Grill pan - Really baked in Grease

iLikeWaffles

Right have been trying clean the pan off the grill for the past week or so.



There are so many layers of grease on it that is completely dried in from years of use. First I tried Baking soda and vinegar which worked on the rest of the oven. I used an old credit card to scrub all of the grease off the glass door and cif on mediocre stains. I tried the baking soda and vinegar on the grill pan left it over night then scrubbed the next morning. That kind of worked on the less heavy stuff but not on the rest. I was literally scrapping off from the credit card and it was coming off in small bits.

I tried a few of chemicals.

HG BBQ spray the foam stuff - again that appeared to be taking the lighter stuff off and liquidizing it but it seemed that once the solution got too diluted with grease it stopped working.

Mister muscle foam cleaner - same as above.

Kilrock Oven cleaner - this is a brush on gel and it says to put it on when the oven is slightly warm and leave for up to 2 hours. All's that did was dry in after about 30 mins and stopped working. Again it lifted a tiny amount of off but at that rate it would have been 300 applications before the pan was clean.

Was looking for oven pride but couldn't find it in any of the shops. I did find Oven Brite which is the same thing, sodium hydroxide. I've used the whole bottle now with two applications of steeping the pan in the bag overnight and hoping for the best. It is working but seems to stop breaking down the grease when the solution becomes too diluted.

Is there any other cleaning product that will break this grease down and give me a clean pan. I was thinking of using a two litre bottle of coke and baking soda. Anyone have any better solutions?


I probably could have bought a pan at this stage spent about €18 trying to clean this thing. I'm going to give it one more go before getting a new one.
http://www.buy-spares.ie/belling/cooker-oven/universal-grill-pan/product.pl?pid=27386&shop=belling&path=112737

I'd say the pan is about 60% clean at this stage.

Ted Plain

I use Oven Pride / Mighty Oven Cleaner (€1.50 in Dealz) to clean Pyrex dishes and the bottoms of pots and pans every once in a while.

I wipe on a good layer of the stuff with some kitchen paper and then cover it tightly in cling film and leave for an hour or so. Then I rinse it off and repeat a couple of times until they're spotless. This works well for me you use a lot less than pouring the whole bottle into the bag.

madmaggie

I've used Astonish spray oven cleaner, I got it in the local hardware shop. Be careful to use it outdoors, the fumes are pretty strong. You might need to repeat using it a few times, but I find it good.

iLikeWaffles

Just to update. I reused the first bag , other half of solution and left the pan in the Oven Brite stuff for 48 hours after the post. Then used a heavy duty scrubber and got about 80% of the baked in grease off also used a credit card to scrap what I could off. Bought another pack of oven brite and left it in for over 48 hours. Its brand newski. 99% of the burnt in grease is off it with the help from the old credit card. No need to use the new credit card!

vicwatson

iLikeWaffles wrote: »

Just to update. I reused the first bag , other half of solution and left the pan in the Oven Brite stuff for 48 hours after the post. Then used a heavy duty scrubber and got about 80% of the baked in grease off also used a credit card to scrap what I could off. Bought another pack of oven brite and left it in for over 48 hours. Its brand newski. 99% of the burnt in grease is off it with the help from the old credit card. No need to use the new credit card!

So remember going forward - put some aluminium foil on the bottom each use and then every few uses throw it in the dishwasher, we do that and its still relatively like new !

Alun

The thing with that OvenPride/OvenBrite stuff is that you really need to have a decent amount of the liquid in close contact with whatever you're cleaning for a long time, at least 24 hrs and preferably longer. I've had some really filthy wire racks in one for 3 days before they were clean, but you have to squish the liquid around regularly to make sure there's fresh liquid around the dirtiest parts otherwise it all sinks to the bottom of the bag.

iLikeWaffles

vicwatson wrote: »

So remember going forward - put some aluminium foil on the bottom each use and then every few uses throw it in the dishwasher, we do that and its still relatively like new !

Ah yes its going to be washed after each use me thinks almost 1 week trying to clean it, not doing that again!

madmaggie

I saw Aggie McKenzie on Ireland AM saying use sand paper for wire racks. I used a spongy sanding block on the oven shelves, it worked a treat.

iLikeWaffles

madmaggie wrote: »

I saw Aggie McKenzie on Ireland AM saying use sand paper for wire racks. I used a spongy sanding block on the oven shelves, it worked a treat.

You'd be left with bits of rack after a while.

ThisRegard

vicwatson wrote: »

So remember going forward - put some aluminium foil on the bottom each use and then every few uses throw it in the dishwasher, we do that and its still relatively like new !

A bit of water in the pan is a better solution, it just drips into the water then.

madmaggie

iLikeWaffles wrote: »

You'd be left with bits of rack after a while.

Took off some my skin as well

celticbhoy27

With all the products you bought and tried. You could have just bought a new pan

Edit didn't read your last two paragraphs

iLikeWaffles

celticbhoy27 wrote: »

With all the products you bought and tried. You could have just bought a new pan

Edit didn't read your last two paragraphs

Priced the same grill pan €30. They have some on ebay for €11 but they are pretty thin and poor quality (sister got one.)

Worked out cheaper or maybe the same price anyway.