We have a Chantal enamel kettle. A couple of days ago I fell asleep after turning on the stove to heat water for breakfast, and it appears to be ruined. My husband said the kettle was semi-stuck to the burner, there's greasy soot all over the outside, and the water today tasted somewhat metallic---even though it's soaked in vinegar, interior scrubbed.
Can this be remedied? How can I clean it up? What should I use?
Any suggestions are appreciated, I'd really rather not have to purchase a new kettle!
My sister did this to our Chantal kettle when we were kids. My dad pried it off, either called the company or dragged it into Williams-Sonoma (I can't remember which), and they replaced it for no or very little charge. My advice, call or email Chantal and see what they can do--it's worth a shot- those kettles aren't cheap!
Good Luck!
Ouch ! I know how frustrating that kind of a burn is. The bad news is the enamel may well have cracked, sometimes -if it's not too bad- continued use is possible, if none of the enamel has cracked off. See what happens after boiling 2-3 pots of water & discarding them - I'd continue using, but not leave water standing for any length of time.
I use just plain ordinary baking soda to remove burn residue - cool the 'pot' - sprinkle generously with baking soda - add a small amt of cold water - slowly bring to a boil - cool - and more often than not blackened material will lift off fairly easily - scoure gently with regular kitchen brush occasionally a second go is needed (son learning to cook on his own-he's grown-up) Baking soda & a few drops of water also make a good scrub for the outside to remove smoke/soot residue. Plain old bottled lemon or lime juice work well to remove spots or stains on cookware.
I've had 2 burn adventures lately - plastic in the oven and rice in a Calphalon pan. The rice took a week to get off, but I used Bartender's Friend, which is like comet. I let it soak and then scrubbed the holy moly out of it. It finally came clean!
I also wonder if oven cleaner would clean it off?
Good luck!
I once scorched a pan when I was steaming veggies and ran out of water underneith and didn't realize and this is what I did, veggie oil with salt and scrub for the inside and outside, and magic eraser really helped on the outside too. Good luck!
Try boiling the kettle in a large pot of tomato juice, tomato sauce or paste. Summerge the kettle in the tomato juice (or other). Allow to boil for sometime. Be sure not to boil all the juice away. Burned on stuff should come right off. Later, put the tomato juice (or other) inside the kettle and allow to boil for some time. If you have cracked the enamel you may be out of luck, but I would try this first. It will work with any burnt pan.
Hi A. - that's a huge bummer because those are expensive teakettles. I have a feeling that you cracked the enamel inside the kettle and the water is reacting with the steel and other metals used in the core.
It's probably time for a new kettle. Do they have any kind of a warranty or can you buy parts to make it less expensive?
