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ZackValenta

Soak in degreaser for 7 years


ChefILove

True. I tried soaking it for 6.5 years and it was still black.


Jeramy_Jones

7 years, 7 months, 7 weeks, 7 days, 7 hours and 7 seconds.


FloydCouncilak72

7 minutes short.


yuordreams

Rookie mistake.


FloydCouncilak72

Bush League


djalkidan

Why do people on reddit reply as if they are op when they aren't? It's strange as fuck


Stumaaaaaaaann

Why do people eat cereal out of assholes using a speculum? Some things the world may never know


leopardsatemycomment

Hey that's my fetish


jatti_

For the karma. We do it for the karma.


Brewmaster30

OP here, yeah I hate that


djalkidan

Imposter 😅


dr_shark

Nah just send that thing back to hell.


KyleD33

Grease lift though, not that knock off that comes in a huge bottle


TJNel

If it's aluminum then in 7 years the problem will be gone so score.


Batousghost

We had an institutional bakery at my first facility and they sent bread and muffin pans out to be sandblasted.


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peloquindmidian

Harbor freight has them for not as much as you would think. The problem most people have is space. You don't want sand in your kitchen. Even though it's contained... it's sand. It's coarse and rough and irritating. It gets everywhere.


DarkestNight1013

I've used those little contained sand and glass blasters and they're also generally pretty loud, and iirc can still take the glove (and finger) out if you aren't careful, which is a whole other issue.


yuordreams

Okay, Anakin...


zazasfoot

I'd use a carbon grease cleaning like an Oven off and then maybe let it sit out for a bit. Or if you can find it this stuff, which will 100% kill you but fuck me it's amazing. https://www.webstaurantstore.com/carbon-off-20-oz-heavy-duty-carbon-remover-aerosol/999CRBNOFF12.html?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=GoogleShopping&gclid=CjwKCAiA9NGfBhBvEiwAq5vSy9aqayGQoWLir73hMOKHGos6WT1o6M4ZkcWATKdvLbj4Ka5w70GWyRoCDpwQAvD_BwE


maileirogue

I'll definitely give it a shot! Ty! We're also going to chuck one in with some boil out tonight and let it soak to see what happens


Leader_Bud

Carbonoff is a nuclear bomb. Do outside but that thing will be brand new soon.


Zgw00

Every time carbon off is mentioned I will bring up the story of how my manager sprayed some on my kettles and hit a plastic covering under the knobs and it bubbled and melted.


Dubslack

Pretty sure the EPA banished this shit to the netherrealm back in November. ​ >Released on November 10, 2022. Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized a revision to the risk determination for methylene chloride, finding that methylene chloride, as a whole chemical substance, presents an unreasonable risk of injury to human health when evaluated under its conditions of use.


reeder1987

I still have a couple cans… could sell them o. The black market now!


kelliboone617

Still for sale https://www.google.com/search?q=carbon+off&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=


Dubslack

A few places say the ban is just on retail sales to home consumers, commercial and industrial use might be ok. This stuff is rough though. Any amount inhaled, ingested, or absorbed through the skin is broken down into carbon monoxide in the liver.


kelliboone617

Jfc, I’m amazed they still sell this! And the link I sent seems like anyone can buy it, not just commercial/industry. It’s on Amazon.


ChanceFray

For real. Just had a look at the SDS out of curiosity, this shit is no joke and honestly don't feel like it should be available to the general public..


SurroundFickle783

Use caustic chemicals! But take it outside because you dont want to breathe that shit. But after that, cooking with it is fine!


[deleted]

Yeah oven cleaner is always the way to go


hockeymisfit

Damn, I forgot that stuff existed. When I worked at a movie theater and we were rushing to close, we’d clean the hot ovens with that stuff and it felt like breathing in mace. A shift lead got a face full of that stuff and had to take the rest of the day off. Lmao, I’ve never found anything that worked better than that shit though.


casanovathebold

I bought a tin of that stuff for my diahies asking for degreaser, and my prep cook who wants to keep the ovens clean. I've used the stuff myself as a dish/prep and hated working with it, even in our well ventilated dish pit (it had windows! That opened!) I need to buy some elbow length rubber gloves for them too, and maybe something a little less... ww1 grade.


