrochloric acid. Assuming it doesn’t ruin the pan, I bet it works really well.
I wonder if toilet bowl cleaner would be good? It's 5% hydrochloric acid.
In the south, the brown pans are considered seasoned as in cast iron cookware.
Indeed. I have formerly silver pizza pans that are now black. They are amazingly non-stick, and only need a wipe-down to clean. I use them not only for pizza, but biscuits, cookies, tarts - far better than new silver pans or even non-stick cookware.
So true. All my family's pans are seasoned. Haha.
I’d die if someone tried to make my black sheet pans silver! 😭
Years of use has made them *perfect*
My mama had a biscuit pan that she cooked only biscuits on and wiped down with a towel after she turned them out and put it directly back up.
The little bits of oils leftover and come out from
Cooking made it a nonstick surface.
I have several and don’t even have to Pam them before use.
not just in the south, anybody that does any real cooking (not pizzarolls) KNOWS that theyre seasoned the best.
She destroyed them 😭😭😭
I have two baking sheets. One pristine and one intentionally seasoned black. The pristine one is for baking cookies so they don't burn on the bottom and the black baking sheet is for roasting vegetables. You get better browning on a dark surface. More fond.
My cookie sheets are hidden away, to be used for NORTHING but bread and cookies. They also don’t have edges on two sides- easier to slide cookies off of.
I always use.parchment paper.
@@karenneill9109 Technically a cookie sheet does not have edges. When a pan has edges, it's a jelly roll pan.
Came here to write the same thing. 🍠
You might want to rethink which sheets you want to keep the patina on. I’m an avid baker and prefer clean ones to bake cookies and such. However, a good patina sheet is what I use for meats and vegetables. You are scrubbing away the benefits of that well seasoned pan. Think of it like a cast iron pan or stoneware that gets better with time.
From Epicurious: That patina-which is really baked-on oil-carries a host of advantages. The darkened surface aids in the caramelization of whatever food is in direct contact with it. Epicurious food director Rhoda Boone always uses a well-worn baking sheet for roasting vegetables. "The seasoning gets the cut edges nice and golden brown," she says. "More so than vegetables cooked on a lighter baking sheet." She also prefers it for roasting chicken thighs and pork chops.”
The best biscuit pans are dark. It was an immediate firing if you ruined one of these by cleaning the seasoning off in certain a well known but unnamed chicken joint lol
I watched my Mom bake in Wilton pans for years. She refused to use any other kind, and our wedding cakes etc, always came out flawless. Now having my own… I’m just saying, I’ll hurt somebody for scratching them. I’m not fussy in general, but those pans, my kitchen aid mixer, Oooohhh I have to issue incoming hissy fit warnings…
@@jamesbumgardner1469I cleaned my Grandpa’s thinking I was helping. I was never allowed to touch them again, lol. I have my own cast iron now, had to learn by seasoning the wrong way several times (no you tube back then, lol)… My biggest lessons? NOTHING I’ve tried to season with olive oil turned out well! 😂😂
Even tin or aluminum foil has different uses for each side. One side is shinier and reflects more heat while the other side absorbs more heat and is better for inducting heat.
Exactly!! 💯💯💯💯
Before baking I put a piece of parchment paper on the cookie sheet. No cleanup no mess, my cookie sheets look brand new years later :-)
Same here. Always use parchment or a baking mat. If everyone did more prevention we wouldn't need a lot of our videos!
I never put anything directly on my cookie sheets. I always use parchment paper or foil.
There's the baking/cookie mats but, I like my parchment paper. I use parchment for baking frozen cheese sticks, curds, fries
and when they're done I slide the food & paper right in a basket (wicker or plastic)
Big Thanks to you!
I just burn everything use no oil or spray oil let it burn and make myself more work the day later and scrub for hours.
I’ve always been using foil to cover my sheets.
Baking soda and peroxide/vinegar "paste" doesn't work as a cleaning solution because the active ingredients neutralize each other. Baking soda is a base and peroxide is an acid. Use them on surfaces separately, or one after the other, but not mixed together.
Did you mean vinegar is the acid? Peroxide is more alkaline and vinegar is acetic acid…
Wrong 3% peroxide has a pH of approximately 6 which is still acidic. Not as acidic as vinegar at about 3 but still acidic.
Bicarbonate is a buffer that reacts with acids or bases. In fact, it is a primary buffer system in the human body that reacts with acids, such as preventing acidosis. (sodium bicarbonate has the salt ion attached, which can be released in solution, freeing the bicarbonate to act as the buffer).
