Is There a Science to It?

If you go to scrub it when it's dry, or use a damp cloth, you have to really put in a lot of etment. But if you then submerge it under water and usei and use the same cloth, it comes off relatively easily. I just assumed that the stuff that was baked on had elements in it. What by elements, i mean had components that were water soluble,. And so that would soften them. Simon with this logic.