Tips on how to clean pots and cookware

In the world of hospitality it is essential to keep our crockery, cutlery, pots, pans, frying pans and cookware in perfect condition. In addition to keeping them clean, we must go a step further and always have a totally disinfected and debacterized kitchen.

It is normal that over time, the exteriors of the pots and pans get the color of burnt, or that some cooked food has passed to a better life by some small oversight. To solve these possible mishaps, we propose several ways and tricks to leave your cookware as good as new.

Sodium bicarbonate.

One of the properties of baking soda is that it contains natural acid particles. This gives it great properties for use as a cleaning product.

Try sprinkling in the bottom of your pots a little of this product, about two tablespoons, add a splash of water and bring it to a boil. Wait a few minutes. Add baking soda again, this time on your sponge and use your usual detergent. You will see how the grease comes out more easily. Don’t forget to rinse with plenty of water and dry with a clean, dry cloth.

Vinegar.

Try using the vinegar directly on the pan, pour it on the surface, either inside or outside, wait a few seconds and scrub with the sponge. Depending on the type of material of the pots you could use an aluminum scouring pad, but we recommend that you use it only on the outside of your cookware, and ONLY if the material allows it, as you could scratch your pots and we do not want them to lose their properties.

Vinegar is a great degreaser and disinfectant, it has the advantage of being totally natural as well as being a good product to eliminate all types of odors.

Lemon.

Lemon can also be used to shine your pots, pans and cookware. Cut the lemon in half and rub it on the part where you have the grease stain or burn, wait a few minutes and try cleaning as usual. The lemon cleans and disinfects and leaves the surfaces shiny.

Water and salt.

This simple method can be useful if the food is not stuck to the surface of the pan.

Make a first cleaning with your usual detergent, once only the stuck parts remain, pour a finger of water and add a handful of salt, bring it to a boil and let it stand for about 20 minutes. Clean again with the sponge and the detergent and you will see how your food stains will disappear.

Degreasing products.

There are a multitude of degreasing products on the market that help to completely clean cookware and other items. They are just as effective as the previous methods, but we have found one drawback: they are products based on chemical reactions. They are less respectful with the environment and with the health of your skin than the methods we have proposed above.

At Yelow we are committed to the environment. We believe that the hospitality business must do its bit to make this world more sustainable. Working on chemical free cleaning and making our restaurants “ecofriendly” spaces.

Finally, we propose a method that will enhance the cleaning and disinfection of your pots and pans and other kitchen utensils. Yelow installs the Ecoworld system . An effective and practical solution that consists of an ozone treatment that achieves a high cleaning and degreasing power, without having harmful effects on our skin, and without the use of chemical products, so harmful to the environment and our health.

All these methods will help you to keep your pots, pans and cookware in perfect condition.

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