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armilite
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My go to 8 qt stock pot. My wife recently used this to make Chicken Enchilada soup. She really doesn't have much finesse when it comes to cooking. to make a long story short she cooked the soup on the nuclear burner on the stove. Nuclear burner and a thick based soup doesn't go together very well. When we got to the bottom there was a solid 1/8 of burnt on soup in the bottom. I tried boiling it out as well as mixing salt & lemon juice, SOS pads etc. There is still this burnt on what ever it is on the bottom, Its pretty smooth to the touch but dis colored. Is there are way to remove what's left or could one still use this as is. I really love this stock pot as it is the perfect size has a heavy duty base and the feature I liked most is it has a thermometer built into the lid. I've had this for a long time and in fact about 10 years ago I had to drive 120 miles to Green Bay just to get a new lid. Shortly after that the company closed down. I've been looking around and I can't find a replacement any where.
Thanks in advance for any help.
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Looks like a stainless pot. That discoloration is heat marks. Try vinegar and a green scratchy pad. Let soak if need be. Rinse well.
Looks like something a scotchbrite pad would fix.
Try a vinegar boil - 1 cup white vinegar + 1 cup water and boil for about 20 minutes. Wash with soap and water and then if necessary scrub it with a soft sponge and baking soda. A product called Bartenders Friend should also remove the stains. Bob
Is that stainless or aluminum? It looks like your typical "seasoning" marks from burnt on food/oil. You can scrub that off, but it will take a while with some green scotchbrite pads.
If it's discolored aluminum, you will want to use some cream of tartar. Mix together equal parts cream of tartar and warm water to form a paste and polish the metal with a soft cloth. You can also just try adding some cream of tartar to a boiling pot of water and let it boil for 10 minutes. Drain and rinse with cool water.
And fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain
MAGIC ERASER! Those things really are almost magic! 😁 They are basically very fine sand paper. Should work perfectly!
Bartenders friend works great
From what I see, it looks like the acid in the tomatoes or tomato sauce or enchilada sauce, or whatever tomato ingredient etched the aluminum.
I grew up eating out of pots that look worse than that and I'm healthy as a horse as my Doctor says 😊. If it's the appearance of your pot your looking for do as those above said.
"Never do wrong to make a friend----or to keep one".....Robert E. Lee
Is that not what all pots look like? Sure looks better than any of ours.
Its 18/10 stainless
its flavor
Skip the elbow grease and go power tool. I'd start with a drill and a stainless cup brush or sanding discs. Then work the numbers.
All the above sound like good advise. I know this is a bit late to the party but I always cook my soup with a wooden spoon nearby. It reminds me to give it a stir often and keep the heat low.
My final try........would be a small orbital palm sander, with different grades of scotchbrite faced pads.
Hope this helps.
buff it out with a dremel tool
Back in the late 60's my older brother owned a restaurant. I did a summer washing dishes there. The very worst job was doing a huge stainless pot that he made his chili in. The chili was made on Monday and was placed in a steam table, where it went from there into a refrigerator at closing time. Next day, back into the steam table. The pot of chili would last a week.
I had to wash the pot on Saturday evening and I had an inch of very hard, very black residue that had to be scraped, chiseled, scoured, and finally polished off the bottom of that dang pot!!
On a good note, the best chili I have ever eaten was his. Best on day 5 or 6 if there was any left!
It gives it character🤣!!!! Hell, we all drank out of a garden hose and rode bicycles without any helmet or knee pads. Just stay away from hula hoops at your age!!!!
Scotch brite is the ticket. 😉.
As mentioned above, although not correctly, Bar Keepers Friend (not bartenders) is the go to for all the folks that have stainless steel instapots They swear by it. and it doesn't take much work to do at all. They use the powder version and it is pretty cheap price even these days. less than 5 bucks for a can of it at Walmart/target etc.
We need to get a gun involved somehow. Have you considered tannerite?
And fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain
the question is not can it be saved but, it the wife is burning food, SHOULD it be saved????????????
I think normally Curt is the cook.
And fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain
You are correct sir, I mistyped. I use it on both the interior and exterior of the stainless cook wear. It's an oxalic acid cleanser and will even clean stove burner marks off the bottom of the pans. Good stuff, but not to be used on aluminum. Bob
So I guess you don't own a pressure washer, huh?
Tell that to my wife.
She put the remains into another container it sat in the fridge an additional 4 days no one touched it, It is now somewhere in the Metropolitan sewer district
I'll update this sometime this weekend it seems like success I'll post a photo along with what worked the best but it has been saved. Thanks for all the reply's.
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