I have a typical small frying pot I use to fry my fish. So how do you get off the grease at the top of the pot and on the outside of the pot that has been baked and burnt on? The pot is as clean as new under the grease line, but the stuff on top is a bear to get off. What are your secretes????

Why do you need to remove this? If it's not too bad just leave it on. It's normal.


Use Dawn dish washing detergent, hot water and a plastic Tuffy or Scotch Brite pad. It will clean it enough.

Fill it with water, add dish soap, heat it up to boiling and it should clean itself. If it is on the outside, I would use a scrub brush dipped in the hot soapy water.

i just leave it on, too much of a pain in the arse.

I guess I dont need to. I just clean the cooking area and typically dont worry about the rest. Every know and then it gets a little sticky and could use a cleaning.

I only use the finest of greasy pans.

Set the whole thing on fire and let it burn off.

I am glad to see that I am not the only one that is to lazy to clean it.

Add gasoline as needed...

Generaly I dont worry about it, however we cook for our church a couple times a year and I try to clean it up for that. I have used a wire wheel on a grinder a couple times it takes it off pretty good, but depending on what finish is on/you want to keep on the pot it may not be a good idea.

matt

No real reason to clean it to such a degree. It's not being lazy.

I use a cast iron dutch oven. I just rinse it with
extremely hot water and wipe out with a paper towel.
Then set it back on the fire to dry. It has not seen
soap in 20 years.

Mo

No offense meant on the "Lazzy Comment". It was just a comment more towards myself than anyone else. It is just a pain to clean so I usually dont.

If you do want to clean it, the ABSOLUTE BEST thing you can use is Bar Keepers Friend. It's 3 bucks at Walmart and will last you forever. It's incredible...seriously.

Any soaps or cleaners will end up impregnated in the pot for a time or two. Bring water to a boil in it and wipe it clean with a towel. Other than that try licking it clean.

This stuff works awesome to clean almost anything. I burned on some grease on one of our new pans while cooking fish shortly after I got married (6 years ago). I was going to buy a new pan at the Calphalon outlet last summer and they told me to use this stuff. It worked awesome. It takes a little elbow grease but should take off the burned on grease. It worked for me 6 years after the fact.

I will have to try some of that stuff.

+1

That is all I use as a fish fryer and exactly how I clean it.

You won't be sorry. If I remeber right it was only about $3 at Home Depot. One of my buddies used it to clean up his stailess grill. It did an awesome job on that too.