But vinegar and baking soda are a typical combination. You’re right that baking soda neutralizes the vinegar, so if you need that vinegar to do its thing beforehand soak or apply vinegar first then throw/sprinkle baking soda on it and watch it fizz up
@@cchemmes-seeseeart3948Good, accurate description.
I use the bar keepers friend but have found that the powder version works a lot better than the liquid version.
My fear is the these cleaners would scratch or totally destroy the non-stick surfaces.
@@brianng8350 I use it to clean my glass top stove and a dobie plastic sponge scrubber, no scratches, Its non-abrasive
A straight edge razor blade with soap works the best @@susanlazier4158
@@susanlazier4158 barkeeper's friend is definitely abrasive
I agree. The powder works better.
Wow!! You are one determined lady. I put foil on my new pans before cooking to keep them nice longer. I would never have the patience to do what you did here. Thank you so much for all that hard work finding the best way to clean pans. You are the woman!!!!!💯
foil breaks easily and would leak anyway. I used to use foil, but it ended up doing nothing...
I have an air fryer and it says to never use tin foil in its oven so this wouldn't work in air fryers
If you get the pans cleaned each time, you wouldn't have to do what she is doing. I found using foil, it tears and makes a mess underneath. It also creates scorch marks on the cookie sheets for some reason under the foil, even without food leaking through.
I have used tin foil in my airfryer, I put some pork chops on it it didnt do mine any harm and mine doesnt say you cant use tin foil on it.@@jac4TH-cam
parchment paper
I am a frequent baker. I have very expensive fancy cookware.
Believe it or not : the BEST cookie sheets/pans -- Rachel Ray's @ Kohls. The style that has the orange silicone insets in the handles.
Yep. Picked it up on a whim. It's now my go-to bakeware.
Cleans up with just a wipe.
Who knew?!!
****you can also extend the life of your cookie sheets by using silicone/silpat liners.
I got some cheap at Aldi.
I was going to talk about and show liners but forgot to include it. I use them all the time. Thanks for the tip and now I really want to get a Rachel Ray pan!
That darkness is called seasoning and as younfound out is rock hard --use these for cooking meats and vegetables you want to brown and have a shiny one for baking. Ammonia should not be used on aluminum and other things. Easy Off not for aluminum
Ah! Seasoning! Good idea to use it for meats, etc. Like cast iron, sometimes you need seasoning! 😎👍🏻
Same as with Pampered Chef and cast iron cookware.
Bar Keepers power on non-stick pans works the best for me. The Bar Keepers liquid doesn't touch the grit as well.
Yup, agree. Keep baking ones and cooking ones separate. When they get too beat I’ll use them in the garage for cleaning/parts trays and if not it scrap time. For the cost of new ones I’ll just buy new. They’re 100% recyclable.
The grammatical errors made this really confusing to read.
The juice of an actual tomato works way better than ketchup. I found that out a long time ago when some tomato juice sprayed onto a discolored stainless steel burner cover, when I was cutting it, and the discoloration disappeared where the tomato juice had landed.
They ARE tough to clean and baked on sugar residue can cause smoke when you bake. Years ago I started putting parchment sheets on the baking pans for cookies, under pies to catch dripping. It has really helped preserve my favorite baking pans. 😁
I guess I won't worry about my sheet pans anymore,lol. Thank you, everyone, for the seasoning tips.
I don't normally comment, but the ketchup totally worked on my worst baking sheet! You were on point. Thank you.
I hope your pan isn't made of aluminum because tomato acid will eat through and weaken the aluminum and make it flake off.
Some cookie sheets are easier to clean than others because of how they are made and what they're made of. So I think a more reasonable experiment would be to section off just one cookie sheet with tape, then clean each section with the different cleaners. It seemed that the one with ketchup was actually one of the easier to clean sheets, regardless of the cleaning solution. It also started off more clean than the others.
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I agree that your suggestion is better scientific investigation. The chemistry between the pan material or coating and the products is a key point, aside from the mechanical action of scrubbing . . .
Can't read all the comments but I notice she didn't try vinegar. Since the ketchup seemed to be the best, I'm thinking maybe the chemical reaction between the vinegar and tomato paste may be the winning ticket.
I don't have any stained sheets right now or of try it.
Anybody else?
How they're made and what they're made of is one in the same. Lol
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Paper airplanes are made of paper.
Paper airplanes are made by *folding* the paper.
"How they're made" and "what they're made of" point to different things.
