How to clean gas stove burners with baking soda and vinegar

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How to clean gas stove burners with baking soda and vinegar

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Learn how to clean gas stove burners with baking soda and vinegar in this guide (step-by-step)

If you want to clean your gas stove naturally, going the baking soda+ vinegar way will probably give you the best results.

So, below is how to clean gas stove burners with baking soda and vinegar.

How to clean gas stove burners with baking soda and vinegar

Here’s how to make your stove burners sparkling clean using baking soda and vinegar:

Cleaning stove burners with baking soda and vinegar

This is what you will need:

How to clean the grates

  1. Remove the grates and put them in a shallow pan/sink.
  2. Add 1/2 part water and 1/2 part vinegar to the pan/sink until it the grates are fully covered.
  3. Leave them for about 10-15 min.
  4. Rinse, remove, and place them somewhere safe to dry.

For stubborn residue

  1. Mix water and baking soda(1/2: 1/2 then stir well) to create a paste.
  2. Apply a thin layer of the paste to the grates.
  3. Allow them to settle for approx. 30 minutes.
  4. After the 15-20 minutes are over, scrub the grates using a scrub sponge or your brush-scrub until clean.
  5. Rinse, remove, and place them somewhere safe to dry.

 

How to clean Burner Heads and Caps

  1. Mix half part water and half part vinegar this time in your spray bottle.
  2. Next, spray the burner heads and caps with the solution you made above –be sure to coat all the parts well.
  3. Leave them there for 15-20 minutes then wash off thoroughly.
  1. Mix water and baking soda(stir well) to create a paste.
  2. Apply a thin layer of the paste to the burner heads and caps.
  3. Let them settle for another 15-20 minutes.
  4. Use a toothbrush or scrub brush to get rid of any foods you see from them.
  5. Rinse and leave the parts to dry.

 

How to clean the stove surface

  1. Use your brush to brush off all the pieces of food on your stove.
  2. Then, pour the paste of white vinegar and baking soda you had made all over the stove surface-The goal is help force the stubborn stains out with ease when you start washing
  3. Let the solution sit there for around 20 minutes if not so dirty and about 40 minutes when very dirty.
  4. After 20-40 minutes, using liquid soap and your scrub brush, scrub the surface until you can’t see any grease.
  5. Using your scrubbing sponge, now clean the surface and the knobs as well (just wet the sponge and squeeze off excess water when cleaning the knobs)
  6. When done, rinse it well and leave it to dry and then reassemble everything.

 

Other ways to clean gas stove burners

Now that you know how to clean gas stove burners with baking soda and vinegar, it’s good you know that there are other easy ways you can get your gas burners and grates clean.

Below are the alternatives methods you can use, just in case you may want to try a different method for whatever reason:

Clean using a commercial oven cleaning spray

What you need

How to clean:

Deep-Cleaning grates

  1. Remove the grates from your stove and put them in the sink.
  2. Spray the grates with the oven cleaning spray and leave for about 20-25 minutes (to loosen the grease).
  3. As you give the grates time spray the oven cleaner on the stovetop and allow it to sit for about 20-30 minutes.
  4. Dip a clean cleaning cloth in warm water and use it to clean any crumbs or food residue off the burners.
  5. Finally, rinse and dry the grates then put them back on your stove.

 

Deep-Cleaning Burner Heads and Caps

  1. Remove burner heads and cups from your stove.
  2. Put warm soapy water in your sink or plastic basin then put the burner heads and caps.
  3. Allow them to soak for about 20-30 minutes.
  4. Scrub the burner head + caps using a scrub sponge until you can’t see any grease.
  5. Let the burner head and the caps dry completely then set them back onto your stove.

 

Clean using ammonia

What you need:

  • Large or small Sealable bag
  • Rope or duct tape
  • Water
  • Face mask
  • Ammonia

How to:

Deep-Cleaning the grates

  1. Remove the grates and put each in a sealable bag.
  2. Put ¼ cup which is 59ml of ammonia in a smaller suck or 1-cup equivalent to 240 ml of ammonia, if you’re using big bags then seal the bags.
  3. Allow the bag to stay shut for about 12 hours.
  4. After the 12 hours, carefully open the bag making sure you don’t inhale the fumes.
  5. Lastly, rinse dry the parts and reassemble the part to your stove.

 

Useful tips when cleaning using ammonia

  • The fumes will remove the greases even without covering the grates with ammonia.
  • Make sure that the bags are properly closed (air-tight) so that the fumes do not come out.
  • Put on a face mask. If you don’t have one, try as much as possible not to inhale the fumes (It can cause terrible nasal irritation)
  • Never make the mistake of mixing ammonia with other bleach cleaners as the mixture creates super toxic fumes.
  • If possible, do the cleaning outside so that your house will not have pungent ammonia smell (if the bag accidentally breaks open).
  • Don’t just pour the ammonia haphazardly- it is best you pour the ammonia into your sink while you run warm water so it gets diluted(preferably one that is outside)

 

How often should you thoroughly clean your gas stove burners?

It depends on how often you use them and obviously how often you spill.

But to give you a solid idea, clean it when you notice that your flames have started to become irregular or yellow in color (This is typically the right time for a deep clean).

Otherwise, you deep clean your stove burners once per month.

Don’t forget that performing routine maintenance chores on your burner stove each time after cooking (for example, always wiping up any spills) will make your deep cleaning easier when it is time. 

 

How to clean gas stove burners with baking soda and vinegar –Conclusion

Follow the above steps to clean your gas stove burners with baking soda and vinegar

Remember that vinegar helps break down grease while baking soda works as a mild scrubbing agent (so it helps remove food residue).

You can also always try the alternative cleaning methods, if not happy with baking soda and vinegar. 

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