How To: Clean Stove Burner Grates Without Chemicals

We've got a vintage stove which we use daily. It also seems like we've got some vintage stains from all the cooking this week, so we're going to give our petite appliance a cleaning by taking off all the grates and soak them in a baking soda and hot water bath. Pretty darn simple: completely submerge them in boiling water in a non-aluminum pot for a few minutes (be careful about the splash), remove and allow to cool, rinse and scour off those formerly difficult stains with a scouring pad.

[via Baking Soda Bonanza]

Comments (7)

The net can really be a small place. I am doing this now, and I type. It really does work wonders.

FYI Works on marble pot pipes too.

how do you clean the part where the flame comes out of? I use my stove everyday too and i get black marks that don't seem to come out.

How much baking soda should I use for this? Thanks!

graefix: I used a quarter cup with the potful of water and it did a great job of removing a lot of the stains. Just watch out, it bubbles up for a short moment.

Thanks, Gregory. I'll give it a try. :)

Baking soda totally works! I have basically the same the stove. I did not try the boiling water technique yet. What I've done is remove the burner trays, sprinkle a thick layer of baking soda, and wet with a spray bottle. When it dries I wet it again. I repeat this process until I see fit. You'll actually see the baking soda start to turn brown! Gross, I know, but you know it's working. Then I just scoop the baking soda out when I'm done, wash & rinse and there you have it.

I have a black stove so every time we cook, it's visible. I've found the fastest way of dealing with this is to just run the burner grates in the dishwasher and wipe the stove top down with a grease killer. Simple.