Kitchen

[Sunshine Kate]

I still love using my Crockpot brand pot.  I'm having a problem and want to know if there's a fix.

The glass lid.......on the top middle there is a small "handle". 

When I'm through using the pot and need to wash, I can't get the "handle" off which has a scr ew holding it on.  I try to remove it, but the scr ew is made of something soft and will not let me remove it to clean underneath.

Does anyone know what I'm talking about.  My last Crockpot did the same thing, so I bought another.  This one is doing the same.

Any suggestions appreciated. 

[RollTide2008]

I just clean around the handle.  The lid doesn't sit submerged in food.  It doesn't get caked with gunk.

[sann]

Yes but have never removed it.....I always place the lid in the dishwasher....

[50Mickey]

I have never taken a handle off of a pot lid. I put the lids in the dishwasher. 

[Kachina624]

Never in my long life have I removed the knob on a glass lid to clean under it.  They are made to NOT be removed.  Leave it alone and don't be such a compulsive cleaner.  What do you think is going to happen if you leave it alone?  Death by knob?

[Love my grandkids]

@Sunshine Kate That part is not meant to come off.

[beach-mom]

@Sunshine Kate - I just hand wash the pot and the handle. Like others have said, I never take the handle off.  

[Sunshine Kate]

Okay, thank you all for responding. 

It just looks wet underneath and I'm afraid it will get moldy.  I prefer it to be super clean.  I'll try just washing in the dishwasher and see what happens.

[cindyNC]

@Sunshine Kate  I just bought my first stainless steel pan - HSN Wolfgang Puck.  I notice some crude around the rivets when I cook with cheese.  Can you use a toothbrush to clean around the handle? That's what I did tonight. 

[Effie54]

I have a crockpot (using it tomorrow, in fact). I have never removed the handle. I put it in the dishwasher after it has been used.