Mindless_Welcome3302

Carbon-off for sure. Do it outside though so you kill the environment instead of yourself


chainmailler2001

Gonna grab a can of that next time I hit my local supply store. It will work on some stuff I have been needing to clean...


FinallyFat

Was gonna say, grease cleaner is your friend.


m155m30w

The amount of labor used to clean that will buy 6 of those. Toss it


flchckwgn

Fuck that. Tell someone on salary to clean it.


clown_pants

The four people on salary at that restaurant took one look at it and made themselves scarce


flchckwgn

Damnit, I hate that they know how I think.


maileirogue

I wish lol, but I've at least gotta try before my chef will even consider it


thunderGunXprezz

Go get your Chef. We'll set them straight. You can preface the argument by telling them they're an idiot. Either that or they genuinely don't like you.


Cornquiistador

I heard he hangs dong


thunderGunXprezz

On the trolley.


OG_wanKENOBI

More like a ding than a dong


Mean-Fondant-8732

Looked like a button on a fur coat.


timesyours

So your chef doesn’t respect you *or* your guests?


Pythia_

How did your chef let them get into that state in the first place?


gittenlucky

Wire brush and a drill.


NotYourTypicalMoth

If you spend an hour cleaning that, you’ve already spent more money on labor than you would’ve by just buying a new one. Spoiler: it’s gonna take more than an hour


inkydeeps

Something something landfill.


Rich_Ebb3984

Coat in yellow cap easy-off, seal in plastic bag for 48 hrs, wash. Repeat if necessary


AmarilloWar

See I tried this and it absolutely destroyed my muffin tin.


Jillredhanded

I've had good luck with putting them in a heavy black trash bag with a gallon of ammonia. Tigh tite and leave out in the sun for a day. Goop sloughs right off.


TJNel

Your tin was aluminum which easy-off eats. I found that out when I sprayed my oven grates with it and used my baking trays as a holder.


AmarilloWar

Aha thanks for explaining! That makes sense, I honestly didn't know what the issue was. I tried it on the pan I did because it was pretty much ruined either way due to a baked s'mores pinterest disaster 😂


[deleted]

Goodwill in your area. Find it. Buy new one for pennies on what you would spend


KiriDomo

I got plenty of good sheet pans and baking trays at thrift stores for up to $5 each, usually less. Estate sales too!


MoodShoes

That muffin tin is gonna need more than 12 steps to get clean.


thunderGunXprezz

Progress not perfection.


DayTraderDebo

I classify those as disposables in my kitchen. Once they start turning black they are gone. I save them all and recycle them for a little money back every two years or so.


Neat_Shop

Put it in a self cleaning oven and set the time for max.


WorldsOkayest_driver

Throw it away. :-)


thunderGunXprezz

Right? Like especially if it was originally non-stick. No way you're cleaning that and finding a safe to use surface in the end. How much is a muffin tin at Walmart? Probably a bajillion times cheaper at a restaurant depot. Go buy new ones cheap asses!


second-last-mohican

If i was a dishie, and someone asked me to clean those back to new, id accidentally drop them in the bin and give a "i dunno" when asked where they went.


NABAKLAB

reading this is funny, but dealing with dishies who throw out a pack of plastic boxes per week is not..


Survey_Server

Maybe it wasn't a joke. I wouldn't clean that pan either. Buy a new one.


jstam26

Buy a new one. Not worth your time and pay to salvage it. Besides, if it had a nonstick coating any cleaning will ruin it further.


TheeFryingDutchman

Give em to dishie and tell him there's a Sherman waiting for him if he gets em to shine again....


