Baked-on grime in pots and pans? Discover these useful methods to eliminate stubborn deposits easily

There are some dishes that every time they are prepared, make the oven and the pots or pans used look like they have been in a battle. Certain dishes cooked in a pan, certain delicacies cooked in the oven - all of these leave the cooking utensils encrusted with food residue. And then there are also those cooking accidents in which some ingredient burns and remains firmly attached to the bottom of a pot, pan or baking tray.

In these cases, even scrubbing vigorously is an effort that often does not give one the desired results. Alternatively, you need to exercise a lot of patience and have to leave the dirty utensils to soak in soapy water for hours (before scrubbing them furiously again). But don’t despair - you can try a number of remedies that will save you some time and effort, such as the ones listed below:

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• Using a dryer fabric softener sheet - this is among the strangest and most popular remedies posted online. Fill the pan (or pot) with hot water and add only a drop of dish washing soap. Then take a sheet of fabric softener and let it soak in the water for an hour. The dirt should become super easy to remove, with very little effort.
• Vinegar and baking soda: this is an old-times remedy that should not be discounted. Remove the bulk of the grime with paper towel, and then sprinkle the entire pot or pan with baking soda. Pour in the vinegar and wait for it to react (it will bubble vigorously). In reality, when the bubbling stops, it will already be ok to move on to the next phase, because the chemical reaction has exhausted itself. But at this point you can add more vinegar and very hot water and leave everything to soak for half an hour or an hour - after this, cleaning normally will be very easy.

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• Tinfoil (aluminum foil): in this case, the bulk of the grime must be removed by hand (using paper kitchen towel). Then pour a finger of hot water into the pan (this method is recommended for glass dishes more than any others), a couple of drops of dish washing detergent, and then roll up some aluminum foil to make a ball. This will be used as a sponge to remove all stubborn dirt deposits without too much effort.
• Sugar Cubes: This is another bizarre tip "handed down" online, but it seems to work. After soaking the pan in very hot water for at least half an hour, remove the water and use a sugar cube as if it were an eraser on the stubborn dirt deposits. The hardness and abrasiveness of the cube is used to clean off the various areas of burnt-in grime deposits (if they are not too large).

Do you have a favorite method to use in these cases?