The kids made fried dough in my $100. stainless steel frying pan. They were not careful and I now have baked on oil all over the bottom and outside of my pan. How do I get it off?Anything I try does not seem to work.

You can do this any number of ways.

1. Pour some lemon juice or vinegar into the pan, put it on the stove, and bring it to a boil, then let cool.

When it's cool, scrub the pan.

2. Some elbow grease: Scrub the pan thoroughly to remove all the excess grease and oils. Then use a wash cloth and baking soda to scrub the bejeezus out of the pan. You can get down to a shiney luster doing this, but it's a lot of work.

3. Easy-Off oven cleaner. Stainless is not pourous, so using Easy-Off will work well because when you're done you just wash it off with soap and water and you're done.

The third will probably be the easiest. And use the second method liberally for any stains/discolorations that the Easy-Off may not remove.

Sometimes I think stuff like this is why my wife really married me!

Put the frying pan in a large pot filled with canned tomatoes, let it boil. The acid in the tomatoes should clean it up. For any leftover you might have to use scouring pads and elbow grease.

Get some straight Ammonia from the cleaning chemicals at the store.

Pour some in a bucket/pan large enough to set your frying pan in. Place a plastic bag over the whole thing, tie it off, and leave it overnight.

In the morning the oil will come right off.

This works for oven and BBQ racks as well.

Try soaking it with concentrated lemon juice. DO NOT USE a metal scouring pad. Mr.Clean Magic Eraser pads work wonders too.

I have used a razor to scrape off most, then steel wool for the little bits left.

You might try a commercial degreasing product or some oven cleaner.

I clean mine with spray on oven cleaner.

Okay, here's what you do. Get a torch and know how to use it first. Then what you do is burn the grease off at a very high heat setting from your torch. It works. Good luck. +3

There is a product you can buy at the Bay or Home Sence. It is called Lagostina cleaner; Profesional stainless steel amd copper cleaner. Its about $8 and works like a charm