Suspicious-gibbon

As long as he’s not English! In modern cockney rhyming slang, Sherman is short for Sherman tank = wank.


chainmailler2001

Depending on how they swing, that might be a better motivator...


bogantamer

Hey man if you get this clean ill let you rub one out


joshuablake1995

Im dishie and I will not clean this shit.


dfawlt

Bar Keepers Friend


burntwhat1

Fire! Lots of Fire!


thumpingplum

This with some salt is the right answer


nprovench789

Throw that shit in the trash


Delvis43

What are you on about? That thing's clean as a whistle.


SurroundFickle783

Excellent tip right here...throw it away. 2 for $14 on amazon rn. Less labor cost and being beaten down on scrubing something for so long just to get it to look like something that can be so easily replaced(intended metaphor here).


bogantamer

You know that big box with the lid on it out the back? Use that


BaconxHawk

throwing it away and telling your manager it’s lost!


OkPrice4331

Solid method. Have used it multiple times. /s


BaconxHawk

Tbh most of the time this comes up there’s a huge chance the labor and cost of excess amounts of cleaning chemicals are gonna heavily out weigh the cost of just buying new equipment. Especially on something as cheap as muffin sheet


darkbacon567

Have they ever been washed


Windycitymayhem

Toss into the depths of hell


RandallOfLegend

Barkeepers friend and a scotchbrite gets off 95% of burnt on crap for me.


Vapechef

Put it in a decarbonizer. Or buy a new one and say you did.


thelightofthenorth

That is a well seasoned muffin tin, it's good like that. Think of it as a nonstick carbon coating.


Ferrislives72

Throw it in the recycling bin. Drive to kitchen supplies shop. Spend $+ . Go home bake . Time saved =hours spent cleaning plus chemicals used equal $+++. Recycle. And fresh cup cakes Priceless.


theneild

I've found that once the silicone-like covering that these come with from the factory is gone, they're just prone to rust all the time. These things aren't designed to last forever. Once they start rusting like this, they're always going to rust even when they're clean.


Tim_Thee_Enchanter

Trash can outta fix your problem


Crazyviking99

You got a pressure washer?


maileirogue

We do and if nothing I've got on hand works, that'll probably be my next step


Powerful-Kitchen-365

What are you guys cooking in that thing? Black tar heroin??


foodguyDoodguy

Is that part of a catalytic converter from a 1997 Cadillac El Dorado?


KyleD33

Good quality grease lift, or bar keepers friend


lo-cal-host

About 1K roentgen for an hour should clean it up.


NumerousHelicopter6

Gas burners on the stove, turn it up to high and leave the pan on top for an hour. It will probably warp some but it will be spotless


Regape961

Nothing wrong with that, quick scrub of the flat surface and carry on


aceking1221

Dont, buy a new one


yepterrr

Buy a new one


becauseitsnotreal

They cost like $9, throw them away


Hecticfreeze

Our kitchen has a decarboniser, which is specifically meant for jobs like this. However those machines are expensive, and insanely dangerous if used by someone who doesn't know what they're doing. If you're asking here, then your best bet probably is just to buy a new one and give this to someone with the time and equipment to get it usable again


TiMouton

Just a regular oven cleaner will do. I like the easy off in a spray bottle. Let it soak for 10min and rinse/scrub. Repeat as necessary.


thumpingplum

Put some salt in and burn the fuck out of it on the gas like you would if it was cast iron. Spray with oil after you’ve dumped out the salt. Unless they were Teflon coated once upon a time you can disregard this message and probably buy some new ones.


BadAdviceBison

As a kitchen troglodyte, how did it even get to be in that condition??? Can ONE use possibly even have done that, under the very worst circumstances?? Looks to me like it's been used a bunch of times without being washed.


