The basket occasionally went in the dishwasher which cleaned the surface, but the well gunked grease has been building up.
Tried soaking the basket in soap and hot water. Scrubbing with a soft sponge. And then running the dishwasher multiple times but it only got a small part of the grease out.
This is probably going to be an unpopular opinion, but here it is anyway. If it doesn’t come off with dish detergent and a scrub sponge, just call it a permanent seasoning and let it be. If scrubbing it like mad won’t make it come off, then it won’t come off if your food touches it.
Don’t use anything harder than the sponge because the antistick lining is coming off of mine
This is the other issue. Grease would come off using a metal sponge. But that would demolish the “antistick” coating which the grease is sticking to.
I need something which dissolves the greases adhesion to the airfryer pan so a soft sponge can wipe it off.
The blue sponges that ate for non stick are softer than the normal green ones. The rough side of the blue ones are safe for non stick assuming your aren’t giving it everything you’ve got.
These ones:
You could try oven cleaner…
I could never fix my gunked up old one. I tried dishwasher, hot water, store brought anti-grease soap or what, nonthing. Had to yeet it. The new one i wash religiously and after a round in the dishwasher, i scrub it down before using it. I’m afraid your old one might be beyond help
Post a picture of it, the basket and the mesh.
If it’s really bad then like someone else suggested: get some oven degreaser from the store, spray it down, let it sit for 10 minutes and wash off with hot water. Try not to breath the stuff, it’s nasty.
But you should be cleaning it weekly. Warm it up for a minute or two, then with folded paper towels wipe it out over a trash can. Leaving a light coating is actually to your advantage, it will keep the new stuff from sticking.
It is slightly wet because of the water I had it soaking in. So it appears slimier than it really is. But the grease won’t come off.
Yeah it’s pretty caked on. At this point if you want to clean it, let it dry out and then use some oven cleaner, it comes in a can sort of like spray paint.
Read the directions and follow them just like an oven. Except that you can use plastic bristled brush to agitate and running hot water to wash it off.
Simple pick up your airfryer and throw it outside the window
Try this: slice a lemon in half. Put it in a heat-resistant bowl. Place bowl into airfryer and set at 200 Celsius for 20 minutes. It’ll probably smoke, so make sure to ventilate well.
After that, you may be able to wipe most of the grease away with a cloth.
