How to clean a frying pan
Today we will tell how to clean a frying pan. A feature will be that the pan has very low walls of 1-2 cm and a coating. This is a Frybest ceramic coated pancake pan.
I want to note right away that cleaning a frying pan with any kind of coating (Teflon or ceramic) is a more difficult task than, say, cleaning a cast-iron frying pan, steel or completely aluminum, i.e. uncoated pan.
All non-stick coatings are very sensitive to overheating and the use of any strong chemicals on them.
At the same time, such a height of the side of the pan did not allow it to be boiled by pouring water and putting it on fire, which would probably help to clean the pan from soot inside, but not outside.
Soot on the pan inside and out
Here is such a soot formed on a pancake pan after active use for about a year and a half. As a result of this soot, it became inconvenient to use the pan: all baked products began to stick to the surface, not to mention the lost aesthetic appearance due to soot from the outside.
Cleaning the frying pan from soot using conventional products, such as a soft sponge, soda, a hard metal sponge, fairy dishwashing liquid (and several other similar ones) did not work. Pre-soaking the pan in hot water for several hours did not help either. The result was the same - if not three deposits - it remained in place without the slightest change.
We were already completely desperate, until we remembered one wonderful way from the time of our grandparents. Let's talk about it in more detail.
What is needed to clean the soot
So, in order to wash a frying pan with a ceramic coating from soot, we needed a few simple things that any housewife probably has in everyday life, namely:
- Baking soda;
- Vinegar solution (we used 9%);
- Lemon;
- Hard sponge for washing dishes with an abrasive surface;
- Container for soaking the pan;
- Well, actually the frying pan itself with soot.
For the sake of the purity of the experiment, we will describe the entire process that was carried out, but perhaps some of its steps may be superfluous and you will refuse them (more on that below).
The carbon cleaning process
The process of cleaning carbon deposits is quite simple and will take you about one hour or a little more. So, let's look at the whole process step by step.
Step 1 - soaking
Previously, we soaked the pan for several hours in hot water. It is quite possible that in some cases it will be possible to clean the soot without soaking the pan, but we describe all the steps that have been taken.
Step 2 - cover the soot with baking soda
Step 3 - Use Vinegar or Lemon Solution
Pour a little vinegar solution on a layer of soda. In this case, a chemical reaction will occur and you must be careful so that the spray does not fall on your hands or the surface of the table. If this does happen, quickly rinse the area with water.
In addition to the vinegar solution, you can use lemon juice. The response will be about the same. We, in turn, used a mixture of vinegar solution with a little lemon, but again - this is not necessary. It is enough to use one.
Step 4 - let it settle
After the chemical reaction has passed, you need to let the pan stand for 30-60 minutes. Under the action of vinegar and soda, the soot will gradually soften. You just have to wait a little.
Step 5 - Remove soot from the pan with a sponge
Further, depending on the layer of soot, you can use a sponge to remove soot from the pan. Under the influence of soda and acetic acid, the soot will be softened and you will only have to scrape it off with a hard sponge.
Perhaps the Teflon coating would not have survived this procedure, but apparently nothing happened with the ceramic one.
Cleaning carbon deposits from the outside of the pan
The procedure for cleaning the frying pan from the outside is no different from cleaning the inside, with one exception. Due to the fact that the outer surface of the pan interacts with higher temperatures (is on fire), soot on the outside can eat in more than soot on the inside. Therefore, to clean the outside, you may need to repeat the above procedure several times. We limited ourselves to one.
The result of carbon cleaning
As a result, the soot was washed off almost completely from the inner surface, small spots remained on the outer surface, but when the procedure is repeated, they will also disappear.