If this still confuses you, I'd recommend referring to kindergarten/1st grade educational material.
I love using a steamer for the oven, we don't have a self clean oven but I did get a $40 steamer at harbor freight and it has been life-changing for cleaning and floors and tubs and tile. But it rocks inside an oven!
I have a steamer and a steam mop and they make a huge difference!
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Why not put a saucepan half boiling water & half vinegar & then put it in the oven for around 20 minutes?
How do you use the steamer? Do you use chemicals?
@@ceceliakusnitz4098 no, I have a small attachment with metal bristles on it.
Comet & steel wool. That's what I use. I also use things like parchment paper or foil to avoid getting my pans to that point in the first place.
According to Wiki: In 2018 Prestige Brands sold the Comet brand to KIK Custom Products Inc. I can't prove it but I think they changed the formula. It just doesn't work as well as it once did, and I've been using Comet for over 40 yrs. Like you, I've always used Comet and steel wool to scrub pans...after every use...and never let them get a greasy build-up.
Instead of putting a lot of elbow grease you can make a electric scrubber by attaching a scrubbing brush with electric drill. It works so well
I have one and I've tried it (featured on another video) X it's still a lot of work. If your pans are really dirty...
Oven cleaner
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I have that kit from The ‘Zon. I like using it on my tub and tile, though I only use it every year or so as a deep clean. Still a lot of work but it comes out great. And obviously it’s a much larger area than a baking pan. 😅
Do they make a scrubber brush attachment or have you figured out a way to do it?
The real secret to getting those types of pans clean is baking with them on 400 degrees farenheit for 15 minutes and then cleaning them while they are hot. It works all the time for me without too much scrubbing at all and just a little hot soapy dish water.
I wish I could see this work. Just cuz knowing myself I would destroy things. Like what about pan's or pots?
I like this idea the best, though electricity here is expensive.
I never thought of that factor. I was so focused on the heat and fumes from self cleaning but it saves time and money. The cleaning cycle takes several hours and you may need your oven sooner. But now I want to figure out the cost too.
@@veganconservative1109 which costs pennies to do.
But DONT put soap on a hot non-stick. You will regret it. I speak from experience- I had one pan with a swirl of missing non-stick coating where the soap hit the hot pan first.
I take my roasting pans outside and spray them with oven cleaner. Let them sit overnight and spray them down with the hose. Works great. Sometimes I give them a double dose.
I suspect the active agent in the ketchup was acetic acid (vinegar). If you do this again sometime in the future, you might use vinegar instead (not as messy and more concentrated).
They have 30% vinegar, in some places, for cleaning purposes.
came in to say, vinegar did that, not the rest of the ingredients.
Ketchup is used on copper to polish it.
And vinegar is much cheaper!
But vinegar being more liquid than the thicker Ketchup would not adhere to the pans in as many places as the ketchup.
I now put baking paper down first on ALL MY PANS TO STOP THIS HAPPENING.
and if it does mark.. Wash immediately whilst still HOT!! ♥️ ♥️ ♥️
Prevention is so much easier than trying to clean later!
I once burned food in a pan, and I poured Awesome into it, and then let it simmer for about 15 minutes, then used a scrubby pad. Got most of the burnt black off, did a second treatment and pan was about 95% cleaned. Also made the house smell nice, lol.
People should keep in mind in haphazardly mixing together kitchen chemicals some react with others, some becoming toxic, (ex..bleach + ammonia) so be careful with items you mix together.
Great video! I tried the ketchup and I used a razor blade that has a handle to scrap instead of a scrub pad and it cleaned beautifully.
The Easy Off loosens and scrub after with Brillo/SOS pad, then wash with dawn then rinse. BTW...I love you guys!!!👍😁❤👋👏👏👏
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Wouldn't a scouring pad scratch the surface making it easier for soil to cling?
All that grease build up is nature's teflon. It's called 'seasoning' and it doesn't need to be removed. I was taught that spotless bakeware is next to godliness but I have learned that shiny baking sheets aren't a sign of superiority and don't make food taste better. Chill, relax, enjoy life with well seasoned bakeware.
Yes, very true!
All you folks have removed the guilt of letting people see my blackened roasting pans. Thanks .
This is great to see all these together! Aurikaterina, a TH-cam cleaner, uses oven cleaner, a razor scraper and scrub daddy pads. She gets everything sparkling clean! It's amazing to watch her.
There's a cleaner called L.A.Awesome in dollar stores that's an amazing degreaser!
we also use that in the mini painting hobby for stripping acrylic paint, can confirm its great at getting through tough messes
Jepp. Aurikatariina is just the best! She's also an absolute delight as a person.
