Some of you may know that my sister and I run a vacation rental home. The small house sits on property adjacent to ours.
For the most part it’s worked out very well. We are located near several ski areas and we have a good flow of renters using the house during the winter to ski. Usually the renters respect the house and treat it well but every once in a awhile we’ll get some renters that leave the house in terrible shape.
Several weeks ago we had just such renters. Not only did they leave the house a mess but they set off firecrackers inside the house!
If that wasn’t enough they left two pots so badly burned with caked on food I thought we would have to throw them out!
However after doing some searching I found several suggestions for cleaning burnt pans.
The first suggestion was to soak the pan overnight with some dish washer detergent overnight. That did not work.
Second suggestion was to use equal amounts of white vinegar and water. First you fill the bottom of the pan with your water and then add the vinegar.
Bring the pot to a boil. Remove the pot from the heat and add 2 Tbsp of baking soda, expect some fizzing! Empty the pan and scour as normal. If there is still some stubborn marks you can make a paste of baking soda and a couple of drops of water. Leave the paste in place for a while and then clean as normal.
I was amazed that I was able to clean the pot! 
Hopefully the next tenants will leave the house in better shape!
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Nancy on the Home Front 
Thank you for the tip, I am trying it right now! Who shoots fireworks inside? Yikes! -Marci @ Stone Cottage Adventures
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Marci,
My thoughts exactly, fireworks inside??
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Didn’t work for me
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So sorry to hear that this didn’t work for you. Maybe you should try it again. It worked for me on the worst burned pan every with great success!
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Thanks so much Nancy. I just tried it. My Lagostina frying pan was really burned and it came out sparkling clean.
Excellent results with no down time. Thanks again!!
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Roula,
I’m so glad you had good luck with this cleaning process! Burned pans are no fun!
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Worked GREAT for me. I had a big roasting pan with bbq pork sauce caked on. I did the water/vinegar mix and when heated it came right off with a plastic spatula (pancake turner). I didn’t even need the baking soda! I think this is because it was a “non stick” pan. Thank You! You saved me so much time and energy.
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Susan,
Yeah! So glad it worked for you too!
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I was really hoping this would work but it didn’t even touch my burnt pan. I tried it three times and it wouldn’t even take a single but out. 😦
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