cleaning pots Chit Chat Discuss cleaning pots in the General forums; Was cleaning the inside oven and was looking for tips on cleaning the racks. Turns out ammonia on a cloth, ...

[christo]

Was cleaning the inside oven and was looking for tips on cleaning the racks.

Turns out ammonia on a cloth, throw it and the racks in a garbage bag and let them sit over night. The next day the stuff on the rack wipes right off!

So.... I have some terracota and some abused corningware that are badly soiled. I threw them in a bag with the ammonia - left them for a little more than overnight. It worked like a champ!!! All I had to do is wipe them off. The corningware looked like new and the terracotta kept it's nice used look (only without the big brown spots....)

All the best!!

[redbricknick]

Hmm. Reckon that would work for a pizza stone?

[Xabia Jim]

Interesting....I use ammonia to clean the glass on the woodstove....works pretty well and that's a baked creosote, I think.

We've found that the terracotta cleans up pretty well just by soaking it.

As far as pizza stone..??..put it in a white hot pizza oven and I'll bet it will brighten up. Have you ever tried putting something like that in a self cleaning oven when cleaning? How hot do they get anyway...

I don't do well with the dishes....I think this one was terraced cleaning))