How to clean the pan?

Cooking is a process that gives pleasure and brings a lot of positive emotions. But only under the condition that all cooking appliances are perfectly clean. This is especially true of baking sheets, which not everyone does not always notice, and only after finding a huge amount of soot begin to look for means of removing it. In order not to spend a lot of time and money on cleaning, you should know in advance which techniques will help you quickly and easily cope with both fresh dirt and old burnt grease.

The baking sheets on which food is cooked in the oven are usually made of aluminum or glass, but the coating can be Teflon or enamelled. Before you start cleaning at home, be sure to determine what the material from your product. This is very important because what is perfect for one coating will be completely unacceptable for another.

To prevent such troubles, several important rules should be taken into account.

• Glass and enamel are washed only with sponges, and the soft side. You can not even rub the old fat with metal brushes or scrapers.
• In the cleaning of trays made of glass and enamel also do not use powder means. Powder particles are no better than hard sponges, they can scratch the coating. Choose liquid or gel formulations.
• Before washing the aluminum pan, scrape off the fat as much as possible with a wooden spatula.
• Any trays will be much easier to wash off from soot and old fat, if you soak them in warm water with a small amount of liquid dishwashing liquid for several hours.

Folk remedies are good because the components for cleaning can be found in almost any home.

See what you can use to return the baking tray to the original sparkling look.

This combination is a great solution for aluminum trays. Mix a little salt and soda, and then apply the mixture to particularly contaminated places.

After waiting a few minutes, rub them thoroughly with a sponge. It also happens that the method does not help, but there is another option:

1. mix soda and salt, cover the baking sheet evenly;
2. put in the oven heated to 100 degrees and wait half an hour;
3. let the dishes cool and rub with a sponge again.

This is another way to clean the aluminum pan:

1. pour a little water into the container, add half a tablespoon of soda and vinegar;
2. Preheat oven to 100 degrees and put a baking sheet, but make sure that the water does not spill;
3. after half an hour remove the container, wait for cooling and wipe well.

This technique will allow to save aluminum sheets from especially difficult pollution, for example, burnt pastries, jam, adhered sleeves for baking. However, the process is fraught with difficulties:

1. find a container that will be larger than the baking tray;
2. fill the sheet with water, and then add two tablespoons of soda and the same amount of soap solution;
3. simmer for half an hour, over low heat.

This method is quite effective, also suitable for aluminum:

1. a small amount of funds poured on the sheet;
2. a sponge, which will later have to be thrown away, makes the layer uniform;
3. put in a cold oven and close the door well;
4. after 12 hours, the spots are easily removed.

The disadvantage of this technique is an unpleasant smell, therefore it is important that the oven door is closed as tightly as possible. Besides, it is desirable to close the door to the kitchen altogether.

As for enameled, ceramic and glass containers for cooking, it will be a little harder to clean them, but it is still possible. One of the effective ways will be simple soaking. To do this, you only need to fill the sheet with hot water and drop some dishwashing liquid there. After a few hours you can try to remove carbon deposits.

Traces of burnt oil can be easily cleaned with mustard, this procedure is best done at night. In the evening, sprinkle dry mustard on a baking sheet and pour boiling water over it. In the morning it will be much easier to wash the vessel. Also, if you do not want to wait so much time, use the usual baking powder for the test. At the bottom pour a little baking powder, sprayed with water, leave for 30 minutes. As time passes, the baking sheet is easy to clean.

Another available remedy is sweet soda, for example "Cola". You can pour it on the bottom of the container and leave it for a couple of hours, or you can boil it directly on the sheet for 5-10 minutes.

Purchased products for cleaning of soot and old fat will be a good alternative to home techniques. They are recommended to buy those hostesses who do not have time for everything at once, and is waiting for quick results.

For example, some put and immediately begin to clean, others take time to start to act. In addition, the work is always carried out in rubber gloves, as funds can injure the skin.

Consider which chemical detergents will help clean up old fat.

• Amway. The composition is concentrated, it must be diluted. Helps to clean not only the pan, but the whole oven. In the set to the tool has a brush that will be applied.

• Clean Up. Another effective tool that should be applied with a spray. After waiting for the time specified by the manufacturer, the composition is washed off. Clean Up does not contain any substances harmful to health, gives a mirror shine and provides surface water-repellent properties.

• Eco-Max. The gel-like composition, which is applied to the pollution and wipe with a sponge. This tool not only perfectly cleans, but also disinfects the container, due to the presence in the composition of the extracts of red grapefruit and lactic acid.

• "Glitter." Thick pasty product, after applying you need to wait 20-30 minutes, and then just wash off the mixture with a sponge and water.

Cleaning a baking sheet is a matter that, as a rule, is always put off until later, because it is much more difficult to remove the fat completely than to wash even the dirtiest pan. However, this approach is fundamentally wrong, and you can prevent the deposit if you have several rules in your arsenal.

• It does not matter what material your baking sheet or coating is made of, in any case it is better to apply “protection”. For example, bake meat or fish in foil, and lay out pastries on parchment paper. Of course, this will not completely eliminate the remnants of the products, but it will be much easier to wash such a baking sheet.
• If there is no time or effort to scrub the grease after cooking, fill the container with hot water and add some dishwashing liquid. This will be a much more correct step than the next day trying to scrape the remnants of food from the surface.
• Always consider the material used to make the dishes.For example, aluminum baking trays are perfectly amenable to abrasives, they can be rubbed, cleaned, and powdered. Teflon, glass and other surfaces of such treatment will not be tolerated, here you can only use liquid formulations, and in no case scrape with a knife, fork or a metal spatula in an attempt to remove the stuck piece or carbon.

Thus, it is possible to make sure that there are quite a lot of means for cleaning the pan from various types of contamination, and you can choose what you like. With only a little effort, you get a beautiful, sparkling dishes, which will be much nicer to cook than in the one where there are traces of old soot. In addition, it is more beneficial for health, because you can be sure that there are no bacteria on the baking sheet that can get into food and cause poisoning.

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