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Originally Posted by Superman

I think this might answer your question:

Is it chromed steel? I think that's what those usually are, aren't they?

If so, then I'd be afraid to get too caustic, but at the same time if it is chromed steel, then there's probably already chrome missing and rust in it's place. If that's the case, then cleaning the cooked on stuff is probably still going to leave something that's not too attractive. Oven cleaner would probably do the trick. Maybe barkeepers friend and/or maybe boil them in some water with some bar keepers friend. Heat often helps a cleaning process like this.

If you can get them clean and they are/were chromed, then you can probably get them rechromed. If that's the case, then you may want to check with a place that does that to see if part of the process will be them cleaning them before the chroming process.