How to wash a baking sheet from old fat?

Thanks to the technical progress, the owners have the opportunity to use the oven and pamper the family with a variety of delicious dishes. The only thing that spoils the mood later, is the question: how to wash the baking sheet from the old fat, because nothing so pleases our eyes as a sparkling clean kitchen. It is worth it after meeting the guests a couple of times too lazy to wash the baking sheets from burnt food remnants as they are covered with a layer of indelible carbon. This problem concerns not only the baking, but also the frying pans. We will show you how to cope with this pressing problem, without spending a lot of energy, money, and most importantly - without harming the covering of the baking sheets.

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Prophylactic measures of accumulation of the fat layer on the baking tray

If you take the necessary measures in advance, then you will not have to spend much effort to eliminate the consequences of preparing a delicious dinner:

• Make it a rule to cover the bottom with a parchment with baking paper or foil. Thus, you prevent the accumulation of large amounts of fat on the bottom of the pan.
• Try to immediately wash off the adhering fat after cooking. Do not postpone "for later", no matter how much you want to rest after standing for hours on the stove. If it's really unbearable, then simply pour the baking tray with hot water, dropping a little gel into it to wash dishes.

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How to wash the pan from the deposit?

To date, manufacturers please us with a variety of types of baking trays. On sale it is possible to meet both simple aluminum, steel sheets, and teflon, glass, enameled. Recently, more and more popular are silicone baking sheets, baking molds. Each of these species differs not only in price, but also in the way it is taken care of. If you do not take into account the type of material from which your sheet is made, then it can be hopelessly spoiled during the flushing of the deposit. Let us consider in detail the types of pans and methods of caring for them.

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Aluminum baking sheets

Aluminum or stainless steel sheets are the most unpretentious in cleaning. They are suitable for almost all methods and means of removing fat.

Abrasives

Aluminum sheets are not afraid of abrasive substances, so often they are washed with various small powders.

To clean the baking sheet with folk remedies:

1. Scratch large food rests with a spatula.
2. Soak the pan for an hour or two in hot water with a dishwashing liquid.
3. Rinse with clean water.
4. Now just fill in the surface of the sheet any cleaning powder: soda, salt or even fine sand, boldly rub with a sponge.
5. If the dirt goes away - use a metal washcloth or a stiff brush.

If the deposit is not too old, it should work.

Calcination with salt

One of the ways to clean the baking sheet from people's deposits, involves the process of calcining the metal. This popular method of cleaning is more repulsive than carbon deposits, proved to be very effective and affordable.

Cleaning steps:

1. It is necessary to pour the usual table salt into the bottom of the sheet in a half centimeter.
2. Place the metal baking tray in a preheated oven for up to 100 degrees for 20-30 minutes.
3. Wait until the salt turns brown, remove the metal sheet from the oven.
4. Cool slightly, rinse the sheet under running water.
5. If there are still areas of burnt fat, you can again pour salt and rub with a hard sponge.

Boiling with soda and vinegar

Soda and vinegar are products that are often used in cleaning not only utensils, but also other surfaces. To use them to wash the baking sheet from the old fat, you need to perform simple actions.

Your actions:

1. Fill the baking tray with water.
2. Add a couple of tablespoons of soda to the water, as much vinegar and drip some dishwashing liquid.
3. Put the sheet in preheated to 100 degrees oven for half an hour.

Important! Take care that the liquid from the tray does not pour out during boiling and does not boil. Otherwise, new ones will be added to the old ones.

1. Remove the baking tray from the oven.
2. Wait until it cools down, rinse thoroughly with water and a sponge.

Fat, carbon deposits should be easily removed.

Important! The steam produced by boiling the prepared solution will also help you to clean the inner chamber of the oven.

Digestion with soda and gel for dishwashing

This is one of the best ways to fight old fouling and stains of fat.

Important! To use this method of cleaning you need a dish( a pan, a boil, a basin) that exceeds your baking tray in size.

To wash the baking tray from the old grease in this efficient way:

1. In a large container, pour in enough water to cover the entire baking tray.
2. Add 2 tablespoons of soda ash, the same amount of dishwashing gel.
3. Place the container with its contents on the fire, wait 30 minutes.
4. After a while, rinse the surface to be cleaned.
5. If there are still stains of the deposit, rub this place with a stiff sponge. Dirt after digestion will be softened and easily go away.

