To clean the really cruddy drip pans from your stove, put them in a large pan with vinegar and boil the stuff off. Works like a charm, Just drop them in soapy dishwater and the come clean with very little work.
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This works great. I bought several sets of drip pans before I discovered this EASY way to do it.
Place drip pan in sink. Sprinkle on powdered dishwasher detergent. Pour boiling water on top. Carefully place drip pan directly on top of stovetop burner. Bring to boil, then reduce heat to low and leave it there for about 15 minutes.
I have enamel drip pans or trays under my burners on my gas stove and occasionally normal cleaning methods don't remove all the burned-on gunk if I have been careless while cooking.
This method means less elbow grease and better results when your drip pans are so disgusting you are about to throw them away.
Put 1/2 cup of any powdered dishwashing soap into a roaster pan full of water. Stir; then add the burner pans. Bring to a boil and let simmer for 30 minutes.
I clean my stove drip pans over night in grocery store bags. Yep, I put two of them in several bags, bagged one inside the other and pour ammonia over them then tie them off.
This has got to be the easiest way I know of to clean deeply soiled, stained, cooked on gunk from your drip pans whether electric or gas. This also works great for oven racks.
Sprinkle baking soda under your stove's drip pans to easily clean up any messy spills.
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I would like to get all the black burnt on crud off my drip pans. I have tried ammonia and bleach but not together. I tried soaking the pans, but nothing is working. Any advice would help me please. I also live in an apartment complex, too.
By Rebecca L.
Using ammonia and bleach together is dangerous. The fumes from that blend could cause you to wake up in the hospital.
Never put ammonia and bleach together! You can release chlorine gas, which is extremely poisonous!
I am not sure how old this post is but PLEASE do NOT mix ammonia and bleach to clean. The mixture of the two will create chloramine vapor which is toxic and quite dangerous.
The first thing is dont let the Drippings stay on as when you cook again that only burns the food on it and harder to remove.Always soak your trays at once and then you will find that it will come off real easy.
Ammonia and bleach together can be deadly. Use one or the other but not together
My problem is that the prior owner did NOT do the regular cleaning/upkeep, so now I am stuck with burned on crud. Your suggestion is right on target, but when prior people are slobs there isn't much you can do.
She SAID she didn't do it together.
I have tried to remove the drip pans from the electric stove to clean them, but unfortunately it looks like the heating elements and drip pans may be one unit. Any ideas on how to clean them? I can't put them in hot water and soak them and yet I can't get under the burner to lift it up to clean them. Help!
Some stoves have prongs that pull out at the electic wireing.
The burners and drip pans may look like one unit (mine do) but they're probably not. If you look closely, you'll see where the burner plugs into the unit.
Some times the burner can be pulled out from the burner than just lift pan out. Mine were like that. When finished cleaning put drip pan back in place and plug burner back into place.
I need help the drip pan under my electric burner r attached +am wondering any suggestions on how to get burnt drippings off
How do I clean burner pans?
By karen from Parker Dam, CA
I just use SOS soap pads on mine.
Wrap burner pans in aluminum foil. It keeps them clean and looking new.
I spray mine with oven cleaner, put them in a white kitchen trash bag, twist and use a bread tie to seal, put them in the microwave with door shut overnight. This next morning you can just rinse off most stuff and use a stainless steel cleaning pad on hard stuff.
The best thing is to clean them regularly in dish detergent, and maybe scrub with a Brillo pad, so that food drippings don't cook on. If they're in bad shape, try soaking a few hours in the sink in water with dish detergent and about 1/2 cup water softener, then scrub with plastic scrubbers. I discovered, the hard way, that if you don't clean them often enough, the cooked on drippings will spoil the chrome finish; you can get them clean, but not shiny.
I just toss them into my dishwasher weekly.
That's lovely, if you have a dishwasher!
How does one get the burned on food off of an electric stove burner drip pan? I've tried everything to remove the gunk!
By Ginger M.
Oven cleaner. It will take the shine off of them but they will be clean.
The reason the burner pans turned dull after using oven cleaner is they were probably aluminum. It works fine on enamel or stainless.
Also if you have a self cleaning oven, stainless, and enamel drip pans can be cleaned using it.
I am looking for an easy way to clean stove top drip pans.
By Joanne T. from Athens, AL
When all else fails use Barkeepers Friend the powdered version and steel wool. A little elbow grease and they are clean.
How do I clean the drip pans when they don't come out?
By Michele M
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What is the best way to clean the aluminum drip pans on an electric stove?
Here is an excellent way to clean electric burner pans. Mix water and cream of tartar to a paste. Spread on burner pans and let set for a while. Rinse and wash with warm soapy water.
