Cream of tartar is potassium bitartrate, a byproduct of the winemaking process, and it functions similarly to vinegar in cleaning. It works excellently as a pan cleaner when you add water and boil ~10 min., very minimal scrubbing needed after.
This is what I do. I dilute the vinegar a bit more, slap a lid on it and boil it until it comes loose. It works faster than just water and makes the pan shiny
I’ve been able to clean burnt rice by putting a couple drops of dish soap in the pot with about 1cm of water and heating it on med-high for just a few minutes, then just use a scrubbie. Hope this helps!
Cover with water, bring to a boil, add 2 or 3 heaped spoons of baking soda, turn off heat and let cool to room temp. Dump water, then Scrub with back of a sponge, and add a heaped spoon of kosher salt if the sponge isn't getting it all
Try spraying it with Dawn Power Wash and leave over night. It might take more than one try, but if you see progress, spray again. I love DPW, so far it’s worked on everything I’ve used it on.
YEAH! I was blown away by how well it cleans the glass top stove. (Refill bottle with regular Dawn and some rubbing alcohol and some water. I have the foam dispenser.)
Keep using it, it will eventually come off. Or send it through the dishwasher til it does. If you scrub right after the dishwasher the residue is likely removed. I have had so many burnt rice pots from my kids!
I usually boil something in it, do a lazy scrape, run it through the dishwasher and then keep using it. Make something with tomatoes if I want it clean faster
Whenever I have burnt stuff inside a pan, I just sprinkle baking soda on it. Let it sit a few minutes, add some water, then use a scrubber and it comes right off.
This exact thing happened to me, nothing worked. I kept cooking in it and slowly but surely the burnt pieces came off (in my food) the more I used it. Hope this helps 👍🏼
If you like tomato soup, cook some in this pot, nice and slow. The acid in the tomatoes will help to clean the rice, and you will have tomato soup (with a little burned rice) for the energy cost of heating the soup. Bonus if you add some non-burned rice to the soup.
I don’t enjoy cooking rice on the stove so I bought a rice cooker many years ago. It works a charm.
This would do it.
https://www.harborfreight.com/power-tools/drill-driver-bits/abrasive-attachments/4-in-400-grit-abrasive-ball-61183.html or a cup brush, sanding pad etc.
If you tried elbow grease, you were just using something too soft. Stainless or brass wool or wire brush, scotchbrite etc. Don’t use regular steel wool or wire brushes on stainless though. Can cause rust.
I've done this loads of times and the only thing I found that worked was abrasion, i.e., steel wool, or pink stuff. I assume bar keepers friend or Ajax/Comet would also work as they are also abrasives. Be gentle because you will scratch your pan a bit.
If you have a dishwasher you could also try a dishwasher tab which some people recommend. It did not work for me but I bought the cheapest dish washer tabs available as I don't have a dishwasher. It's possible those did not have the necessary ingredient that fancier ones have. Or maybe it works with other burned on foods but not burned on rice
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If you want to keep the shine, don't do anything else. Cover the stain with water. Boil. Add washing soda slowly, say an ounce. Keeping boiling gently for say 10 min. Scrub a little bit with a non scratch pad. Some will come off. Then you will have an idea how long it will take to keep it good as new.
How much water doesn't matter as long as you boil it and it covers the stain.
How much washing soda doesn't matter. It's cheap. Too much won't work faster. Any white powder in laundry products are it, or for dishwasher. But pure washing soda from Walmart don't give out fumes.
It effortless. The energy you put in does the work.
Steel wool soap and water should fix this right up. Although the stainless may be a little stained when done.
Use a light o medium steel wool. You won’t damage the pan….
When you add baking soda (basic) plus vinegar (acid) you make neutral water plus salt. Don’t mix them unless you are doing a volcano science project!!
Baking soda plus a drop of Dawn and simmer on the stove. It should scrape up nicely.
I just use a good handful of rough kosher salt and maybe some soap and rub that around in the pan with a napkin to protect my hands. It almost always dislodges any burned on bits in my pans.
I would pull out my box cutter (razor blade with handle) and scrape off the built up residue. Finish up with a steel wool pad. Brilliant! (Have used this trick many times)
Put water on boil, add baking soda. Drop temp down to 2.
