How to remove hardened grease from side of a pot?

Hmmm... I use baking soda on a lot of things with a lot of success.
Perhaps baking soda and hot water will at least get some of it off then use
the oven cleaner?

Michael

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Posted by wff_ng_7 on June 23, 2006, 2:28 pm

> But caution is required...

> The OP didn't identify the material used to make the pot. Lye (the major

> component of oven cleaner) is quite reactive with aluminum and will

> destroy it.

Caution is required, but that doesn't mean one can't successfully use oven
cleaner (the lye type) on aluminum. It depends how long one leaves the oven
cleaner on the pot, and how much one is concerned with a pristine appearance
on the pot. When I say "pristine", I mean how much the baked on grease
bothers one compared to the slight degrading of the aluminum surface.

I've used the Easy Off extra strong stuff on a big aluminum pot I used for
deep frying turkeys. The pot has a lot of burned on grease after doing that.
One can see a definite reaction of the oven cleaner on the aluminum, but
relative to the thickness of the pot, it would take a long, long time to eat
through it. A half hour is not going to cause a big problem. It will however
change the appearance of the aluminum, giving it a dull finish of a
different shade (darker or lighter I don't remember).

I wouldn't use oven cleaner on any of the anodized aluminum finishes though,
as it would eat through the relatively thin anodizing quite quickly and make
the surface very splotchy in appearance.

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Posted by OmManiPadmeOmelet on June 23, 2006, 4:28 pm

> JoeSpareBedroom wrote:

> >

> >>What's the best substance for enabling one to remove baked-on grease

> >>from the side of a pot? It has picked it up from sitting on the

> >>stovetop for years of cooking beside it (I have little space).

> >>

> >>409 or its equivalent has not worked. How about WD40? Vinegar? Any

> >>ideas?

> >>

> >

> > Oven cleaner. Read the instructions, use it outdoors if it's the stinky

> > kind.

> >

> But caution is required...

> The OP didn't identify the material used to make the pot. Lye (the major

> component of oven cleaner) is quite reactive with aluminum and will

> destroy it.

That's a good point.......

I once made the mistake of putting some dilute muriatic acid into an
aluminum pot to get the hard water deposits off.

BIG mistake!

Good thing I was doing it outside!!!!!!
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Om

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Posted by Norminn on June 23, 2006, 12:57 pm

tariq.1.rahim@spamgourmet.com wrote:

> What's the best substance for enabling one to remove baked-on grease

> from the side of a pot? It has picked it up from sitting on the

> stovetop for years of cooking beside it (I have little space).

> 409 or its equivalent has not worked. How about WD40? Vinegar? Any

> ideas?

What kind of pot? I've had good results getting the worst crud with a
razor blade scraper, then 3M pad with full-strength Dawn.

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