It’s happened again: You leave dinner on an open flame on the stovetop to run to the bathroom or check on the kids, only to come back with completely burnt chicken and an even more burnt pot. Cleaning ...

Nobody looks forward to doing the dishes. But when it comes to dealing with a scorched pot—like, food-seems-permanently-fused-to-the-pan charred—it’s all too tempting to toss the pot entirely, rather ...