What is the best way to clean a roasting tray/baking tray that has sauce burned on to it?

What is the best way to clean a roasting tray/baking tray that has sauce burned on to it? - Delicious hamburger with cutlet and cheese on wooden table

I made this recipe last week - chicken wings roasted in a marinade of soy sauce, brown sugar and white wine vinegar. It was delicious but lots of the marinade has burned onto my baking tray, and I'm struggling to get it clean.

I put it in to soak immediately, scrubbed and then tried washing powder, but it is still very firmly stuck on. Does anyone have any cleaning ideas that might help me in this case?



Best Answer

Half fill it with water, then put in on the stove top over a medium heat. Work the burnt-on bits with a wooden spoon or spatula as the water starts to boil. You should be able to soften it up and be able to get it off then.




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Quick Answer about "What is the best way to clean a roasting tray/baking tray that has sauce burned on to it?"

Mix in half a cup of vinegar and half a cup of baking soda. Wipe down the tray to remove grease or loose debris. Submerge the baking tray in the mixture for at least 30 minutes. Using a sponge or scratch-free scouring pad, scrub using a circular motion.

How do I get burnt sauce off my oven tray?

If you like cleaning hacks that resemble a school science project, this tip is for you.
  • Mix half a cup of baking soda and half a cup of white vinegar with hot water in the sink.
  • Leave the baking tray to soak for 40 minutes.
  • Scrub the baking tray with a non-scratch scouring pad.
  • Complete! Your baking tray is nice and clean.


  • How do you remove burnt-on fat from oven tray?

    Boil some water and pour it into the sink with a cup of baking soda. Let it sit until bubbles disappear. Now put your oven tray inside the sink and allow it to soak for about an hour. In this period, the baking soda will soften the burnt residue on your oven tray.

    How do you get burnt stuff off of a tray?

    Start by boiling a mixture of vinegar and water in the pot or pan. This will loosen the burned on food. Carefully remove the pots and pans from heat, dump out the liquid, and add baking soda. When they have cooled enough, scrub pots and pans with more baking soda and a plastic scrubber.

    What removes black spots from oven trays?

    Sprinkle a scorched pan with baking soda and pour hydrogen peroxide ($0.95, Target) over it, followed by another layer of baking soda. Let the mixture sit on the pan for up to two hours. Wipe the mixture off with a sponge. If needed, repeat the process for tough stains.



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    Answer 2

    Ammonia does a really nice job on pans with a lot of burn on black debris that won't come off with scrubbing.

    • Remove the bulk of the debris on the pan,(you're already there)
    • Then place the pan, and a container with some 1/2c(120ml) of household ammonia in a plastic bag.
    • Close up the bag (doesn't have to be totally air tight).
    • Leave it sit for several hours to a couple days.The burned on stuff will come off pretty easily.
    • Then wash the pan normally.

    I strongly advocate letting the pan/bag combination sit outside or in a garage or very well ventilated room during the soaking phase.

    This works great on broiler pans, but I have used it on other pans as well.

    Do NOT use this technique on aluminum pans.

    Answer 3

    There is a special tool that I use for tough pot cleaning jobs. It is a small hard nylon square, with three curved corners and one more pointed corner. The edges are slightly beveled. I have several that came with my order of pampered chef bakeware. I think you might be able to buy them retail or online also.

    Answer 4

    There's not much to say about this: The only thing you can try is to use fat-resolving detergents. The rest that is really burnt to coal has to be removed physically by hand. No way around this, unfortunately.

    Answer 5

    I managed to clean a roasting tray with some icky sticky grease solidified on it that simply wouldn't come off.

    I put it under the grill for 10-15mins at 220degC, then took it out and placed it in my steel sink then (carefully and with one hand in an oven glove!) I put a small amount of washing up liquid on and scrubbed it with a steel wire scourer.

    The grease, which now seemed to have been burnt by the heat came off very quickly.

    Obviously this comes under the "don't try this at home kids" but I didn't need any potent cleaning products.

    Answer 6

    Baking Soda and vinegar made to a paste, use paste to buff pot or pan with a soft cloth. Works like magic.

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