Sunday, April 6, 2008

Removing Cooked-on Grease

In a comment on our Cleaning Day post, Jess asked,

So how do I get cooked on grease off of my toaster oven baking pan? Can I use vinegar for that? I've been wondering what to do about this for a while.


Glad you asked, Jess. This is a place for the Tide and hot water. Place your baking pan in the hottest water you have available and put in a good amount of Tide. When the water is cool enough to put your hands in comfortably you should be able to wash off the grease. You might have to use some S.O.S. for some really tough spots. This is the way I clean my oven racks.

I don't have to worry about small children so I may have my water hotter than some of you girls. If your water is not really hot just add some boiling water.
Hope this does the trick for you
mama

Jerri says: Hey Jess, while we're talking about hot water, be sure to check the hot water heater in that new house of yours. Set the temperature at about 120 degrees. If the dial doesn't show degrees, put the indicator on the low side of center. Keeping your water hotter than 120 degrees wastes energy and poses a danger to children and older people, whose skin is thin.

4 comments:

Michelle O'Neil said...

Oh good! A resource for cleaning! Never would have thought of Tide. I will no doubt have many questions in this area.

riversgrace said...

Do you recommend the same thing for burnt rings on my al-clad pan? How about melted plastic on the edge of the same pan?

Michelle O'Neil said...

What do we do about ants? Little tiny black ones.

We're being infested!!!!

Jess said...

Oh my, I can't believe I just saw this! You have to tell me when I get my own post! Thank you!! I will try this tomorrow for sure. I am so slow on the blogs this month (dead computer...)

And, I have a spiffy new tankless hot water heater, which is set at 120. :)