Cleaning the kickplate on a 1950s Wedgewood stove is an easy project.
The kickplate is the piece of enamel below the broiler drawers. It has a little springy clamp on either end. Pull it straight out (it will take some force) to unlatch each end.
As suggested many places on the internet, baking soda slurry seems to dissolve most of the gunk on my stove. I mixed just enough water with baking soda to make it goopy, and let that sit on all the sludgy areas of the kickplate. I scrubbed with an old sponge, rinsed, let it dry, and replaced the kickplate.
As suggested many places on the internet, baking soda slurry seems to dissolve most of the gunk on my stove. I mixed just enough water with baking soda to make it goopy, and let that sit on all the sludgy areas of the kickplate. I scrubbed with an old sponge, rinsed, let it dry, and replaced the kickplate.