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I've used this trick for /years/. After my kids ruined the twentieth cheap, non-stick pot while learning to cook, I finally bought good quality stainless steel. After that, whenever they would charcoal something, I would hand them my drill and a brass* cup brush. Forty-five minutes later, the pot would shine like new, and the lesson would have sunk in. None of them have burned anything in a *looooong* time. :)

*It's important to use actual brass, *NOT* 'brass coated steel', as the brass is softer, and, while it will take off /any/ food stuck to the stainless steel, it won't scratch the metal.

*It's important to use actual brass, *NOT* 'brass coated steel', as the brass is softer, and, while it will take off /any/ food stuck to the stainless steel, it won't scratch the metal.

i've learned this after making a mistake with the brass coated ones.

^ honestly, they are really misleading.
BTW,
thanks for posting this article.

wow. i thought i was the only one who mistakes the fake and the original one.

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