How do I wash burnt fruit crumble off?

[ButterPie]

Argh. I made crumble last night with various fruits I had hanging about, then put most of it in portions in the freezer, apart from enough for after lunch today. While we were eating our lunch, I popped the tray back in the oven (it is one of those metal ones that fits right into the oven without a rack and goes with the oven so I can't chuck it) and the kitchen filled with smoke. The crumble itself was ok, but where the tray still had traces of the rest of the crumble is sticky and burnt.

HELP!

I put it straight in water- is that wrong?

I don't think so. Probably need to soak it overnight.

Soak it for a bit, then elbow grease and a scourer. If it's metal you can use one of those metal scourers that probably have a fancy name, that I can't think of just now, it'll come off easily (would you seriously consider throwing something because it was dirty, or have I misread that?!)

serenity - i would chuck it if i couldn't get it clean, if it was one of the very cheap rubbishy pans I have or something. Obviously not if it was one of the nice pans.

I'd use oven cleaner TBH.

Soak it for a good while in water with dishwasher powder dissolved, or use dishwasher liquid.

If you put a dishwasher tablet in it with boiling hot water then this works a treat.

if you put it straight into COLD water that helps a lot. Then you can soak overnight in Biological powder or put on stove with bicarb. in it with water an simmer.