And so have I ! I also use it to clean the little bit of gunk that gets on the insignia of my Stainless steel skillets they always look new with a little bar keeper friend for the rest of the surface
My wife is a hair stylist. Several years ago she was complaining about what a pain it was cleaning hairspray crud off her curling irons. I suggested she try the cold oven cleaner product. Worked great! A quick spray and let it sit for a few minute, wipe off. Follow up with a damp cloth to remove cleaner residue 👍
This showed up in my recommendations and I have no idea why. All I know is that this is something I've always wanted to know but never looked into, I just figured sheet pans were a lost cause until now. I love it!
Joshua Piorier, thank you so much for your feedback and the kind words. I hope you subscribed so that you will be notified when I post a new video in the future, Mike ☺
here because I fell in the same dam pit man. not sure how I got here, but now I've added Easy-Off to my Shopping List. I got a nasty looking toaster tray that's been needing cleaning for ages.
Thanks for the tip on cleaning cookie sheets. I obviously have several that need my upmost attention. In the meantime, one of my "tips" for the kitchen is when baking a chocolate cake, ģrease the baking pan and instead of using flour, use cocoa. The unsweetened kind. Gives a really nice flavor to the cake. Also, when baking banana bread, I grease then coat with a mixture of sugar and cinnamon 😋 👌
Yep, that is exactly what I have been using for at least ten years to keep my oven pans clean. It just came to me one day that if it could clean an oven, then it should have no problem cleaning those baked on bits of food from pans. When I saw how well it worked it became my go/to for cleaning up stuff nothing else would touch. Sometimes it helps to use what is called a Stainless Steel Sponge instead of Brillo pads. Of course it may leave larger visible scratches than would a Brillo pad, but it will take much less elbow grease to get those hard baked on issues like he had in that lower right corner which he never fully removed.
Thank you for posting! This helps us with little to no elbow grease due to repetitive motion injuries, ehlers-danlos or arthritis.. A lot of people don't understand that a small job for young people can be extremely arduous for the elderly as well.
The way I get my sheet pan clean is to bring it to my neighbor who likes to clean things. Leave it for a day and when he brings it back, I have a clean sheet pan. Works every time!
I figured this out years ago, when I had to clean my oven. It does work, and I also use it to clean the bottom of my pots and frying pans. It really works.
Thanks! I have a kitchen tip to share....when our coffee/tea mugs get stained to the point where the dishwasher no longer gets them clean, here’s what I found to be helpful: take a piece of paper towel and moisten with white vinegar. Use this to rub the inside of the cup. The vinegar will remove the stain easily. Then, just wash the vinegar out with soap & water or put it back in the dishwasher to remove the vinegar!
Just put a very small amount of bleach in a mug then fill it with water. Let it sit for a couple of minutes. I line up all the mugs and cups and then pour the stuff from one mug to the other every couple of minutes. It cleans them all quickly. Then wash them with dish liquid and water to get rid of the bleach smell.
I use vinegar as well, but I just fill the container up with water and vinegar (in the morning) and let sit until I am ready to fix lunch. Wash with soap and water and done. The family has been using vinegar for stains for generations.
@@robertmontefusco8302 If you use a mug for tea and coffee it will really stain. Use some mugs for tea and others for coffee. Just rinsing mugs after use helps. Fill with water until you wash them.
I have several serving bowls without lids. Tip for covering large bowls without covers. I buy cheap shower caps from dollar store and cover and store bowls in refrig. These fit well and will stay in place.
THIS METHOD WORKS GREAT!!! Thank you so much for making this video. My aluminum pan has been accumulating baked on grease for over 5 years, and I was able to get the top side looking brand new after about 10-15 minutes of scrubbing. Most of that time was spent getting interior folds clean (where bottom meets side wall). I'm a bit of a perfectionist, so I couldn't help myself. The bottom surface with the dark, caked-on grease came off so easily I almost cussed out loud 😂 I actually left the oven cleaner on the pan for two hours in the garage. FYI, leave the garage door open about 1ft. I left it closed and came back about 10 mins later and the entire 2-car garage smelled like the cleaner. There was no scent at all after two hours with the 1ft gap. Thanks again!
Worked like magic!! Thank you very much!!! I did use gloves, a mask, and safety glasses though. Brought back to life a tray that I had given up on - well done!!
Thank you so much for having the courtesy to come back and leave feedback. I do have an updated video demonstrating how to clean sheet pans that requires absolutely no scrubbing or oven cleaner. I'll include the link, Mike 🧔 ruclips.net/video/26Id-i2cv5M/видео.html
I am STUNNED! Not so much by the cleaning product used and the amazing demonstration but by all the hilarious comedians that replied! Real thigh-slappers like, "What do I do with the other half of the pan?!" Reading that comedy gold, milk came gushing from my nose! Another gem, "My neighbor is angry I returned a half clean pan." Stop it, people, you're killing me!!!
I have used S.O.S. pads for 60 yrs. for pots and pans, cookie pans. I started using Easy-off to make it easier , about 20 yrs. ago. I totally recommend these. Thanks.
That was my concern: Ventilation. Easy Off I believe says to use only in a "well-ventilated room" because the fumes can be quite toxic. If I tried this method in my commercial BBQ dish pit it might cause a catastrophe. But I can't really take these cook sheets home to do it. Restaurants probably think it's just an appearance issue and doesn't really effect the taste of the food or efficiency of the cooking process.
This has been my holy grail for years. I’ve experimented with every solvent and cleaning product I could think of including the original EZOff oven cleaner which I occasionally use on my stainless cookware when I scorch something badly. Oven cleaner seems to be the only product that can eat through the burnt-on polymerized oils and fats. However it does ruin the aluminum. The trick here is the “Fume Free” version which frankly doesn’t work as well in the oven. I incorrectly assumed it would have same negative effect on my sheet pans and was ecstatic to find that I was wrong. It worked great and didn’t damage pans at all. It does require more effort that the original full-fume version, but no more that I was already expending with dish soap and steel wool pads which never removed the baked-on blackness. Huge kudos on this tip! This is actually the first video review worthy of the time it took to write. One note worth mentioning is that shiny new pans don’t cook quite the same as the discolored ones so you may have to adjust cook time or temperature a little bit. There are plenty of videos that describe this phen in more detail.
@Bercilak de hautdesert try it; let me know how much you spend on replacement sheets. I worked in a restaurant where we cleaned carbon steel pans this way, but aluminum will absolutely warp.
My mom was a great cook, but like every cook a pan would get burned stuff stuck to the bottom. She would put baking soda, 1/4 cup or so and enough water to boil for at least 10 minutes in the pan and set it to boil. After ten minutes or more if it's really burned on and rinse. It worked every time. Thank you for the tip on the pans, I have more than a couple that need real cleaning. 🙃
Here's a cleaning tip: A while back, I burned brown basmati rice on the bottom of my farberware pan. Scrubbed & scrubbed, it wasn't coming off. A friend told me to try letting the pan soak in classic Coke overnight. It worked like a charm, the acidity ate through all of the baked on crud, and my favorite pan is like new again.
I’ve been doing this for as long as I can remember. Close to 40 years! It also works great on Pyrex glass bakeware. I usually just spray the glassware, let it sit a while then wash off and then I run it through the dishwasher to make sure all residue is off. People ask how my bakeware always looks like new!
Brenda Mallette, Brenda that is a great tip! Especially the part about putting them in the dishwasher, the Pyrex glass bakeware that is. I appreciate the feedback, Mike ☺
That is a great idea ,I would never thought of that. I just recently started using Dawn power wash on the bottom of my pots and pans , it does wonders and you don’t even have to scrub(which I do). Showed my mom and she was amazed. She went and bought several bottles and used them all within a few days.
I hadn't even thought of trying Easy Off. I have a stack of pans that I've been avoiding because SOS pads will only go so far in getting all the baked-on build-up scrubbed away. I'm definitely going to try this method. Thank you so much for sharing this tip.
I remember washing a pot for my parents. When I asked my mom if she bought a new pot, she told me that she had it for 10 years! After asking her what her secret was, she said, "Barkeeper's Friend!" Work's like a charm~
This works amazingly well, Side note, since I personally am not a fan of scrubbing, I got some disks from Harbor Freight that fit my cordless drill they are the green scrubbies type so they work perfect without scrubbing. And yeah if you rinse really well after the pan will not pit.
Wow, thanks. Now I have an excuse to go to Harbor Freight. I'm surprised I haven't seen those there. Great tip. I have seen a Dremel brand scrubber at the hardware store but I couldn't justify that purchase but since I already have a few cordless drills around, great idea.