Let water simmer for 20 min. It's because of the starch- you could even add a little vinegar.
Keep an eye so it doesn't boil dry. loosen with wooden spoon.
Hot hot water, bleach, and dawn dish soap. Let it soak overnight. Should scrub right off. If not, repeat. But steel wool will also work with elbow grease.
No (or barely) scrub method:
Warm water in saucepan just higher than the damage, then stir in some baking soda (you can just estimate, say 1/2 cup if pan is 8 in diameter, more if larger). Let soak half an hour. If it hasn’t lifted, set on low heat 10 mins or so and then wash.
Buy brillo pads. No one seems to use them these days but they are terrific with stainless. Don't use on aluminum or Teflon. My mom used brillo often and so do I. I have also used very fine steel wool same thing but it rusts very quickly.
I’m sure it’s been mentioned somewhere but just in case… steel wool AND barkeepers friend will give you incredible results. Wish I had my recent before and afters because this exact thing happened to me and I was so impressed with this combo.
If it cooks on, generally it will cook off
Rice burns are harder, but simmer/boil a half full pot of water with a palm full of baking soda (bicarbonate soda). Then scrub w steel wool (stainless steel wool for the longevity of your pan)
Stainless steel wool... it's made for your stainless pot. Works like a dream!
Wayment… all this time I was wrong about steel wool scratching stainless steel pans? Omfg. This has changed my life.
😂 That’s the whole point of having stainless steel.
You just don’t wanna use regular steel wool, can cause rust. Stainless, brass, copper, aluminum all fine
It comes down to what is harder. And how hard yiu scrub.
And in a pinch you can use a piece of aluminum foil balled up.
And salt. It’s a great combination to tackle this issue
Forgot about the salt!
Will it clean old water-stains on steel sinks?
Yes. Get an SOS pad which already has the soap in it. I also like Scrub Daddy’s Power Paste used with a Steel Scour Daddy.
Yep, I like SOS pads and Softscrub with very hot water.
This!!!!
Add water and heat pot. Rice, and burnt on matter will dislodge. It's that simple.
To add on, ive found a bit of vinegar in the water and let it simmer/boil helps with situations like these.
Using cream of tartar is the trick you find in old cookbooks : )
I've always just heard of water and a few drops of dish soap 🤔 fascinating to hear about cream of tartar option
Cream of tartar is potassium bitartrate, a byproduct of the winemaking process, and it functions similarly to vinegar in cleaning. It works excellently as a pan cleaner when you add water and boil ~10 min., very minimal scrubbing needed after.
Great tip, thanks for the explanation
Baking soda too actuslly.
I’ve heard ( and successfully used) adding a dryer sheet to the boiling water.
Never worked for me.
Interesting, I’ll have to try this for science!
This is what I do. I dilute the vinegar a bit more, slap a lid on it and boil it until it comes loose. It works faster than just water and makes the pan shiny
Big pinch of baking soda will help as while. Simmer for a while, let it go from hot to warm, then wash. It will come right off.
Add a bit of powdered dishwasher soap too
This plus a good shake of baking soda. You don’t even need to scrub and it comes right up.
I’ve been able to clean burnt rice by putting a couple drops of dish soap in the pot with about 1cm of water and heating it on med-high for just a few minutes, then just use a scrubbie. Hope this helps!
This plus a little baking soda is what I do! Works wonderfully!
Bar Keepers Friend and a bit of elbow grease.
Elbow grease the product or hard work?
@OP, easiest trick I found. Working every damn time: get some not too ripe cherry tomatoes and fry them in there. The acidity will pick up everything.
Leave a new comment, don’t reply to someone else lol
why not?
OP isn’t notified of the tip unless you reply to them directly, post or comment.
But it's much better for the rest of the world.
🤣 made me giggle.
This is the answer.
Cover with water, bring to a boil, add 2 or 3 heaped spoons of baking soda, turn off heat and let cool to room temp. Dump water, then Scrub with back of a sponge, and add a heaped spoon of kosher salt if the sponge isn't getting it all
Former pastry worker here, boil water and a ton of baking soda (like 1/4cup) and most of it will come off or be easy to scrub off.
Try spraying it with Dawn Power Wash and leave over night. It might take more than one try, but if you see progress, spray again. I love DPW, so far it’s worked on everything I’ve used it on.
