To ask how to clean a burnt pan?

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Wise mnetters please help. My son has burnt rice (!) onto my favourite stainless steel saucepan. Both inside and outside on the bottom. He's scrubbed, soaked and scrubbed again to no avail. Any ideas?

Would these suggestions also work for a casserole dish?

*cast iron as opposed to glass

Bicarb! I "saved" a pan with it, not too sure what I did though - probably made a paste with water and bicarb and let it stand for a bit before scrubbing (I'm clearly a writer of technical manuals).

I mean spread the paste on the burnt bit, not leave the paste standing doing nowt useful.

I've rescued many burnt pans by boiling then simmering a can of tinned tomatoes for 10-15 mins , just give a gentle scrub with the rough half of a sponge afterwards.

Cooking rhubarb works, but it's expensive and you have to chuck it out. (Obv no sugar, or apples - just water.)

Leave the coke in the pan a while it should come off with a wipe

Oven cleaner, the spray on mr muscle type stuff. Restores to new.

Sorry I forgot to come back to update before! I simmered the coke for over an hour then left it for 24 hours and it worked! Thanks everyone

Miltons is great for stuff like this