@@TheBostonFern you want green scrubbing discs the color dictates the roughness ask for them at a hardware store or Home Depot Lowe’s anywhere they sell a Dremel tool will carry them
10 October 2019, Palermo, Sicily. Hah! The joys of the Internet! It makes you you learn amazing tips from someone living on the other side of the world and makes you think why didn't I ever thought of that?
I have been using easy oven off for 20 years. I Also spray my oven racks with Easy Off and put them in trash bags and leave them for a few hours then I hide them down in the yard (no scrubbing). Then I wash them with soap and let them air dry. You are my kind of cleaning guy. Thanks so much for the confirmation!🎉💐🎉👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
I'm glad I'm not the only one to uses Easy off. It's a great product now that theres no harsh smell. I use it on all my pots and pans and grills with build-up
Melissa Jones, thank you so much for the thumbs up! Someone in a comment a while back recommend using it as a stain remover. I have a sweater that had a stain on it for years. It is a beige sweater with a rust colored stain. I sprayed it with easy off then let it sit for about 2 hours. Put it in the washing machine and the stain was gone. So yes, I I'm also a big fan of easy off, Mike ☺
@@borderlineiq This is the best comment in the comment section and needs more attention. If people know what they're working with at least they can research it. I was pretty hesitant about this method because I don't like stinky chems but I read that they've cut the smell back and now that I know what's in it I'm comfortable using some safety gloves and doing this myself. As it seems like the best solution.
It works great! I used it on my toaster oven pan. Extra tip: I sprayed it outside on a paper bag, let it sit outside, cleaned and rinsed it outside as well. No fumes in the house. I used a steel wool but I think a brillo would be better. Using these same steps, next time I would try heating the pan first then spray and probably could clean right away without waiting.
Janine, thank you so much for taking the time to come back and leave feedback. I think heating up the pan or warming up the pan I should say is a very good idea, Mike 🙂
@@pettytoni1955 I think it's not just soap that's embedded in the pad. I think there may be a fine, abrasive polishing compound, at least in Brillo. I have not used SOS.
Here's one for Christmas baking time: when making cookie frosting (I make a cream cheese buttercream), use only 1 beater in the mixer, whip the butter before adding the cream cheese. Then beat the butter and cream cheese until smooth and thick. Add the first cup of powdered sugar (my recipe calls for 3 1/2 cups) along with the flavoring extract. Beat until combined and then beat the rest of the powdered sugar in 1 cup at a time. The frosting comes out creamier than when beating the sugar in all at once. Also, I try to make the icing a couple days ahead of time, then refrigerate it until I need it. The longer it chills, the better it tastes.
styx53ocean, thank you so much for your detailed instructions. Although I don't do a lot of baking myself, I'm sure your information will definitely come in handy for the folks who do. I appreciate the feedback, Mike ☺
I have been doing this very same thing over the years. It never fails me. Thank you so much for the video -- and I also clean my pans with dish soap afterward.
Worked like a charm! I wish I could post before & after photos. My grandfather's stainless steel sheet pan from the 1940s looks fantastic. Made on Cleveland, Ohio USA. It reminds me of him and is sort of funny how we have fond memories with inanimate objects. I may just put it in my burial directives to put this in the casket with me. :) Thanks again!
Veronica, thank you very much for the kind words and taking the time to leave feedback. I would bet you that if you put a sheet pan in your casket when they plant you on the ground that you just might be the only person ever to do that, haha. I appreciate the thumbs up, Mike ☺
Just a tip..I myself have always cleaned my baking pans/sheets the same but that extra baked on gunk that you're scrubbing so hard will come off very easily with boiling water poured over it and scrape off with a spatula! Same with burned pans with food stuck in the bottom, no need for lemon juice or peroxide or other things just simply cover the burned on food with water bring it to a boil and scrape off with a spatula or wooden spoon. It takes very little water and boils fast and comes off quick, happy cleaning😁
Thanks for the tip. I am also thankful for channels that offer help to make life easy on how to operate, fix and maintain bought tools with poor instructions.
I don't wash my baking sheets. Instead, I always use parchment paper when baking with them. If something spills on the sheet, I wipe it off with a paper towel. I did this as an experiment when I got a new set of baking sheets last Christmas. They still look brand-new!
@J OneLife You can often get parchment and and aluminum foil at the dollarstore nowadays! But, more importantly, if you're just doing something dry like cookies, you can re-use the parchment several times though! (at least twice on each side if not more) before throwing it out. I often re-use my tinfoil too, depending what I used it for. (And I mean, lots of people buy cooking spray, which is gross and a waste of an aerosol can, and you have to clean greasy overspray off your counter and stove... I was always taught to just wipe oil or margarine on the pans with a piece of waxed paper but it depends what you're doing... if it's sheet baking I'll usually use parchment. If it's like a loaf pan or cake pan, I'll put waxed paper at the bottom to make sure it comes out of the pan smoothly, and then clean the sides.)
Using parchment paper and/or aluminum foil is way more relaxing than the above procedure. They usually prevent these baked-on occurrences and are perfect cover-ups when they don’t, lol.
I've watched this vid before and couldn't find it in my saves. Happily found you again! I have to say I have never let a pan get that far out of hand before taking the steps to just GET ON IT!
I agree with you Linda. The pan belongs to my neighbor. Personally, I switched to stainless steel pans and put them in the dishwasher. Something you would regret doing with aluminum pans. Mike
I've watched a couple of your videos now and I have to say that you are extremely professional in front of the screen. And I have enjoyed watching these videos that I have seen so far. And look forward to watching more.
Supposed to folks have mention grease lightning in the comments section so I'm definitely going to have to check it out. Thanks for the feedback, Mike 🧓
I just watched a video where the lady spoke of seasoning pans. She said the old discolored ones were much more effective for browning roast veg, but new unstained is better for pastries that burn easily on the older stained pans. A bit of a science worth looking into
That is amazing thank you when my mom died a few years ago at age 93 I inherited her pans which she had for probably over 50 years her original ones I pop popcorn on top of the stove in a pan well since I'm 74 and not always on the ball I left unattended and not only did I almost burn the house down but it ruined mom's pan I soaked it for a week used everything I could think of and nothing worked to get the burnt off so now I'm rushing to the store to get oven cleaner I am so excited thank you again
MICHAEL HOOYMAN, there you go you are already ahead of the game! Thanks for the kind words and the thumbs up. If you have any other tips please don't hesitate to share, Mike ☺
thanks for the tip for a side hustle.. now i "borrow" pans from my neighbors, clean half of them, then return them, then ask for a fee if they want their whole pans to be clean..
Tip, wash sheet pans with SOS scrub pad after every use can also add a little bar keepers friend for axtra difficult spots. No harsh fumes... Will always look like new....
That's a good tip, but I don't know very many people who are that organized. Ha Ha ☺ The sheet pan that I cleaned for my neighbor had not been cleaned in years. Mike
Yeah I do that and still get gross stains. No matter how long I clean it. Or what I clean it with. Oil in a pan baked at a high temp creates deposits that really don't like to come off
We have found bar keeper's friend works for a lot of tough cleaning. We cleaned ceramic tile that had literally 100 years of grime and the only thing that worked was bar keeper's.
Thanks for personal reply Mike. I understand and now will have to get the fume free version of oven cleaner! What I’ve done all my years is just the pads like I mentioned. Never actually allowed my sheets to get that bad. Always scrubbed them after use. AND, I forgot to mention....... my cookie pans aren’t aluminum, my father made them out of stainless steel. Some regular size, some larger. I love ‘em. People tell me I make the best cookies. I attribute that to my pans. Always clean and shiny. Not close to kitchen or I would send you pictures.
You're welcome Janet, but here's the thing, if you have stainless steel pans, which are the best by the way, you don't have to scrub them at all. That's because you can put them right in the dishwasher. Obviously you won't be able to stand up large pans because they would block the wash arm in your dishwasher. I have a couple stainless steel pans myself and after I use them, I lay them down on top of everything else on the upper rack. Works like a champ! They won't get tarnished in the dishwasher if they are stainless steel, Mike 🙂
I sincerely appreciate you taking the time to leave feedback. I have some good news for you. That video has been updated and there's actually a much easier way to clean sheet pans and cookie sheets. Here is the link if you want to check it out, Mike 🧔 ruclips.net/video/26Id-i2cv5M/видео.html
I find that you can harmlessly clean the controls on the cooker, with vinegar. This also works on the enamel top of the cooker itself(with a bit of dishwash liquid added if the cooker is greasy). Using vinegar in fact is ANTIBACTERIAL too, AND it makes a white cooker nice and white again! All the best, Nygel
@@KitchenTipsOnline if you like my ANTIBACTERIAL tip, about using vinegar to clean persistent stains from splashes of soup, etc. Off cooker controls ,(because it cuts through grease), I saw on television that someone also used vinegar on a sponge, (together with dishwash liquid), on the grill pan of a cooker. This cleans off fat after grilling bacon, etc.!