OVEN CLEANER!! Then eats off eat?? that is a bad idea. we dont eaqt off the oven sides in the oven, and most most are looking for non toxic alternatives to oven cleaner--not more intimate apications of use! :/
Ammonia actually also works like a dream for that caked on gunk. It just has to sit a lot longer. And depending on the metal, can etch it. I usually soak my oven racks in a garbage with some ammonia (outside) overnight. The next day, the crud just falls off with a scrub brush. You def don’t want to try it on your non-stick pans though. I’ve heard that the fumes are enough to do the trick, not actually soaking in the solution, but I haven’t tried it.
I've done this a couple of times, since I'm not a clean freak: In the evening, warm your oven up to 250 degrees. Put a small dish of ammonia in the middle, shut the door, and turn off the oven. In the morning most of the crud will wipe right off. Probably could put the baking pans in there while you do it, if you want to get them clean.
@@marthamurphy7940Do you think this would work with an air fryer/toaster oven? Mine’s all metal or aluminum.
@@suew4609 Probably. I don't think it will hurt to try it.
Use the powdered Barkeeper’s Friend, not the liquid. Beats everything.
Yes!! And the pots and pans one is even stronger! You leave it only for a minute!
When I... oddly enough, worked at a bar, we used that stuff on lot's of things and the liquid to polish the brass. Really really good products
I bought a can of that, which I figured would be like cleanser, but it’s all crumbly, like small pebbles and difficult to use. Maybe I just got a bad batch or moisture got into it before I bought it🤷🏻♀️
I worked at Bojangles’ for three years as a biscuit maker. The best way I found the cleaning these is to put the oven let them get hot, then take steel wool and scrape it.
Makes sense, since the brown and black are baked-on grease. Putting boiling water on it & then a scrub while still warm works pretty well, too.
If your cooking sheet can take it (probably most can't), put it in a self-cleaning oven for about three hours. When I have to resurface a cast iron pan this is my go-to method for removing the bad seasoning.
@@davidnasset9147Oh. wow! I just wrecked the 30+ year old seasoning on my cast iron pan. It came off in patches. I’ll have to try the oven to take the rest of it off. Thanks!
@@suew4609 If it is a self-cleaning oven with a cleaning cycle, put the pan in, preferably over something you know can take the heat you don't care about to keep the dust off the bottom of the oven, and set it for a full cleaning cycle. Just about every bit of seasoning will bake right off.
That was a lot of work, thank you for your effort.
I believe that whoever has pans like the two small ones (oven easy off & ammonia) need to throw them away.
Use them to hold plants on. Cover in foil on bottom and add pebbles or stones of some sort for drainage. Inside or outside less water messes.
Oven grates and the grates on a gas range, and of course your cookie sheets, place in contractor’s bag with Louis Lye. Seal and leave outdoors over night and they come out brilliantly clean. Been using this for over 50 years.
I haven’t heard of Louis Lye. Thanks for the tip!
I assume Louis Lye is just a local brand name for a lye product? A quick search did not bring much up. When suggesting things like this a link would come in handy.
Yeah. For real!
Lewis Lye crystals. Sodiim Hydroxide. @@CleanFreakGermaphobe
I swear by Barkeeper's powder on my stainless pots and pans. All look brand new. On cookie sheets easy off works better I think because most are aluminum. Also I don't think you are supposed to let barkeepers sit on too long. It's one of those products you put on, scrub right away and rinse. I can't wait to try ketchup tho. Great vid.
Thanks and you're correct, you're not supposed to let BKF sit. It's an acid based cleaner. Ketchup has acid too. But it all depends on what the baking sheet is made of.
If Easy Off contains sodium hydroxide (lye) it will react with the aluminum and damage it.
It's the oxalic acid in BK that's the acid component.
You are my kitchen hero now - ketchup worked wonders on a very rusty ,old wok - FABULOUS NOW !
Huge thank you !
I put my pans in my self cleaning oven on the low setting. They come out pretty clean.
Easy Off, I find the yellow can with fume is better than the blue can without fume. I tested them both. Again you have to leave it overnight thats the main key.
I’m surprised you didn’t test the dawn, vinegar, and baking soda combo
Sounds like the mixture that diy hair stylists use!!😂I use oven cleaner.
