Cleaning a Non Stick frying pan

[nobodyknows]

Long story but I have got a decent Jamie Oliver non stick frying pan thats about 6mths old & cost me £50-£60, my Ex treated it badly & it has a lot of burnt on food stuck to the bottom. Whats the best way to shift this as I really don't want to bin the pan & buy another one if I can help it. I have tried soaking it in water/fairy liquid overnight, boiling water in it then using a wooden spoon to scrape it, 2 desert spoons of bicard of soda in half a pan of water then soak it overnight & have also boiled it with bicarb. None of this seems to have done much, is the pan a goner or is there something I can do?

Sorry if this has already been covered somewhere before.

[Conian]

Beat Jamie Oliver around the face with it until all the stuck on food particles have come loose.

Sorry for a lack of a more helpful answer, i guess the next step would be to lightly scour and hope for the best.

[pokethepope]

Try something like a windscreen ice-scraper?

[Bonefish Blues]

Sounds knackered if it has bonded onto the surface due to overheating, I'm afraid.

These are the ones I use - 5 years so far, and still as good as new.

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[21TonyK]

Might sound odd but a bit of washing powder (persil etc) cleans most pans up. Couple of spoon full and some boiling water on the heat for a minute or two.

[nobodyknows]

Conian said:

Beat Jamie Oliver around the face with it until all the stuck on food particles have come loose.

Sorry for a lack of a more helpful answer, i guess the next step would be to lightly scour and hope for the best.

haha - like your answer even if it didn't answer my question!

[nobodyknows]

21TonyK said:

Might sound odd but a bit of washing powder (persil etc) cleans most pans up. Couple of spoon full and some boiling water on the heat for a minute or two.

have you actually tried this?

[Shaw Tarse]

nobodyknows said:

21TonyK said:

Might sound odd but a bit of washing powder (persil etc) cleans most pans up. Couple of spoon full and some boiling water on the heat for a minute or two.

have you actually tried this?

Not on a nonstick pan, but does work on a standard pan.
Fair play for making her an ex for spoiling your pan

[21TonyK]

nobodyknows said:

21TonyK said:

Might sound odd but a bit of washing powder (persil etc) cleans most pans up. Couple of spoon full and some boiling water on the heat for a minute or two.

have you actually tried this?

Yep, standard practice in the kitchen for cleaning up caramel pans. Don't stand over it breathing in the fumes though!

[nobodyknows]

21TonyK said:

Might sound odd but a bit of washing powder (persil etc) cleans most pans up. Couple of spoon full and some boiling water on the heat for a minute or two.

is that at 30 or 40 degrees?

[Mobile Chicane]

Leave it to soak for a week and eventually the burnt on stuff will come off.

Trust me on this one. I've rescued many a honey-glazed chicken roasting pan in this way.

[cyb]

21TonyK said:

Might sound odd but a bit of washing powder (persil etc) cleans most pans up. Couple of spoon full and some boiling water on the heat for a minute or two.

Similar method used here, but use a dishwaher tablet and simmer for 20 mins

[nobodyknows]

Mobile Chicane said:

Leave it to soak for a week and eventually the burnt on stuff will come off.

Trust me on this one. I've rescued many a honey-glazed chicken roasting pan in this way.

Soak in what? I have left it for days in water and water/bicard water/fairy & its still not come off - I think she may have wrecked it to be honest but it's becoming a 'cleansing' mission in more ways than one!

[remedy]

Have you got any Soda Crystals? A good dose of these are normally the stock answer to any kitchen concern.

[Simon Brooks]

have you tried warming the pan and giving it a dose of oven cleaner spray