Is it Bad If My Sheet Pans Are All Messed Up?
Have your sheet pans turned from shiny to matte or to brown or black? Don’t sweat, Hannah is here to help. Watch her explain why this might actually be better for roasting or baking certain things. Comment below with your “is it bad?” questions!
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Cooking on aluminum is unsafe. Do your research. Thanks for sharing
Should you use foils or parchment paper?
I did see this question but not answered, so here goes, Isn't baking /cooking with aluminum pans? sheets not good for you as they leach onto the food? yes, great conduct of even heat but how about health considerations?
Is it bad that I love you? Thanks for the info.
I just bought a larger aluminum sheet pan (cause I wanted a LARGER surface) from a Restaurant Supply store and it still warped… It did sort itself out so I don't know if that will continue to happen….. ??
what if it has rust??
I don't think it's just "darker," I think that the micro-abrasions that make older pans look dull actually increase the surface area of the pan and therefore allow it to heat faster.
Well, toast my nuts! 😉
I’m glad I now know
Good to know. I just feel disgusted when I see strongly stained pans at other people’s place! Don’t feel like eating their food 😂
My Pernini sheet pans twist and warp every time I use them…is that bad? Should I get rid of them?
I have the nice Nordic ware pans. This last Thanksgiving, one of my guests was kindly doing the dishes, and put one of them in the dishwasher. It's fine and I still use it, but it darkened and got a rainbow affect.
A very useful video. The physics of this effect actually allows the darker surfaces to both absorb AND emit heat more efficiently. Faster release of heat, more browning.
This seriesss is sooo gooodd
Their favorite pan is aluminum. I thought it was harmful to cook directly on aluminum. I have a commercial grade stainless pan. Besides it’s weight is there any downside to baking or roasting on a stainless sheet pan?
Good one. Thank you.
I got used pans from a restaurant supply place. They are top of the line with just some hard use. Even with new cooling racks, they cost almost about half what they would have cost new. I get just about everything from these restaurant supply stores, their value to price is too good to pass up.
Do you recommend lining with tinfoil or no? and why not , thank you!!
I love this question and answer! My elbows are happy, but my Brillo pads are sad!
would it be beneficial to put your pan in the oven as your oven is preheating so that the pan can slowly heat up with the oven to prevent warping?
How do you get your sheet pan clean? Mine looks burned up like yours. Baking soda and vinegar didn’t work for me. I’m tempted to use EasyOff but the warnings say I shouldn’t. HELP!
The best baking sheet is Polarware. I wish I got more of them because they are hard to find. Never warp, had them for 30 years.
Good! I was wondering if I need to continue filling up those landfills with metal! Thank you Hannah! I am keeping my ugly ol pans!
We have a bunch of Ekco cookie sheets we've inherited from people. The sheet pans we go to are some Edward Don (former regional restaurant supplier in the Chicago region), which I took from my last restaurant as a chef, as it was shutting down. They're steel, and even by the time I harvested them, they had gone from shiny to dead black. This video is absolutely on point.
My favorite rimmed pans are pretty much seasoned like carbon steel or cast iron pans. Most foods don't stick anymore and I get excellent browning with anything that cooks directly on the pans. I'd never scrub the seasoning off.
Love my Nordic pans, glad to know mine are still good!
I must have the most awesome pans!
aye Chef Hanna <3 you gonna break off the twitter handle or what girl?
i accident bought Nordic ware years ago and have never bought another brand since. it is amazingly strong.
Except if you want to clean them you can use Easy Off or Any Oven Cleaner that will take away Years of Grease !
Glad I watched this. I have a sheet pan that looks just like that super dark one in this video and I was thinking the other day that I might try to strip it back to it's original finish. Guess I'll just leave it!
Thanks especially for showing your pan. Mine look like that and I have been searching for ways to clean it. None work. I also ended up scratching my pans. Thanks you are my turn to channel or TV show for last 10 yrs or thereabouts.
Is it bad if I use mayonnaise as an instrument?
Love fest wtf?
Please turn down the volume of the "music". Distracting and annoying. Thanks for the good information otherwise.
oh my god… you have NO idea how many hours of scrubbing with BKF this could've saved me.
~a hopeless neurotic with tears in his eyes
I stupidly put my aluminum sheet pans in he dishwasher and they got dull and splotchy. Is that bad, or just ugly?