I've tried this- it doesn't work very well
Vinegar and baking soda cancel each other out. The foaming action when they are mixed is because one is acidic and one is alkaline. When mixed they become neutral like water.
the ketchup one was the least stain out of all to begin with
Right. And it was still stained after. Ketchup didn't do much.
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Thanks, this was interesting. I have a seasoned pan, I was through using it, put it in the sink, later I noticed a circular spot that was super clean. I wish I knew what had spilled on that spot, I'd sure be using it.
The mysteries of cleaning
Thanks for nothing😂
My cast iron pots always look super clean after I make spaghetti sauce!
@@mariateresamondragon5850 Possibly the acid in tomatoes?
@@sunsungoawaylikely!
Thanks, I found your video interesting and informative.
There is only one thing that bothers me a titch.
Much I appreciate someone finally testing such a variety of options in one reasonable length video, I know that there are a lot of cleaning products that don't go together very well. In fact, some combos can be quite dangerous.
I wonder if you could emphasize for those intending to use a selection or combination of cleansers, that they must be super careful about what they mix and match (even including using Brillo pads after certain chemicals).
I had a friend that passed out cleaning her toilet once because she mixed cleaners that created a toxic gas, so I know being careful with cleaning supplies (even 'natural' ones) is serious business.
I'm working on a video about what not to mix together. I can't recall if I mixed anything but the Brillo pads are disposable so I should get a new one if it's another chemical. Thanks for the feedback.
As well, you are using strong chemicals, scrubbing around with no eye protection!
MJ great comment! Two very important chemicals that should never be combined are bleach & ammonia.
@@carolejones6812 yes. If you have used window cleaner (ammonia) on the mirror, do NOT use any bleach based cleaner in the rest of the bathroom for at least 24 hours and vice versa. Even a miniscule amount of combination will produce large amounts of highly toxic Chloramine gas.
@@Funknfritter one off the wall thing I use for baked on food and general cleaning is a fabric softener sheet. For very bad burnt on gunk soak overnight in warm water.
I worked in many bakeries we did not wash the baking pans!
I've found that dawn and course ground salt works great for the dark, hard to get off stains off my pans.
Dawn is awesome!
Two words. Parchment paper. Available at the dollar store. Keeps my baking sheets looking like new.
I agree! Love parchment paper and it saves a lot of clean-up work!
parchment paper is sprayed with silicone fyi-
Doesn't help when your pan is already brown
Right!
@@TacticalDraws - It makes it look nicer if you have company and it guards against any of that dirt getting baked on to your product. I always use it. Unless I run out and then I use waxed paper.
I only use the powdered Bar Keepers Friend on sheet pans. The liquid BKF is meant for cleaning fiberglass tubs and sinks.
Exactly! And even better , the bar's keeper's friend for pots and pans works so well you can only leave it for a minute not to cause damage 😂
Absolutely. My BEDT FRIEND IS Barkeepers Friend!
Put your cookie sheets in the oven while you run the self-cleaning cycle. They'll be like new. Only small print is it removes nonstick coating.
I tried several methods on my oven. But the best was using my steam mop and a razor like yours.
You used a steam mop on your baking sheets? I wonder how that works. Because the mop head is likely larger than the pan. Please explain?
I just did all of mine!! Lots of elbow grease.. Stainless steel scrubby on appropriate pans and gumption paste.. Gleaming! Teflon.. Plastic scrubby with gumption the same and VERY HOT WATER!!! LIKE NEW!! ♥️ ♥️ ♥️
I wouldn't have tested the liquid scrub version of Bar Keepers Friend against the powder version of Comet. The powder version of Bar Keepers Friend is so amazing it was able to take the char off of my old stove, both the white surface on top and the actual gas burner caps.
Absolutely loser Bar keepers friend is BEST
The easy off works really well when you scrub it with an SOS pad. I use that method to clean my gas cooktop and my ovens
Depending on what we’re cooking, we actually like to use tin foil! It makes cleaning up so much easier!
My relative says the aluminum foil is unhealthy to eat from so I don't use it if he is visiting.
They put aluminum in under arm deodorant and they don't put the word "pickles" on the pickle jar label.@@grandmajane2593
Whatever you do you will always get brown stains on your bakeware. They are still safe to use (as long as you’ve removed food residue). The best solution I’ve found is my dark brown baking trays. They came with an oven that I had in 1991 and they are still perfectly fine. I just wish all my other baking dishes had the same finish.
I know, right! I don’t understand why people want to take off that nice black seasoning. It’s a kind of nonstick surface!