Soda and Hydrogen Peroxide

An affordable and effective folk method for cleaning the baking sheet. This processing gives a brilliant result. With such a composition, it is possible to clean frying pans, pans, kettles and samovars from dirt.

Stages of cleaning:

1. Put 100-150 grams of soda into a deep plate, add a little hydrogen peroxide to it.
2. You should get a thick slurry, which should be applied to the inside of the sheet.
3. Wait for about 30 minutes, rinse with clean water.

Hydrogen Peroxide

Some mistresses use peroxide without soda - it is also quite effective, if you apply it this way:

1. Pour a couple of bottles into a saucepan and bring to a boil.
2. Pour the hot liquid onto the bottom of the pan.
3. After cooling, dirt is easily rubbed off with a sponge.

Important! Experience shows that the best hydrogen peroxide removes carbon from sweet dishes.

Ammonium alcohol

Another affordable tool that does not require a lot of physical effort during cleaning. It removes the most stale dirt.

Application:

1. Pour the ammonia on the sponge and generously apply it on the inner surface of the pan.
2. The effect will have to wait 10-12 hours. Therefore, close the processed sheet in the oven( in order to avoid the spread of an unpleasant smell throughout the apartment) and forget about it for the whole night.
3. In the morning just rinse the remaining fat along with ammonia running water.

Coca-Cola

This famous drink can be found everywhere. Often it is available at home and in families that adhere to proper nutrition, although they keep it not for a holiday and are used not for their intended purpose, but as household chemicals. The Internet is full of videos about how Coca-Cola is cleaned with rust on cars and plaque in the toilet. So why do not we use it to wash the baking sheet from the sludge?

Use the "miracle tool" to wash the baking sheet from the old fat:

1. Pour the drink on the sheet and leave for a few hours. The acid will cope well with burnt fat.
2. You can speed up the process by placing the pan on the fire and boiling the liquid for 5-7 minutes.

Important! If you have special means of fat in the bins, for example, "Shumanit", "Means for cleaning ovens and plates" from Amwy, "Antiguer" and others, do not rush them to put on a baking sheet. Most of them are not suitable for aluminum and are designed for washing stainless steel. First, carefully read the instructions carefully so as not to spoil a good baking sheet.

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Glass, ceramic and enamelled baking sheets

These kinds of baking trays are not whimsical though they are, but it is better not to experiment with them in the cleaning process. They can not be rubbed with abrasives, use hard scourers and metal scrapers during washing. Therefore, if you have not laid a baking sheet with parchment before cooking, then the following recommendations will help you remove the burn.

Long soaking with detergent

As mechanical cleaning these types of coating are afraid, then you need to act carefully:

1. Immediately after preparing the dish, pour the pan with hot water, adding 1 tablespoon of gel for washing dishes.
2. Leave for several hours to allow grease and dirt to become wet.
3. Wash the baking tray with clean water.
4. If there are stains - rub with a soft sponge. After preliminary soaking, they should be easily cleaned.

Soaking with soda or mustard powder

Mustard powder, like soda, is often used by housewives to wash greasy dishes. Opponents are no exception - they can be washed off from old fat by such means, if they are applied correctly. For this:

1. It is necessary to fill the bottom with a baking soda or mustard powder.
2. Pour a sheet of boiling water and leave for several hours, you can even overnight.
3. Wash the surface to be cleaned with a detergent and wipe well with a paper towel.

Important! Be sure to wash the baking tray after drying, since there are residues of fat in the water droplets and it will again stick to the surface.

Baking powder for the test

As a matter of fact, this product acts as a soda, so it is also suitable for washing the baking sheet from old fat. It is necessary: ​​

1. Remove the leftovers of food with a wooden spatula.
2. Wash the sheet with hot water and detergent.
3. Abundantly sprinkle the bottom with a baking powder for the dough and lightly drizzle with water.
4. Wait for 20-30 minutes, then rinse with running water.
5. Dry the surface with a dry paper towel.

Soda and salt

If the remains of burnt food are thoroughly stuck, you can try another effective folk remedy:

1. Take ¾ cups of soda, ¼ cup of salt, ¼ cup of water and mix thoroughly. Must get a thick paste.
2. Apply the mixture to the bottom of the pan and leave overnight.
3. In the morning, rinse the gruel with warm water and detergent.
4. Dry the surface with a soft towel.

