Discovery CARBON-OFF! Heavy Duty Carbon Remover (Liquid), 1 quart, 1 count, 10132

I have a GE Monogram range and have been very lax about keeping the drop pan clean. As such there was a good 1/8" layer of burnt on, carbonized grease around the most heavily used burners. With my parents visiting, I figured it was time to do something about it, as it looked pretty bad. My first attempt to clean was with a steam cleaner, blue Scotch-Brite pad, Soft Scrub and lots of scrubbing. It made a dent, esp. around the lesser used burners, but I could tell it was going to be a long, tough slog to get this thing as clean as I wanted. Thinking I didn't have the patience to continue in that manner, I turned to the can of Carbon Off I had bought quite awhile ago with this purpose in mind. I was hesitant to use it on the enameled steel drip pan as the info on the back doesn't specifically call that surface out, but it does say you can use it to clean the inside of appliances, which I took to mean an oven which is also enameled steel. So I tried out a small test area, waited 30 minutes, wiped it up, mirror clean with no damage. Time to take the plunge. I painted a layer of Carbon off on the entire drip pan and waited and hour. After wiping it away, it had gotten maybe 75% of the baked on gunk off. Round two - Painted the entire drip pan with a good thick layer of Carbon Off and left it to sit overnight. Wiping this stuff off the range top was the most difficult part of it all. It's nasty, caustic, and full of grease. You don't want to get it on yourself, or any non metallic surface. After spending well over an hour cleaning all the gunk off the range, I was 95% of the way there. Just a few trouble spots that still had a very thin layer of crud to remove. A few minutes with a blue Scotch Rite pad and some soft scrub and it was all gone. Then a good bit of time with paper towels and tooth picks getting the stuff out of all the cracks and crevices to finally reveal a drip pan with a mirror finish. Hasn't looked this good since I bought it. I then noticed that the aluminum burner rings on the most heavily used burners were covered with burnt on grease too. Same process - test a spot, first layer left on for 1 hour, second layer left on for 2 hours, scrub with a Scotch-Brite pad, and they were back to the color of aluminum. For anyone keeping score, I also used the stuff on the stainless steel trim that surrounds the range top. There was no damage to the enameled steel, the aluminum, or the stainless. I'm extremely happy with the end result. This is good stuff. The hardest part is making sure to not drip it on yourself or nearby surfaces when cleaning it up. You're definitely going to want a pair of long rubber gloves and for the room to be well ventilated (just turn the exhaust fan on high). I've posted a picture that shows the drip pan and one of the aluminum burners. I wish I had taken a before picture for comparison, but probably would have been embarrassed to post it.

I'm currently refurbishing my grandfathers 30 year old donut fryer from when he owned his own bakery. I dont think this thing got deep cleaned in the last couple decades. I liked that it was thick, like gravy. I lathered it on as thick as I could with a brush. I let it sit for an hour and a half. Everything besides some of the carbon on the burner tube's came off. I just reapplied on the tube's, and I'm gonna let it set on them covered for a couple hours and see how that works. If it doesn't all cone off then, I'll reapply and cover over night, that should do it. It's just coming off in layer. I used a half mask with the garage door open. Being up close and personal while applying was difficult without the mask. Don't put in plastic tupperware to use to apply. Get only metal coffee can. Will melt the plastic. As soon as it touches your skin, wipe it off right away because it will instantly start burning. I'll be buying more because it didn't go as far as I was planning due to the multi coats. No complaints really. A little pricey but worth it.

Ok so i recieved this wednesday...i figured long weekend ill have a DIY project. I used a paintbrush to apply it to the bottoms of my pots. 50 mins later i went out on the balcony to check them and reapply and literally the junk was falling off. As i brushed it. I also applied some on the inside. Im going to wait 4 hours this time and see how much comes off. I wasnot scrubbing it all i was putting more on. Soi decided to get a scour pad the copper brillo with no soap. OMFG this stuff is amazing it literally was falling off. So again i reapplied im trying to load a video now or some of the pictures. Will definetly buy again Jan 19th UPDATE I put some of this stuff on the inside of the pots and waited for about 5 hours against my Monster in laws infinite wisdom. Only some of it came off. Even with me putting the pots on their sides to keep it in that location. I was able to see that the bottom was silver and the top portion of the pot was supposed to be brown long time no see lol. I used the pots to cook dinner sunday and Monday and the food cooked more evenly, faster. I also used it on the broiler since my husband loves steaks but not cleaning the grill. I got equal cleaning results as using the bar keepers friend. so basically for that you need elbow grease. I also cleaned the glass window of my stove, yes I cleaned everything I could find this weekend. I mean to see this stuff just about restored to purchase or given date was great. to know these pots were faberware and 4.5 qts is good to know lol like I said in the video they were already dark when I got then for my first apt at 17 so that's 25 years ago. get the stuff be safe with the ppe and save some money on new pots.