I use a chainmail scrubby on my cast iron and steel. Love it. Took burnt beans off my stainless in seconds without damaging the pan. Works on aluminum too but you have to get it at right away and not let it sit through multiple bakes.
This is amazing! I have a cookie sheet that looks awful and I have tried for years to get that sucker clean! I was so close to just buying a new one, but I’m going to try this method! Thanks!
Thank you so much for taking the time to leave feedback. Keep in mind that if it's extremely dirty, you will need extra elbow grease with the SOS or Brillo pad, Mike 🙂
Love this video. Wish I found it a few hours earlier because I scrubbed with an ordinary degreaser till my fingers hurt. This is so helpful and awesome. Cheers!
I inherited so to speak a whole stack of cookie sheets that have been in the family for years. It would be nice if they were like brand new and now I know how thanks to your great video.👍
Literally.. Just 20 minutes ago I tried to clean my cookie sheet. Gave up within 2 minutes. Finished my dishes, sat down, opened RUclips and BAM! Problem solved 👌 Thanks
@@KitchenTipsOnline Thanks! I appreciate the vote of confidence. Always looking for better ways of doing things and always happy when I see I am doing the best I can.
What I've used for decades on baked on, burnt on messes in pots and pans. Hot water to cover area to be cleaned. Squirt on a little dish soap. Then sprinkle in baking soda. Leave stand for fifteen minutes. Everything lifts easily with a plastic scrubbie.
Thank you for posting this easy and quick method. I've been using 'BAR KEEPER'S Friend' for a few decades. I'm loving the current cream version but the old powder works just as well. Looking forward to more of your tips. I aspire to having a sheet pan sized 'sink' :)
You are welcome! Bar Keepers Friend is a great tool and works well. It just requires way too much elbow grease for me compared to the method demonstrated in the video. Thanks for your feedback, Mike 🧔
I like Barkeepers Friend also.its very easy to get lye burns with EZ Off. I know..using same method.Make a paste, let stand...SAFE ON STAINLESS STEEL....
I did exactly what you said & it was awesome! I was ready to throw out 4 pans. Now they’re as shiny as the day I bought them! I’ll be hitting that subscribe button now!
Mary Landsmann, thank you so much for the follow-up and having the courtesy to come back and leave a comment so other people and see how it works. Mike ☺
Some folk just don't appreciate the work involved in getting a truly matt finish to your pans and just try to clean them back to tasteless, sterile metal surfaces again! Philistines.
Those pans he was cleaning were just plain ole fashioned neglected. I Have pans 20 yrs old that are crust free. I’m anal with my cookware. I don’t like dirty greasy pans.
Thank you RUclips for putting this in my recommendations, just recently my husband tried a pizza pan using a tip he read about, I think it was salt and vinegar, after that didn’t work I tried a tip I read of using ketchup, that did t work either. As soon as you started spraying the cleaner on I did the ole forehead smack 🤦🏼♀️ and said of course, easy off! It’s 3 am so I am going to wait til a more normal hour to dazzle my husband with my skill in cleaning that pan. Thank you! I will definitely be checking out your other videos.
My mom and my grandma taught me to just wash with dishsoap like anything else and don't worry about the baked on grease because it seasons the pan and makes it better over time.
Omg I LOVE you!!! I purchased some used muffin pans from my local thrift. They are the mammoth pans Perkins restaurant uses... I look forward to bringing them back to life!
I thought about doing that for ages just keep forgetting to pick up some no smell oven cleaner. It's always made sense to me that it would work. Thanks!
Just happened to be browsing for hack tips when I came across this one. I already knew about this one. I usually read some comments and replies. These are the best I've had pleasure of reading. They are all absolutely HILARIOUS. I've never laughed so much. To everyone, I say THANK YOU for an enjoyable morning. Also I'd like to say, I'm positive that my day will be a happy one because I'll be remembering and laughing!!!!!
My grandmother would have shot you if you did this to her pans. They were much like cast iron. Well seasoned and non stick because of that. Oh and the "sheet pans" with the about 1/2 inch raised sides are Jelly Roll pans. A cookie sheet has no sides. She corrected me on this as a kid a lot. She was a professional baker. Some things stick with you.
YES INDEED -- my grandma also used "tin-foil" and she had about 200 rolls in her cupboard when she passed away. Now I have it all -- "tin-foil" some of grandma's pans and no issues. When pans get old and used up, I use for catch basins in garage for leaky oil from wife's car or when I drain oil from lawnmower. Sometimes I wash pan with gasoline and reuse in the house if i am short on pans whilst baking cookies or flat breads.
I also have been using this product on pans for years. The first time I tried it I figured I didn't have anything to lose by trying it. I would have had to toss the pan anyway. I also use it on stainless steel pans. It works great with no damage to the pan.
The fact that you have been doing this for years and you already use the tip suggested in the video for storing lettuce, I'm surprised that you don't have your own RUclips channel, Mike 🙂
Been doing this for years and it works great!!! Clean STAINLESS pots and pans bu spraying then and put them in a good plastic bag, tighten it around the handle and let sit over night. Rinse and wash the following morning, getting the tight places with an old tooth brush and your things will look like NEW.
Hi. Haven't watched you before but found your advice helpful for future events. Just as a further idea I spray my pots and pans, stainless steel, with vinegar after I wash them. Takes out residue left and makes them shiney. No scrubbing and don't add water. Also I had a stain at the back of my stainless steel sink. Could not get it out with anything I tried. Then I used coconut oil. Ha! Came out first try. Pass it on it was sure a blessing to me. Thanks for what your doing.
Tineke Williams, that's a great honor, haha. But I think I have you beat, my son is named Mike, my son-in-law is named Mike, my nephew is named Mike, my grandson's middle name is Mike.
Thank you for this wonderful tip. Any process or method that helps things go easier in the kitchen I am most thankful for. I've only been cooking for about a year but now I cook three meals a day and I bake everyday for my family. I enjoy it very much. I'm always on the lookout for new ways of cooking or cleaning that make my kitchen life easier, because making it easier makes it more fun.
My husband used my good stainless steel pots on the greasy barbecue, I used Mother's aluminum wheel cleaner (for cars) on them and then gave them a good scrub afterward to make sure I got all the wheel cleaner off them.(use rubber gloves and kitchen fan). Easy Peasy brand new looking.
ED Brill, we've had so many folks mention this in the comment section that I am definitely going to try it when it's time to clean the shower. Thank you so much for your feedback, Mike ☺
My secret was handed down from generation to generation for several hundred years and here it is. Clean the items in-between uses and don't let it get funky. I've also been driving the same vehicle for 45 years. There's a common thread here that keeps life simple.
Im glad I came across your video! Ive got 3 sheet pans in the sink, wonderin whats the best way to clean em. Definitely gonna give this a try! Thanks hun!
That's neat. I always wash my sheets Good right after but they still can get ugly. I think easy -off is the best method I've seen so far. My Mom used it in the oven for yrs when I was growing up. Thanks for the tip.
What a brilliant idea....all I ever did was toss out the old dirty ones and buy new ones.....now I am going to give this a try! Just stumbled unto your channel and am going to check it out! Thanks for sharing!
Where were you when I found the extra heavy restaurant type sheet pans at a flee market that were probably 10 times that amount of built up stuff. I almost didn't take them as they were so bad, but then the guy said I could have all three for something like a buck each. Good Lord, I worked on them for hours. I did get them clean, and I love them and keep them that way now, but this would have made it a lot easier. Thanks for the tip. I just subscribed.
