i burned rice in my stainless saucepan the other night

[nynor]

is it ruined? the rice pretty much carbonized onto the inside of the pan. any suggestions on getting this thing clean?

TIA!

[MBAtarga]

Scrape off what you can. Then use a wire brush attachment on a portable drill - or even a drill press and grind away at what's left. BTDT.

[cgarr]

you got a bead blaster?

[masraum]

My wife has burned plenty of stuff in our stainless pots. I use elbow grease and a scotchbrite pad.

[imcarthur]

When all else fails, throw in a can of tomatoes & simmer for several hours. The acid in tomatoes is a great pot cleaner. Squirt in some lemon juice as well for good measure.

Ian

[porsche4life]

Toluene....

[nynor]

Originally Posted by MBAtarga

Scrape off what you can. Then use a wire brush attachment on a portable drill - or even a drill press and grind away at what's left. BTDT.

that is what i was thinking, sort of. your idea is much better. i was thinking some coarse scotchbrite and some coarse rubbing compound.

stainless wire brush?

i've soaked it in white vinegar for two days, no improvement.

[nynor]

Originally Posted by cgarr

you got a bead blaster?

nope.

[nynor]

Originally Posted by porsche4life

Toluene....

toluene? why toluene vs., say, acetone?

[nynor]

Originally Posted by masraum

My wife has burned plenty of stuff in our stainless pots. I use elbow grease and a scotchbrite pad.

that is exactly where i was going, but i used some yellow scotchbrite and it seemed to polish the carbon. seriously.

[vash]

Boil water in it. Low simmer. And don't let it boil dry.

I'd try this before more aggressive mechanical means.

[nynor]

i tried this. after burning the rice, i scraped it out, scrubbed it vigorously, and cooked more rice. (yeah, i needed rice for the meal and i had the time).

[vash]

man, that is awful. burnt rice is difficult to clean. good luck.

if you eat alot of rice, may i suggest a cheap rice cooker? i used to burn rice all the time!! the cooker was mandatory for me.

[HardDrive]

Bar Keepers friend for stainless. Does the trick.

Cookware Cleaner | Cookware Cleaning | Bar Keepers Friend

[jyl]

I'd soak it for days, then go at it w/ a scraper (round off the corners) to get the worst of the rice off, then soak more, then scrape again. Then wire wheel in a drill, finish with a buffing wheel in drill plus polishing/rubbing compound. It will be lots of work, no shortcut that I know of.

If you want to gamble, maybe put pan in oven and run the self-cleaning cycle?

[javadog]

Soak in in water for a day. Scrape the bottom and vertical part of the sides clean using a single-edge razor blase at a shallow angle. Finish with coarse copper cleaning pad. Takes maybe 5 minutes.

Don't use anything harsher than that.

JR

[GH85Carrera]

Steam cleaner!

[RAM]

+1 on Bar Keepers Friend.

This is the BEST for a SS pan of any quality. It does not scratch the surface and actually restores the surface to new. A little elbow grease is required but it works very well. I used on All Clad pans after I burned olive oil in it. Left a brown coating that will not come off with regular washing.

[wdfifteen]

The first time I did this I took it to a restoration shop where they blasted it with plastic beads (or walnut shells, I don't remember exactly). The second time I did it I had my own blasting cabinet and i used glass beads. Big mistake. They cleaned the burnt rice off, but left a rough surface that I had to polish out by hand.

[azasadny]

Hot water, Krud Kutter and a scotch pad!