How to clean gunge of a chip fryer?

A soak in caustic soda solution might do it...

Soak it for a couple of days in a strong solution of dishwasher powder, fantastic stuff!

Personally I've found normal biological washing powder/liquid to be sufficient to shift most fatty / oily gunk

Soak the item in hot water + washing powder for 10-15 minutes first, then scrape the gunk off, dipping the item back in the water as you go.

Once clean probably give it one more run in the dishwasher or hand wash with normal washing up liquid to get rid of any residue from the washing powder/liquid.

I'd recommend wearing rubber gloves as it allows you to have the water a little hotter and protects your hands.

YMMV

Simon

There are commercial pan-cleaner products, they appear to be the same stuff as paint-stripper.

But not recommended if it is made from aluminium.

Fredxx ( snipped-for-privacy@spam.com) wibbled on Tuesday 11 January 2011 12:33:

You *might* find IPA (isopropyl alcohol) will shift it.

I find it shifts a surprising amount of kitchen films without damaging plastics (yet).

Caked-on oil is similar to varnish, so Nitromors is worth a try. On the other hand, why bother? If it doesn't adversely affect the frying, just leave it alone.

In article , Fredxx writes

Mr Muscle oven cleaner will do it.

Angle grinder.

Still works. Does a nice etch job on the surface.

Polish with wire wool afterwards

One of the more exepensive ways to buy caustic soda, yes.

Chuck it on the bonfire. I did this successfully with our chip pan for years (after removing the plastic handle). Unfortunately I didn't realise just how low the melting point of aluminium was. We don't have a chip pan any more. I still do it with baking sheets and trays, though.

Frank Erskine ( snipped-for-privacy@btinternet.com) wibbled on Tuesday 11 January

Oxycet.

Yeah, I did that and the light grey finish of the chip pan turned black.

Many thanks for all the suggestions. One thing I do have at hand is washing powder, so with a little disassembly it's all gone into the sink for a long soak.

Any gunge underwater has become more of an emulsion. It'll be left there for a while, given a mechanical scrub and then into the dishwasher!!

I don't have any caustic soda at hand, but will consider it for the plastic items next time, assuming H&S haven't banned it yet?

On a gas hob, it will make the pan very slipy and dangerous.

Dave

I've been told this last weekend that your local Cleaneeze rep sells a very effective oven cleaner gel