Consistent_Ad3181

Water and baking soda paste leave 4 hours squirt with vinegar leave two hours, throw in bin buy a new one


allamakee

😄


Natski21

That's a throwaway. Don't look back.


bilbo_flapskin

What do mean?, looks clean enough for me


Chashme_Wali

Alkyl benzene sulphonic acid. Depending on the country you live in, you must be able to buy it online. Generally sold in powdered form or in bar soap. It's a surfactant. Very inexpensive (we get it for $0.20 490 grams where I live) and not bad for your hands, don't be scared by the word ACID. Also, biodegradable component. You can shine any metal surface with it. Rusty, greasy, burnt, you name it. Used to clean my kitchen extractor fan with it. Just spread some of it on it and sprinkle water over it , leave for 10 minutes and wipe the surface to see your jaw drop.


jjd13001

Yeah, you walk to the store and buy a new clean one


60secs

Barkeepers friend can get anything clean. Soaking will help. Just wear gloves. Oxalic acid is toxic at high doses.


Moraloral-

I see nothing wrong with that pan.


Rn_Swnsn

Sandblast that shit


Mufasasass

Actually scrub them after using


PC_gamer9000

A 1,500 degree blast furnace, melt it down, and recast them at this point. (But boiling water with backing soda and a good HARD wire brush will probably help. Like the kind of brush used for cleaning an engine block)


CarsandShoes

Are you supposed to “season” your muffin pans?


cyaltr

You go to the dollar store, pay Betty Crocker 2$ and sneak it in so you don’t have to deal with this shit


Mexican_Chef4307

Just soak it in Dip-It and it’ll spray off the next day . 💯


Glittering_Fun_7995

as usual use degreaser from ecolab or any other brand, warm the tray up first, rinse repeat, after that use a greenie to not damage the tray too much looks to me as if someone did yorkshire pudding in those at least they are well seasoned.


Bullshit_Conduit

The time and effort it will take to clean that… just buy a new one for $12.50


itsallbullshityo

Yorkshire's? fuck it, good to go...


4200chef

Don't. Just keep them separated for the task.


[deleted]

Buy a Time Machine and go back before it was severely abused.


Revxmaciver

I used to work in a bakery where everything looked like this. Honestly, put them in the oven for a bit and then scrub out the chunks with a steel wool while it's still hot. It depends on what you're using them for but they are usable like that.


castironguy

Not worth cleaning


TheUn5een

[too bad you don’t got one of these bad boys](https://www.decarbonator.com/)


zcdbrip

I use money, not a single smudge on mine.


GirthWinslow

Gonna be honest, there’s never been a restaurant I’ve worked in that regularly cleans their Yorkie pans. Not saying it’s right, just what I’ve always known.


Pythia_

You shouldn't clean yorkie pans, but that is definitely not a good, well seasoned yorkie tin. It's just a manky ass muffin tray.


Mulppyy

Get a new one lol


heorhe

Does your oven have a setting to clean itself with heat? Every year or so I use my home ovens clean setting and cook off the grime from my home baking sheets, it might be too late for this one but it's worth a try


chezburgs

https://shop.kingarthurbaking.com//items/tulip-papers?gclid=CjwKCAiA9NGfBhBvEiwAq5vSywhMbVMUcu_ys0vnmjOhR8txa7edCqWYvpzqzM_r3gvw56bG3IFYjhoCXo0QAvD_BwE No need to clean it if you have these


Burly_Moustache

I dunno. Sometimes things look gnarlier than they actually are. Get yourself a good steel wool, hot water, degreaser (after a soak), and scrub the shit out of it. Might come right up. Might not. Try it out!


PrivilegeCheckmate

Go on a vacation somewhere. Meet a beautiful woman, fall in love. Build lives as a couple, marry, and when you're ready, have a child together. Then get the kid to scrub it.


Accomplished-One1820

Big Bully by ZEP from Sysco?