I'm pleased with the results. These pans are variably between 10 and 25 years old. It never occured to me to remove the black stuff from the bottom until I couldn't get rid of a mouse issue. My exterminator (husband) said my pans were the last food source to be eliminated. The instructions say no scrubbing is necessary, so the Virgo in me refused to scrub. I painted on a thick gel coating, and let it sit overnight. I only rinsed, and allowed the pans to dry in order to apply a 2nd coat of gel. The results were fair to good, depending on the condition of the pan. They need a 2nd application, which I also allowed to sit overnight. This round, the results were good to great, depending. I did scrub a little, because most of the carbon had lifted. I'll hit the corners and tough areas with a 3rd application because I hate scrubbing. The amount of product goes a long way. Tip: Do not let the gel dry overnight, but instead rinse after several hours. You'll see the carbon bubble away from the pans, and that's the best time to rinse.

I like the result, works pretty good removing the burnt-on carbon deposits. However, a very important detail about the container material(!!!), this should have been sold in acid/base resistant material. The problem is, after about 6-8 months the chemical etched through the inside wall of this tinned-can and flooded the bottom of my kithcen cabinet. Fortunately the pinhole sized hole is close to the top so only about 10% has escaped and solidified into these brownish celluoid-like material which I can scrape off with little effort and repaint the cabinet's bottom, however the remainder of this gel-chemical is now this discolored but no longer that light yellowish translucent gel, but this very wierd brownish colored bubbly material and it smells like more of aceton rather than ammonia. Don't know if it still works as is, but that is still to be tested out. Most of the inner wall layer of the can has been ethed by the base chemical and contaminated the gel with black flakes, which I assume that is the result of the reaction in between the base chemical and the tinned-steel wall of the can. Anyways, the manufacturer should be aware of this problem and correct this mistake as this could cause serious property and/or personal damage/ injury (fortunately the damage is managible in my case). I poured the filtered out remainder into a glass jar and will be testing the brown gel later.

Helped clean grills and baked carbon on iron skillet

This product certainly was not what I had hoped. First, in order to open the can of gel you must cut through thick metal. Yes, they make you cut the thick metal seal off. I could only get part of it opened. And when I punctured through the metal, the gel sprayed. At that time I was wearing goggles, thank goodness. I wasn't wearing the gloves yet and my skin immediately began to burn! I washed it off, but where it got me took several days to feel normal again. My stove is eight years old and I cook a lot. The burner rings were quite darkened. It says to leave it on for as long as possible up to overnight so that is what I did. I used it on the burner rings, burner ring covers, grates and oven. I put a very thick coat of the gel on with a paint brush. The only thing it worked exceptionally well on was the edge of the cookie sheet I had some of the parts on. There are brown edges on the cookie sheet that never seem to come clean. When I wiped that off the brown stuff came right off. Unfortunately that is not what I was trying to clean. The rest took a lot of elbow grease and didn't make a lot of difference. The grates look a lot better, but I had to scrub them with SOS pads. The brass cooking rings don't look great. As for the oven, I think Easy Off would have worked just as well, if not better. Also, I put the grates in my sink to rinse them and it damaged the finish on my sink. For the time and precautions that need to be taken, I feel that this product is not great. It's too caustic and not effective enough. Unless you want to clean cookie sheets, then go for it. And they seriously need to fix the whole cutting through the thick metal seal thing. That is ridiculous.

This stuff is AMAZING!! I have a GE Monogram cooktop that had some baked on carbon that just wouldn't come off. I tried everything even to the detriment of scratching part of the drip pan and nothing would take the gunk off. I read the reviews on this product and thought I'd give it a shot and WOW it worked! I painted it on the drip pan and left it sit overnight. It wiped right off in the morning and took most of the baked on stuff with it. It made my cooktop look almost new. You definately need to use it in a vented area and with gloves on. Finally, a product that does the job!