Dissolving olive oil

caustic oven cleaner, usual precautions ...

Andy Burns expressed precisely :

That was the first thing I tried, didn't seem to touch it.

I find a few washes in the dish washer tends to emulsify any caked on oil, but I presume that isn't an option?

Otherwise stainless steel wool and detergent.

Fredxx was thinking very hard :

It is an option, its just the basket caked with oil.

I have put a fat fryer basket on the stove before now but beware of the very large volumes of smoke!

Seriously, I often put fat fryer components in the dishwasher and while it doesn't remove the scum, it softens it and makes mechanical removal so much easier.

Yes, dishwasher, followed by scrubbing with a stiff-bristled brush.

If it is just the basket then the dishwasher should do it. Failing that as Andy above said caustic oven cleaner. Swambo uses one to clean all the chrome oven racks. She coats the racks and then puts them in a supplied plastic bag sealed overnight, they come out spotless the following morning.

Richard

A woman and some cleaning equipment.

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mechanical abrasion

NOTHING dissolves *really* burnt fat

The Natural Philosopher expressed precisely :

It seems to have a black coating, maybe supposed to none-stick, so mechanical abrasion would wreck that.

The dishwasher unless you are talking about the outside of the air fryer with the electronics in it.

Works fine with mine which has lots of baked olive oil because I dip peeled potatoes in it for roast potatoes that I have with almost all meals except steak and chops etc.

The best caustic oven cleaner that works in bags does.

What kind of olive oil are you using? As I understand it olive oil loses its health benefits if overheated. I think extra light olive oil is okay to use but ?regular? extra virgin oil has too low a smoke point.

Tim

A positive result is more likely if the woman doesn't have a gold ring on her left ring finger :-)

cleaning solution a bit strong?

I'm reading the subject title as some sinister way of doing away with Popeye's other half!!

Or worse. I've been told that olive oil shouldn't be used for frying, although quite how the Greeks get round that I'm not sure. I tend to use rapeseed or coconut oil.