the fired cover coat enamels according to the invention are scratch resistant stain resistant and maintain their easy to clean properties over many heating cycles in addition baked on food can be easily removed from the fired cover coat enamels without the need for high temperature heating cycles or highly alkaline chemical cleaners most baked on foods can be removed from the fired enamel cover coats using warm water in a particularly preferred cleaning technique surfaces in accordance with the invention having baked on food residue are exposed to warm water vapor such as having a temperature of at least 150 u00b0 f 66 u00b0 c and most preferably steam having a temperature of about 212 u00b0 f 100 u00b0 c for at least about 3 minutes more preferably at least about 5 minutes and more preferably at least about 10 minutes such surfaces can also be exposed to liquid water which is preferably warm and more preferably at the noted temperatures for the noted time periods after such exposure the food or food residue can be easily cleaned off the surface as noted the cleaning efforts do not require the use of harsh or caustic cleaning agents or exposure to much greater temperatures such as associated with pyrolysis the ground coat compositions according to the present invention can be applied by any of the known wet application processes such as spraying dipping flow coating and electrodeposition preferably the compositions are dried prior to firing when the compositions are applied using a wet application process drying is typically accomplished using forced convection or forced air the drying time and temperature are not critical the application.