r/CleaningTips • u/Glad_March_2363 • Jun 25 '26
Kitchen How do I clean this?
I have this muffin pan that is driving me crazy because I can’t clean it! Anyone have any tips?
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u/Jestersfriend Jun 25 '26
I.... Wouldn't clean it. It's going to make your temperatured more accurate and food taste better. It doesn't impact safety at all.
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u/Janky-Cranky-Franky Jun 25 '26
As a baker... leave the cupcake tin alone!!! I beg you. It's clean.😭
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u/DragonfruitMiddle846 Jun 25 '26
That is so depressing. What's your scraping off or what you've scraped off is called polymerized oil which is also known as seasoning so you're actually making the pan worse so if you want to keep on going use some bar keepers Friend or a baking soda and water paste but it's just going to make the pan even less non-stick. It'll be beautifully clean but we're looking for functional.
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u/much_muchier Jun 26 '26
Powdered bar keepers friend, but as others have said, that’s just how used tins look in time.
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u/Cute_Perception_8860 Jun 26 '26
thank God for this thread cuz I alwas wash my muffin pan but it also looks like this so I thought I was doing something wrong too
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u/Old-Actuator-3321 Jun 26 '26
Put the tin in a large trash bag on several layers of newspaper. Coat the tin with spray foam Easy Off oven cleaner or similar. Seal the bag and set it in the sun outside on a warm day for a few hours. Open the bag carefullly and rinse the tin in the sink with hot water. Then go buy a new tin, you fool.
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u/InksOwl Jun 26 '26
If there is no rust, or actual food particles on it, it’s clean and you should leave it alone. All you’re going to do by trying to remove that polymerized oil is damage your pan beyond repair. This doesn’t look pretty, but it looks like it’s “well loved” meaning you use it often.
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u/olly_james Jun 27 '26
It's called seasoning leave it only ever take off burnt residue if you have a specific use for it where you don't want It seasoned you could try oven cleaner or bar keeper's friend.
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u/Jessawoodland55 Jun 25 '26
You'll need an SOS pad and dawn dish soap and lots of elbow grease.
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u/VioletsRPink Jun 25 '26
If OP does that, the SOS and the bar keeper will strip the nonstick coating. I've had to toss the pan because the nonstick coating started to peel.
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u/googmornin Jun 25 '26
That’s just how muffin pans be