Hints from Helo-isa

Place your nasty baked-on burner grates in gallon sized ziploc baggies and allow them to soak overnight in ammonia. By morning, all of that gunk will wipe right off in the time it takes to foam milk for your latte. (Note: we've been trying everything to clean those bastards before we got this tip from the stove company -- works amazing and is the cheapest solution too. $1.39 for a big bottle. Wear gloves!)

Also, check out before & after pictures of the house!