How NOT to Clean Your Drip Pans
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| Look at that typo. I'm going to call it irony and let it stand. |
Most drip pans are chrome-plated, right? And Barkeeper's Friend is supposed to be good on chrome. . . (According to their label, anyway.)
Well, either my drip pans are aluminum, or Barkeeper's Friend is NOT good for chrome.
I will say this: It certainly cut through the burnt-on crud in accordance with my expectations.
But. . .The places where I scrubbed the hardest came out looking like brass.
It was really hard to photograph. Since the pans are clean and shiny now, they are also very reflective. . . This should give you the general idea, though.
So. Barkeeper's Friend on drip pans of unidentified metal: only do it if you don't mind them changing color in the process.
This was news to me a couple weeks ago! No lock or lever like if you're popping the hood of your car, just lift straight up at the front, and there will probably be some arms that will lock into place to keep it lifted while you clean.
As you can see, my under-stove-top needed to be cleaned under. Crumbs. . .a burnt fraction of dry noodle. . .some brown grease. . .and my favorite: an erstwhile puddle of starchy water from when the rice boils over. Yum!
So whether you're cleaning your drip pans today or not, you might lift up that stove top and see what you discover.
Hey. So how do YOU clean your drip pans?
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I poured about a half a cup (to a cup?) of ammonia in a freezer bag, put one of the drip pans in and put the whole thing outside on the patio concrete (with some newspaper under them). I used one bag per pan. My drip pans were too far gone for it to clean them spotless, but the crud that COULD come off, DID and easily. I left them out all night and all the next day, in the shade. Apparently the ammonia "steams" the drip pans making the crud wipe off easily or rinse off easily.
Word of warning: it stinks. It's ammonia. But it's easy. I would recommend going to Pinterest and finding the pin and link for all the information.
But it worked pretty well for me :)
Nobody notices the discolaration, do they? It almost looks like it's been affected by the Midas touch. :)
:) That's one way to look at it! I figure this is my excuse to NEVER bother cleaning my drip pans again, and then just replace them when I move out. Because, I mean, they'll need to be replaced anyway. . ..
Drip pans - mine are so cruddy I'm thinking there's really no hope. I just need to buy a new set and work harder at cleaning them BEFORE they get so bad.
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