How do you clean the stove top burners?

Question

Not the pans I know how to clean them. But the burner that gets hot. I know ya unplug them from the stove. But I don't know if ya can put it in the dish washer or what kind of cleaner to use on them. Husband was cookin and stuff over flowed and got on the burner. Need to clean it because smokes when I try to but the burner on

Answer 1

Each stove is different. The burners on mine come off after a twist.

An older stove i had, the whole piece came off. Now, this stove was like from the 50's so....

I also just used warm soapy water. Just let it soak, took an old tooth brush and scrubbed. After that let it air dry for a few hours.