Hydrogen peroxide and soda

This is an effective and inexpensive way to get rid of burnt food residue:

1. Combine soda and peroxide in a deep dish to get a thick slurry.
2. Lubricate the resulting mixture with a pan and leave for a couple of hours.
3. After this, rinse the dirt and rinse the sheet thoroughly.
4. Dry the baking sheet.

Digestion

You can boil not only linens, but also very greasy dishes. But in this process there are certain nuances that must be taken into account:

1. Place a contaminated baking sheet in a large container.
2. Fill with water to cover a fully cleaned sheet.
3. Add 2 tablespoons of dishwashing gel and 2 tablespoons of soda to the water.
4. Boil the contents of a large saucepan for half an hour.
5. For the best effect, you can pour 1 tablespoon "Antiguer" or "Silita" .
6. Wait until the pan completely cools, remove and rinse with running water and a soft sponge.

Important! Just a sheet of hot water should not be extracted, otherwise it may crack or burst.

Boiling with soda and vinegar

Defeat the stuck carbon by this simple method:

1. Pour water into the pan and add a little soda and vinegar.
2. Place the sheet with the solution in a preheated oven and wait for 20 minutes.

Important! Watch that the liquid does not boil away. If necessary, water should be poured.

1. Cool the trays and rinse.

Household chemicals against fat

On the shelves of shops is a lot of various means to help housewives. Everyone prefers something of their own, tested. Of course, dirt is not washed away in one movement, as in advertising, but the time of work and cleaning is significantly reduced.

The most popular are "Shumanit", "Means for cleaning ovens and cookers", "Antiguer", "Silit".For glass trays, a cleaner for glass-ceramic plates is suitable.

Important! Clean only with rubber gloves. Before using an industrial chemical, remember if any of your family is suffering from allergies. If so, give preference to more gentle and natural methods.

How to use:

1. Before applying the product, scrap the food with as much wood as possible.
2. Clean the surface with a paper towel.
3. Apply the chemical to the baking tray and leave for a few minutes.
4. Wash the sheet with plenty of running water.
5. Dry the surface with a paper towel.

Important! Remember that most of the means of industrial household chemicals do not completely wash off the surface being cleaned, it causes irreparable damage to your body and the environment. Try to use only environmentally friendly options.

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Silicone and Teflon trays

These types of trays are the most modern, but also the most gentle and delicate in care. Silicone sheets for ovens and molds for baking fell in love with many housewives in that nothing sticks to them during cooking. It still needs to be strongly tried, so that to the bottom and walls of such forms something burned down. Teflon is also a non-flammable coating. Though sometimes a deposit is still formed. In this case, only soft types of cleaning are suitable.

Neutral detergent and warm water

If you have silicone or Teflon baking sheets on the premises, store them specially with a soft dishwashing gel that does not contain alkali. Aggressive agents can destroy the coating.

How to use:

1. After cooking, soak the sheet in warm water with a detergent.
2. Rub with a soft sponge and rinse the baking sheet.
3. Dry with a dry surface.

Fine salt

If after cooking fat is not washed off immediately, then use fine salt. With proper use it is possible not to be afraid of damage to the delicate surface. To do this:

1. Scrape off the leftover food with a wooden spatula and sprinkle the bottom of the tray with shallow salt.
2. Wait 20-30 minutes for salt to absorb the remaining fat.
3. Rinse the sheet under running warm water.
4. If the deposit is not resistant, then soak the pan in warm water with a dishwashing liquid and rub hard spots with a soft sponge.
5. Be sure to immediately wipe the moisture with a paper towel, otherwise droplets of fat left in the water will settle on the surface.

In this article, we discussed the basic, time-tested ways to combat carbon deposits on baking trays. The most important thing when choosing a cleaning method is to take into account the properties of the material from which your baking sheet is made, because if you damage the surface, dirt and cracks will build up in cracks and scratches and build up. Do not neglect the prophylaxis, accustom yourself to cover the bottom of the sheet with parchment before cooking. Then washing the baking tray does not take much time and effort. And clean dishes are the face of every mistress.