Jay P, welcome aboard, thanks for the thumbs-up! I appreciate the kind words and feedback. If you haven't already checked it out, you may want to watch our video on how to make a hot dog in an air fryer. Absolutely positively the best way ever! To cook a hotdog indoors. Melted cheese and toasted bun in almost no time. I'll include the link so you can check it out if you want. Thanks for your feedback, Mike ☺ ruclips.net/video/eRmrXDT4Qkw/видео.html
Hi Jay, I got a job in a commercial BBQ restaurant and the guys in the smoker pit use these large sheet pans that are literally black with caked on crud...much worse than your video shows. But they just keep using them that way anyways. Does built up crud effect the efficiency of a cooking sheet pan. I have read before that it does reduce the efficiency of the cooking process. I want to use your system to "fix" all of their cooking sheets but if it is only an "appearance" issue and does not effect the efficiency of the pan or the quality of the end product then I will probably "let sleeping dogs Lie"...Can you please give me your input? Thanks a lot. @@KitchenTipsOnline
If you have exceptionally dirty sheet pans or cookie sheets, you can reduce the amount of elbow grease necessary to get them clean by letting the cleaner soak on the pan for about 4 hours. Mike
Hey, this is great! After using this product, I think you can also soak the cleaned cookie sheets or pans with soap and vinegar for 15 minutes four times just to remove the chemical residues. Or better yet, use lemon on the pans and cookie sheets, leave for 15 minutes. Repeat 4x. Just my take.....
It doesn't hurt to be extra cautious, however I have never had an issue with leftover residue after rinsing with hot water and dish detergent. Thanks for the tip.☺ Mike
Thank you very much ♥ ruclips.net/video/4Lpdy0rFIAg/видео.html If you like hot dogs, I invite you to check out my video on one of the most unique and interesting ways of cooking hot dogs indoors. The method dramatically increases the flavor of plain old hot dogs. Mike
🥳 NEW NO SCRUB WAY To clean sheet pans and baking trays! ruclips.net/video/26Id-i2cv5M/видео.html
I did exactly what you recommended. Now all my pans are half clean, what do i need to use at the other half?
rob mieremet 😂😂🤣
rob mieremet, I recommend you drop it off at your neighbor's house to see what happens, haha, Mike ☺
@@KitchenTipsOnline I tried to give them to my neighbour, I got them back clean, but she folded them to fit in the mailbox.
rob mieremet hahahahahahaha
Lmbo thats so cute lol.
I'm a Pastry Chef and I've been using your method for almost 15 years now without any problems. You sir have earned yourself another subscriber.
THE CANADIAN GAMER, thank you sir for the kind words and welcome aboard, Mike ☺
Did you wait 15 years before deciding to reward him with that subscription?
LOL
And so have I ! I also use it to clean the little bit of gunk that gets on the insignia of my Stainless steel skillets they always look new with a little bar keeper friend for the rest of the surface
So, what is the magic ingredient in EasyOff ?
You know you need to get a life when it's midnight on a work night and you're enthralled by a video of how to properly clean a cookie sheet!
Haha, but at least you learn something! Mike 🧓
A. K. You don't know how many nights I've like that! Damn RUclips!!!!
Lol! Exact same!
same Friday night
Pesky Covid.....
My wife is a hair stylist. Several years ago she was complaining about what a pain it was cleaning hairspray crud off her curling irons. I suggested she try the cold oven cleaner product. Worked great! A quick spray and let it sit for a few minute, wipe off. Follow up with a damp cloth to remove cleaner residue 👍
Don't do this on tourmaline or ceramic ones. It takes the coating off
This showed up in my recommendations and I have no idea why. All I know is that this is something I've always wanted to know but never looked into, I just figured sheet pans were a lost cause until now. I love it!
Joshua Piorier, thank you so much for your feedback and the kind words. I hope you subscribed so that you will be notified when I post a new video in the future, Mike ☺
I use this method my mom thought I was nuts, it really works & used on broiler pan too
@@QueenBlack563 Ha ha, once again your mother underestimated you! Thank you for your feedback, Mike ☺
A.I. already read your mind...
here because I fell in the same dam pit man. not sure how I got here, but now I've added Easy-Off to my Shopping List. I got a nasty looking toaster tray that's been needing cleaning for ages.
I use dry rubber dishwashing gloves to open jars. Gives you grip with both hands and works every time. I like your kitchen!
Thanks for the tip on cleaning cookie sheets. I obviously have several that need my upmost attention. In the meantime, one of my "tips" for the kitchen is when baking a chocolate cake, ģrease the baking pan and instead of using flour, use cocoa. The unsweetened kind. Gives a really nice flavor to the cake. Also, when baking banana bread, I grease then coat with a mixture of sugar and cinnamon 😋 👌
Hey that's a great trip! I don't do a lot of baking myself but my daughter does. I'm going to pass your tip on to her, thanks, Mike 🧔
I do the cocoa and I am going to be doing the banana bread trick now. Thank you 😊 🏵
NO!!! NO Cinnamon in the banana bread! Cinnamon is for cinnamon rolls and that's it.
@@thooks1234 lots of people put cinnamon
@@thooks1234 My cinnamon toast disagrees with you.
Yep, that is exactly what I have been using for at least ten years to keep my oven pans clean. It just came to me one day that if it could clean an oven, then it should have no problem cleaning those baked on bits of food from pans. When I saw how well it worked it became my go/to for cleaning up stuff nothing else would touch. Sometimes it helps to use what is called a Stainless Steel Sponge instead of Brillo pads. Of course it may leave larger visible scratches than would a Brillo pad, but it will take much less elbow grease to get those hard baked on issues like he had in that lower right corner which he never fully removed.
That is an excellent suggestion. Thanks for the tip, Mike 🧔
Thank you for posting! This helps us with little to no elbow grease due to repetitive motion injuries, ehlers-danlos or arthritis.. A lot of people don't understand that a small job for young people can be extremely arduous for the elderly as well.
ursaltydog, you are welcome my friend, thank you for your feedback, Mike ☺
Or young people. That can also have motion issues.
I am young with EDS
The way I get my sheet pan clean is to bring it to my neighbor who likes to clean things. Leave it for a day and when he brings it back, I have a clean sheet pan. Works every time!
My neighbor does the exact same thing ☺
Glad to see you have a great sense of humor. Take care brother.
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Sounds like an Abbott and Costello shout-out. ☺
If you only had a neighbor who likes to bake.
I figured this out years ago, when I had to clean my oven. It does work, and I also use it to clean the bottom of my pots and frying pans. It really works.
Thank you Josephine for taking the time to leave feedback. I appreciate it, Mike 🙂
My grandmother use to do this when we were kids & this was in the 70's & does wonders in my everyday life as well.
Gary, your grandmother is definitely on the ball! Thanks for sharing, Mike 🧔
Thanks! I have a kitchen tip to share....when our coffee/tea mugs get stained to the point where the dishwasher no longer gets them clean, here’s what I found to be helpful: take a piece of paper towel and moisten with white vinegar. Use this to rub the inside of the cup. The vinegar will remove the stain easily. Then, just wash the vinegar out with soap & water or put it back in the dishwasher to remove the vinegar!
Hey that is a great tip! I can't wait to try it. I appreciate you sharing, Mike 🧔
Just put a very small amount of bleach in a mug then fill it with water. Let it sit for a couple of minutes. I line up all the mugs and cups and then pour the stuff from one mug to the other every couple of minutes. It cleans them all quickly. Then wash them with dish liquid and water to get rid of the bleach smell.
I use vinegar as well, but I just fill the container up with water and vinegar (in the morning) and let sit until I am ready to fix lunch. Wash with soap and water and done. The family has been using vinegar for stains for generations.
Bleach works really well for those stains also.
@@robertmontefusco8302 If you use a mug for tea and coffee it will really stain. Use some mugs for tea and others for coffee. Just rinsing mugs after use helps. Fill with water until you wash them.
I have several serving bowls without lids. Tip for covering large bowls without covers. I buy cheap shower caps from dollar store and cover and store bowls in refrig. These fit well and will stay in place.
Ruth TRAMMELL, that's a great tip! Thank you for sharing, Mike ☺
I do that too. Works great. They even stretch enough to fit a 9 by 13 pan.
My wife does this too. She also makes sure that she takes the free shower caps from the hotel too when on holiday
No need. They have sets of stretchy-rim bowl covers in a nice picnic plaid at the dollar store.
Wow!
That's brilliant! Thanks, Ruth!
I'm off to look for my unused shower caps!
Love from India.
THIS METHOD WORKS GREAT!!! Thank you so much for making this video. My aluminum pan has been accumulating baked on grease for over 5 years, and I was able to get the top side looking brand new after about 10-15 minutes of scrubbing. Most of that time was spent getting interior folds clean (where bottom meets side wall). I'm a bit of a perfectionist, so I couldn't help myself. The bottom surface with the dark, caked-on grease came off so easily I almost cussed out loud 😂 I actually left the oven cleaner on the pan for two hours in the garage. FYI, leave the garage door open about 1ft. I left it closed and came back about 10 mins later and the entire 2-car garage smelled like the cleaner. There was no scent at all after two hours with the 1ft gap.
