Originally Posted by Farmer Girl

I love this time of year - good riddance snow! I just throw mine in a black garbage bag (along with the oven racks), put in a cup of ammonia and park them in the sun for the afternoon (at least a couple of hours). Pour the ammonia off in a bucket for a little free nitrogen for the bedding plants after diluting with water. Take the hose to those nasty stove and oven parts and they should rinse clean and shine, shine, shine! Sometimes I do have to use a little elbow grease and an SOS pad, but the gunk comes right off. My grates are gray enamel and I've been doing this for years with no problem.