What Causes This??

[PianoAl]

I like my stainless steel cookware, because I can always get it looking like new with a stainless steel scrubbie.

Here is what my dedicated liver pan looks like after cooking.



The bottom surface of the pan is easily cleaned with just a little scrubbing, but those spots on the side take a lot of elbow grease.

My theory is that even if I get the oil or butter onto the sides of the pan, it simply slides off as it melts, leaving the surface vulnerable to "staining." But I don't understand why the stains only appear in discrete locations. Is each stain from single splatter? And the stains seem to appear in about the same place, even if I put the liver on the other side of the pan.

Does anyone know why this happens, and is there any way to avoid it?

Thanks,

Al

 

[buckytom]

my guess is that the sides are not fully clad (or thinner), so things burn more due to uneven/higher temps on the sides.

 

[Andy M.]

my guess is that the sides are not fully clad (or thinner), so things burn more due to uneven/higher temps on the sides.

I agree. I'd guess your pan has a disk on the bottom but thin sides. Where the flame from the burner hits a spot, oil residue is scorched on.

Buy some Dawn Power Dissolver and Barkeepers Friend. That duo wil make it shine again.

Consider using a smaller flame or smaller burner to keep the flame from reaching out past the edge of the disk.

 

[PianoAl]

Thanks, guys. I cooked on a smaller burner today, and had no stains on the side.

 

[FrankZ]

I get that sort of thing happening. I use Barkeeper's Friend and a green pad and it is sorted out fairly quickly.

Sometimes it comes off just be deglazing the pan.

 

[Alex-Peter]

I'm agree with you buckytom are not fully clad , so things burn more due to uneven/higher temps on the sides.

 

[CWS4322]

I'm agree with you buckytom are not fully clad , so things burn more due to uneven/higher temps on the sides.

BuckyTom--TMI--we didn't need to know you are not fully clad and things burn more quickly--enough said! Sorry, A-P, I couldn't resist. I know what you meant. I've been editing all day and just edited an example for an English punctuation exercise:

Elephants stay in your cars please everyone.

When I read the edited sentence (answer): Elephants, stay in your cars please everyone. (I couldn't stop the mental image of lions, tigers, and bears getting out of their cars...). I prefer Elephants! Please stay in your cars. But I'm only on first pass, so I might change it.

 

[puffin3]

I only use ss pots/pans. Most ss pans sold, like AC are 18/10 ss. I have two 'T304' ss pans made with surgical ss. MUCH more expensive but a joy to use. I regularly season all of them and that makes a fundamental difference in their 'non-stick' qualities. It's no big deal to do it.Seasoning of Stainless Steel fry pan

 

[GotGarlic]

I only use ss pots/pans. Most ss pans sold, like AC are 18/10 ss. I have two 'T304' ss pans made with surgical ss. MUCH more expensive but a joy to use. I regularly season all of them and that makes a fundamental difference in their 'non-stick' qualities. It's no big deal to do it.Seasoning of Stainless Steel fry pan

That's a fascinating 8-year-long discussion of whether or not SS pans need seasoning. The consensus seems to be that they do not. I don't season mine either.

 

[PrincessFiona60]

That's a fascinating 8-year-long discussion of whether or not SS pans need seasoning. The consensus seems to be that they do not. I don't season mine either.

That's what I got from it, too.