Here are a couple of tips that may pull the fat out of the fire :

*  Pans ~ fill with very hot water and add 1/4  teaspoon of fabric softener, let it soak for an hour and the baked on gunge should just wipe away, remember to rinse thoroughly.

* Pans & Bakeware ~ fill with very hot water and add 2-3 teaspoons of automatic dishwasher powder, soak for 1/2 hour or until it clear.

If you find that they need a little more help, you can put pans / metal bakeware still filled with liquid mix over a low simmer on your stove top.  If you use glass or ceramic bakeware (+ liquid) can be popped in the microwave for a minute.

Don’t let them boil dry though!

& on that subject,  Here is another tip from Nana ~  If you have burned a pan (as long as you didn’t burn through the bottom!)   You may be able to reclaim it by boiling up a batch of rhubarb.    Comes up like a new pin!  although  I wouldn’t recommend eating the rhubarb- if you crave rhubarb pie boil up another batch.

Hope they work for you.