Thanks again!
Thank you so much for having the courtesy to come back and leave feedback. I appreciate it, Mike 🙂
No problem at all. It was my pleasure!
You can clean your pans at the same time as the oven by spraying the oven first and then the pans and place all in the oven. Contains the mess.
Worked like magic!! Thank you very much!!! I did use gloves, a mask, and safety glasses though. Brought back to life a tray that I had given up on - well done!!
Thank you so much for having the courtesy to come back and leave feedback. I do have an updated video demonstrating how to clean sheet pans that requires absolutely no scrubbing or oven cleaner. I'll include the link, Mike 🧔 ruclips.net/video/26Id-i2cv5M/видео.html
I am STUNNED! Not so much by the cleaning product used and the amazing demonstration but by all the hilarious comedians that replied! Real thigh-slappers like, "What do I do with the other half of the pan?!" Reading that comedy gold, milk came gushing from my nose! Another gem, "My neighbor is angry I returned a half clean pan." Stop it, people, you're killing me!!!
Ron, that's what we do here, have fun and provide information! Thank you for your feedback, Mike 🧔
There are some gifted intellects out there, making our lives worth living.
Real nut busters Ronnie. I also had, milk, gushing out onto my pans.
Some people just wasn’t raised right 😂
Good
I have used S.O.S. pads for 60 yrs. for pots and pans, cookie pans. I started using Easy-off to make it easier , about 20 yrs. ago. I totally recommend these. Thanks.
Thanks for your endorsement Joyce, I appreciate it, Mike 🙂
Did this in England and it worked like a charm ! Thank you dude! Just make sure you are in a well ventilated room!
Thank you very much for your feedback in the kind words. Mike ☺
That was my concern: Ventilation. Easy Off I believe says to use only in a "well-ventilated room" because the fumes can be quite toxic. If I tried this method in my commercial BBQ dish pit it might cause a catastrophe. But I can't really take these cook sheets home to do it. Restaurants probably think it's just an appearance issue and doesn't really effect the taste of the food or efficiency of the cooking process.
This has been my holy grail for years. I’ve experimented with every solvent and cleaning product I could think of including the original EZOff oven cleaner which I occasionally use on my stainless cookware when I scorch something badly. Oven cleaner seems to be the only product that can eat through the burnt-on polymerized oils and fats. However it does ruin the aluminum. The trick here is the “Fume Free” version which frankly doesn’t work as well in the oven. I incorrectly assumed it would have same negative effect on my sheet pans and was ecstatic to find that I was wrong. It worked great and didn’t damage pans at all. It does require more effort that the original full-fume version, but no more that I was already expending with dish soap and steel wool pads which never removed the baked-on blackness. Huge kudos on this tip! This is actually the first video review worthy of the time it took to write. One note worth mentioning is that shiny new pans don’t cook quite the same as the discolored ones so you may have to adjust cook time or temperature a little bit. There are plenty of videos that describe this phen in more detail.
I just clean the inside of the pan and not the bottom of the fan. That helps a lot with the browning of food.
I LOOOOOOOVE This guys' commentary doing the videos. Subscribed instantly. I listen to this guy talk about anything.
You're very kind Joe! Thanks for taking the time to leave feedback and subscribing, welcome aboard, Mike 🧔
I clean my sheet pans by putting them in the oven during an oven heat clean. They come out great. No chemicals. No scrubbing.
I know have a self cleaning one as well. I will pop them in the oven. Thanks for the tip.
They will warp and be useless. Don’t do,this.
I do the same.
@Bercilak de hautdesert try it; let me know how much you spend on replacement sheets. I worked in a restaurant where we cleaned carbon steel pans this way, but aluminum will absolutely warp.
i used to do that too but i moved and dont havea self cleaning over anymore but yes that works also
My mom was a great cook, but like every cook a pan would get burned stuff stuck to the bottom. She would put baking soda, 1/4 cup or so and enough water to boil for at least 10 minutes in the pan and set it to boil. After ten minutes or more if it's really burned on and rinse. It worked every time. Thank you for the tip on the pans, I have more than a couple that need real cleaning. 🙃
When I burn something in a sauce pan I just put baking soda and hot water in it and let it sit in the sink overnight. It comes right out the next day.
My mother taught me the same thing!
Here's a cleaning tip: A while back, I burned brown basmati rice on the bottom of my farberware pan. Scrubbed & scrubbed, it wasn't coming off. A friend told me to try letting the pan soak in classic Coke overnight. It worked like a charm, the acidity ate through all of the baked on crud, and my favorite pan is like new again.
Excellent tip! Thanks for sharing I'm going to try it myself, Mike 🧔
@@KitchenTipsOnline You're quite welcome! Although, after witnessing that level of acidity, I'm a bit reluctant to drink the stuff anymore, lol....
Ive done this for yrs .it also works on the bottoms of heavy stainless steel cookware. Glad too see iam not the only one who does this.
elaine phleps, You are definitely on the ball! Thank you for your feedback, Mike ☺
I’ve been doing this for as long as I can remember. Close to 40 years! It also works great on Pyrex glass bakeware. I usually just spray the glassware, let it sit a while then wash off and then I run it through the dishwasher to make sure all residue is off. People ask how my bakeware always looks like new!
Brenda Mallette, Brenda that is a great tip! Especially the part about putting them in the dishwasher, the Pyrex glass bakeware that is. I appreciate the feedback, Mike ☺
Omg thanks for adding this tip. Im doing mine this weekend
That is a great idea ,I would never thought of that. I just recently started using Dawn power wash on the bottom of my pots and pans , it does wonders and you don’t even have to scrub(which I do). Showed my mom and she was amazed. She went and bought several bottles and used them all within a few days.
Summer, thanks for your feedback, Mike 🧔
I hadn't even thought of trying Easy Off. I have a stack of pans that I've been avoiding because SOS pads will only go so far in getting all the baked-on build-up scrubbed away. I'm definitely going to try this method. Thank you so much for sharing this tip.
You are welcome! 🧔
I remember washing a pot for my parents. When I asked my mom if she bought a new pot, she told me that she had it for 10 years! After asking her what her secret was, she said, "Barkeeper's Friend!" Work's like a charm~
Actually Bar Keepers Friend does a very good job accept it does require a lot more elbow grease, Mike 🧓
This works amazingly well, Side note, since I personally am not a fan of scrubbing, I got some disks from Harbor Freight that fit my cordless drill they are the green scrubbies type so they work perfect without scrubbing. And yeah if you rinse really well after the pan will not pit.
Exactly my thought. Dremel. Having to find ways to not waste what use I have from arthritic hands.
Wow, thanks. Now I have an excuse to go to Harbor Freight. I'm surprised I haven't seen those there. Great tip. I have seen a Dremel brand scrubber at the hardware store but I couldn't justify that purchase but since I already have a few cordless drills around, great idea.
@@Tech-Mark Spot on mate and you'll make the misses happy with her sparkling clean pans
What are these disks called? I want to buy them too
@@TheBostonFern you want green scrubbing discs the color dictates the roughness ask for them at a hardware store or Home Depot Lowe’s anywhere they sell a Dremel tool will carry them
10 October 2019, Palermo, Sicily.
Hah! The joys of the Internet! It makes you you learn amazing tips from someone living on the other side of the world and makes you think why didn't I ever thought of that?
Benedetto Bruno, haha, thank you very much. Mike ☺
I have been using easy oven off for 20 years. I Also spray my oven racks with Easy Off and put them in trash bags and leave them for a few hours then I hide them down in the yard (no scrubbing). Then I wash them with soap and let them air dry. You are my kind of cleaning guy. Thanks so much for the confirmation!🎉💐🎉👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Welcome aboard PJ. Mike 🧔
I'm glad I'm not the only one to uses Easy off. It's a great product now that theres no harsh smell. I use it on all my pots and pans and grills with build-up
Melissa Jones, thank you so much for the thumbs up! Someone in a comment a while back recommend using it as a stain remover. I have a sweater that had a stain on it for years. It is a beige sweater with a rust colored stain. I sprayed it with easy off then let it sit for about 2 hours. Put it in the washing machine and the stain was gone. So yes, I I'm also a big fan of easy off, Mike ☺
Should wear gloves tho so its not absorbed into ur skin
It's lye. The danger is not absorption, but caustic burns. @@denisegirmer4550
Camas Same idea tho , Camas-Exposure to the skin🙄
@@borderlineiq This is the best comment in the comment section and needs more attention. If people know what they're working with at least they can research it. I was pretty hesitant about this method because I don't like stinky chems but I read that they've cut the smell back and now that I know what's in it I'm comfortable using some safety gloves and doing this myself. As it seems like the best solution.
