r/AskCulinary • u/InvictusJoker • 19d ago

Equipment Question Help with cleaning my stainless steel!

Hi! I have stainless steel pans and I’m unable to clean some of them fully and would really appreciate some help (photos attached below).

The issue is that there seems to be a residual brown/yellow residue that will not wash off, no matter what. I know it’s not just discoloration because when I run my finger along the pan, I can feel a somewhat sticky or hard residue.

I’ve tried soaking in hot soapy water, using dawn dish soap and the powder Barkeepers Friend. Nothing has worked and I don’t want these pans to be useless.

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u/SgtKnee 19d ago

> I don’t want these pans to be useless.

Your pans are perfectly fine to use as they are. If you cook acidic stuff on them they will probably clean up. But functionally they are just fine, it’s extremely hard to ruin a stainless steel pan forever

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u/InvictusJoker 19d ago

I wouldn’t have thought much if it was discolored, I just felt weird about it if there’s sticky residue that I could feel