Cleaning a sugar burn

[Asthepotthickens]

Mt front pan has a black super burn on it about two inches off of the bottom it's quite black now. How would you clean it?

[Brian]

vinegar and elbow grease,I would use a light scotch brite or equivelant

[shane hickey]

Leader has scotch bright pads that go on a die grinder the whoops it right of alot faster and less elbow grease they also have it in different grains

[mike z]

Heat the pan with vinegar and let set overnight, then scrub like heck the next day.

[Cake O' Maple]

I've used a metal scrubbie, it looks like coils of metal. Got it from my neighbor, who said he got them from a restaurant and they weren't available to the general public. But I'd think they'd have to be gotten somewhere. It still takes LOTS of elbow grease, and soaking beforehand helps a little. But they really work. I used 1 all season last year.

Beware, I found something similar at the dollar store (forget which one) but it had smaller diameter coils, and when I tried to scrub the burned sugar off with it, it hardly did anything besides fall apart. (the scrubbie, people, not the sugar!) Used it once for 2 pans, and couldn't get all the burned sugar off.

[jputney]

I buy this pan cleaner. One container lasts me a couple years. I am sure if they sell it around here other places must have it too. I fill my pan with water and start a small fire. Add a little of the powder and let it sit an hour or so and it wipes right off. Pan looks like new without all the hard work.

http://www.rothsugarbush.com/index.cfm?event=ViewItemDetail&storeitemid=54674

[Asthepotthickens]

Thanks to all of you I used grill cleaner and scotch brite a lot of scrubbing.