We accidentally found out about tomato based cleaning while we were canning home made salsa. We had an enameled pot that had rust stains in the bottom from a canning rack that turned out was NOT galvanized....nothing I tried made even a dent in those rust stains, so I thought they were permanent. It happened to be one of my largest pots, and I needed a "non reactive" very large pot when making the salsa and that's when we found out that tomato will take off practically anything, even stains that other cleaners couldn't touch! Now I just hope those stains, spread out over 14 quarts of salsa won't be toxic....
After you get all those clean, line the baking sheets with either tin foil or parchment when they are used. Saves you a lot of work! Thank you for these experiments!
While watching this I looked up cast iron Baking sheet. I wasn’t sure it existed, it does! I think I will buy one of those rather than frustrate myself cleaning regular baking sheet!
I use one and it’s so much easier!
How heavy is it ?
Finally a reason to use all those saved ketchup packets!
I generally just use L.A.'s Awesome plus magic eraser, but the industrial purple degreaser is the best. Dawn Platinum over the foam - just like any foaming soaps the foam is a watered down version. So I just water down soap refills to fill a foam pump. Barkeeper's Friend (powder) plus magic eraser works well on enamel sinks.
If memory serves BF and Comet don't play well together (hazardous). Borax works better in conjunction with a soap because it makes the soap more effective in the water by softening the water.
I use borax in my laundry and it really helps.
It's the vinegar in the ketchup you're wanting.. for rusty yard tools, I soaked them overnight in vinegar, and it really helped. You still need to scrub them, then oil them, but it works. Vinegar is quite corrosive. I've heard that Coca-Cola works, too.😊 Thanks for doing all the hard work for us. ✌️👍
P.S. I grew up with Comet and S.O.S. pads. It all comes down to "elbow grease" 💪😊
Also, Easy Off depends on heat for a chemical reaction.
spray on easy off. cover in plastic wrap for 1 hour. uncover and wipe crud off. the plastic wrap is the trick 👌 💯 %
I agree!!! It's plastic wrap. How hard is it to attach to the sides, bottom and top? We've done this on floors and stoves, just not ovens (yet).
I did the Ammonia in a plastic bag but I left it over night. It really worked !!! I baked alot so it really needed cleaning.
Yes, it needs longer than 15 minutes. Let them sit in a large garbage outside for the day. Then rinse outside as well. Warmer weather helps
This is waaaaay too much work!!!! Took my sheet pans outside and sprayed them with oven cleaner. Perfect
I threw mine out, and bought new ones 😉 Too much elbow grease for me. Thank you anyway 👍
Just pour white vinegar in them. It cleans EVERYTHING.
I even remove rust from my garden tools with a 5-10 min soak.
You'll thank me for it.
Ketchup isn't surprising. I used to live in a town that had a tomato processing plant, and people who lived there longer all used to tell us not to drive behind the trucks hauling tomatoes because the acid would damage the paint on on our car.
Whoa. That's intense.
The two things that have worked best for me is a thick paste-like amount of baking soda and rigorous scrubbing, and high heat deglazing with water or soapy acidic liquid. Just like you do to make a gravy or sauce from the pan drippings, add a liquid and turn the back up after you're done cooking, and use a spatula to scrape away any stuck, cooked on food or grease.
A lot of stuff gets locked into the surface of the metal when it cools. You have to heat it up so the metal expands to unlock the cooked-in bits.
For uncoated sheets, try putting them in the oven on self cleaning cycle. This will convert the greasy residue to ash, which should then be easy to remove.
Thanks for the tip and next time I'll try that!
I wondered about that. I was not sure if aluminum would be ok on a self-clean cycle!
And for those of us whose oven doesn't have that feature?
@@TrineDaely then try placing it in the oven and turning the oven on about 500 and allowing it to sit there for about 20min (that's the length of most self cleaning cycles) with another pan with about a cup of water in the bottom of the oven which creates steam which is what the self cleaning feature does.
@@laurenshifflett3445 why wouldn't it be? If it can hold up to being used to bake with why not use it to clean with? I've done this plenty of times over the years even with ovens without a self cleaning cycle. For those without a self cleaning cycle place a pan with 1 cup of water in the bottom of the oven to create steam and then turn the oven on about 500° and then have your pan that you're looking to clean above that.
Hi. I use Easy Off for my baking pans and oven racks! I spray put in garbage bag leave out in the sun! A few hrs later all baked on dirt washes off. Leaves clean and shiny pans and racks
If you spread dish soap or wet a dryer sheet and wipe all over first before using the blade, it comes up much easier. Also there are plastic razor blades that you can use to avoid scratching or use a damp dryer sheet under the blade.