It works great! I used it on my toaster oven pan. Extra tip: I sprayed it outside on a paper bag, let it sit outside, cleaned and rinsed it outside as well. No fumes in the house. I used a steel wool but I think a brillo would be better. Using these same steps, next time I would try heating the pan first then spray and probably could clean right away without waiting.
Janine, thank you so much for taking the time to come back and leave feedback. I think heating up the pan or warming up the pan I should say is a very good idea, Mike 🙂
Janine, Brillo and SOS pass are actually steel wool with soap embedded in them. 😊
@@pettytoni1955 I think it's not just soap that's embedded in the pad. I think there may be a fine, abrasive polishing compound, at least in Brillo. I have not used SOS.
Here's one for Christmas baking time: when making cookie frosting (I make a cream cheese buttercream), use only 1 beater in the mixer, whip the butter before adding the cream cheese. Then beat the butter and cream cheese until smooth and thick. Add the first cup of powdered sugar (my recipe calls for 3 1/2 cups) along with the flavoring extract. Beat until combined and then beat the rest of the powdered sugar in 1 cup at a time. The frosting comes out creamier than when beating the sugar in all at once. Also, I try to make the icing a couple days ahead of time, then refrigerate it until I need it. The longer it chills, the better it tastes.
styx53ocean, thank you so much for your detailed instructions. Although I don't do a lot of baking myself, I'm sure your information will definitely come in handy for the folks who do. I appreciate the feedback, Mike ☺
Why use only 1 beater?
OMG I have been using ez off for YEARS!!! I thought I was crazy, my friends and family thought I was crazy... But it worked!
I have been doing this very same thing over the years. It never fails me. Thank you so much for the video -- and I also clean my pans with dish soap afterward.
Well Judy, all I can say is that you are well ahead of the game! Thank you very much for taking the time to leave feedback, Mike 🙂
Worked like a charm! I wish I could post before & after photos. My grandfather's stainless steel sheet pan from the 1940s looks fantastic. Made on Cleveland, Ohio USA. It reminds me of him and is sort of funny how we have fond memories with inanimate objects. I may just put it in my burial directives to put this in the casket with me. :) Thanks again!
Veronica, thank you very much for the kind words and taking the time to leave feedback. I would bet you that if you put a sheet pan in your casket when they plant you on the ground that you just might be the only person ever to do that, haha. I appreciate the thumbs up, Mike ☺
Just a tip..I myself have always cleaned my baking pans/sheets the same but that extra baked on gunk that you're scrubbing so hard will come off very easily with boiling water poured over it and scrape off with a spatula! Same with burned pans with food stuck in the bottom, no need for lemon juice or peroxide or other things just simply cover the burned on food with water bring it to a boil and scrape off with a spatula or wooden spoon. It takes very little water and boils fast and comes off quick, happy cleaning😁
disagree. it doesn't with hot water.
Thanks for the tip. I am also thankful for channels that offer help to make life easy on how to operate, fix and maintain bought tools with poor instructions.
You're welcome. Thanks for the kind words and feedback, Mike 🧔
OMG!!! Really!? I have passed this product so many times. I am now going to use it. THANK YOU!!!!
MsDangerous01, thank you very much for the thumbs-up and feedback! I appreciate you taking the time, Mike ☺
I’ve used this for years! Works like a charm! Everyone thinks I’m crazy.
Awesome Katie! Sounds to me like you're on the ball. Thanks for the feedback, Mike ☺
I don't wash my baking sheets. Instead, I always use parchment paper when baking with them. If something spills on the sheet, I wipe it off with a paper towel.
I did this as an experiment when I got a new set of baking sheets last Christmas. They still look brand-new!
@J OneLife You can often get parchment and and aluminum foil at the dollarstore nowadays! But, more importantly, if you're just doing something dry like cookies, you can re-use the parchment several times though! (at least twice on each side if not more) before throwing it out. I often re-use my tinfoil too, depending what I used it for.
(And I mean, lots of people buy cooking spray, which is gross and a waste of an aerosol can, and you have to clean greasy overspray off your counter and stove... I was always taught to just wipe oil or margarine on the pans with a piece of waxed paper but it depends what you're doing... if it's sheet baking I'll usually use parchment. If it's like a loaf pan or cake pan, I'll put waxed paper at the bottom to make sure it comes out of the pan smoothly, and then clean the sides.)
@@xiola I rinse out and re use sandwich baggies
@TheReisecup89 Save the dolphins and stuff...
Using parchment paper and/or aluminum foil is way more relaxing than the above procedure. They usually prevent these baked-on occurrences and are perfect cover-ups when they don’t, lol.
You can not always find parchment paper in the hood.
I've watched this vid before and couldn't find it in my saves. Happily found you again! I have to say I have never let a pan get that far out of hand before taking the steps to just GET ON IT!
I agree with you Linda. The pan belongs to my neighbor. Personally, I switched to stainless steel pans and put them in the dishwasher. Something you would regret doing with aluminum pans. Mike
I've watched a couple of your videos now and I have to say that you are extremely professional in front of the screen. And I have enjoyed watching these videos that I have seen so far. And look forward to watching more.
Isaiah Glynn, thanks for the feedback and kind words. Here is a video that you may want to check out. Mike ☺ruclips.net/video/eRmrXDT4Qkw/видео.html
I've been using Greased Lightning since the early 70's, and all my pans stay like new. GREASED LIGHTNING CLEANER,,WEAR GLOVES!!!❤
Supposed to folks have mention grease lightning in the comments section so I'm definitely going to have to check it out. Thanks for the feedback, Mike 🧓
It says you can't use on on aluminium, though.
I just watched a video where the lady spoke of seasoning pans. She said the old discolored ones were much more effective for browning roast veg, but new unstained is better for pastries that burn easily on the older stained pans. A bit of a science worth looking into
That is amazing thank you when my mom died a few years ago at age 93 I inherited her pans which she had for probably over 50 years her original ones I pop popcorn on top of the stove in a pan well since I'm 74 and not always on the ball I left unattended and not only did I almost burn the house down but it ruined mom's pan I soaked it for a week used everything I could think of and nothing worked to get the burnt off so now I'm rushing to the store to get oven cleaner I am so excited thank you again
Been doing this for years for all my pans, and it's a good way to clean inside grills... Keep up the great work on your channel.
MICHAEL HOOYMAN, there you go you are already ahead of the game! Thanks for the kind words and the thumbs up. If you have any other tips please don't hesitate to share, Mike ☺
thanks for the tip for a side hustle.. now i "borrow" pans from my neighbors, clean half of them, then return them, then ask for a fee if they want their whole pans to be clean..
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My new side job! 😂
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Lol! Do you get a 1099 at the end of the year?
Done this for years, too. Works great and I have never had a problem with it either.
taughtmetobloom, you my friend, are already ahead of the game! Have any other tips you would like to share? Thanks for your feedback, Mike ☺
Love, love, love the kitchen behind you.
Thanks I appreciate the kind words, Mike 🧔
Tip, wash sheet pans with SOS scrub pad after every use can also add a little bar keepers friend for axtra difficult spots. No harsh fumes... Will always look like new....
That's a good tip, but I don't know very many people who are that organized. Ha Ha ☺ The sheet pan that I cleaned for my neighbor had not been cleaned in years. Mike
Yeah I do that and still get gross stains. No matter how long I clean it. Or what I clean it with. Oil in a pan baked at a high temp creates deposits that really don't like to come off
Leslie, you hit the nail on the head. That's why I'm not inclined to scrub too much after every use. Mike ☺
a regular cleaning with Bar Keepers Friend and they'll look damn near new forever and it's less than 3 bucks a can
We have found bar keeper's friend works for a lot of tough cleaning. We cleaned ceramic tile that had literally 100 years of grime and the only thing that worked was bar keeper's.
Thanks for personal reply Mike. I understand and now will have to get the fume free version of oven cleaner! What I’ve done all my years is just the pads like I mentioned. Never actually allowed my sheets to get that bad. Always scrubbed them after use. AND, I forgot to mention....... my cookie pans aren’t aluminum, my father made them out of stainless steel. Some regular size, some larger. I love ‘em. People tell me I make the best cookies. I attribute that to my pans. Always clean and shiny. Not close to kitchen or I would send you pictures.