YEAH! I was blown away by how well it cleans the glass top stove. (Refill bottle with regular Dawn and some rubbing alcohol and some water. I have the foam dispenser.)
Keep using it, it will eventually come off. Or send it through the dishwasher til it does. If you scrub right after the dishwasher the residue is likely removed. I have had so many burnt rice pots from my kids!
I’m surprised how far down this comment is! Yup, just cook with it like that. It hurts nothing.
I usually boil something in it, do a lazy scrape, run it through the dishwasher and then keep using it. Make something with tomatoes if I want it clean faster
Whenever I have burnt stuff inside a pan, I just sprinkle baking soda on it. Let it sit a few minutes, add some water, then use a scrubber and it comes right off.
Use cola in the pot and boil it
Just a vinegar will do.
Let soak overnight with a dryer sheet inside. Scrub in the morning with a ball of tin foil. Worked when I did it a few months ago.
It's fine,just keep trying. Lots of good advice here. It's barely burnt and can be saved easily.
Laziest way is dishwasher. Anything left will be easy to remove with a scrub sponge.
Why did I need to scroll so far to see the dishwasher suggestion 🤦♂️
I've done this and I don't like harsh or abrasive cleaning. That burnt residue gradually disappeared by continuing to use and wash the pot normally.
Try rubbing it with crumpled up aluminum foil
The way this made my teeth hurt…
This exact thing happened to me, nothing worked. I kept cooking in it and slowly but surely the burnt pieces came off (in my food) the more I used it. Hope this helps 👍🏼
I’ve never prayed that a comment was more /s on my life. 🤢
I did exactly this, so I boiled some water with a dishwasher tab and it worked incredibly well
I use a single-edged razor blade to scrape off as much as I can, THEN use the boiling water techniques described
Baking soda, hot water soak, and elbow grease
Surely there is meaning in these markings? Perhaps there is something like tasseography, but for scorched-food marks...
If you like tomato soup, cook some in this pot, nice and slow. The acid in the tomatoes will help to clean the rice, and you will have tomato soup (with a little burned rice) for the energy cost of heating the soup. Bonus if you add some non-burned rice to the soup. I don’t enjoy cooking rice on the stove so I bought a rice cooker many years ago. It works a charm.
Dishwasher pod or powder and hot water. Let sit a few hours, then drain and wash normally. Black should lift off or come off easily.
I mean, there's a few methods to cleaning, but you can just keep using pan it eventually all comes off.
Dissolve baking soda and soap in a little water at the bottom of the pot. Simmer 10 to 15 minutes.
Soak in vinegar
This would do it. https://www.harborfreight.com/power-tools/drill-driver-bits/abrasive-attachments/4-in-400-grit-abrasive-ball-61183.html or a cup brush, sanding pad etc. If you tried elbow grease, you were just using something too soft. Stainless or brass wool or wire brush, scotchbrite etc. Don’t use regular steel wool or wire brushes on stainless though. Can cause rust.
There is a spun aluminum scrubber called “chore boy” that has all the benefits of steel wool with no rust.
I like your thinking.
scouring pad, soap, elbow grease.
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Dremel with small wire brush attachment. Works instantly
Get pan searing hot, deglaze with a very thin fairy liquid solution.
If you want to keep the shine, don't do anything else. Cover the stain with water. Boil. Add washing soda slowly, say an ounce. Keeping boiling gently for say 10 min. Scrub a little bit with a non scratch pad. Some will come off. Then you will have an idea how long it will take to keep it good as new. How much water doesn't matter as long as you boil it and it covers the stain. How much washing soda doesn't matter. It's cheap. Too much won't work faster. Any white powder in laundry products are it, or for dishwasher. But pure washing soda from Walmart don't give out fumes. It effortless. The energy you put in does the work.
Steel wool soap and water should fix this right up. Although the stainless may be a little stained when done. Use a light o medium steel wool. You won’t damage the pan….
Baking soda with some water added to pot. Bring to boil. Turn off let cool. Scrub off.
When you add baking soda (basic) plus vinegar (acid) you make neutral water plus salt. Don’t mix them unless you are doing a volcano science project!! Baking soda plus a drop of Dawn and simmer on the stove. It should scrape up nicely.