I would never use a dryer sheet on something I'm going to eat off of or put food on.
@@overcomingobstaclescreates1695Uh, wash the pan before using it!🤷🏻♀️
I suggest you try the cleaner made for glasstop stoves. It has been one of the best cleaners I have found for my oven both inside and the glass window in the door. And it doesn’t scratch. I also use the razor to scrape the heavy grime off.
I love how real you are.
I use parchment paper for everything under 400; aluminum foil for above. My baking sheets are amazing until my husband makes fish and fries with no paper or foil. I will try the ketchup on the one baking sheet he uses as it is a natural product. All those other products you used are toxic and non food grade and that is important as you seem (most people do too)to put food directly on those sheets. You should definitely check out what happens once the coating on these are damaged and need to be replaced. I really appreciate you trying all these methods suggested by many on the internet for all of us. Looked like a lot of work. Thank you.
Just a note it works on on stove grates that are greasy with burnt on fog. Just put each one in a baggie spray well and wait no scrubbing. Let me know if you have a good experience
I have used easy off on Pyrex, heated to 300 degrees, and taken outside on the grass spread with newspapers. All accumulated brown ick just rinsed off 100%. I have been reluctant to do this with aluminum, due to warnings on cleaner.
The regular Easy Off works better for me than the fume free. I ventilate very well when using it because it is very bad to breathe. If I was in a house rather than an apartment, I would try spraying it on outside and hose it off afterward.
I can't stand the fumes but maybe I should try doing it outside on a piece of cardboard. Thanks for sharing your experience.
Thank you so much for your channel! I just found you after googling for some help on removing rust speckles. I’m so happy to find you and I’ll be viewing many of your videos. Again- thank you!
So happy you’re here and for your kind comment! Welcome
I think when it comes to Easy Off, the old one that we were used to back in the day that has that awful smell, is the sht. And cleans better than anything. It even works on bathroom tile with years of soap buildup.
Easy off has to be used in a warm oven to actually work. The heat is important. So is TIME! Chemist. Comet is essentially bleach so both for that and Easy off (or other oven cleaner) be sure to use gloves. I personally start with dawn (a decent and safe degreaser) and follow up with DAMP borax or baking soda. The powdery texture help scrub. Unless you have literally baked on the grease over time in which case definitely start with an oven cleaner and do two things at once, the oven and the pan. Oh and a pan of water added in the oven will help loosen dirt and grease.
I've tried a couple of these methods. I've cleaned one of my pans by soaking it with purple power then power washing it. Soaked another in ammonia then power washed it and I think the nonstick costing came off. I'm still searching for better, but power washing saves a ton of scrubbing. I also made progress with a harsh/plain steel wool, not sos or brillo. There's got to be something better!!!
Easy Off oven cleaner
I have successfully used the Mr. Clean Magic Erasers. I got the best results using Dawn and very hot water (as hot as you can stand) to cover the areas you want to clean. It's baked on grease so the heat is a key element to help soften it and make it easier to remove. You may still need to use some elbow grease but it's better than using a bunch of chemicals on something intended for cooking food on.
Made me all nervous using all those chemicals and going back and forth. Don’t watch this and think of mixing stuff together! Haha. Pretty interesting stuff though and you seemed to be pretty safe with everything. Personally, I use baking soda and citric acid for cleaning my pans, washing machine, dishwasher, sinks, my bathtub, showers and the countertop. Just be aware of what you can use this stuff on, if you try it. This can damage certain dishes, clothes and ruin cabinetry. For other things, I do make specific chemical mixes for specific jobs. You should do a test on laundry detergents next. I make my own, the base is usually homemade from ash and pig fat, but if I’m in a hurry, I’ll just pick up a bar of zote soap, essentially as my base. I haven’t used other sources of laundry detergent in a long time, so I would be curious to see the results.
Curious as to how you make laundry soap! Can you share,?
I would recommend sand blasting. It would take about 3-5 minutes per pan and should only be used on pans that are not coated with a non stick surface. Another alternative is laser blasting. Both of these are used to remove rust, contaminants, paint and just about anything on a metal surface. I would challenge you to get a simple abrasive blaster like Harbor Freight's Gravity Feed Abrasive Blaster Gun with 20 oz. Hopper and just use play sand. It is $22 and would make a great follow up to this video. I would do it myself, but I am lazy and not prepared to go into the You Tube business. Great video.
