Cleaning - Bar Keepers Friend

Brands are more interesting when they are owned by small companies, and have some history.
That’s why we love Bar Keepers Friend, founded in 1882.

It’s great for cleaning copper-bottomed kitchen pans, and is made by the same company that makes the brand of disinfectant Hexol, the pine-oil cleaner founded in 1927. Its main ingredient is oxalic acid; its distinctive scent just smells like cleanliness. Its mild abrasives clean everything from fiberglass to chrome.

I've tried a lot of different cleaning products over the years and I keep coming back to the one that does the job best - Bar Keepers Friend. This stuff could probably clean up after a nuclear disaster. When it comes to burnt or caked on sauce that has been simmering for hours, and you keep getting reminded it is there whenever you stir your dish - no need to fret, this stuff will clean it up. Sometimes I need to soak it, in fact that is usually best for those pothole burns to soften it up. But in the end, Bar Keepers Friend WILL clean it up. Also, if you hang your pots and pans - this keeps them looking brand new. I specifically purchased the anodized finish All-Clad pans because I knew I would be hanging them and they would always look great. After 14 years, they still do.