How Do You Polish Stainless Steel Cookware?
Stainless steel cookware has wonderful properties: pan bottoms heat evenly, lids tend to fit securely and pans accumulate cooking stains less than aluminum and enamel-ware cookware. Stains do set in, however, but you can get them out. Wash cookware in warm water and dish soap, using a plastic scrubber sponge to remove any recent food accumulations. Continue using the scrubber sponge and add powdered cleanser to the damp pot. Use this combination to remove light staining and accumulations of food residues in crevices, working the sponge and cleanser into seams at the pan edges and handle connections. The most stubborn stains appear on the bottoms of cookware–a combination of food drips and burner-heat. Scrub first with scrubber sponge and cleanser to remove as many stains as possible. Scrub the most difficult stains with soap-infused steel wool pads. If you did not put on gloves earlier, it is a good idea to use them when working with steel wool. If stains have been there for a while,
