Got a nasty stain on the inside of your Le Creuset? Here is out you remove it, or at least lighten it up to a point you are comfortable with without using bleach or …
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Good video as I’ve had similar results and thought it was me doing something wrong! Although I was expecting you to tell me how I can clean it.
One thing this video is super useful for: A discussion party over what works and what doesn’t on our super expensive pots. Im gonna go and try the bleach because it is mostly stain on mine as well. Red cabbage. Im only wondering how long before I need to do it again if I use my pot for red cabbage we love so much:0) These pots are so fancy…need a lot of attention and not easy to handle their weight either. Im not sure if Im in love with mine. Lol
About 1-2 tbsp of dishwasher powder (such as cascade), add hot water to above the stain line, fully dissolve the soap the let sit for several hours or overnight. I do this every once in a while to keep my pot nice and white and it works super well without any scrubbing. A heavily stained pot like in this video you may need to repeat once, but it should still work quite well.
You have to stir the baking soda with the hydrogen peroxide before boiling. And use MUCH more baking soda too. The paler parts are where the baking soda was sitting. You need it that thick all over the base.
After watching this video, I felt hopeless that I could recover a pan with deep staining. In desperation, I filled the 3-qt pan half with water, added 3 tbsp concentrated bleach, and set on low heat. After two hours I went to check on the progress, and was stunned to see the pan looked like new. I dumped the water out thinking I would be able to detect stains – but nothing. I was so relieved.
I made some overnight steel cut oats in my well stained enameled pot. When I reheated the oats the next morning, I got distracted, walked away, and a lot of the oats stuck to the bottom of the pot – though they didn’t burn. After I emptied the pot, I set it aside for a few hours and the film of oatmeal that stuck to the bottom of the pot dried and hardened like glue. As I scraped out the hardened ‘oat glue’ with a credit card, I noticed that it lifted out most of those dark stains as if they were bound to each other. Perhaps the protein in the oats had something to do with it.
Coat the bottom with baking soda and then pour white vinegar on it; leave it for a few minutes (let's say 10) and wash away… usually does the trick …. but still… how can a pan be allowed to get THAT ruined?
I had a thick layer of burnt crud on the whole bottom of my Le Creuset pot and I took to the internet to see how to fix it. I found the boiling water/baking soda post and tried it. First sprinkled baking soda over the burnt crust. Then poured boiling water over it and stirred, then turned on the gas to rather low to keep it simmering for 15 minutes. Turned off the heat and let it sit till it cooled, then dumped it out. Some of the crust of burnt gunk actually came off but not much. I repeated the treatment 5 times, scraping with a wooden implement between times. It finally did all come off. Persistence is the solution.
tried everything – best product for a really stained le Cresuet is OXYCLEAN mixed with HOT water, then boiled for a few minutes. Let sit for several hours until cool (COVERED). Works great (may have to repeat to remove further stains if badly stained). NO BLEACH
Wasted video. My suggestion is don’t use old home remedies. They clearly don’t work. Also, don’t post failed attempt videos either. We want to see things that work, not that don’t work.
Oh my! I cringed when I saw him using a harsh scrubber. I thought everyone knew never use anything harsh to clean your dutch oven because you will wear the enamel off. To avoid this, always preheat your oven (not real hot!) before adding, oil, butter, etc. Clean up is a breeze just using a dishcloth.
I have many LeCreuset items and do not see any point in cleaning them brutally. What doesn't go off with warm water and dish liquid stays. It is nothing harmful.
Good video as I’ve had similar results and thought it was me doing something wrong! Although I was expecting you to tell me how I can clean it.
One thing this video is super useful for:
A discussion party over what works and what doesn’t on our super expensive pots. Im gonna go and try the bleach because it is mostly stain on mine as well. Red cabbage. Im only wondering how long before I need to do it again if I use my pot for red cabbage we love so much:0) These pots are so fancy…need a lot of attention and not easy to handle their weight either. Im not sure if Im in love with mine. Lol
About 1-2 tbsp of dishwasher powder (such as cascade), add hot water to above the stain line, fully dissolve the soap the let sit for several hours or overnight. I do this every once in a while to keep my pot nice and white and it works super well without any scrubbing.
A heavily stained pot like in this video you may need to repeat once, but it should still work quite well.
