The burners on your gas stove suffer the daily spills, stains and accidents of cooking for your family. After several weeks and months, a burnt residue forms that will transfer to your pots and pans. Scrubbing the grates is a quick way to remove superficial residue, but it may leave behind the deeper stains. Use a combination of baking powder and other safe products to create a soak that slowly dissolves the burnt food stains from your metal stove grates.
Things You'll Need
Plastic scrub brush
1/2 gallon warm water
1/2 cup baking powder
2 tbsp. lemon juice
Rag
Step 1
Remove any large chunks of burnt food from the metal grates, using a plastic scrub brush. Hold the grate over a garbage can to create less of a mess.
Step 2
Pour one-half gallon of warm water, one-half cup of baking powder and 2 tablespoons of lemon juice into a plastic basin or clean sink.
Step 3
Submerge the grates in the baking powder solution. Allow the grates to remain in the water for at least eight hours, or overnight.
Step 4
Lift the grates from the water and scrub them with a plastic scrub brush to remove the loosened burnt food stains.
Step 5
Rinse the grates under a warm tap before drying them with a rag and reinstalling them on the stove.