How to Clean Pizza Pans

Pizza pans are a great investment, especially when you know they’ll last you years to come; that is, if you know how to take care of them. Overtime, they start to get grease build-up (that thick brown layer) and become sticky or tacky to the touch. This is actually a polymerizing process of the oils – a varnishing, if you will. But alas, those pans aren’t destined for the garbage – just add a little elbow grease and time to get them back to new again! Here are a few suggestions from our friends at American Metalcraft for getting those pizza pans back in working order.

Method #1

What You Need

• Cleaning Gloves
• Vinegar
• Boiling Water
• Large Pot
• Sink
• Baking Soda
• Scouring Pad

Get to Cleaning

1. Start by boiling a gallon of water with 2 cups of vinegar. If you can fit more than a gallon of water in your sink, just remember that you’ll need 2 cups of vinegar to every gallon of water.
2. Once it reaches a boil, pour the boiling water and vinegar into a large, plugged sink.
3. Add your pizza pans to the sink. If your sink is too small to fit the entire pan, just rotate it a few times as it soaks.
4. When the water cools down to the point you can stick your hands in it, go ahead and sprinkle the pan with baking soda and scrub with a scouring pad until it comes clean.
5. Clean the pan as you normally would – soap and water – then rinse.
6. Re-season the pan with vegetable oil.

Method #2

What You Need

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• Cleaning Gloves
• Carbon-Off
• Scouring Pad

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Get to Cleaning

Carbon-Off is for tough, stuck-on stains, and works to dissolve grease and carbon build-up.

1. Spray the pizza pans with Carbon-Off.
2. Let them soak for 5 minutes.
3. With the scouring pad, start scrubbing the pans until all of the build-up starts coming off.
4. Clean the pans as you normally would.
5. Re-season the pans with vegetable oil.