How the fuck do I get rid of this shit?
>>34494851lick it off
You don't need to, that's what people refer to as "seasoning". Oils that have gotten hot enough that they polymerize and help protect the pan and create a nonstick coating. Over time the entire surface of the pan will be black. This is generally highly desired and necessary component of cooking with cast iron or carbon steel, as the alternative is the pan rusting. With stainless steel seasoning won't actually adhere very well and go much past that lighter brown stage, it'll naturally flake off over time. Most nonstick pans and some other types will have an exterior that the seasoning adheres well to, but isn't required in order to protect the pan.The only time you'll want to remove it is if it's sticky, in which case it hasn't fully polymerized and your options are wash it off and try again or apply significant heat to finish the process. If for some reason you really want to get rid of it (most commonly done in order to take it back to base to reseason it if the seasoning is uneven), you can use barkeeper's friend and a lot of elbow grease, but this simply isn't necessary, may cause flash rust, and is highly abrasive which could damage any finish.
>>34494930>wash it offdude I've scrubbed this shit so hard I almost broke my fingers this shit ain't coming off it's like it's chemically bonded to this shit the fuck
>>34494961It would only be something you are supposed to wash off if it isn't fully polymerized, ie. it's it's sticky to the touch. Yours is fully polymerized and you should leave it be, it protects the pan. If you're dead set on removing it you can use barkeeper's friend like I said. But you really do not want to remove it, it's harmless from a food safety perspective and desirable from the perspective of maintaining your pan. You are more likely to damage the pan trying to get rid of it.
>>34494930this is a stainless steel pot that I bought 4 years ago and when I bought it that bottom was about as shiny and reflective as robocop's metal fucking ass man I could fucking see my ugly ass face in that shit man now it's all brown like literal shit man the fuck
>>34494972>it protects the panis this shit supposed to be on the inside of the pot too? or just the outside?do cooking nerds find this shit attractive?are you a cooking nerd?
>>34494981Stainless steel won't clean with regular soap. You need to buy smth called bartender's friend. Even then, it will probably take dozens of washings
>>34495019When my pot was brown like OPs, I had to submerge the entire thing in boiling hot water that was mixed with baking soda. And had to keep it in that boiling hot water, continuously, for a couple days. No scrubbing was necessary.
>>34494981Yes and seasoning develops over time. Only carbon steel or cast iron comes preseasoned, and usually only with one coating to protect the pan until first use. The interior of a stainless steel pan isn't likely to develop and maintain this, but the exterior is likely to.>>34495012>is this shit supposed to be on the inside of the pot too? or just the outside?Both depending on the pan. Don't expect it to happen on the interior of the stainless steel pan though. Only carbon steel or cast iron. Assume it will happen on the exterior of all other pans that aren't enameled.>do cooking nerds find this shit attractive?>are you a cooking nerdYes. My primary concern has been preventing you destroying someone else's pans.>>34495019Soap is perfectly adequate for most messes with stainless steel pans. If OP is very insistent on removing this, which he should not be, then yes he'll need barkeeper's friend.>>34495035There really isn't any reason to remove this.
>>34495038Lmao, how can you "destroy" a fucking pan, it's made from steel, retard.
>>34494851Who cares it's on the bottom AND it does protect the pan. It's called a patine.
>>34495038>The interior of a stainless steel pan isn't likely to develop and maintain thisfeast yo eyez on this nigga
>>34495062If it were carbon steel or cast iron, and OP removed the seasoning, the person whose pan it belonged to would at best have to spend anywhere between weeks and years trying to redevelop and even seasoning. At worst, rust could have formed during the removal process and then they would either have to use barkeeper's friend to remove the rust or full on sand it back to bare metal before reapplying the same seasoning. Properly maintained, those pans will outlive you. Poorly maintained, they will not.
>>34495079It's more nonstick.
>>34495070>It's called a patineLike Emperor Palpatine?
>>34494981hit it with 250 grit sandpaper then baby.
>>34494858you're a funny little fucker aren't ya
>>34494851
>>34495770That's extreme!
>>34495238Exactly like that. Same thing basically.
>>34495816Not really. You’re going to use it, once you have it.
>>34494851You don't want to. The darker surface absorbs heat more efficiently than a shiny reflective surface, so your pot now heats up faster (or alternatively needs a lower setting) than when it was new.
>>34494851You don't need to get rid of that.
>>34496777Hmmm! I did not know that!
>>34496862Remember in high school science classes when they talked about how colors are made? White objects reflect all wavelengths, red objects reflect red but absorb the other wavelengths etc? Black absorbs all wavelengths of radiation.Here's a youtube cooking channel talking about this, when she bought shiny new cookie sheets for her channel and replaced her 20 year old blackened sheets and suddenly all her cookies stopped coming out right.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrufGZsP-jo
>>34496939I failed high school man :(
Copper bottom? Use a copper wool scrubber c:
>>34501211>Copper bottom?NOOO!!!!! This is stainless steel man! It's not copper!
