How to clean burnt food off a glass stove top without scratching
Applying a paste of baking soda and water, letting it sit, and scraping with a razor blade removes stubborn burnt-on food. This method prevents scratching the delicate surface, though it requires significant time and patience to complete.
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- 1Using Bar Keepers Friend along with elbow grease2 people mentionedDid this help you?
- 2Using a razor blade with a baking soda and water pasteDid this help you?
- 3Using plastic razors instead of metal onesDid this help you?
- 4Using Barkeeps Friend or the hard side of a Scrub Mommy spongeDid this help you?
- 5Scrubbing vigorously for extended periodsDid this help you?
- 6Using standard induction cooktop cleanerDid this help you?
- 7Using degreaser and regular soapDid this help you?
- 8Considering a glass cooktop scraper or razorDid this help you?
- 9Considering baking soda solutionsDid this help you?
- 10Using a stovetop cleaner kitDid this help you?
- 11Using Dawn Power WashDid this help you?
- 12Making a paste with baking soda, Dawn, and hydrogen peroxide, letting it sit, and wiping it off with a damp spongeDid this help you?
- 13Using toothpaste, glass stove top cleaner sponges, and cleaning pasteDid this help you?
- 14Removing the oven door entirely, soaking it in a tub or taking it outside, and washing with dish soap and vinegar.Did this help you?
- 15Using vinegar, bar keepers friend, CLR, baking soda, and a steel wool brushDid this help you?
- 16Leaving the burners alone without cleaningDid this help you?
- 17Seasoning and maintaining the solid-state burners like cast iron or carbon steel using vegetable oilDid this help you?
- 18Using an orange degreaser and soaking the surfaceDid this help you?
- 19Scrubbing with copper scrubbers and brushesDid this help you?
- 20Using a razor blade scraperDid this help you?
- 21Applying a paste made of baking soda, dish liquid, and lemon juiceDid this help you?
- 22Using 'Totally Awesome' degreaserDid this help you?
- 23Applying a baking soda and white vinegar mixtureDid this help you?
- 24Using sample size ceramic cleaner that came with the stoveDid this help you?
- 25Using specialized glass stove top cleaner such as WeimanDid this help you?
- 26Using a razor blade scraper after letting the cleaner soakDid this help you?
- 27Applying a glass stovetop abrasive cleanerDid this help you?
- 28Scraping manuallyDid this help you?
- 29Scrubbing with baking soda, steel wool, degreasers, or oven cleanerDid this help you?
- 30Buying inexpensive replacement drip pans from a hardware store, Walmart, or grocery storeDid this help you?
- 31Laying a sheet of tin foil over themDid this help you?
- 32using dish soap and alkaline-based kitchen solutionsDid this help you?
- 33scraping with a plastic blade or using an ice methodDid this help you?
- 34applying oven cleaner and covering it with plastic wrap to keep it moistDid this help you?
- 35scrubbing with a wet pumice stoneDid this help you?
- 36scrubbing with standard cleanersDid this help you?
- 37using vinegar and baking sodaDid this help you?
- 38letting soap and water sit and scraping with a plastic cardDid this help you?
- 39using Dawn power wash and baking sodaDid this help you?
- 40Applying specialized glass cooktop cleaners with non-scratch pads.Did this help you?
- 41Using Bar Keepers Friend followed by Windex.Did this help you?
- 42Leaving the stains alone and only doing a deep clean right before moving out.Did this help you?
- 43soaking in hot soapy waterDid this help you?
- 44chiseling the buildup offDid this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“Made a paste with baking soda/water and let it sit, then went to town with a razor blade. Took about 1.5 hours to clean my stove top”source ↗
“I had slotted 60 minutes and wirked out my arms for a week to prep for cleaning my horribly greasy stove”source ↗
“Hello, I am wondering how to go about even starting to clean and/or fix this.”source ↗
“Just touching it some of it fell apart.”source ↗
“Is this even safe to put back?”source ↗
“I'm scared and overwhelmed.”source ↗
“I used my glass cooktop in my apartment for the first time, with a new set of stainless steel duxtop pans, and noticed some odd spots that won’t come out with soap, water, and a lot of elbow grease.”source ↗
“Theres some that look like odd water spots. And other smaller circles that look like the glass was damaged somehow”source ↗
“I need help and tips on how to clean this!”source ↗
“How do I get these spots off? Scraping doesn’t work. I just tried the bar keepers friend, and nada. Advice/suggestions please!!”source ↗
“I noticed that the spots in the middle of the circles don’t go away.”source ↗
“How can I get rid of them? Or am I just cooked?”source ↗
“How do you clean this residue off? All we did was cook using a woke and it has this junk that wont come off.”source ↗
“I only used dawn and water to clean with so far.”source ↗
“It looks like rust / burnt oil stain. I have tried baking soda and steel wool(washed it off) and the degreaser/ oven cleaner in another attempt and had little to no progress. What can i use to make it look new?”source ↗
“what’s the next steps to clean the remaining hardened grease?”source ↗
“sometimes when a spill happens, the stove is either on or still too hot to wipe off quickly.”source ↗
“Cleaning about 10 of these cast iron range tiles. I soaked these ones in hot soapy water and it haloed be chisel some of the buildup off, but there’s still grime.”source ↗
“I wouldn't faith in myself to do the same”source ↗
“I was worried too but it doesn’t scratch!”source ↗
“im looking for some advice on how to get this stain off of our brand new induction plate, i left a pan (specific induction pan) on it for too long, i think the pan might have been greasy or wet at the bottom when it was put back on after it had been taken off to plate, i have tried standard cleaner specificly for this type of induction plate and ive tried degreaser and regular soap is there a magic trick that could help me out ?”source ↗
“im Very hesitant to use a razor because of scratches”source ↗
“I have already tried a namebrand glass cooktop cleaner agent and a micro fiber cloth that didnt work”source ↗
“Im afraid if i use the classic baking soda rinky dink solutions from youtube that it will stain the glass itself”source ↗
“Some sauce dripped in between the outer glass pane and the inner one. How do I clean this?”source ↗
“Just moved into this place an desperately want to clean this stove before using it. I got a steel wool brush, baking soda, vinegar, and bar keepers friend and this is stubborn as hell.”source ↗
“Never had an oven like this, I figured that was all rust on them that needed cleaning.”source ↗
“I was worried about it staining the bottom of my pots and pans”source ↗
“I have been slowly scrubbing at it and have made progress, however this part at the front of the stove is so so cooked on it feels impossible to get off.”source ↗
“To do like 2 square inches it takes me 30+ minutes.”source ↗
“I spray this orange degreaser/cleaner on and let it soak, and then use a copper scrubber thing on it. It’s busted up brushes and I’ve gone through 2 copper scrubbers.”source ↗
“But I wish social media also mentioned gentle pressure because I definitely added some fine scratches before I let up 🤦🏻♀️”source ↗
“The pot over-boiled and then it got burnt into it while the burner cooled.”source ↗
“We've tried cleaners and vinegar with baking soda. We keep scrubbing but it's not changing. The color is coming off but that's it.”source ↗
“It’s shiny from the metal transfer in some areas. It cleans up with glass cooktop cleaner and a lot of work, so I just wait until I need it to look good.”source ↗
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