You're welcome Janet, but here's the thing, if you have stainless steel pans, which are the best by the way, you don't have to scrub them at all. That's because you can put them right in the dishwasher. Obviously you won't be able to stand up large pans because they would block the wash arm in your dishwasher. I have a couple stainless steel pans myself and after I use them, I lay them down on top of everything else on the upper rack. Works like a champ! They won't get tarnished in the dishwasher if they are stainless steel, Mike 🙂
Just learned that Easy Off has a fume free version. Great.
i tried this and it worked like a charm. Thanks for sharing.
I sincerely appreciate you taking the time to leave feedback. I have some good news for you. That video has been updated and there's actually a much easier way to clean sheet pans and cookie sheets. Here is the link if you want to check it out, Mike 🧔 ruclips.net/video/26Id-i2cv5M/видео.html
I find that you can harmlessly clean the controls on the cooker, with vinegar. This also works on the enamel top of the cooker itself(with a bit of dishwash liquid added if the cooker is greasy). Using vinegar in fact is ANTIBACTERIAL too, AND it makes a white cooker nice and white again! All the best, Nygel
Nigel, that's a great trip! Thanks for taking the time to share. I appreciate it, Mike 🧔
@@KitchenTipsOnline if you like my ANTIBACTERIAL tip, about using vinegar to clean persistent stains from splashes of soup, etc. Off cooker controls ,(because it cuts through grease), I saw on television that someone also used vinegar on a sponge, (together with dishwash liquid), on the grill pan of a cooker. This cleans off fat after grilling bacon, etc.!
I use a chainmail scrubby on my cast iron and steel. Love it. Took burnt beans off my stainless in seconds without damaging the pan. Works on aluminum too but you have to get it at right away and not let it sit through multiple bakes.
@@Patricia-zt8ub Not remotely. Takes off grit, not the seasoning.
This is amazing! I have a cookie sheet that looks awful and I have tried for years to get that sucker clean! I was so close to just buying a new one, but I’m going to try this method! Thanks!
Thank you so much for taking the time to leave feedback. Keep in mind that if it's extremely dirty, you will need extra elbow grease with the SOS or Brillo pad, Mike 🙂
FINALLY!!! A way to get those impossible-to-clean baking pans looking like new again! Thank you oh so very much for sharing!
You are so welcome! Mike 🧔
Love this video. Wish I found it a few hours earlier because I scrubbed with an ordinary degreaser till my fingers hurt. This is so helpful and awesome. Cheers!
Thanks for the kind words, I appreciate the feedback, Mike 🙂
I inherited so to speak a whole stack of cookie sheets that have been in the family for years. It would be nice if they were like brand new and now I know how thanks to your great video.👍
You're welcome Paul, thanks for taking the time to leave feedback. I appreciate it, Mike 🧔
Literally.. Just 20 minutes ago I tried to clean my cookie sheet. Gave up within 2 minutes. Finished my dishes, sat down, opened RUclips and BAM! Problem solved 👌 Thanks
Ha ha, just in time ☺ Mike
Me Too 😉😉😉
I've been using this method for about 10 years, glad to see it's the best I can get. 🙂
You are definitely on the ball! Thanks for sharing, Mike
@@KitchenTipsOnline Thanks! I appreciate the vote of confidence. Always looking for better ways of doing things and always happy when I see I am doing the best I can.
What I've used for decades on baked on, burnt on messes in pots and pans. Hot water to cover area to be cleaned. Squirt on a little dish soap. Then sprinkle in baking soda. Leave stand for fifteen minutes. Everything lifts easily with a plastic scrubbie.
Cathy Childs Morrison, thank you so much for your tip. I appreciate the feedback, Mike ☺
Thank you for posting this easy and quick method. I've been using 'BAR KEEPER'S Friend' for a few decades. I'm loving the current cream version but the old powder works just as well. Looking forward to more of your tips. I aspire to having a sheet pan sized 'sink' :)
You are welcome! Bar Keepers Friend is a great tool and works well. It just requires way too much elbow grease for me compared to the method demonstrated in the video. Thanks for your feedback, Mike 🧔
I like Barkeepers Friend also.its very easy to get lye burns with EZ Off. I know..using same method.Make a paste, let stand...SAFE ON STAINLESS STEEL....
Bar Keeper's Friend is the best for cleaning everything.
@@donnagagne3813 I love Bar Keepers Friend
Oxalic acid is main ingredient in Bar Keepers Friend. It's much cheaper to buy.
I did exactly what you said & it was awesome! I was ready to throw out 4 pans. Now they’re as shiny as the day I bought them! I’ll be hitting that subscribe button now!
Thank you so much for subscribing and having the courtesy to come back and leave feedback. I appreciate it, Mike 🙂
I have been using oven cleaner and scrubbing pad for years. Glad you advertise it really works!!!
Thank you. I did your idea using dollar tree oven cleaner, and it came out perfect.
Mary Landsmann, thank you so much for the follow-up and having the courtesy to come back and leave a comment so other people and see how it works. Mike ☺
Is it fume free...from the Dollar Store?
Where do you find your Elbow Grease? My dad always used it, but he never shared where he got it or stored it. Thanks!🤣🤣🤣🤣
Haha, it comes from Mother Nature. Thanks for your feedback, Mike ☺
You can find elbow grease in most old old hardware stores. Look in the section marked “WORK-UP A SWEAT”.🦾🦾🦾
Elbow grease is the-amount of strength u put into scrubbing. 😋
Recipe for elbow grease: First you have to shake a leg.
Then step on it, and get the lead out.
Voila!
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I've worked very hard to get my sheet pans uniformly black with a natural non stick carbon coating..
Some folk just don't appreciate the work involved in getting a truly matt finish to your pans and just try to clean them back to tasteless, sterile metal surfaces again!
Philistines.
Exactly! No more greasing required. Cookies, etc., slide off. Ta Da!
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I do wash them, so a little oil at times. Which adds to the finish
Those pans he was cleaning were just plain ole fashioned neglected. I Have pans 20 yrs old that are crust free. I’m anal with my cookware. I don’t like dirty greasy pans.
Puppet Bike that’s straight up disgusting fool
Thank you RUclips for putting this in my recommendations, just recently my husband tried a pizza pan using a tip he read about, I think it was salt and vinegar, after that didn’t work I tried a tip I read of using ketchup, that did t work either. As soon as you started spraying the cleaner on I did the ole forehead smack 🤦🏼♀️ and said of course, easy off! It’s 3 am so I am going to wait til a more normal hour to dazzle my husband with my skill in cleaning that pan.
Thank you! I will definitely be checking out your other videos.
Lea, you are welcome. Thanks for the kind words and taking the time to leave feedback. I appreciate it, Mike 🧔
My mom and my grandma taught me to just wash with dishsoap like anything else and don't worry about the baked on grease because it seasons the pan and makes it better over time.
I have my father-in-law’s bake sheets from his bakery. The crust is about as thick as a dime and nothing sticks to it love these pans
Patina is what it's called. Pizza places leave it on for this very reason. It's the same thing as a seasoned cast iron skillet. It keeps flavors.
@@Jasonhoods you need to visit a kitchen sometime and learn a lesson or two.
@@chadd990 It's not filth. It's carbon - just like the grill marks on a good steak.
Omg I LOVE you!!! I purchased some used muffin pans from my local thrift. They are the mammoth pans Perkins restaurant uses... I look forward to bringing them back to life!
Ihold8stars, wow! You're too kind. Thanks for the feedback. I hope you subscribed so you can see more videos in the future ☺ Mike
This is absolutely amazing. I’ve been trying to scrub mine like crazy. Definitely gonna try this. Thank you for showing us this trick.
You are so welcome! I appreciate the feedback, Mike 🧓
I thought about doing that for ages just keep forgetting to pick up some no smell oven cleaner. It's always made sense to me that it would work. Thanks!
My sister sets it out on the porch to spray it so we don’t have to inhale the fumes.
Just happened to be browsing for hack tips when I came across this one. I already knew about this one. I usually read some comments and replies. These are the best I've had pleasure of reading. They are all absolutely HILARIOUS. I've never laughed so much. To everyone, I say THANK YOU for an enjoyable morning. Also I'd like to say, I'm positive that my day will be a happy one because I'll be remembering and laughing!!!!!
Thanks Delia, for the kind words and taking time to leave feedback. I hope you subscribed so that you will be notified when I post a new video, Mike 🧔
My grandmother would have shot you if you did this to her pans. They were much like cast iron. Well seasoned and non stick because of that. Oh and the "sheet pans" with the about 1/2 inch raised sides are Jelly Roll pans. A cookie sheet has no sides. She corrected me on this as a kid a lot. She was a professional baker. Some things stick with you.
