Dealing with baked on grease on your pans or glassware? Check out how to use this baked on grease remover to easily remove the greasy build-up without scrubbing.
A couple of years ago for Christmas, my husband bought me a set of sheet pans that I love. I have a large one and a small one that I use pretty much every day.
They are great for cooking fish, veggies, and cookies. The problem is that over the years they have accumulated a bunch of baked on grease.
I normally wash them by hand so I tried the power wash cycle in the dishwasher. It didn't even budge the baked on grease. I tried using my super cheap Magic Erasers.
They worked, but only with a bunch of scrubbing. I finally tried my favorite method of removing baked on grease in the oven on the pans.
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The paste worked great! There was pretty much no scrubbing required. This paste really is the easiest way to remove baked on grease from cookie sheets, pots, and pans.
How To Remove Baked On Grease
If you are looking for an easy baked on grease remover look no further. These tips below will help you get rid of baked on grease without a lot of scrubbing.
Getting Started
To remove the baked on grease from your pans you will need a few things.
- 1/2 cup Baking Soda
- 1/4 cup Dish Soap
- 1/4 cup Hydrogen Peroxide
- Magic Eraser (I buy them from Amazon)
Check out my pan before. You can see the edges have baked on grease coating them.
Step 1: Put 1/2 cup Baking Soda to a small bowl.
Step 2: Add in 1/4 cup Dish Soap to bowl.
Step 3: Lastly, add 1/4 cup Hydrogen Peroxide to the bowl and mix well.
Step 4: Apply the paste to the pan or cookie sheet completely covering the baked on grease. You can see how to do so in the video below.
Step 5: Let the paste sit on the pan for a while. I applied the paste and then let it sit while I went to a swim meet so it sat for about 3 hours.
When I came home the paste had turned a light brown color where it had removed the baked on grease.
Step 6: Use a magic eraser to wipe the paste off and the grease wiped away with the paste!
It is so easy to do and no hard scrubbing. Here is what the pan looked like after one swipe.
I used this method on both of my sheet pans. Just a couple of hours to let the paste do its thing and I had shiny new looking pans. I have since used this on glass baking items and it works just as well.
If you have some baked on grease stop scrubbing and just let the paste clean the grease off for you. It's so easy! Check out the before and after.
How To Remove Baked On Grease
Equipment
- 1 bowl
- 1 Magic Eraser I get them cheap on Amazon
- 1 microfiber cloth
Ingredients
- 1/2 Cup Baking Soda
- 1/4 Cup Dish Soap I prefer blue Dawn
- 1/4 Cup Hydrogen Peroxide
Instructions
- Put 1/2 cup Baking Soda to a small bowl.
- Add in 1/4 cup Dish Soap to bowl.
- Lastly, add 1/4 cup Hydrogen Peroxide to the bowl and mix well.
- Apply the paste to the pan or cookie sheet completely covering the baked on grease.
- Let the paste sit on the pan for a while. I applied the paste and then let it sit while I went to a swim meet so it sat for about 3 hours.
- Use a magic eraser to wipe the paste off and the grease wiped away with the paste!
- Rinse with water.
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Di says
I used to put mine in a self cleaning oven n run it thru the cycle they'd come out perfectly clean. Now I have a glass top range n the ovens cleaning cycle cracked the glass top so yea no more. Thanks for this solution!!!!
Julie says
Yay! I am so glad you liked it too.
Linda says
Did not work for me. It was not a paste, it was liquidy. I still tried it and left it on for almost 3 hours, and it didn’t come out half as clean as I would have expected.
Vickie says
The paste was too runny with these amounts. I left it on for 3 hours and maybe only a little came off. I only had some buildup in the corners.
Mandy says
Dawn (or Costco's equally good but much cheaper dup) is the magic ingredient in this paste, which I've been using for years. For really tough jobs, I let it sit for an hour or two, spritzing on enough hydrogen peroxide from time to time to keep the mixture from drying out. I don't know who came up with this idea but they're my candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Julie says
Thanks for sharing!
Bill says
What kind of Hydrogen Peroxide should I use? The ones from the local drug store is 3 percent and not food grade. Can you use food grade hydrogen peroxide that comes in 12 percent solution? Will the 12 percent solution be too strong or will you have to dilute it down to 3 percent?
Julie says
The 12 percent will be fine. You can always use a little less if you are concerned about it being too strong.
Marie says
I would use all but magic eraser!
Eva Ely says
Can you use this paste on the glass part of your oven door and also inside the oven?
Julie says
Yes, it will work great there!
G. Kroon says
Have you tried baking soda, like table spoon with dawn dish soap and a blue sponge with scrubbing side? I saw them do this on Food Network and it works! No more leaving things to soak in the sink or scrubbing pans.
Julie says
I've never tried that. Thank you for sharing, I will give it a try next time they get this way. Thanks!
Rebecca says
Would you recommend trying this on non-stick bakeware?
Julie says
I haven't tried it before on non-stick bakeware. Maybe try it in a small area and see how it does?
Holly says
I have another solution... only buy "jelly roll" pans. I got so sick of grease and in some cases, rust, on pans with the lip. I found the jelly roll ones and they are all 1 piece, no folds or crevices. Work great for baking!
Julie says
Great tip! Thank you for sharing.
Sarah | The Teacher's Wife says
This looks awesome! I'm definitely trying this one on some of my baking sheets! Thanks!! 🙂
Lindsey says
Wow! They look almost new! How do you find these creative mixtures 🙂
Julie says
I have had good luck finding some of the mixtures at the link below. You can ask questions and get a bunch of different ideas on how to clean things. I have found the ideas people suggest are hit or miss so you may have to try a couple of different tips before you find one that works.
http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf/Home_and_Garden/Cleaning/index.html
Sandra Cerul says
That did a fairly good job on cleaning those pans but I think I would still take a steel wool pad to take off the rest of the spots and shine the pans up. I've tried many ways just like you but still end up with the steel wool to take off the last of the grease. I hate to have items I love to use look like they need replacing. Right now I'm dealing with a glass top stove that came with the house and has smooth cooked on grease stains. The black stains drive me crazy and I've yet to find anything to take them off. Even my steel wool, a razor scrapper and oven cleaner haven't touched it. I'm thinking this is a stain that I'm going to have to accept as permanent. UGH. Any ideas?
Deb says
Make a paste of "Bar Keepers Friend" with water.
Put this on your oven top stain and rub with a damp dish rag.
You may have to rub for awhile depending on how burned on your stain is.
But be sure that your paste mixer is moist and not bone dry when you are rubbing it on the stove top.
Julie says
Thanks so much for sharing!
Trish Christensen says
They sell a bottle of Weiman Glass Top Cleaner in grocery stores. I get mine at Walmart. All you have to do is put some on the brown cooking stains, then use a nonabrasive scratcher. Wipe clean with a paper towel. IT WORKS GREAT FOR ME!! I LOVE IT! MAKE SURE TO SCRAPE THE BURNT FOOD OFF THE BURNER FIRST AND THEN START. I'LL NEVER USE ANY THING ELSE. GOOD LUCK!!
Julie says
Thanks so much for sharing! I will have to give this a try.
Mickey says
To miss Sandra,try a razor blade like the ones painters use after painting Windows worked good on mine
Julie says
Thanks for sharing!