My stove grates are always filthy! Every month or so, I'll pull the whole stove top apart and soak everything in incredible hot water all night long. Then the next morning I spend a couple hours scrubbing the food and grease buildup off all the creases of my enormous stove grates. Ugh. I hate that chore. So when I saw this suggestion, I pinned it immediately and went to work. Well, I tried. My ginormous stove grates won't fit in a one gallon zip-lock bag! I went looking for two gallon bags at several stores, with no luck. I finally found some yesterday at the dollar store!
I put my grate in a bag, and poured about 1/4 cup of ammonia in the bag. (I used more than her suggestion because it also came from the dollar store, and I wasn't sure how potent it was.) Then I sealed up the bag and left the grate on the counter. The original pinner also suggests leaving the bag in a dish in case of leakage, but once again, my enormous grates didn't fit in any of my bake pans. I left it out all night, and this morning I went to work. I tried wiping it down with the scrubby side of my sponge, but that wasn't quite enough, so I switched to a stainless steel scrubby. That did the trick. You still have to do some scrubbing to get all the gunk off, but nothing like the elbow grease that is normally required for this chore! It wasn't quite as easy as she made it sound, but that may also be due the ancient nature of my stove top, and the size of my grates. It definitely is easier than the soak and scrub method, so I'm doing it again with the other half of my stove! I put the bags in the sink this time, since I did have a puddle of ammonia on my counter this morning. I'm guessing it had something to do with the fact that I got all my supplies at the dollar store! :)
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