If you follow these directions you should be able to remove all the baked on grease without harming the non stick coating.

Frequently dump your sponge into the organic degreasing concoction and use that to remove the grease. The next day remove the basket from the organic degreasing concoction but do not dump the liquid, you will use that with running hot water and the soft side of a dish sponge to clean off any remaining grease on the basket. The dawn soap, baking soda, vinegar, and lemon water all have powerful natural degreasing properties that will break down the hard baked on grease, the heat from the boiling lemon water helps melt it off the sides of the basket, and finally the baking soda naturally lifts the grease away from the basket. Stir the concoction and let the airfryer pan and basket sit overnight. Next step is to take a tea kettle, fill it up with water and drop a lemon cut in half in the water, let the water come to a boil and add the boiling lemon water to the vinegar in the pan. Now comes the power of vinegar, take about ¾ cup of vinegar and add it into the pan, when the vinegar is added you will start seeing the baking soda bubble up (which is a good thing, that’s how you know it’s working).

After agitating the paste, lock the fryer basket back into the air fryer pan and add more baking soda directly into the pan. The dawn soap helps break down the grease while the baking soda’s effervescent properties lift the grease off the basket. Use an old toothbrush or a soft bristle brush to agitate the soap/baking soda paste, get into any crevices and on any big globs on caked grease. Once the basket has been coated in dish soap, get your box of baking soda and gently dust the soap covered basket with baking soda. We start by using a standard dish soap detergent with high degreasing properties like dawn, squeeze the soap directly on the sides of the basket on the outside and the inside, use your hand to spread a thin layer of soap on the surface of the basket, make sure you coat the whole basket evenly. Now that you understand why and how your air fryer basket collects baked on grease we will help you clean out all that gunk in an organic and safe manner without using harsh chemicals, ruining your non-stick coating or having to replace your air fryer basket all together. HOW TO REMOVE BAKED ON GREASE FROM THE AIR FRYER (ORGANICALLY AND SAFELY)? The only time we don’t recommend thoroughly washing the air fryer basket is the first couple of uses if you are trying to season it, caring for your air fryer basket is very similar to caring for a cast iron pan. Not only does it harm your non-stick coating the caked on grease is a bacteria haven, no one wants harmful bacteria in their food that could cause them to get sick. The caked-on grease now attaches to your nonstick coating so if you use overly aggressive methods of removal it will cause the non-stick coating to chip off.

If you just wipe down your basket with dry towels every other time you use it, the basket might look clean but what you don’t see is a thin layer of grease that stays behind and bakes in place with every subsequent use making it very hard to remove after several months. I know what you are thinking, I’ve got this awesome air fryer with nonstick coating but after a few months it’s got nasty caked on grease, how in the world did that happen? Well that comes down to a couple of things.įirst it is related to how you clean and how often you clean your airfryer basket after cooking in it. WHY DOES GREASE CAKE ON TO THE AIR FRYER? In this article we look at why and how that happens, the easiest and safest way to remove caked on grease from your air fryer basket without using harmful strong chemicals, and how to keep your air fryer basket clean and pristine after a deep clean procedure.

We spent time analyzing the best airfryer basket cleaning methods, we also worked closely with our engineers and manufacturing team to get the best cleaning process for cleaning air fryer baskets for our blog readers. We have seen many people struggle with cleaning heavily used air fryer baskets with mixed results, in general the process is tedious, some use super aggressive methods that compromise the integrity of the non stick coating, others give up after some attempts and just replace the basket. Although air fryers don’t use oil to fry foods, the grease dripping from the food you cook spoils the basket and pan and over time builds up if not properly cleaned. HOW TO CLEAN BAKED ON GREASE FROM YOUR AIR FRYER BASKET?Īfter a couple of months of use without diligent care most air fryer baskets get caked with grease that is almost impossible to remove.

Electric fry cutter