Cleaning stainless steel cookware

[Rings Я Us]

Best thing I ever saw for keeping SS looking like new is "Bar Keepers Friend".
My Plumber Buddy gave Mrs Bear a sample when we had our Log House built, and he installed our new SS Kitchen Sink.

Mrs Bear swears by it !!!


Bear

Comes in a can like comet . Only a couple bucks a can.. powder cleanser.. good info. Thanks

 

[GaryHibbert]

An old camping trick we always used when cooking on an open fire was to coat the outside of the pot with liquid dishwash soap BEFORE putting the pot over the fire. Everything scrubs off.

Gary

 

[johnmeyer]

I'm late to this, but a great way to get hard water spots and "film" that you sometimes get on the cooking surface is Twinkle copper cleaner. I discovered this when cleaning the tarnish off some copper clad stainless saucepans and found that it easily and quickly removed all the stuff that was adhering to the inside of the pan as well. I could never get the stainless shiny before, and didn't want to scuff or scratch the smooth surface with any sort of harsh abrasive. This stuff works perfectly.

You, of course, have to make sure you wash the inside thoroughly after you rinse off the copper cleaner, to remove all the residual.

This trick also works on some pretty heavy-duty stains and buildup, and might actually have worked on the OP's pan. I often use a Dobie or other similar pad to help provide a little "dig" when working on anything that has some thickness to it.

 

[bluewhisper]

How many of you have experienced this: Use cast iron in the smoker, clean it and store it. Use it again in the oven and once it hits the temperature in the smoker, it blooms smoke aroma like you had a fire going in the kitchen.