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
- 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.
- Once it reaches a boil, pour the boiling water and vinegar into a large, plugged sink.
- 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.
- 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.
- Clean the pan as you normally would – soap and water – then rinse.
- Re-season the pan with vegetable oil.
Method #2
What You Need
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Carbon-Off is for tough, stuck-on stains, and works to dissolve grease and carbon build-up.
- Spray the pizza pans with Carbon-Off.
- Let them soak for 5 minutes.
- With the scouring pad, start scrubbing the pans until all of the build-up starts coming off.
- Clean the pans as you normally would.
- Re-season the pans with vegetable oil.