Question about silicone bakeware

[Icehouse]

I need your help. I have noticed lately that when I bake something in my silicone bakeware, the bakeware holds the smell of the dish even after multiple washings. Examples: I made a chocolate cake and now the cake pans smell like chocolate. I have scrubbed and scrubbed to no avail. Last night I baked pork chops and rice in one of my dishes and even after scrubbing in hot soapy water, it smells like porkchops.

Why? Do any of you have this problem or is it just me? HELPPPPP!
Thanks!
Tammy

[Mrs. CountryGuy]

Yikes,

I have rarely used the one set of cookware I have, and in fact was just talking to friends about silicone today. We were lamenting how hard it is to get a runny cake mix IN the oven without it spilling all over.

Tammy, do you have a method for that?

and, in response to your cleaning question, have you tried baking soda soak?? That is all I can think of at the moment.

[Icehouse]

Carol, I have a small baking pan that measures about 10x10. I place the silicone wear on that. You can make a heck of a mess if you spill something. There are handles and such for the silicone bakeware, but why buy something new when I have this old as the hill baking pan that is the perfect size?

Baking soda. Haven't tried it, but I will! I may make a paste out of baking soda and a bit of lemon juice and let that sit for a few minutes before washing again!
Thanks!

[David and Jo-Anna]

Carol, put the silocone pan on a cookie sheet.

Try lemon to remove the odor - worth a try perhaps.

Jo-Anna

[Mrs. CountryGuy]

So, baking ON a cooking sheet of some kind does not upset the baking times or temps for the silicone pans?? HMM,, interesting.

thanks!

[Icehouse]

Nope, all the cookie sheet does is prevent spills and make it easier to take out of the oven!

I'm going to try baking soda and lemon juice tonight. I'll let you know if it works.

[Snowhawk]

So.. did the baking soda and lemon work? I had a "science experiment" in the frig (got buried in the back) and PEEEUUUUU did it reek. I put the lemon juice and baking soda in the container and soaked it overnight. Still smelled bad so I changed the solution and left it again. It took a few days but the container is now fresh smelling (clean as a whistle) and ready for use. Sometimes it just takes a little time and patience to clear a stubborn smell.

[Bill and Lisa]

When even the baking soda and lemon juice fail, try fresh coffee grounds for a week then crumpled newspaper for a week. This means that the pan needs to go into a zippered bag for the duration. It worked for my mom's refrigerator and for a plastic container in which I stored dry onions for about a year--ugh--I couldn't store cereal in that container until I got the smell out.