Great idea! That tool removes old paint like a champ,
Maybe you could try Scour Off by Shaklee to clean your pans. I used it to clean up the white interior of a brand-new microwave that I had burnt popcorn in. The interior had turned yellow and smelled horrid. The Scour Off has a very pleasant smell to it that made it a double win for me. It also cleaned up the burnt food bottoms of metal pots and pans. I am not sure if it would work on the non-stick coating pans without damaging them.
I have put mine in my self cleaning oven for 5 years now. Easy peasy
The AMMONIA should be left overnight. It wont work if its just an hour or so. It should be overnight and best, 24-48 hrs.
Can you do a video on cleaning a revitalizing used rubberbands?
It may be the vinegar in ketchup. I saw a video; very effective is baking soda n vinegar
I use a 50/50 mix of baking soda and regular salt on anything that I want to clean that I don’t mind scratching. It is very gritty, but i mix them together, add 3 tbs of dawn, and enough water to form a paste. Cover the area to clean with a thick coat and wait 15 min. Scrub a bit, and wow it’s incredible!
Have you tried awesome cleaner from dollar tree the yellow one, I sprayed mine put it in a plastic bag and let it set for a couple days. Took them out washed them and did it again until it was shiny these were aluminum, stainless cleaned quicker and looked brand new. Then I used it on a colored Shirley the light blue was stained but the bottom was clean. Tried it ion many different kinds of very old to new. Went to goodwill and bought their pans that looked bad. Long story short this dollar cleaner worked, I had one pan that was so old that it took a week to clean and I use it today it was a small 9 by 10 sheet pan that had a pattern and was not aluminum. Hope this works for you.
I haven't tried your method but now I want to. I admire that you did this on pans you got at Goodwill. Way to cut down on waste. I love it!
I recall in 1984 or 85, they sold Awesome door-to-door salesperson were on the younger side. The bottles were super expensive. They would have you get some article of clothing that had a stain you couldn't get out. They would spray it on half the stain. It would come out. I was super surprised to see it being sold at the 99-cent store decades later. The price in 1985 was about a hundred dollars for the bundle or whatever came in the kit. I loved the product, not the price. Totally blows my mind seeing it at the 99cent store.
I really appreciate all of the hard work!
Not to be a spoil-sport but the only acid in ketchup (aside from what's in the tomatoes) is distilled vinegar. I'm pretty sure that if you just soaked one in distilled vinegar it would be the best.
You are supposed to add salt with the ketchup. It works alot better with salt.
You forgot the French fries and to bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. 🤦♂
I really appreciate this video! I can’t believe that Ketchup turned out to be the best. That’s amazing! I’m going to go to the Dollar Store and pick up some cheap stuff to use. I think the pan without a sheen, the last one you showed, must be stainless steel or some other metal or mixture. It reminds me of some old pie tins I picked up at a flea market.
This is interesting video. I appreciate the semi- scientific method you used. I have a few comments. According to America's Test Kitchen, black pans cook better than the shiny pans.
Thank you for this video. Was so surprised how well ketchup cleaned. Keep the videos coming.
The easiest sheets I’ve found to clean are a set of 4 gold toned sheets from Costco that are thicker than the typical sheet.
Oh, no. I found one of those in a thrift store and almost bought it, but it was so heavy, and why was it a funny color? Maybe it wasn't really a cookie sheet? I put it back.
Extra strength easy off works best if take each pan and spray it down inside a trash bag, tie the bag closed and leave it outside overnight. Rinse the next day and repeat until you're happy with the result. I've been doing this for years and it does work. I do the same thing with my oven racks and grill grates too.
Have you ever tried dry laundry soap?? I’ve found it works amazingly
I saw a video in the past about using baking soda and vinegar and it made my gunked up skillet bottom like new again.
Try white vinegar & baking soda with a green scrubber.
I cook bacon in the oven on a double payed cookie sheet with a lip. I scrape off most of the bacon grease with a spatula, then squirt on Dawn dish detergent and run it around with my fingers. And let it sit overnight. I was shook the first time I did this! It removed 95% of the gunk that had been on my sheets for years!
No...the ketchup was already the cleanest.
The best is a combination of some of your tested products... Dawn with vinegar and baking soda. Make a paste and spread it on the surface. Leave it on, the longer, the better.
I have tried a lot of product for cleaning pans. The best one has been Earth Brite natural all purpose cleaner. I believe I got it at HSN TV. It cleans great and shines beautifully. You did a great job on checking all those cleaners. Who knew ketchup would work. I wonder what it does to our stomach. lol