Cleaning Coffee Pots

[xraytech]

I want to see if anyone has a way to easily clean a glass crafe for a drip coffee maker that was allowed to cook dry and the coffee burn on.

Our Bunn Commercial coffee maker at work is ubfortunately left on overnight on several occasions by carless people not turning it off when they make coffee. It has happened twice this week so both of my crafes have burnt on coffee in them.
What will take this off of the pots?

 

[chuffle]

Dip-it

Try mixing Dip-it according to package directions, pour it in the carafe, and let it fizz and soak. I do that with my thermos, and while the stain isn't burnt on, it is a bugger to get clean. A Dip-it soak might work for your carafe.

Joe

 

[westingman123]

As a food service veteran...

The easiest way to clean the gunk is ice cubes and salt. Swish in a circular motion until the gunk is off; rinse. If you wish, you can add some lemon juice for extra good smell. We did this with our Bunn carafes for the 20 years I was in food service, always worked like a charm.

 

[chuffle]

Ice cubes and salt...

non chemical, and cheap...sounds great, and something that I will have to remember.

J

 

[yogitunes]

soak in a water/vinegar mixture

or better yet a denture tablet or two with a full pot of hot water

afterwards rinse well

 

[scott55405]

Yes, I've seen the ice cube trick work well too. If you can, put a timer on the power supply, so the power is cut off to it at night.

 

[polkanut]

Try a small amount of powdered dishwasher detergent with phosphates, and hot water and let soak for awhile. A small amount of baking soda will help neutralize any odor, and aftertaste as well.

 

[alr2903]

I would put the dishwasher detergent in the pot and drip a pot of water thru the coffeemaker, and then run all the parts thru the dishwasher. whatever you do don't break it, a new carafe is more than a whole coffeemaker.

 

[danemodsandy]

Windex:

If the burn is not too bad, spraying the inside of the pot with Windex will often get rid of it. When Windex hits coffee oils, they just melt away. If you have to use one of the other methods here to get rid of a bad burn, then use Windex for maintenance; it's easy, cheap and fast. Spray on, wait a few seconds, then wash. The pot will sparkle, with almost no effort.

 

[jeffg]

A few tips on the ice/salt method:

-- Add the juice of a lemon first, to the dry carafe

-- Add 3 or 4 heaping tablespoons of coarse or Kosher salt

-- Then add 3 or 4 handfuls of ice cubes. Crushed ice works even better.

Swirl vigorously and the coffee stains will magically disappear. Dump out the saltwater and rinse the carafe in cold water (not hot, to avoid shattering the glass).

 

[twintubdexter]

If you have a thermal carafe...

An easy way to clean the interior of a thermal carafe is to drop in 4 or 5 (they're cheap) Polident Denture Cleaning Tablets and let them soak overnight. I do this with my Capresso pot and it works very well, so listen to "The Big Mouth."

Wasn't this a wonderful woman?

 

[twintubdexter]

Don't mean to change the direction of this topic...

...but I though a glamour shot would be nice

 

[frigilux]

Hmmmmmmm...

Ice cubes and salt.

That does very little to support either the toxic chemical industry or any other multinational corporation, for that matter.

Are you singlehandedly trying to destroy corporate America, William?

Gasp! You must be one of those socialists I've been hearing so much about, lately!

;-)

 

[mysteryclock]

My wife used the ice cubes and salt trick for the always-burned coffee pots back when she worked at the hospital and it did a passable job.

Now, to KEEP one clean I have never found anything better than Squeak'n Clean. I had a friend a few years back who ran a coffee shop and told me about it -- he showed me the inside of the airpots he used literally every day for ~years~ and they were silver and shiny as a mirror.

It smells a bit fishy (literally) when it is cleaning out the coffee residue and oils but rinses completely clean and leaves no taste. Good stuff -- I bought a case.

Squeak'n Clean

www.squeaknclean.com

 

[MikeS]

Another Endorsement For Squeak'n Clean

At my last job, we went through pots of coffee every day. And at least a few times a week, someone would leave the pot sitting on the warmer, until the coffee burned on the bottom of the pot. I had tried everything to get the gunk out until our coffee service provider gave us some Squeak'n Clean. I simply poured some into the pot, added hot water, and let it soak for about an hour. A little swish with a long-handled sponge and a rinse...and the pot was clean and sweet-smelling again!
Great stuff.

 

[perc-o-prince]

SOP for Rich whenever he brings a new pot home from the Sally, Goodwill, a yard sale or flea market (or anywhere else he may find one!) is to run it through a cycle with a little dishwasher detergent in the water. Breaks down all the oils/scum, and leaves him with a clean pot!

Chuck