How to clean a burnt pot bottom

Generally speaking, if the bottom of the pot is burnt black, it is not easy to clean. It is simply impossible to wash it off by brute force. Steel wool will damage the bottom of the pot and cannot clean it. This is when vinegar comes in handy. Boil hot water with vinegar to better remove the black stuff on the bottom of the pot. Some people don’t know that rice actually has this effect. But you need to wait two days before you can use it. This time may be longer.

1. How to deal with a burnt stainless steel pot

1. If you want to scrape the burnt food off the bottom of the pot, do not use hard objects such as kitchen knives, metal spatulas, steel wool, etc. You can use bamboo, wood chips, or unused phone cards or magnetic cards. You don't need to use too much force when scraping. If the card is made of hard plastic, it can also be used to scrape dirt off a gas stove.

2. Add a little vinegar and boil it with hot water, and it will be easier to wash off.

3. I have a secret trick that I won’t easily reveal to others. In summer, pour a little rice into the pot and let it ferment naturally. After 2 days, you will smell a sour smell and the ashes will be removed with your hands.

4. Dry-burn it over low heat for a while, sprinkle salt when it smokes, shake it for one minute and then turn off the heat. Then wipe it again, and it will be clean without any residue or burnt smell.

5. Use a cleaning ball and laundry detergent to directly wipe off the blackened part of the bottom of the pot.

6. Apply toothpaste, dip a cloth in water, and rub it hard. This is economical and will not damage the pot, but it may take some effort.

7. Soak it in a high-concentration sodium hydroxide aqueous solution (for example, 100 grams of water and 50 grams of sodium hydroxide. Because it is highly corrosive, you must wear acid-resistant and alkali-resistant gloves. It cannot be used to clean aluminum products), and then scrape it with a steel wool. If you can find "sodium percarbonate or sodium perborate", you can directly pour it into boiling water, then add perborate or percarbonate, soak it until it reaches water temperature, and then pour it out. The above two methods, the former is to remove burnt grease, and the latter is to remove the burnt yellow color.

8. To remove burnt stains from a frying pan, boil water in the pan. Add a small amount of detergent and leave it overnight. Then scrub it and the stains will be removed. After scrubbing clean, apply a layer of oil.

9. Stainless steel pots are easy to get black dirt and difficult to clean. Now just add clean water to the larger pot at home, put in some pineapple peels, and then put all the smaller pots in, boil for 20 minutes, wait for them to cool down, and take them out. They will all be as bright as new!

10. When a stainless steel pot is burnt, some burnt food will stick to the pot and it will be difficult to remove. We can soak it in water for a while to soften it and it will be easy to remove.

11. Mountain red can remove the burnt bottom of the pot. If the bottom of the pot is burnt when cooking or frying, put a few mountain reds in the pot, add a little cold water and boil it (do not boil it dry), and the burnt bottom of the pot will be removed quickly.

12. To remove the sticky tomatoes from the bottom of the pot, put a few not-so-good tomatoes in the pot and cook them, and they will naturally fall off.

13. Use beer and white wine to remove burnt rice from the bottom of the pot. If you accidentally burn the pot while cooking and there are rice crusts on the bottom of the pot, if it is not easy to brush off, pour in a little white wine and beer and a small amount of water (the ratio is 2:2:1) and mix it. Cover it and let it sit for 5 minutes, then it will be easy to brush clean.

14. Use apple peels or pear peels to remove the sticky bottom of the pot. Boil apple peels or pear peels in a little water, and then it will be easy to clean.

15. To remove the orange paste on the bottom of the pot, cut a few slices of orange and put them in the pot to boil. Simmer it overnight. The next day, the paste will turn over and it will be easy to remove.

16. If metal utensils are rusted, wash them with salt and a little lemon juice. This will not only remove the rust quickly, but also make the utensils shine brightly.

2. Precautions when using stainless steel pots

1. Since stainless steel has a low thermal conductivity, the heat dissipation at the bottom is slow and the temperature is easily concentrated, the fire should not be too high when using stainless steel cookware. The heating surface of the bottom should be as wide and uniform as possible. This can save fuel and avoid burning food at the bottom of the pot.

2. Stainless steel cookware should be avoided from collision with sharp and hard objects to prevent scratches and dents that affect its appearance and sealing performance.

3. After using for a period of time, a layer of mist will form on the surface of the stainless steel, making the surface of the cookware dark. At this time, you can wipe it with a soft cloth dipped in decontamination powder or detergent to restore its brightness. This method can also be used if the outer surface is blackened by smoke.

4. When using a stainless steel pot, do not leave water stains on the bottom of the pot. Especially when used on a coal briquette stove, because the coal briquettes contain sulfur, they will produce sulfur dioxide and sulfur trioxide when burned. Once they come into contact with water, they will generate sulfurous acid and sulfuric acid, which will corrode the bottom of the pot.