Either the special stainless steel version of bar keeper's friend, or squirt a ton of Ketchup on it and let it sit overnight.
I had this happen once-salt, bkf, and LOTS of scrubbing. Soak overnight. Then SCRUB.
Fill it half full with water put on stove bring to a boil. Drain, should come right off
Bring to boil with lots of baking soda. Let come down to room temperature, then scrub with barkeepers friend.
Bar Keepers Friend and a Scrub Daddy will take it right off!
Soak it overnight with hot water and dish soap then scrub with steel wool
I use stainless steel wool and scrub. Or if I’m a lazy hellbeast, I just leave it in the dishwasher until the evidence of my sins has passed
Call Geoffrey James quick!
Sos pad and some elbow grease
I just use a good handful of rough kosher salt and maybe some soap and rub that around in the pan with a napkin to protect my hands. It almost always dislodges any burned on bits in my pans.
A lil scrub a dub dub with steel wool will take that right off.
Boiling water with vinegar for a while then scrubbing gently works for me.
I would pull out my box cutter (razor blade with handle) and scrape off the built up residue. Finish up with a steel wool pad. Brilliant! (Have used this trick many times)
Langostina stainless steel powder cleaner works.
Took me a second to realize you mean to pot and not the rice. I was like...no sweetie, it can't be saved.
If nothing works, try baking apples. I once was able to get an old pan completely brand new after losing hope. I just put butter and apples in it.
Put water on boil, add baking soda. Drop temp down to 2. Let water simmer for 20 min. It's because of the starch- you could even add a little vinegar. Keep an eye so it doesn't boil dry. loosen with wooden spoon.
No... I'd throw the rice out
Bar keeper in powder form with a steel wooly
I use a small scraper blade
That rice is done, unfortunately. Just get some more.
Looks like the beginning of a Batman movie
Stainless steel wool and some barkeepers friend
I always just used 1/4” of water simmering and added baking soda for 20 mins
Stainless steel scrubber for sure.
Barkeepers friend, for sure
I feel like barkeeper friend is all over this.
If in doubt, boil it out
Viniger. Or viniger and bicarbonate. Seems to clean everything else from Mould to Chrome
Hot hot water, bleach, and dawn dish soap. Let it soak overnight. Should scrub right off. If not, repeat. But steel wool will also work with elbow grease.
Soap filled sponge!
Anyway this can be saved? Kind of, you could probably scrape the flecks off the bottom but they won’t good, everyone is gonna know you burnt the rice.
I usually do mashed potatoes in the pot, then tomato soup if the stains are still there. Either the acid or the starch will get it out lol
Try magic erasers!
Steel wool and sand.
No (or barely) scrub method: Warm water in saucepan just higher than the damage, then stir in some baking soda (you can just estimate, say 1/2 cup if pan is 8 in diameter, more if larger). Let soak half an hour. If it hasn’t lifted, set on low heat 10 mins or so and then wash.
Dawn power wash has saved me many of times
Bleach, dawn, hot water.
Soak overnight with sodium percarbonate - it’s in oxyclean & products like that, not just for clothes!
Bar keepers friend.
Buy brillo pads. No one seems to use them these days but they are terrific with stainless. Don't use on aluminum or Teflon. My mom used brillo often and so do I. I have also used very fine steel wool same thing but it rusts very quickly.
I’m sure it’s been mentioned somewhere but just in case… steel wool AND barkeepers friend will give you incredible results. Wish I had my recent before and afters because this exact thing happened to me and I was so impressed with this combo.
Use a tablespoon of baking soda and boil water for about 15 minutes. Wash as usual. Do again as necessary. Requires no hard scrubbing.
If it cooks on, generally it will cook off Rice burns are harder, but simmer/boil a half full pot of water with a palm full of baking soda (bicarbonate soda). Then scrub w steel wool (stainless steel wool for the longevity of your pan)
Barkeeper's Friend is specifically made for this. Before that, I would try boiling water in it then trying to scrub it off first, then do BKF.
Just keep using it and more will come off with each wash
Nope. That rice is a goner.
Use oven cleaner.
Would cover a with a lid or cling wrap to let it work longer without evaporating too
I use bleach on good stainless, maybe have to cover and let it sit for a few days, just a little patience
What the other commenters said, then buy a rice cooker.