YES INDEED -- my grandma also used "tin-foil" and she had about 200 rolls in her cupboard when she passed away. Now I have it all -- "tin-foil" some of grandma's pans and no issues. When pans get old and used up, I use for catch basins in garage for leaky oil from wife's car or when I drain oil from lawnmower. Sometimes I wash pan with gasoline and reuse in the house if i am short on pans whilst baking cookies or flat breads.
Gross
That's just cooked food not seasoning
To help keep them looking that nice, use parchment paper, it took me several years before I figured that out. 😁
Thanks for this tip also Kim, 🧔
They have reusable silicon sheets now, saves tons of paper and money.
Use aluminum foil
I can’t believe Kim kardashian is that smart
Just discovered this by accident of course and I love the kitchen hints. I just wish I would have seen this channel earlier!
Thank you very much for taking the time to leave feedback and such kind words, I appreciate it, Mike 🙂
I turn to RUclips to figure out what I did wrong.
Easy off I have to get me some!! I heard about it from my oven but now my baking pans can be saved!!! Thank you!!
You're welcome! 🧔
I love RUclips! Everything you could ever want to know is on it. It's terrific!😃👍
Couldn't agree more! Thanks for the feedback, Mike 🧔
Sir. You're a LIFESAVER!!! I've given up on all my pans because nothing with make them come clean. Thank you, thank you!!
You're welcome thank you very much for the kind words and feedback, Mike 🙂
I also have been using this product on pans for years. The first time I tried it I figured I didn't have anything to lose by trying it. I would have had to toss the pan anyway. I also use it on stainless steel pans. It works great with no damage to the pan.
The fact that you have been doing this for years and you already use the tip suggested in the video for storing lettuce, I'm surprised that you don't have your own RUclips channel, Mike 🙂
Been doing this for years and it works great!!! Clean STAINLESS pots and pans bu spraying then and put them in a good plastic bag, tighten it around the handle and let sit over night. Rinse and wash the following morning, getting the tight places with an old tooth brush and your things will look like NEW.
Hi. Haven't watched you before but found your advice helpful for future events. Just as a further idea I spray my pots and pans, stainless steel, with vinegar after I wash them. Takes out residue left and makes them shiney. No scrubbing and don't add water.
Also I had a stain at the back of my stainless steel sink. Could not get it out with anything I tried. Then I used coconut oil. Ha! Came out first try. Pass it on it was sure a blessing to me. Thanks for what your doing.
Carol Switzer, coconut oil huh? I've used mineral oil myself. Thank you for your feedback and tip, Mike ☺
This is how I have cleaned my pans for many many years! It really does work!🌹🌹🌹
Jilly, clearly you are way ahead of the game! Thanks for taking the time to leave feedback, I appreciate it, Mike 🧔
I use the same cleaner for years. My friends are always in awe about my clean oven and cookie sheets!
Tineke Williams, thanks for your feedback and the thumbs up .Mike ☺
@@KitchenTipsOnline Named my son after you, how about that?
Tineke Williams, that's a great honor, haha. But I think I have you beat, my son is named Mike, my son-in-law is named Mike, my nephew is named Mike, my grandson's middle name is Mike.
My name is Mike, but you can call me
Anything you want, but not late for dinner.
Well, what is it???? Spill?
Thank you for this wonderful tip. Any process or method that helps things go easier in the kitchen I am most thankful for. I've only been cooking for about a year but now I cook three meals a day and I bake everyday for my family. I enjoy it very much. I'm always on the lookout for new ways of cooking or cleaning that make my kitchen life easier, because making it easier makes it more fun.
Damon, you're welcome! Thanks for taking the time to leave feedback, Mike 🧔
My husband used my good stainless steel pots on the greasy barbecue, I used Mother's aluminum wheel cleaner (for cars) on them and then gave them a good scrub afterward to make sure I got all the wheel cleaner off them.(use rubber gloves and kitchen fan). Easy Peasy brand new looking.
That's a great tip, thanks for sharing, Mike 🙂
I've cleaned my shower with Easy Off Fume Free for years! Looks like new every time.
ED Brill, we've had so many folks mention this in the comment section that I am definitely going to try it when it's time to clean the shower. Thank you so much for your feedback, Mike ☺
Ed Brill does the Easy Off take of rust stains from hard water?
How long do you leave the easy off in the bath tub is there time limit to let it set?
My secret was handed down from generation to generation for several hundred years and here it is.
Clean the items in-between uses and don't let it get funky. I've also been driving the same vehicle for 45 years. There's a common thread here that keeps life simple.
But what do you do in your spare time? What's that? You don't know what spare time is? 😉
I always clean the pans, right after using them, but they still look horrible. Scrubbing, very hot water and soap. Don't know why.
The build up on the cookie sheet gives it character😁
THAT'S WHERE THE FLAVOR IS, AMIRIGHT? Take me to... FUNKY TOWN!
@@hxhdfjifzirstc894 you are 110% right👍
Im glad I came across your video! Ive got 3 sheet pans in the sink, wonderin whats the best way to clean em. Definitely gonna give this a try! Thanks hun!
Catrina Lee, thank you so much for your feedback, I appreciate it oh, Mike ☺
That's neat. I always wash my sheets Good right after but they still can get ugly. I think easy -off is the best method I've seen so far. My Mom used it in the oven for yrs when I was growing up. Thanks for the tip.
Learn something new today. I got some crappy looking pans I've been struggling with for years.
Thanks for taking the time to leave feedback, Mike 🙂
What a brilliant idea....all I ever did was toss out the old dirty ones and buy new ones.....now I am going to give this a try! Just stumbled unto your channel and am going to check it out! Thanks for sharing!
Anita, you're welcome thanks for taking the time to leave feedback. I appreciate it, Mike 🧔
Where were you when I found the extra heavy restaurant type sheet pans at a flee market that were probably 10 times that amount of built up stuff. I almost didn't take them as they were so bad, but then the guy said I could have all three for something like a buck each. Good Lord, I worked on them for hours. I did get them clean, and I love them and keep them that way now, but this would have made it a lot easier. Thanks for the tip. I just subscribed.
Jay P, welcome aboard, thanks for the thumbs-up! I appreciate the kind words and feedback. If you haven't already checked it out, you may want to watch our video on how to make a hot dog in an air fryer. Absolutely positively the best way ever! To cook a hotdog indoors. Melted cheese and toasted bun in almost no time. I'll include the link so you can check it out if you want. Thanks for your feedback, Mike ☺ ruclips.net/video/eRmrXDT4Qkw/видео.html
Wow that's a great idea. I wonder if that I do will work with rims on your car. I'm going give it a try and I'll let you know. Thanks
Hi Jay, I got a job in a commercial BBQ restaurant and the guys in the smoker pit use these large sheet pans that are literally black with caked on crud...much worse than your video shows. But they just keep using them that way anyways. Does built up crud effect the efficiency of a cooking sheet pan. I have read before that it does reduce the efficiency of the cooking process. I want to use your system to "fix" all of their cooking sheets but if it is only an "appearance" issue and does not effect the efficiency of the pan or the quality of the end product then I will probably "let sleeping dogs Lie"...Can you please give me your input? Thanks a lot.
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I usually use Bar Keeper's Friend powder. It takes a lot of elbow grease but does and alright job. I'll definitely be giving your method a try next! 🙂
I recently ordered some Bar Keeper's Friend and intend to try it because a lot of people have suggested it. Thanks for your feedback, Mike ☺
If you have exceptionally dirty sheet pans or cookie sheets, you can reduce the amount of elbow grease necessary to get them clean by letting the cleaner soak on the pan for about 4 hours. Mike
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Hey, this is great! After using this product, I think you can also soak the cleaned cookie sheets or pans with soap and vinegar for 15 minutes four times just to remove the chemical residues. Or better yet, use lemon on the pans and cookie sheets, leave for 15 minutes. Repeat 4x. Just my take.....
It doesn't hurt to be extra cautious, however I have never had an issue with leftover residue after rinsing with hot water and dish detergent. Thanks for the tip.☺ Mike
Kitchen Tips Online Oh, yes, hot water too...why didn't I think of that? Great video, Mike!
Thank you very much ♥
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If you like hot dogs, I invite you to check out my video on one of the most unique and interesting ways of cooking hot dogs indoors. The method dramatically increases the flavor of plain old hot dogs. Mike