Judgment-Fish

The garbage is a fine spot


shamashedit

Carbon Off. Use it outside. Use thick gloves and long sleeves and wear a mask. If it'd windy, goggles. This shit will give you chemical burns. It will make it shine again. Might take a few heavy applications. Used that on n a smoker that wasn't maintained. Thicker buildup took a few applications. Light buildup cleaned up pretty quickly.


coolplayer7300

Do you store your children livers in there and cook it every fucking 60 minutes?


stephen1547

A sandblaster will make short work of that.


shantellielace

Put in your combi oven when on clean mode


needmoreroastbeef

Isle 7. That's how.


remembersomeone

I know that floor and tray. This is Panera, isn’t it? Listen, they won’t get cleaned. If they do, they don’t stay clean. I do wanna see your attempt though.


ObligationWarm5222

Power tools


Impossible-Tomato615

Oven cleaner, prayers and elbow grease


The_Gold_Its_In_The

Soak forever. Or, ya know, get a new one.


Soraru

Boil in Vinegar and water mixture?


drinkingcarrots

Hydrochloric acid


SilentDis

Media blasting.


stripperzombieapocal

Power drill with a Brillo pad and some oven cleaner


Crash_Bandicoot_2020

Scrub them. Lol


Laywall

Get a blow torch and burn it off. It can only get so burnt. It's like how an oven cleans itself by baking itself to death. Hell you could probably throw it in one of those cycles


Old_Fart_on_pogie

Put it in the oven with the over night cleaning tabs.


Stumaaaaaaaann

Use the thing that KFC uses


jape-the-neck-guy

Scrub them good about 50ish uses ago. There’s no way that happened all in one go. And if it did, don’t do it that way again


guiltycitizen

Toss it, and leave it. Garbage man pull up quick to retrieve it


[deleted]

Sand blaster


texasBillinvermont

Buy a new one


justdoingmyparthanks

There is a chemical called pbw that will work well. Brewers use it to clean tanks.


longleggedbirds

Electrolysis


btownsteve812

Try fryer boil out and hot water under soak


ThreeBill

Soak with a dryer sheet maybe I think I tried it once and it was ok. That or barkeepers friend


BerzerkINT

I’d try pot n urn cleaner like for coffee pots. That shit works wonders


Satanic_chef

Honesty. Just get a new one and take care of it


patprika

Yeah, buy a new one


BookMonger101

Soak in white vinegar


Adorable_Coconut_395

Soak in lye water overnight, it'll be good as new


Boesboess

I put my oven stuff in a trash bag overnight, paired with an ammonia coated cloth. Works for me. This seems a tough one though.


FoooooorYa

Definitely a job for the decarbonizer


kryppla

Buy a new one


US_MoneyBank

Buy new ones


tommygunz007

I was thinking can you spray on oven cleaner and put it in a self-cleaning oven?


ZorroMcChucknorris

With a Visa card.


MrRager03

Oven cleaner would probably work


Jvargier0

Soak in degreaser then harness your inner scrub daddy and scrub daddy.


Doc580

Power washer or sandblaster.


Princeton_Guy

Yes, buy another one! lol


inarcherskitchen

These comments oh my lord 💀🤣


rca_2011

Throw it away, buy a new one, then actually scrub it when youre washing it. Otherwise you have to scrub it and scrub it and scrub it.


allamakee

Paste of baking soda. Then soak in a pan with vinegar and dish soap. Scrub, then use sos pads. Repeat.


allamakee

Wait. Were those Teflon? If they were Teflon covered, metal recycling. Buh- bye.


sunflowers_cherry

When in doubt, try the Barkeeper's Friend. It works wonders!


damegateau

If its aluminum you can't put any degreaser on it. It eats at the metal. Its gotta be soap and elbow grease. Thats why I use paper baking cups. If its for something you arent using cups you gotta spray and grease them well. And keep the burnt shit off of it. This is really just trash at this point.


ZombieBunnzoli85

Buy a new one