Fill with water, add a couple teaspoons of bleach, let it soak for 24 hours. I would love to see if that helps!
Just curious, what causes stains like these?
Can you contact LeCreuset for a replacement? It looks like the enamel is wearing off.
Just bleach them – it works
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What an utterly useless video. 🙄
So this is how NOT to clean a Le Creuset.
looks like you used baking powder instead of baking soda
Why???? Give a solution don't mislead us with this title.
What is the point of the video
Please, just re-title this, ‘How not to . . . ‘
🙄
Misleading title. Complete waste of time.
Go and buy pink stuff. Works for me.
Bleach solution- 3 parts water 1 part bleach. Let soak. Et voila.
None sense
I just used bleach. took no effort whatsoever
You have to stir the baking soda with the hydrogen peroxide before boiling. And use MUCH more baking soda too. The paler parts are where the baking soda was sitting. You need it that thick all over the base.
After watching this video, I felt hopeless that I could recover a pan with deep staining. In desperation, I filled the 3-qt pan half with water, added 3 tbsp concentrated bleach, and set on low heat. After two hours I went to check on the progress, and was stunned to see the pan looked like new. I dumped the water out thinking I would be able to detect stains – but nothing. I was so relieved.
Why didnt more people give a thumbs down to this. A demonstration of what doesn't work and how it doesn't work, with no solution.
I made some overnight steel cut oats in my well stained enameled pot. When I reheated the oats the next morning, I got distracted, walked away, and a lot of the oats stuck to the bottom of the pot – though they didn’t burn. After I emptied the pot, I set it aside for a few hours and the film of oatmeal that stuck to the bottom of the pot dried and hardened like glue. As I scraped out the hardened ‘oat glue’ with a credit card, I noticed that it lifted out most of those dark stains as if they were bound to each other. Perhaps the protein in the oats had something to do with it.
And the solution is… buy new pans?
So this is how to not clean a enameled cast iron pan then…
Luh Creuset, not lay Creuset. It’s french
Coat the bottom with baking soda and then pour white vinegar on it; leave it for a few minutes (let's say 10) and wash away… usually does the trick …. but still… how can a pan be allowed to get THAT ruined?
Pointless video.
I had a thick layer of burnt crud on the whole bottom of my Le Creuset pot and I took to the internet to see how to fix it. I found the boiling water/baking soda post and tried it. First sprinkled baking soda over the burnt crust. Then poured boiling water over it and stirred, then turned on the gas to rather low to keep it simmering for 15 minutes. Turned off the heat and let it sit till it cooled, then dumped it out. Some of the crust of burnt gunk actually came off but not much. I repeated the treatment 5 times, scraping with a wooden implement between times. It finally did all come off. Persistence is the solution.
It needs patience
does red gravy stain LeCreuset pots?
Well thanks for that we now know what does not work will go on to find what does !
tried everything – best product for a really stained le Cresuet is OXYCLEAN mixed with HOT water, then boiled for a few minutes. Let sit for several hours until cool (COVERED). Works great (may have to repeat to remove further stains if badly stained). NO BLEACH
Try using regular plain bleach & water mix.
Sorry dude, a bit of a waste of time watching this. Thumbs down.
You should probably take this video down. You'll certainly not get subscribers, and more likely the opposite. It's just not very helpful…
Bleach overnight
Why make a vid that doesnt sort the problem nearly 67.000 people wasted their time
Thanks for dutifully demonstrating everything that doesn't work.
Wasted video. My suggestion is don’t use old home remedies. They clearly don’t work. Also, don’t post failed attempt videos either. We want to see things that work, not that don’t work.
Oh my! I cringed when I saw him using a harsh scrubber. I thought everyone knew never use anything harsh to clean your dutch oven because you will wear the enamel off. To avoid this, always preheat your oven (not real hot!) before adding, oil, butter, etc. Clean up is a breeze just using a dishcloth.
This may be the worst YouTube video of all time. Five minutes… and … yeah, nothing works.
Nice lots of steps
"I'm going to try to clean this pot. On second thought I wish I hadn't."
I have many LeCreuset items and do not see any point in cleaning them brutally. What doesn't go off with warm water and dish liquid stays. It is nothing harmful.