I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised- a good sponge and some barkeepers friend make quick work of scorched on oil, and usually leaves the pan looking new honestly.
Just be sure to get the powdered kind that comes in a cylindrical container, the liquid stuff in the plastic squeeze containers seems weaker and doesn’t scrub stuff off as well in my experience. Did a great job of polishing tarnished copper pan bottoms though.
All of my pans are stainless. And despite having heard many good things about that, I’ve never actually bought any.
I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised- a good sponge and some barkeepers friend make quick work of scorched on oil, and usually leaves the pan looking new honestly.
Just be sure to get the powdered kind that comes in a cylindrical container, the liquid stuff in the plastic squeeze containers seems weaker and doesn’t scrub stuff off as well in my experience. Did a great job of polishing tarnished copper pan bottoms though.